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Drink yourselves green
Any business worth its weight in salt now knows it needs a sustainability plan
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Greenish envy
Emily Perkins reports co-trends from the fourth-to-top rung of The Ladder of Virtue
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Why do supermarkets shrink-wrap cucumbers?
Packaging, lightbulbs and floppy cucumbers. We have all the answers
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Weird picture Friday
By Annabel McAleer • 3 days ago • 0 comments
A couple of weird pictures I encountered today. That's Sarah Palin, potential first female VP of the US. Wearing a fur stole, speaking to a group of ... vikings.
Water works
By Vincent Heeringa • August 27, 2008 • 0 comments
We know that eventually even New Zealand, which is deluged in more rain that we can handle, must face up to the world-wide water crisis. It’s taken a business group to seize the nettle and produce a very good thought-starter on water, business and the rest of us.
Tree houses for grown-ups
By Annabel McAleer • August 14, 2008 • 1 comments
Ever wanted a home that dangles from a tree? Neither have I, but these fourteen back-to-nature homes from all over the world are truly astonishing.
Mind the (history) gap
By Annabel McAleer • August 12, 2008 • 0 comments
I know this makes me sound like Marcus Lush (not that there's anything wrong with that), but I am tremendously excited by the proposed underground rail network for central Auckland ... even though it probably won't get built.
