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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

How dirty are New Zealand cars?, 31°

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

Sign On, 56°

A Greenpeace project in Nationwide, New Zealand

Updated in November 2009

Sign On aims to get a huge mandate of support for the NZ Government to go to Copenhagen in December 09 and Sign On to 40 per cent emission reductions on 1990 levels.

Project about Climate Change

The Good Water Project, 25°

A The Good Water Company project in Auckland, New Zealand

Updated in October 2009

Good Water bottles are made from plant starch and the cap will shortly be made from organic waste. Our vision is to get these bottles back via the recycling systems in place nationally and 'upcycle' them into seedling pottles for forestry. Ultimately your support of The Good Water Project will ...

Project about Climate Change, Recycling

Keep your cool, 48°

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

ecostore hosts Green Drinks, 66°

An EcoStore project in Auckland, New Zealand

Updated in April 2008

On the 3rd of April 2008, ecostore, a New Zealand icon of sustainable living, hosted Green Drinks in the form of a lively street party outside ecostore in Auckland’s Freemans Bay. Over 220 people from all walks of life and career paths turned up to network and discuss matters ...

Project about Celebrities, Climate Change, Politics & Government, Weather

National Permaculture Day 2010, 26°

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

Food for Change, 54°

Global, New Zealand

Updated in November 2009

Causing global change one meal at a time. What we eat locally makes a difference globally. Our mouth is about as local as it gets, so that seems like a good place to start climate changing. Maybe leadership begins with what goes into our mouths, not with what comes out ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Consumerism, Deforestation, Economics, Education, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Genetic Modification, Green energy, Health, Industry & Business, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Recycling, Transport, Water

Carbon Neutral (or Reduction) Supermarket Sections, 138°

(a good idea here, is a good idea anywhere), New Zealand

Updated in November 2009

We have been trying to drum up support for the concept of carbon neutral supermarket sections. This would then give organisations a market imperative to measure, offset and reduce their carbon emissions. It is part of a bigger picture of in regards to a concept of carbon accounting that we ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Consumerism, Emissions, Food, Lifestyle & Behavior

Only use Wellington Combined Taxi's when visiting the captial , 40°

Wellington , New Zealand

Updated in November 2009

Join a growing number of businesses and government departments who have updated their procurement policy to only used Wellington Combined Taxi’s when visiting the capital when walking or alternative transport is not appropriate. Wellington Combined Taxis Ltd currently operates 442 modern vehicles combined with 600 uniformed drivers. It also ...

Project about Climate Change, Consumerism, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Energy Saving, Finance & Money, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Transport

Spicers Moves to Greener Pastures, 45°

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

NZGreen, 20°

Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand

Updated in September 2009

The world is in trouble, NZ is in trouble, you and I are in trouble. We are in trouble because humans have failed to recognise that their own welfare is critically linked to a healthy natural world. We have destroyed nature almost to the point of no return. Everywhere you ...

Project about Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife

Spicers Loves Paper, 65°

New Zealand, New Zealand

Updated in September 2009

Love trees? Cut one down! A controversial statement sure, but did you know that the paper industry is one of the most sustainable on the planet and for every tree cut down to make timber and paper products, at least three more are planted in its place? The newly launched ...

Project about Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Logging, Recycling, Water

Spicers and the community, 61°

New Zealand

Updated in September 2009

Spicers is proud to be a part of the local community in New Zealand and actively supports a number of not-for-profit and community groups. We have a long-standing relationship with WWF-New Zealand, whom we support in a variety of ways, including donations from sales of our 9lives range of recycled ...

Project about Children and Families, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Recycling

Antarctic Animals, 25°

Christchurch, New Zealand

Updated in September 2009

Does global warming affect an animals ability to adapt.

Project about Climate Change

Kapiti Off Grid, 63°

Wellington, New Zealand

Updated in March 2009

We're building a Lo-Grid home in the form of that classic Kiwi Villa. We plan to insulate by exceeding NZ standards and using a 150mm stud depth. Heat will come from that hot round thing in the sky, backed up by a woodburner supplied by those tall things that ...

Project about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Green energy, Pollution, Recycling, Solar, Water

Help make Celsias the ultimate green spot on Twitter!, 30°

Worldwide, New Zealand

Updated in November 2008

Would be really great if we could all contribute by adding Celsias to the tweets you follow - hopefully soon we can get more people aware of sustainability, the environment, global warming and all things green! Just go to http://twitter.com/Celsiastweets

Project about Climate Change

Join Transition Towns Social Networking site, 29°

New Zealand

Updated in July 2008

Transition Towns are starting in over 50 towns in NZ. Groups are addressing the twin challenges of peak oil and climate change and are finding they have collective genius beyond their imagination. Food and energy resilience are often the focus but actually when oil peaks and is no longer cheap ...

Project about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Energy Saving, Recycling, Water, Weather

"Heat", 17°

Wellington, New Zealand

Updated in July 2008

We are producing a theatre piece, what becomes a triangle between a physicist studying climate change, his wife (a biologist), and an Emperor penguin during one Antarctic autumn, winter and spring. We are aiming to do this in a production run as far as possible completely off-grid. Echoing the real ...

Project about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Energy Saving, Events

Save the Wairau River STWR, 10°

Marlborough, New Zealand

Updated in June 2008

The Wairau, one of the world's few remaining braided rivers,is threatened by an out-dated hydro generation scheme. STWR Inc. is appealing this decision. Of all possible alternative generation projects this is the most environmentally damaging.

Project about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife, Water

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