Read what our writers around the world are saying about climate change.
It’s an arresting title, The God Species: How the Planet Can Survive the Age of Humans. For author Mark Lynas the Holocene, the 10,000 year post-ice age era during which human civilisation evolved and flourished, has given way in industrial times to the Anthropocene, an age in which ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker in August 2011, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Food, greenhouse gas, Organic, Politics & Government, Pollution, Soil (1 comment)
Stronger brand positioning in the global market place is being touted as one of the benefits behind a renewed target by organic wine producers in New Zealand to make 20 percent of the country’s vineyards organic by 2020. “Organic winegrowing encompasses the goals of social, environmental and financial sustainability ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team in January 2011, about Agriculture & Food, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Organic
Sustainability and wine go together quite well, judging by this year’s Air New Zealand Wine Awards. A new criteria was introduced this year, stipulating that wines grown and entered from the 2010 vintage onwards must be recognised as being 100 percent sustainably produced. The result? A near 140 percent ... keep reading
Written by Deirdre Robert in November 2010, about Accreditation, Agriculture & Food, awards, Branding, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Farming, Food, Industry & Business, Organic, Pollution, Sustainability (1 comment)
Villa Maria’s Fabian Yukich is an old hand in the wine industry, having grown up on a vineyard and working at Villa Maria when he was just a teenager. Now working as Villa Maria’s national wineries manager, he tells us why sustainability is becoming a prerequisite in the ... keep reading
Written by Deirdre Robert in November 2010, about Accreditation, Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Emissions, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Innovation, Organic, Pollution, Recycling, Sustainability
What do Jasmax Ltd, Serra Natural Foods, Powersmart Solar, Sinclair Knight Merz, Resene Paints Ltd and Andrew.Stewart Ltd have in common? They’re the six finalists going head to head to take out the title of Sustainable Business of the Year at the upcoming NZI National SBN Awards, to ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team in October 2010, about Accreditation, Agriculture & Food, awards, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Emissions, Energy Saving, Industry & Business, Innovation, Organic, Sustainability
Canadian-Kiwi Alexis Goodman knows here wine. Prior to working at Marlborough’s Seresin Estate winery—where she is currently based—she spent time working in the French, Canadian and American wine industries. Sustainability can be infectious, she tells us, and the belief of one can influence many and effect change ... keep reading
Written by Deirdre Robert in October 2010, about Corporate Social Responsibility, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Organic, Pollution, Sustainability (1 comment)
Spring has arrived (sort of) and to celebrate, we’re giving our readers the chance to win some delicious top-notch organic Villa Maria Cellar Selection Merlot 2009—to help melt away any last remnants of Winter. Yummy. How to win Spring is often the time when we delve into new ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team in September 2010, about Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Organic, Sustainability, Win (6 comments)
It’s been seven glorious days since we threw open the doors to the reloaded celsias.co.nz. We’ve had a nice refreshing row about the ETS in which our publisher had his hair insulted, we uploaded a dirty movie and the world’s most sustainable loo paper. Make ... keep reading
Written by Andy Kenworthy in May 2010, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Celebrities, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Computing, Consumerism, Deforestation, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, ETS, Events, Finance & Money, Food, Genetic Modification, Global Dimming, Green energy, Health, Industry & Business, Law, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, marketing, Media, Nuclear, Organic, Permaculture, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development, Recycling, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Smart Growth, Solar, Transition Towns, Transport, Travel, War, Water, Weather (1 comment)
Mud doesn't just prop up the plants, it props up our entire civilisation. This award-winning film produced in partnership with Conservation International and a group of other environmental NGOs gets deep down and dirty on the damage we are doing to the earth, literally. The film charts the massive ... keep reading
Written by Celsias team in May 2010, about Agriculture & Food, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Organic, Permaculture
Permaculture expert Penny Livingston-Stark shows how natural systems can teach us better design practices. Learning to work with the earth not only creates a healthier environment, it also nourishes the people who live in it. She is a permaculture expert and founder of the Permaculture Institute of Northern California and ... keep reading
Written by Chris Tobias in September 2009, about Agriculture & Food, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Food, Organic, Permaculture
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Sociedades Del Futuro aims to work with leading social change agencies to train 180 young Mexican change makers to facilitate ... more »
