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Pure Fiji giveaway: light a candle for Earth Hour
By Sophie Bond • 4 days ago • 1 comments
Earth Hour is fast approaching and Good has some sweetly scented giveaways for when the lights go out. More …
Who cares about recycling?
By Holly Jean Brooker • 4 days ago • 0 comments
I can vividly remember the day I received my new huge recycling bin, and a new tiny general rubbish bin while apartment living in Parnell. The Auckland City Council had removed our small blue recycling tubs, and instead provided each household with one large 240-litre wheelie bin (for recyclables), and one small 120-litre wheelie bin (for general rubbish). I complained animatedly to my husband that it was absolutely ridiculous, if not ludicrous to think we could reduce our waste that much! More …
Quarter-of-a-million dollars for a fish ... what's the catch?
By Hazel Murray • 5 days ago • 0 comments
Bluefin tuna stocks in the Atlantic and Pacific are close to extinction. The US and Europe have recently come out in support of moves for an international trading ban. Meanwhile, New Zealand plans to increase our bluefin tuna catch. Hazel Murray looks at why attempts to reduce quotas in previous years have been in vain—and why considerable difficulties remain. More …
The hunt for Kiwi-made nail polish
By Sarah Marquet • 6 days ago • 6 comments
Can anyone help Sarah keep to her made-in-New Zealand challenge by recommending a local or DIY nail hardener? How about an eczema remedy or headache cure? Plus: Croxley paper—a made-here success story. More …
One man, one road, one cycle
By Annabel McAleer • March 12, 2010 • 0 comments
Roger Honeybun sets off on the trip of a lifetime tomorrow: cycling more than 1,000 kilometres from Christchurch to Auckland, in nine days. It could be the trip of your lifetime, too. More …
Towards compact communities that are awesome: part 1
By Craig Neilson • March 12, 2010 • 1 comments
Can we bring Auckland's apartment buildings closer to nature? Sure we can. Craig introduces a new blog mini-series, outlining some bright green ideas for making the City of Sails a brighter, greener city. More …
Introducing Holly Brooker
By Holly Jean Brooker • March 10, 2010 • 2 comments
Hey, I’m Holly Jean and am excited to blog my way through 2010. I am a typical 28-year-old urban girl trying to live a little bit greener for the sake of my health, the environment, and my pocket. One of my sisters is a true greenie who knows the ins and out of every chemical and toxin on earth, and thinks its a bit of a joke that I’m an eco-advocate. The joke part is that I’m a total urban girl who loves the hustle and bustle of city life. More …
Walk2Work Day this Wednesday 10th March!
By Hazel Murray • March 8, 2010 • 4 comments
Living Streets Aotearoa, New Zealand's largest advocacy group for pedestrians, is shouting about the benefits of walking to work from the streets this Wednesday 10th March. There'll be 20 events throughout the country—so get out there and beat the streets, joining the masses for breakfast between 7am and 9am. More …
A year of made in New Zealand
By Sarah Marquet • March 8, 2010 • 3 comments
New Good blogger Sarah Marquet has set herself a big challenge: buy New Zealand-made for a full year. Follow her updates every Monday as she battles to find New Zealand-made everything, within a small weekly budget. More …
Overfishing documentary The End of the Line premieres
By Annabel McAleer • March 5, 2010 • 0 comments
Tuna-less sushi was served at the New Zealand premiere of The End of the Line last night in Wellington. Described as the Inconvenient Truth for oceans, the documentary reveals the global impacts of overfishing, and criticises New Zealand's commercial fisheries, among others. Scientists predict the global collapse of fish stocks by the middle of this century if nothing's done. More …
Surviving summer without the supermarket
By Savenna Rutherford • March 5, 2010 • 5 comments
Savenna catches up with Will Tong and Rachel de Lacey, who have now been living without the supermarket for twelve weeks. Find out how they survived the summer holidays, where they buy all their essentials—and a few favourite recipes. More …
Wine, cheese and bicycles
By Su Yin Khoo • March 5, 2010 • 0 comments
The lovely Frocks on Bikes will be hosting a Try My Bike evening in Auckland next week. More …
How do you make reusable sandwich wraps?
By Liz Hill • February 25, 2010 • 5 comments
Try as we might, Good can't answer every question that comes our way. Can you lovely people help another reader choose fabric for homemade reusable sandwich wraps? More …
Yes, we have bananas ... and now we have Fairtrade!
By Hazel Murray • February 18, 2010 • 4 comments
Fairtrade bananas have just gone on sale in New Zealand. Although we import more of the yellow fruit per capita than any other nation, we have never had the option to choose Fairtrade—until now! More …
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Splore this Friday!
By Annabel McAleer • February 15, 2010 • 0 comments
We've been looking forward to this weekend for aaaages—and finally, it's nearly here! Splore starts this Friday at the Tapapakanga Regional Park, just 70km south east of Auckland. The Good team will be there, with a super-chilled out tent space for you to have a nice cup of tea and a sit down. More …
Lovely Lyttelton ... or more coal?
By Annabel McAleer • February 10, 2010 • 1 comments
It's submission time again! There are plans to double coal exports from the Port of Lyttelton, to nearly five million tonnes each year. That means expanding a quarry, tearing down a hill, dredging a bit of harbour and 'reclaiming' another part, says Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei. Environment Canterbury is taking submissions on the coal expansion proposal this week. Here's how to have your say. More …
Valentine's Day: go green or go online
By Sue Skeet • February 5, 2010 • 2 comments
Billions of paper greeting cards are bought and sold every year. Before buying a Valentine's Day card for your partner, lover or secret crush (or all three), read Sue Skeet's guide to choosing an eco-friendly greeting card. More …
Not in our back paddock!
By Sarah Heeringa • February 5, 2010 • 2 comments
What do a UK supermarket chain, Michael Pollan and Jamie Oliver all have in common? They all think factory dairy farming is a bad idea for New Zealand. More …
Born free
By Sarah Heeringa • February 4, 2010 • 6 comments
The recent Good article 'Eco mamas and papas' included a segment called 'Born Free' which considered some of the issues around birth in New Zealand. The item prompted the following conversation. More …
Nourishing our roots: what placenta planting means to our family
By Mark Easterbrook • February 4, 2010 • 0 comments
I can’t honestly remember why my wife Susie and I decided to bury our son Hunter’s placenta in a special place, other than it seemed the right thing to do at the time. I do remember knowing straight away where our little ceremony should take place: beneath a magnificent and ancient puriri tree on my family’s farm near Whangarei. But I also remember feeling slightly awkward about the whole thing. Here we were, two Pakeha New Zealanders detached from any kind of spiritual or cultural traditions around childbirth, searching for a way to anchor the experience to our past, present and future. More …
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