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Good start

4 Editorial

Evolving for a greener future

5 The Goodies

Megan Cumberpatch, Olivia Wix

6 Letters

Write and win

9 News

Mostly good news from around the globe. Plus: Good times

11 Good reads

Good reads: Scrooge does Xmas

13 Butter vs margarine

Good choice: The yellowy goodness of natural New Zealand butter is hard to top, but should we turn to manufactured margarine for the sake of our health?

14 Power to the people

Good question: Batteries, washing soda and dental floss

14 Battery collection and recycling

Who offers battery collection and recycling services in New Zealand? Here's where to find battery recyclers and safe battery disposal near you. Please leave a comment to add new facilities!

16 Jon Bridges

My green journey: Travelling the world as a comedian, presenter and now producer of TV3’s 7 Days, Jon Bridges has seen enough to get him gazing skyward. He tells why the world would be a better place if we all just got on our bike

20 Good stuff

Good stuff: 12 gifts for Christmas

22 Claire Sawyers

Local heroes: Donate NZ founder Claire Sawyers

Features

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24 Feel the fear and cycle anyway

Venturing onto the road on two wheels can feel like
taking your life in your hands.
explains why we should be jumping on our bikes
anyway. Plus: Tips for cycling safely—and in style

32 For the love of bees

The world’s honeybees are vanishing and New
Zealand teeters on the brink of a catastrophic
collapse in our bee population. investigates the strange phenomenon of colony collapse disorder

40 How to cut your carbon footprint 10% in 2010

Let’s stop talking about climate change and do
something! Good crunches the numbers to find ways to take real, meaningful, achievable action today—that’ll cut your carbon footprint ten percent in 2010

46 Eco-fabulous summer entertaining

Stylist shares her easy, expert tips for simple but stylish garden entertaining this summer. Plus: How to make a waterproof outdoor cushion

The goods

51 Make a waterproof cushion

Style: How to sew an outdoor cushion

52 The high life

Home: Sod the lot! Groovy green roofs. Plus: How to give your letterbox a green roof

56 You are my sunshine

Technology: Photovoltaic power: the pros and cons

58 Minimalism

Transport: How far can three tanks of gas take you? Professional fuel miser Mark Whittaker says it’s not just what you drive, but how you drive that matters

60 Future thinkers

Money: The 2009 NZI National Sustainable Business Award winners

64 Sweat on the safe side

Beauty: Will antiperspirant give you breast cancer? Probably not, say scientists—but without a definite ‘no’, many women prefer to avoid underarm chemicals. Good puts aluminium-free and low-chem deodorants to the test

68 Salad days

Grow + eat: Summer salads from Julie Biuso. Angus Allan’s organic barbequed lamb. Plus: Make your own custard; Aunt Daisy’s classic Christmas pud

Plus

87 The Good Guide

Energy Star® Appliances

Good bits

82 True value

Business:  defines sustainability

83 Smarts for the silly season

Good housekeeping:  rethinks Christmas

84 150,000 apologies

Gaia and brimstone:  says sorry

85 Bread for roses

Eco-worrier:  on the joy of neighbours and bread

86 Why I was arrested for Greenpeace

The green room: A Northland builder gets arrested

95 Be kind to bees

Action: A midsummer night’s dream

96 Daniel Kereopa

The good life: Raglan-based pro-surfer

More Goodness

The Good blog
  • Winter pick-me-ups
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    As gloomy weather sets in, it's the little things that lift your mood. Like these candy-coloured retro leather purses from Green With Envy – a splash of gorgeousness on the daily shop. And we've got two to give away!

  • How to get rid of oxalis?
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    Good's new gardening expert Zoe Carafice is ready and waiting to solve your dilemmas! Each question published on Zoe's blog or in Good receives a fab prize from Tui Garden. This week: how to eradicate oxalis bulbs.

  • One good reason to skip lunch
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    Plenty of food that’s good enough to eat (but not good enough to sell) is disposed of every day. Kaibosh Food Rescue is aiming to change all that by collecting extra food and distributing it to charities. Now they're calling on Kiwis to donate the cost of a meal on Miss a Meal in May Day – so they can expand their mission to help out the hungry.

Good magazine
  • Urban harvest
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    Could you live off the land? Nancy Howie travels to Canada to discover how one grassroots movement is redefining the suburban dream.

  • Where has fracking been allowed on the East Coast?
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    Armed with exploration licenses issued by the New Zealand government, Tag Oil and its partner Apache intend to extract oil and gas from the East Coast. See the map here >

  • Man-made earthquakes
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    Is it possible for human activity to cause quakes? One investigation in Blackpool, England discovered that more than fifty tremors in the region were caused by fracking operations. Read the article >

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