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We've done it! Verifiable CO2 reduction for ships to be released this month., 10°

A Simulation Tech, Inc. (STI) project in Worldwide. Country of development, Korea., Republic of Korea

Updated in July

STI will be announcing our new CO2 reduction system for ships (CERS) within the next two weeks. This product is the result of over three years of research and development. At release, the CERS will be the only system in the marine market that can verifiably reduce CO2 emissions from ...

Project about Air Quality, Clean Technologies, Emissions, Energy Saving, ETS, Green energy, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Transport

ebode's Urban Sustainable House Project in Westmere, 92°

An ebode project in Westmere, Auckland, New Zealand

Updated in July

ebode has just begun building the first urban sustainable home in the inner-city suburb of Westmere, right in the heart of Auckland City - demonstrating that sustainable designs can be perfect for urban environments too. This house will use a grid-connected, photovoltaic system to generate its own power and will harvest ...

Project about Air Quality, Architecture, Clean Technologies, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Energy Saving, Green energy, Health, Permaculture, Recycling, Solar, Water

How to market sustainability - Green brand or greenwash?, 15°

A KD Consulting project in University of Auckland, New Zealand

Updated in June

The rules for marketing green promises are strict in NZ and many businesses break them by mistake. This one-day course is designed for marketing professionals and anyone interested in targeting green / ethical consumers, or businesses greening their supply chain. You will learn how to market your organisation effectively to these ...

Project about marketing

Tuturumuri school domegrown project, 21°

A Domegrown project in Tuturumuri School, New Zealand

Updated in June

I was born on the 12th of June 2010.. I am a NZ made geodesic dome capable of producing any fruit or vegetable right thru a NZ winter. We here at Tuturumuri school will keep you posted on how the children and teachers and parents are getting on. Including the ...

Project about Clean Technologies

Generating publicity for our blog and forum , 10°

A Simulation Tech, Inc. (STI) project in Republic of Korea

Updated in May

Around two months ago, we started our marine emissions control blog, www.cleanairatsea.com. In that short period of time, we have had over 1,000 unique visitors to our site, nearly all from the industry. Controlling emissions is not an easy problem to solve, and it is a problem ...

Project about Clean Technologies, Emissions, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans

Resene paint gets even greener, 21°

A Resene project in New Zealand

Updated in May

Resene’s latest ceiling paint has provided another two steps forward in sustainability for the New Zealand based paint manufacturer. The formulation of the Environmental Choice approved Earthsense ceiling paint includes a special renewable extender pigment. This means a fifth of the volume of the final product comes from renewable ...

Premium project about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Clean Technologies, Design, Industry & Business, Smart Growth

Dr Christine Jones Roadshow, 16°

An Earth Food Inc project in Nationwide, New Zealand

Updated in May

In June this year Earth Food Inc will be hosting a two week visit from the world renowned soils ecologist, Dr Christine Jones. In 2001 Christine received a Community Fellowship Award from Land and Water Australia. The LWA Program was designed to ‘provide recognition to individuals with an outstanding track ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Emissions, Energy Saving, ETS, Food, Water

NextPlays Hanoi, 41°

A FISCHE° project in Hanoi, Vietnam

Updated in May

Bert Aldridge from FISCHE° recently returned from a NextPlays workshop in Hanoi. Organized and hosted by the World Bank Institute, the intent of the workshop was to introduce a tool for building understanding and engagement about sustainable development in Vietnam - you guessed it, NextPlays. It was an amazing experience, not ...

Premium project about Agriculture & Food, Architecture, Green energy, Lifestyle & Behavior, Poverty & Development, Smart Growth, Transport, Water

Make your company carbon neutral, 54°

A HB Media project in New Zealand

Updated in April

We have completed the CEMARS process by Landcare and have won certification for the entire company - yay, the first publishing company to do so - and we have got carboNZero certification for three of our products: Idealog magazine, Good magazine and Celsias. We started on the journey with Good magazine http ...

Premium project about Carbon Trading, Clean Technologies, Computing, Economics, Finance & Money, Industry & Business

Thinair, 32°

A Powerhouse Wind Ltd project in Dunedin, New Zealand

Updated in April

Powerhouse Wind started 3 years ago with the aim of developing the world's best domestic scale wind turbine system. The result is the Thinair wind appliance, now at advanced prototype testing, and soon to enter local production and sales. We believe small wind has a place in the distributed ...

Project about Clean Technologies, Design, Green energy

How dirty are New Zealand cars?, 36°

A Honda New Zealand Ltd project in New Zealand

Updated in April

LTNZ estimates the average age of any given car on New Zealand roads is 11 years. We estimate that this 11 year old car is emitting between 2.0 û 5.0 grams of HC (Hydrocarbon, or soot) and NOx (Nitrous Oxide) per km. This is a huge amount of ...

Premium project about Air Quality, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Emissions, Energy Saving, Green energy, Health, Industry & Business, Pollution, Transport, Travel

Inulinz Ltd, 10°

A Methane Reduction Ltd, INULINZ Ltd and more project in Christchurch, New Zealand

Updated in April

To grow a highly productive, low input crop on marginal land to yield new, healthy food products with a low GI, and to produce GF flour. To do this we are developing new agricultural machinery and a new processing (extraction) technology. This technology can be used to process waste vegetables ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Food, Health, Permaculture

Methane reduction from ruminants, 10°

A Methane Reduction Ltd, INULINZ Ltd and more project in Christchurch, New Zealand

Updated in April

Using dietary modification, to lessen the rate of production of methane from the rumen in cows.

Project about Agriculture & Food

Green washing: How to avoid it, 36°

An AJ Park project in New Zealand

Updated in April

By Corinne Blumsky 05 March 2009 Feeling green? Want to promote your greenishness? Beware. The Commerce Commission is coming down hard on try-hards and greenwashers. Corrine Blumskey of AJ Park has some sage advice for the good guys out there. GREEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS Businesses making ‘green’ claims in their advertising ...

Premium project about Clean Technologies, Consumerism, Industry & Business, marketing, Media

Honda Treefund, 45°

A Honda New Zealand Ltd project in New Zealand

Updated in April

For every new car sold, Honda funds the planting of ten native trees. In 2004, Honda New Zealand initiated the TreeFund, which funds the planting of 10 native trees for every new car sold, and individual Honda agents fund a further three trees. The funded native trees are planted locally ...

Premium project about Clean Technologies, Deforestation, Electric vehicles, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Logging, Smart Growth

Gore Library , 26°

An InterfaceNZ project in New Zealand

Updated in April

The public library in Gore needed to re-carpet on a tight budget without shutting down or hassling customers. The library also had ceramic areas which needed to be carpeted with an easy make-good. Most challenging of all, much of the carpet was still in great condition whereas the trafficked areas ...

Premium project about Architecture, Clean Technologies, Design, Industry & Business, Smart Growth, Transition Towns

3M, 36°

An InterfaceNZ project in New Zealand

Updated in April

3M’s tradition of innovation is legendary. So when it was time to move premises, 3M ensured the new environment encouraged creativity and sustainability. It chose to create a NZGBC Greenstar building adopting innovative building and interior materials. InterfaceNZ carpet tiles were chosen as the flooring, providing an innovative modular ...

Premium project about Architecture, Clean Technologies, Design, Industry & Business, Smart Growth

Jasmax, 41°

An InterfaceNZ project in New Zealand

Updated in April

Jasmax, an architectural practice, needed a building that not just worked for them as a business but improved Auckland’s urban environment. Objectives included being a good neighbour, setting environmental benchmarks, balancing client work and creative endeavour and reflecting its New Zealand heritage. Using a compilation of Cubic Colours, the ...

Premium project about Architecture, Clean Technologies, Design, Industry & Business, Smart Growth

Better business; Better World (B3W), 16°

A Colmar Brunton project in New Zealand

Updated in April

B3W is Colmar Brunton’s investigation into all things sustainable from the consumers’ point of view. It came about when we recognised that there was an almost total lack of metrics related to New Zealander’s attitudes toward sustainability in comparison to the US, UK and the rest of the ...

Premium project about Consumerism

Use bike trailers to get 10% of all NZers shopping by bike instead of car, 28°

A Cycle Trailers NZ project in Christchurch, New Zealand

Updated in March

Half the embedded energy in food is generated by driving to the market to do your shopping. Stuffing food into backpacks and panniers on a bike is a hassle. Bike trailers are much easier to use and make shopping by bike lots more convenient and fun than taking the car.

Project about Finance & Money, Lifestyle & Behavior, Transport

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