Saying no to plastic
How much plastic do you use each and every day? These Kiwi brands are helping us cut back, one product at a time. July shouldn’t be the only time of the year that we consider where the plastic waste we use ends up, and for many
Five minutes with Sustainable Coastlines Samantha Walmsley-Bartlett
Sustainable Coastlines welcomes young wāhine toa, Samantha Walmsley-Bartlett, as their new Board Chair. An environmental enthusiast, botanist and inspirational writer, Samantha is inspiring the masses with her daily LinkedIn posts on circular practices. Her passion for sustainability has led her to dedicate her career to helping
Out on the water with Sea Cleaners
Photography Andrew Coffey The Good team recently joined Sea Cleaners for a day to help remove plastic and rubbish from the ocean. To date, Sea Cleaners has pulled 10.9 million litres of rubbish out of the waterways around Auckland and Northland, and every helping hand has played
Ecostore fights single-use plastic
Main image by Mert Guller, Unsplash Globally, one million plastic bottles are bought every minute and just 9 per cent of these bottles are recycled. Closer to home, Kiwis consume about 735 thousand tonnes of packaging every year and recycle only about 58 per cent of
The Dole Promise: A world with sunshine for all
THIS ARTICLE IS PRODUCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DOLE A commitment to change that helps people and the planet, Dole has pledged to increase access to sustainable nutrition, decrease food loss, reduce packaging waste and strive for carbon neutrality. The Dole Promise, a global company initiative, draws on
Prepare for Plastic Free July with these simple swaps
New Zealand’s Plastic Free July campaign is building on its wins of July 2019 with simple swaps to reduce single-use plastic and hard-to-recycle soft plastic. In 2019, 257,802 New Zealanders took part in Plastic Free July Aotearoa to refuse single use plastic. We also saw the
Can you BYO reusable cup in Level 3?
What's the deal with BYO reusable cups to cafés in Level 3, and should we be worried? We talk to Kate Hall of Ethically Kate who clears things up for both customers and café owners. The morning of the 28th of April was the morning
