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How do you make reusable sandwich wraps?

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 …

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2010: USA and China here we come!

Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders were involved in 350.org's International Day of Climate Action on October 24 last year, and other NGO-led campaigns such as Greenpeace’s Sign On campaign. So did it help? How did we go in Copenhagen—and what lies ahead? More …

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Valentine's Day: go green or go online

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 …

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Nourishing our roots: what placenta planting means to our family

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 …

 

Are baby boomers to blame?

Should baby boomers take more responsibility for reducing their emissions than younger generations? Are baby boomers more responsible for climate change than those under 40? Nick Potter (who falls somewhere between generation X and Y) argues that young people must forgive boomers for their contribution to climate change ... and that boomers need to accept responsibility. What do you think? More …

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Social Fabric

Social Fabric is a sustainable social-entrepreneurial fashion collaboration with female refugees in New Zealand. More …

 

Diary from Copenhagen—part 2

Energy audits, pinwheel pastries and frozen faces! Seventeen-year-old Phoebe Hunt is in Copenhagen at the UN Children’s Fund Children’s Climate Forum. This is part two of her diary. More …

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Diary from Copenhagen—part 1

Seventeen-year-old Phoebe Hunt is one of five young Kiwi climate ambassadors, aged between 14 and 17, who are attending the the UN Children’s Fund Children’s Climate Forum in Copenhagen this week. This is her diary from Copenhagen. More …

 

Hampden to PM: is all growth good?

The stage is set for a David vs Goliath Kiwi-style test match in Hampden, a tiny community in North Otago. The village has sent a challenge directly to John Key, asking him to defend the government's growth policy in a public debate. The invitation is to assemble a team and take the affirmative in a celebrity charity debate on the topic: ‘Promoting continuous economic growth per se is a sound national stategy to secure our children’s future.’ More …

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The story of a stream

It’s great to hear a good news story from the farming sector. Here’s one about how the right attitude and a bit of effort is making a big difference for bird life and water quality near the Ohiwa Harbour. More …

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Diary of my detox: one week down

So here I am, one week into the detox and I think it is going pretty well. I have stuck to the diet—well, if you don’t include one sip of beer and a handful of evil movie popcorn (but who can resist the movie popcorn?). I have even developed a love of soy milk after I sceptically screwed my nose up at it just a short week ago. More …

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Diary of my detox: the beginning

Good subscription manager Jen Livingstone is back at work after a three-month trip around India and Europe. Keen to clear up her Delhi belly, she signs up to test-drive the latest detox kit to arrive in the office. More …

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Help get John Key to Copenhagen— just $5!

If the cost of air travel is behind Prime Minister John Key’s refusal to attend the UN climate talks in Copenhagen in December, it's not anymore. Greenpeace has launched a fundraising campaign to help pay his way. More …

 

A boy, his grandfather, and the environment: a love story

Our son likes to do the ‘right thing’ to please his parents, his school and the planet—but I’m far from smug about it. At his impressionable age, if we as a loving family dedicated ourselves to a household ritual of eating truck tyres, he’d be right into it. The acid test often comes in the teenage years. More …

 

What do New Zealand's futurologists think of our cities?

“Smart urban design thinking is based on building communities,” says future thinker James Lunday. “Land use, economy and culture should drive infrastructure investment—not the other way around. Thinking in reverse results in creating not only great urban areas but thriving communities and economies, unlocking and unblocking latent mixed-use development potential.” And wouldn't that be good? More …

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