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A Green technology brainstorm is headed for the IT world as International Green IT Awareness Week running from the 1 - 7 June 2013 aims to shine a spotlight on Green IT and pave the way for organisations and individuals to initiate, promote and support Green IT discussions and action. The ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in April, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Clean Tech, Computing, Consumerism, Events, Industry & Business, Innovation
It’s hard to feel pessimistic about the potential of human organizing when you talk with Richard Bartlett and Benjamin Knight from Loomio.org, a project born out of the Occupy movement of 2011 in Wellington New Zealand. Loomio is a software application built for group empowerment and decision-making. It ... keep reading
Written by Sophie Jerram in February, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Computing, Design, Intellectual Property, Transparency (7 comments)
The Commerce Commission has stemmed a growing tide of complaints about daily deal and group buying websites with a proactive approach to educating the websites about consumer law.Daily deal websites offer goods or services at a discounted price until the pre-specified number of sales is reached or the day ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in January 2012, about Computing, Fairtrade, Industry & Business, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior, Retail
Apple is regarded as one of the most successful companies on the planet, and we queue to buy their new devices. But earlier this year the company has also been pinned as the worst company for pollution and "occupational health hazard incidents" at its facilities in China.Many large, multinational ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in August 2011, about Air Quality, Branding, Children and Families, Computing, Corporate Social Responsibility, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Pollution (1 comment)
Official Information Act Documents passed to Greenpeace reveal that New Zealand has exported at least 50,000 tonnes of toxic battery waste to the Phillipines and South Korea since the end of 2008.Greenpeace believes that serious question marks exist about whether these exports are legal under existing treaties which ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in August 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Computing, Consumerism, Politics & Government, Pollution, Transparency
American cities are well ahead of ours when it comes to taking action on unnecessary and unwanted phone books. its interesting to look at two ways they have made this happen in the US.Mayor Ed Lee in San Francisco signed a ban on the unsolicited delivery of the Yellow ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in July 2011, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Advertising, Children and Families, Computing, Sustainability, waste (2 comments)
Kiwis are putting their technological prowess to good social use as the finalists in the upcoming World Summit Awards (WSA) demonstrate. The awards honour excellence in new media and e-content creation, with extra kudos heaped on projects that show the benefits of information and communication technology for the development of ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team in April 2011, about Computing, Design, Innovation, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Science (1 comment)
A new energy efficient colocation data centre in Christchurch is aiming to reduce costs and create a cooperative-style marketplace for ICT businesses. The Colocation Company director Jamie Cairns says power-saving cooling technology has made it much more affordable for users to locate servers and ICT equipment at the data centre ... keep reading
Written by Celsias team in June 2010, about Computing, Energy Saving
Blood Diamond wasn't just a bloody good movie. And the same sad story is being played out again, without Leonardo Di Caprio and friends, this time over the minerals which help power up our wired up lifestyle. BusinessGreen.com has been talking to major buyers in the electronics world ... keep reading
Written by Celsias team in May 2010, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Computing, Consumerism, Economics, Industry & Business, Poverty & Development, War
When a big company designs a new logo trumpeting its sustainability credentials you have to admire the courage, as this tends to instantly put it under the microscope – Beyond Petroleum anyone? Thankfully, the new insignia being used by Japanese-based printer and imaging hardware firm Brother has something to back it ... keep reading
Written by Andy Kenworthy in May 2010, about Computing, Consumerism, Energy Saving, Industry & Business, Recycling
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A Honda New Zealand Ltd project in New Zealand 
For every new car sold, Honda funds the planting of ten native trees. In 2004, Honda New Zealand initiated the ... more »
Auckland, New Zealand
Green Carbon provides a number of business advisory and consulting services in the areas of business sustainability particularly around greenhouse ... more »
