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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
A Ricoh New Zealand project in National, New Zealand
Updated in July 2008
Launched in May, Trees for Schools is a Ricoh New Zealand programme where we work with schools around the country to establish schemes for community fundraising selling native plants, in place of other options often high in sugar and fat. We are sourcing New Zealand native seedlings, and subsidising the ...
Project about Education, Environment & Wildlife
A Ricoh New Zealand project in Auckland, New Zealand
Updated in July 2008
On the morning of Sunday March 9, 2008, a team of over 100 Ricoh volunteers set out from downtown Auckland by ferry to Motuihe Island. Ricoh employees were joined by their families and friends for the day out, and even a couple of families from our Hamilton branch made the ...
Project about Deforestation, Environment & Wildlife
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
New Zealand
Updated in February
In 2006 the Grove Mill winery in Marlborough became the first certified carbon neutral winery in the world. Its owners, the New Zealand Wine Company (NZWC), achieved Landcare Research’s carboNZeroCert TM certification for their vineyards and production of wines at Grove Mill, and for freight of the wine to ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, Art & Culture, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior
Opotiki, New Zealand
Updated in January
The green benefits of forming fish growing reefs close to boat launching areas are many: Fishermen use significantly less petrol getting to where fish are. Simpler near shore fishing boats can be used. The fishing is action packed, fun and produces a greater diversity of species. Smaller catches can be ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Environment & Wildlife, Health, Water
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
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
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
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
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
Wellington, New Zealand
Updated in November 2008
Biomimicry produces solutions for daily life that mimic what goes on in Nature. Janine Benyus has an amazing presentation about this which she gave at the TED convention in the US. We have a copy of this presentation on "The Science" section of our website. In New Zealand, the worlds ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, Environment & Wildlife, Organic
New Zealand, New Zealand
Updated in July 2008
A National Climate Change Innovation Award. This is essentially a Eco 'Dragon's Den' - where promising innovations are awarded with development funding and investment. A Wellington based TV production company have plans to make a TV series around the challenge which will ensure it gets maximum coverage. There are two ...
Project about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Recycling, Water
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
Nation wide, New Zealand
Updated in June 2008
A charitable trust with the purpose of educating and advocating for socially responsible and environmentally sustainable investment. We have been going since 2003.
Project about Education, Environment & Wildlife
Wellington, New Zealand
Updated in May 2008
Some of the most compelling stories come from those who are already affected by climate change. WWF New Zealand is supporting a nationwide WWF witness programme that captures the publics imagination by engaging community interest in climate change across New Zealand and the pacific island nations. The following movies show ...
Project about Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife
Wellington, New Zealand
Updated in April 2008
Smart meters, residential heat pumps, residential hot water cylinder wraps, solar hot water and passive solar design provide the best combination of energy/dollar savings and emission reduction. WWF New Zealand - http://www.wwf.org.nz/ - has published a report that determines the top five demand side actions that give ...
Project about Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife
Marlborough, New Zealand
Updated in April 2008
Queen Charlotte Wilderness Park is an isolated peninsula in the Marlborough Sounds. Originally a large sheep station the property is now dedicated to “the business of saving our environment”. Ron Marriott of Queen Charlotte Wilderness Park says, “We have two goals – the first is to work with landowners to encourage ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Consumerism, Environment & Wildlife
Nationwide, New Zealand
Updated in November 2007
Be The Change is a NZ based coalition of Greenpeace, Forest & Bird and Oxfam aimed at providing a platform for individuals to become more active in their own lives in reducing their carbon footprint. A big part of the project is creating a climate aware online social networking community at ...
Project about Climate Change, Deforestation, Education, Environment & Wildlife
Christchurch, New Zealand
Updated in August 2007
Orana Wildlife Trust is a registered charitable trust operating both Orana Wildlife Park and Southern Encounter Aquarium & Kiwi House in Christchurch, NZ. The trust achieves over 90% of its income through gate takings - the rest is from grants, donations and sponsorships.
Project about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Deforestation, Environment & Wildlife
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An InterfaceNZ project in New Zealand
3M’s tradition of innovation is legendary. So when it was time to move premises, 3M ensured the new environment encouraged ... more »
Wellington, New Zealand
Resene are manufacturers of colours, coatings, wood stains and paints for exterior and interior house painting plus commercial, industrial and ... more »
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