Read what our writers around the world are saying about climate change.
While the Netherland’s Dakboerin has helped urban gardeners to build new growing spaces on city rooftops,Green City Acres in Canada is making use of existing greenery, taking over residents’ gardens to create a decentralized farm. Operating in Kelowna, British Columbia, the farm currently consists of four acres of ... keep reading
Written by Springwise in July, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Design, Food, Lifestyle & Behavior
A few years ago I was doing research on green buildings and I was pleased to meet Gavin Cherrie who was building one – FIL New Zealand’s office and plant in Mount Maunganui.It was a chance for me to see the process first hand, ask about the challenges and ... keep reading
Written by Gord Stewart in June 2012, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Design, Green Roof, Green Wall, Sustainability, Technology
Written by Celsias in June 2012, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Green Roof, Green Spaces, Innovation (3 comments)
IKEA has expanded its brand from products to homes and now to a whole neighborhood, with plans to start construction on 11 hectares of land in London next year, which will feature 1,200 houses and apartments fully owned by the Swedish furniture company. According to The Globe and Mail ... keep reading
Written by PSFK/Emma Hutchings in April 2012, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Children and Families, Design, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Transport
“Same Budget Different Result: Sustainable living by Thinking Differently” is the second workshop in NZCEC’s 2012 educational programme and will be held on Friday 23rd March at the Clean Energy Centre, Taupo, at 12 noon. The workshop is designed to inform you on ways to make your commercial ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in March 2012, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Clean Technologies, Design, Economics, Education, Energy Saving, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior (1 comment)
Bob Corker, from the Koanga Institute will give a talk about Community Land Trusts in Lyttelton on Wednesday night , 1st February.Starts at 6pm and expecting to finish at 8pm- its at the Naval Point Club in Lyttelton Kotare Village is a developing Permaculture Village in Northern Hawkes Bay, currently ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in January 2012, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, biological farming, Children and Families, Christchurch, Design, Lifestyle & Behavior, Sustainability
The NZ Clean Energy Centre (NZCEC) has just completed an online survey in which respondents were asked – among other things – to identify their interest in living in an off grid housing community in Taupo. Home heating would be supplied via either geothermal or biomass. Electricity would be supplied by solar ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in January 2012, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Lifestyle & Behavior, Solar, Sustainability
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)
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)
Box Living won the Emerging SME Business Award in this year's Northern Sustainable Business Awards. Started in 2009. It produces bespoke architecturally designed homes using a component based building building system which allows them to adapt to any site or client brief while offering certainty of price and the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in September 2011, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, awards, Corporate Social Responsibility, Green Spaces, Industry & Business, Innovation, Sustainability (1 comment)
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