Community initiatives
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Community Fruit Harvesting
Reader submittedOne 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. ...
The green mega-city: Iskandar Malaysia
Reader submittedA 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 ...
Green Philly
Reader submittedIt's always sunny in Philadelphia – and now it's getting greener. I though this was cool – it made me want to visit Philadelphia: http://grist.org/article/philadelphia-katherine-gajewski-is-turning-a-gritty-city-green/
Metal and other hard-to-get-rid-of waste
Reader submittedI had an email recently about a metal collection service – here's the details – awesome service as this stuff is generally very hard to get rid of!! And it sounds like it is for a great ...
Food miles
Healthy Food Guide editor Niki Bezzant wrote to us from the Crave Sydney International Food Festival, describing a new trend in eco-conscious eating: the 100 mile meal. “It's clearly a trend for restaurants on both sides ...
Seeds for koha in Raglan
This just in from Raglan: the seed bank at the Whaingaroa Environment Centre are having a clear out! A load of seeds that have been sitting in the safe for one or two years need to ...