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Ashburton's gardening angel

A young mum’s Facebook idea has spread throughout the country, bringing seniors and young families together, and strengthening the social fabric of quake-shattered Christchurch.

Sustainability starts with a party

If you remember with fondness the days when everyone on your street knew everyone else, and neighbours helped and supported each other as a matter of course, then Sustainability Streets might be for you.

My BIG green plan

A comedian, TV presenter and sustainability champion – he has his finger firmly on the green pulse. Green Ideas asked Te Radar what he’d do if he was made green king of New Zealand.

Fluoride in your water

Lamenters claim the government is mass medicating without consent, while advocates call it a necessary intervention. Warren Judd investigates the controversy over adding fluoride to drinking water.

Berm wars!

If you live in Auckland and have been caught up in this ridiculous council business about street-facing lawns being unmowed, here’s our official Green Ideas magazine tip: don’t rush out and buy a new lawnmower! At ...

The Au-light candle – a good cause

Reader submitted

Hi - we are Recognise, a Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme company. You will see images of our product the Au-light candle. Au is derived from autism, relating to one of our company's very personal objectives ...

Would you switch brands for sustainability?

Reader submitted

A new survey from the Sustainable Business Council and Fairfax Media revealed two-thirds of consumers would switch brands if their regular brand or service provider was having a bad effect on the environment, people or ...

Sleeping rough for a good cause

The amazing Dr Michelle Dickinson is a nanotechnologist, a sustainability nut, and wrote an awesome article for Green Ideas magazine on the new light-proof milk bottles. And now she's sleeping rough on the streets of ...

Imagine

Reader submitted

Imagine… What if everyone grew their own vegetables? What if everyone was very healthy? Doctors would become redundant and the hospitals empty of sick people. Imagine a New Zealand where every family grows their own vegetables. Children wake ...

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