Read what our writers around the world are saying about climate change.
Ziptrek Ecotours is flying high after almost four years in business and over a quarter of a million zips successfully completed. The established eco company operates an exhilarating zipline tour from the top of Queenstown’s Bobs Peak Ziptrek Ecotours won the Queenstown Chamber of Commerce Sustainable Business Award in ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in April, about Accreditation, Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation, Tourism, Travel
“The gym” features in many New Year’s resolutions, but fitness centres themselves are being asked to shape up for 2012. It could even result in having a workout that charges your cellphone! The country’s eco-labelling organisation is calling for gyms to look at their environmental impact. Environmental Choice ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in January 2012, about Accreditation, Chemicals, Consumerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Design, Health (1 comment)
This morning in Auckland 150 original art prints made from a little blue penguin killed by the Rena disaster appeared along Auckland’s Khyber Pass Road. The prints are accompanied by the message ‘Rena did this. Deep sea oil drilling could be a thousand times worse.’ keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Accreditation, Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Advertising and regulatory advice (1 comment)
Scientists are reporting that household washing machines seem to be a major source of so-called “microplastic” pollution — bits of polyester and acrylic smaller than the head of a pin — that they now have detected on ocean shorelines worldwide. Their report describing this potentially harmful material appears in ACS’ journal Environmental ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in November 2011, about Accreditation, Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Advertising and regulatory advice, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living (4 comments)
Blue Star Group New Zealand has received the internationally renowned PEFC environmental certification, which means it can now offer customers PEFC-labelled products.Short for the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification, the PEFC labels on its products will mean Blue Star’s customers can show the end user the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in September 2011, about Accreditation, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment & Wildlife, Forestry, Industry & Business, Sustainability (1 comment)
Greenpeace and te Whānau-ā-Apanui havefiled a judicial review challenging the Government’s decision to issue Brazilian oil giant Petrobras a permit for deep sea oil exploration off the East Cape.This is the first time an oil permit has been challenged in the New Zealand courts on both environmental and ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in September 2011, about Accreditation, Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Advertising and regulatory advice, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Anti-counterfeiting (1 comment)
My word, there was alot of people in Auckland for the Pacific islands Forum.And no, nobody in China or the US cares too much about the Rugby World Cup. Even if Murray McCully really does think the whole world cares ,.My bet, the very large areas around the Pacific ... keep reading
Written by Vicki B in September 2011, about Accreditation, Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Advertising and regulatory advice, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Anti-counterfeiting, Appointments (1 comment)
Animal abuse is a widespread phenomenon from Canada to Mexico to India and back. In fact, it is so widespread that there are no accurate statistics to denounce how many animals suffer at the hand of man. In fact, most abuse or neglect cases go un-reported. This is partially because ... keep reading
Written by Amy Lizee/environment911 in September 2011, about Accreditation, Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Advertising and regulatory advice, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Anti-counterfeiting
Christchurch-based SolarCity is New Zealand’s only all-in-one solar power company, and started working with the carboNZero programme in 2010, in order to achieve the programme’s internationally accredited greenhouse gas certification. It has now become the first solar power company in the world to achieve this specific carboNZero certification ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team in July 2011, about Accreditation, Solar, Sustainability (2 comments)
An award-winning community initiative aimed at making it easier for the public to support cafes committed to environmentally and socially responsible business practices was launched in Auckland this week. The Conscious Consumers cafe project is a non profit initiative that has been successfully operating in Wellington for the past year ... keep reading
Written by Kate R. in June 2011, about Accreditation, Agriculture & Food, Branding, Children and Families, Consumerism, Fairtrade, Food, Lifestyle & Behavior, Transparency (1 comment)
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