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By Annabel McAleer • November 11, 2008 • 0 comments
Amazing what can change in a week, eh? Two elections down, and the world's got two dynamic new leaders poised to make all of our hopes and dreams come true. More …
Just don't drop your clothes
By Annabel McAleer • October 21, 2008 • 1 comments
What do you get when you cross a washing machine with a toilet? More …
The Sweden Files: clean cars
By Annabel McAleer • October 14, 2008 • 0 comments
With 700,000 cars in the city of Stockholm (population: 1.3 million), the Swedes love driving almost as much as New Zealanders. But by the end of the year, some 90,000 of those cars will be driving ‘clean’, using alternative fuels or emitting less than 120 grams of CO2 per kilometre. Here’s how Stockholm did it. More …
The Sweden Files: clean water
By Annabel McAleer • October 13, 2008 • 1 comments
If there’s an international convention to prevent the spread of invasive marine species, it would be reasonable to assume New Zealand had signed it. But there is—and we haven’t ... yet. More …
The Sweden Files: 16 is the magic number
By Annabel McAleer • October 11, 2008 • 1 comments
Sweden has set itself 16 ambitious environmental objectives, and one big goal: fix everything ... in one generation. Here's a closer look at those 16 objectives. More …
The Sweden Files: Nobel week
By Annabel McAleer • October 11, 2008 • 0 comments
It’s Nobel Prize week, and today was the biggie: the Nobel Peace Prize. Last year, it was awarded jointly to the International Panel on Climate Change and Albert “you can call me Al” Gore. This year, it went to someone who has had substantially less airtime: Martti Ahtisaari. More …
The Sweden Files: day three
By Annabel McAleer • October 9, 2008 • 0 comments
The problem with solar energy is that when the sun goes, so does your power. But it won’t always be that way. The housing development of Anneberg in Danderyd, north of Stockholm, has found a way to turn summer sun into winter heat. More …
The Sweden Files: day two
By Annabel McAleer • October 8, 2008 • 1 comments
The first official day of the programme, and I get up to speed with European and Swedish politics. More …
The Sweden Files: day one
By Annabel McAleer • October 7, 2008 • 0 comments
Sweden has a lot of be proud of: Stockholm, the so-called capital of Scandinavia, is a beautiful, bustling city surrounded by water so clean you can drink it; its people have an aesthetic sense so ingrained that even the street benches are covetable; and environmental awareness is so strong that McDonalds serves organic beef and milk.
That’s why I’m here, on an environmental study tour with a group of environmental journalists from around the world. More …
In my name
By Ann.a.bel • October 15, 2008 • 0 comments
Is Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am the new Bono? Do we really need a new Bono? Do those full stops make him cool or is it the hair? More …
Election media
By Annabel McAleer • October 3, 2008 • 0 comments
A great WWF report, political takedowns and more Hollywood starlets than hanging chads in 2000... More …
It's nearly Movember
October 17, 2008 • 1 comments
Women, brace yourselves for a sharp increase in the number of mustachioed males around the country ... Movember is nearly upon us.
Men, register on www.movember.com ... and enjoy that smooth upper lip while you can. More …
Hot, flat, obsessed
By Vincent Heeringa • October 2, 2008 • 1 comments
Green is really red, white and blue, argues American author Thomas Friedman. If you disagree, why not write the last chapter in his book? More …
Sun spots and mosquitoes
By Annabel McAleer • October 1, 2008 • 1 comments
The sun enters a new cycle, summer arrived (for a day or two), and it's mozzie time in Auckland. Anyone got any eco-friendly repellent ideas? Are those automatic insect repellent sprays an environmental crime ... or a forgivable transgression for the seriously itchy? More …
Consider the lobster
By Annabel McAleer • September 29, 2008 • 0 comments
The novelist David Foster Wallace died this month; his essay about the Maine Lobster Festival is worth revisiting. More …
The death of consumerism?
By Annabel McAleer • September 24, 2008 • 0 comments
Does the US banking crisis mean the death of consumerism? More than a few people (including a few top ad execs) think so. But before we can agree with them, we need to understand how the heck this economic meltdown happened in the first place. These links will sort you out. More …
Nudists and whale vomit
By Annabel McAleer • September 22, 2008 • 0 comments
Interesting times on Wellington's beaches... More …
Weird picture Friday
By Annabel McAleer • September 5, 2008 • 1 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. More …
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. More …
Win a relaxing spa treatment
By Annabel McAleer • August 6, 2008 • 27 comments
Auckland-based readers! Leave a comment telling us about your best or worst experience with a beauty treatment, and one of you will win a wonderful Sandalwood Relaxing Facial at Tamara Spa in Ponsonby, valued at $130. More …
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