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Demolition Waste from Earthquake Earns Record Penalty

  Environment Canterbury today welcomed penalties of more than $150,000 in a Christchurch demolition waste dumping case following the February 2011 earthquake.       Brett Aldridge, Regional Manager Resource Management Act Monitoring and Compliance, says the temptation for those in the demolition and waste industry to save costs and increase profits by ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in July, about Art & Culture, Christchurch, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Earthquake, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, waste, Water

DiCaprio 11th Hour Auction Raises $33 Million

Here's something we dont see so  much of in New Zealand. Leonardo DiCaprio suggested to art collectors on Monday to bid at an environmental charity auction in New York as if the planet's fate “depends on us” - and the auction raised more than $33 million The 11th Hour ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in May, about Art & Culture, Celebrities, Charity, Climate Change, Environment & Wildlife, Finance & Money

Top NZ Artists Team Up to Aid National Whale Centre

Leading New Zealand artist, Dick Frizzell and legendary poet Sam Hunt have teamed up to create the first in a series of artists’ prints to raise funds for the proposed National Whale Centre in Marlborough. The brainchild of the Centre’s project director, Luit Bieringa, the first limited edition print ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in December 2012, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Art & Culture, Environment & Wildlife, Finance & Money

Air New Zealand and Middle Earth's Safety Briefing

Here's the latest from the unusual briefings that you can find on Air New Zealand- this one in conjunction with Weta Workshops and even featuring Peter Jackson. It even comes complete with  a competition to find and unlock the elvish code in ‘An Unexpected Briefing’ for the chance to ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in November 2012, about Advertising, Art & Culture, Children and Families, Industry & Business, Tourism, Trade, Travel

On Pledge Me Now -Songs For Christchurch

On Pledge Me now ...if you want to give these amazing people a hand  keep reading

Written by Celsias in October 2012, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Art & Culture, Christchurch (2 comments)

The Cunning Plan to Eradicate Poverty- Cartoon

From the very talented Marc Roberts  , who not only comes up with the concept, and does the amazing drawings,but also creates them to fit our website. Thanks Marc!      keep reading

Written by Marc Roberts Cartoon in September 2012, about Art & Culture, Design, Poverty & Development

Song of the Kauri at the NZ International Film Festival

  Song of the Kauri, a documentary to premiere at the 2012 New Zealand International Film Festival, presents a new vision for the future of New Zealand’s kauri forests. The story unfolds through the labours of renowned Northland Luthier Laurie Williams who works with kaitiaki Karamea Davis and specialist forester ... keep reading

Written by Celsias in July 2012, about Art & Culture, Environment & Wildlife, Recycling, Renewals, Sustainability

Our Green Roadie Needs Your Help

 Award-winning filmmaker Emma Heke and her son Connor are making a big documentary, Our Green Roadie.  It's set to inspire huge change, encouraging us to live our dreams for a better world.   We’ve done all the hard yards – research and initial writing (winter 2011), 7 months filming all ... keep reading

Written by Emma Heke in July 2012, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Art & Culture, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Energy Saving, Food, Innovation (1 comment)

Whales- Graham Bennett Exhibition Opening in Picton Tonight

  This series entitled "Hard to swallow" is a memorial to the 266 Minke whales and 1 Fin whale taken last year in the Southern Ocean 'harvest' until it was cut short by storms and the action of the protest ship Sea Shepherd.       There are 267 finely crafted affordable ($267 plus ... keep reading

Written by Nick G in July 2012, about Art & Culture, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Food, Politics & Government, Sustainability (1 comment)

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