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Kiwi company makes the World's Most Ethical Companies list

HUGE congratulations to All Good Organics for making the prestigious World's Most Ethical Companies list by the New York-based Ethisphere Institute. All Good Organics is the first and only New Zealand company to make the coveted international ...

Earth Hour 2014

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Earth Hour 2015 is taking place on Saturday March 28th at 8.30pm. For all the latest news and features, including information on how to take part, please visit: www.earthhour.org/ "Ever wondered how much difference your small actions ...

Additional to Rainwater System in Issue 2

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Having installed a rainwater system a couple of years ago, I would like to share my experience. Firstly, my experience of the rainwater diverters shown in your article is that they block with leaves. Unless you ...

Congratulations Sam Judd – young New Zealander of the year!

Huge congratulations to Green Ideas contributor Sam Judd who has been honoured as the Young New Zealander of the Year for his work leading the coastline clean-up and education charity Sustainable Coastlines. Sam was a part of Green Ideas ...

Call for palm oil labels

A campaign to make the correct labelling of palm oil compulsory was launched last year at Auckland Zoo. Unmask Palm Oil is a youth-led petition calling on the government to introduce mandatory palm oil labelling. Currently ...

24 water saving tips from drought-hit Waiheke Island

Waiheke Island is in the middle of a water crisis - here's some lively advice from their community message boards on saving water, sent in by a thirsty Waihekan: When showering, use a big-sized 'chub'. This ...

Request for lizard sightings

Wellington City Council has asked the public to log any lizard sightings they make as part of a survey into the secretive reptiles. Mayor Celia Wade-Brown says that although we might not see the secretive reptiles ...

Power-saving tip

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Thanks to Cherry's blog and her genius tip, I managed to reduce my power bill by 30 per cent last month. And I was only using her tip about a third of the time. This ...

What is Enviro-Mark?

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It was good to get some information about various toilet papers - it's very hard to assess them when you're standing in front of a mountain of packets at the supermarket. Advertised adjacent to a buyer's ...