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Should New Zealand be drilling for offshore oil and gas?

Big news for NZ last week was that permit applications are now open for oil and gas exploration, including in an area stretching all the way from the Manukau Harbour on the North Island's west ...

Resource Recovery Network for Auckland

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"Auckland Council has recently adopted a new Waste Management and Minimisation Plan. The plan brings the different waste and recycling services of the seven former councils under one umbrella and will mean changes as standard ...

Community Fruit Harvesting

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One of my favourite Facebook groups, whose mission is: "To share our neighbourhood harvest of fruit with the community. We will do this by inviting volunteers to register their interest in picking fruit from trees in ...

San Francisco: Goal for zero waste by 2020

Wow. If you've read the first issue of Green Ideas, chances are you've been inspired by Raglan's wonderful zero waste goal and how the whole community (around 4000 people) have gotten behind it. San Francisco has over 800,000 people. ...

Snail and slug control?

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We have cats, dogs and chickens so don't like to use snail bait. I've tried the beer trap without much success (and our dog likes to drink it lol). Have heard crushed egg shells scattered around ...

Natural pest control for white butterfly / caterpillar

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What natural pest controls are there for white butterfly / caterpillar? I love broccoli, caulifllower and cabbage but have all but given up trying to grow them – every year they just get demolished by the ...

Eco luxe tourism in Cambridge

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Check out these beautiful and ecologically sound holiday apartments in Cambridge. Stunning adobe architecture and free-range eggs for breakfast from happy hens right outside your door. www.earthstead.co.nz

The green mega-city: Iskandar Malaysia

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A brand new eco-city is being planned in south-east Asia. Iskandar Malaysia will not only incorporate the latest in environmentally friendly technology, but also social integration. Here's hoping we start to see more and more of ...

Consumer power and ethical shopping

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Hi, I am keen to hear of ANY products that are made without any animal testing, or animal cruelty involved in the process whatsoever.  Be it beauty products or home cleaning products.  It seriously breaks ...

A better way to farm?

Some interesting points in the New York Times on the 'Marsden Farm Study' of crop rotations. The basic idea?  Crop rotations “produced better yields of both corn and soy, reduced the need for nitrogen fertilizer and herbicides ...