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Good, issue 10

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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

10:10

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

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

Plus

87 The Good Guide

Energy Star® Appliances

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  • Visiting Grey Lynn farmers market could win you $5,000
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    We might have trouble with sheds, but the slow food movement is alive and well in Central Auckland. This weekend's Grey Lynn farmers market has food, live music and bicycle repair—and the chance to win $5,000.

  • Floating wetlands to combat algal scum
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    A Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Te Arawa Lakes Trust initiative is working with schools and the community to construct floating wetlands on Rotorua lakes. They hope to provide new habitat for fish and birds, and hopefully remove some harmful nutrients from the lakes' waters.

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    Five months pregnant and facing her 40th birthday, Francesca Price decides it’s time to go pig hunting

  • Aspartame

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  • How to hypermile
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    Fuel-efficient driving is easy. Here are ten tips (in no particular order) that can massively reduce your fuel bill

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