Take on a project with a group of friends to reduce global warming. Rate your favorite projects and receive regular updates.
An ebode project in Westmere, Auckland, New Zealand 
Updated this month
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
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
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
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
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
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
A Sustainable Living Education Trust project in 25+ areas across New Zealand - Clutha to Far North, New Zealand
Updated in March
Here in New Zealand we are gathering, publishing and discussing information that will help households to reduce their carbon impact - our target is 10% in 2010 compared to 2009. It's possible to make a different through travel, shopping and food choices, home insulation and heating, also waste reduction. Sustainable ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, Architecture, Consumerism, Emissions, Energy Saving, Food, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution, Solar, Transition Towns, Transport, Travel, Water
A Resene project in New Zealand
Updated in August 2009
Keep your cool Ever thought a house or building would look great painted in a sleek, dark colour – then had to shelve plans for fear of the heat damaging the substrate or the building getting unbearably hot in summer? Well, forget all that. Resene Cool Colour technology makes painting exterior ...
Premium project about Architecture, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Weather
A Resene project in New Zealand
Updated in August 2009
Painting the town greener Resene is painting the town greener with the extension of the Resene PaintWise paint and paint packaging recovery program, the first comprehensive New Zealand product stewardship program for home decorators. Following nearly five years of development, the Resene PaintWise paint and paint packaging product stewardship programme ...
Premium project about Architecture, Industry & Business, Recycling
Ponsonby and Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand
Updated last month
Art in the Dark is a nighttime event in Ponsonby's Western Park, set to début in October 2010. Art in the Dark aspires to be as environmentally friendly and interactive as possible. Illuminated by installations, projected short films, and performances around a purpose-built pavilion, the park will transform into ...
Project about Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Design, Events, Green energy, Lifestyle & Behavior, Organic
Nationwide, New Zealand
Updated in April
September 1st 2010 is National Permaculture Day! Nationwide actions on the day, all for free! Please send us your local events, ideas and suggestions.... Hold a street party, plant a tree, hold a tour of your home/property highlighting how you have integrated Permaculture ethics and principles into your lifestyles ...
Project about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Children and Families, Climate Change, Consumerism, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Food, Green energy, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Organic, Permaculture, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development, Recycling, Smart Growth, Solar, Transition Towns, Transport, Travel, Water, Weather
Auckland, New Zealand
Updated in September 2009
In recent times Spicers Paper moved to greener pastures, where their new premises provided proof of the company's commitment to the environment and sustainability. The new office space is located in Highbrook office park in East Tamaki, just south of Auckland city. The building was developed by the Goodman ...
Project about Architecture, Climate Change, Deforestation, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Recycling, Solar, Water
Central Otago, New Zealand
Updated in February 2008
Tours of homes with sustainable features. This allows people wanting to build or retrofit their homes to learn from others who have used a variety of ways to reduce energy consumption and make the most of the sun and natural aspects of a section.
Project about Architecture
Delivered free to your inbox every week
A FISCHE° project in New Zealand
NextPlays is a platform for business transformation and sustainable outcomes. NextPlays helps you identify, plan and build the best way ... more »
New Zealand
The Honda Motor Co Ltd is recognised internationally as being one of the leading manufacturers of automobiles, motorcycles and power ... more »
Use the HB Media network of magazines, blogs, newsletters, video and content creation services to reach the new New Zealand.
HB Media: making the complex simple.
HB Media is a carboNZero certified organisation.
