10 things we learned while making this issue

1. Hanging banana skins on tomato vines helps to ripen the fruit faster. Page 58

2. The Enviroschools Foundation has brought eco-education to 230,000 Kiwi pupils. Page 38

3. In 1900 there were 34,000 electric cars in the United States. Page 32

4. Vacuum cleaner dust makes great fertiliser! Page 58

5. Recycled milkbottles are turned into roadcones, clothing and pipes. Page 44

6. The United States Department of Agriculture estimates one mouthful of food in three benefits from honeybee pollination. Page 26

7. Methane from livestock accounts for about half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions. Page 25

8. Flying a 1kg package from the US to New Zealand produces 9kg of CO2. Page 15

9. An electric car in New Zealand is responsible for about 1.4 tonnes of CO2 after 50,000kms of driving, compared to 8.9 tonnes for a petrol car. Page 32

10. Plastics with the ‘recycling’ numbers 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 are generally BPA-free. Page 16