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By Sophie Barclay • August 31, 2009 • 0 comments
A Day at the Beach is a 23-day festival that covers 350 kilometres along New Zealand's stunning West Coast. Two young West Coasters, Louis Brown and Guy Ryan, have created the innovative, adventurous festival linking 16 big events from Karamea in the north, to Franz Josef in the south. More …
Why there's no justification for a 10–20% emissions reduction target
By Sophie Barclay • August 21, 2009 • 1 comments
Are New Zealanders being misled into accepting a shamefully low emissions target, based on misuse of flawed research? Sophie Barclay investigates official claims that further emission reductions would cost us dearly, and finds the research is being misinterpreted and the wishes of 49 percent of New Zealand are being ignored. More …
This week's news in brief
By Sophie Barclay • May 29, 2009 • 0 comments
This week's news rounds up the harbour bridge pedestrian crossing, Earthrace disappointment over biofuels, and painting roofs white to stop global warming .... More …
Sign On to stop climate change
By Sophie Barclay • June 2, 2009 • 0 comments
Join Lucy Lawless, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Emily Barclay, Peter Gordon, Huffer founders Dan Buckley and Steve Dunstan, Steven Tindall, Jim Salinger and over 47,000 New Zealanders, and Sign On to show our government we want action on climate change. More …
Freeze!
By Sophie Barclay • May 28, 2009 • 3 comments
On Friday 5 June at 1pm, hundreds of people around the country will freeze for five minutes—and not just because of the icy front inching its way down the country. These people will be freezing to raise awareness of the impact of climate change. More …
Last week's news in brief
By Sophie Barclay • May 26, 2009 • 0 comments
Whoops, bit late this week! We are on deadline, putting together Good #7 so the website might be quiet this week. Here's a bit of reading for you though: this week's news rounds up cars, reptiles, whales, Gareth Morgan's new book and a whopping great fine for a polluting farmer. More …
Last week's news in brief
By Sophie Barclay • May 18, 2009 • 1 comments
Do you want to see a weekly news roundup on the Good website? Let us know in the comments ... This week, oysters, coral, Aboriginal groups and Obama under threat. Plus, climate skeptics' pet sunspot theory dies at last. More …
One week down, one to go!
By Sophie Barclay • May 13, 2009 • 1 comments
Fair Trade Fortnight began last week, and runs from 2”“17 May. It's not to late to join in! Click through for a list of this week's events ... More …
This week's news in brief
By Sophie Barclay • May 1, 2009 • 0 comments
Do you want to see a weekly news roundup on the Good website? Let us know in the comments ... This week, swine flu and factory farming, indigenous environmentalism in Australia, and the Salinger scandal. More …
Camp for the climate
By Sophie Barclay • April 29, 2009 • 1 comments
Sixty environmentalists, ranging in age from one to 80 years old, met at Parihaka last weekend for the first ever Aotearoa/New Zealand Climate Camp, based around mobilising ordinary people into action against climate change. More …
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