Sustainability

Ziptrek Ecotours was recognised as one of New Zealand's most sustainable companies at the Sustainable 60 Awards in Auckland on Wednesday night.

More than 300 people discovered there is such a thing as a free lunch at a weekend event held in Dunedin to promote healthy and sustainable eating habits.

A Brightly coloured group of young people is gathered on the exposed south end of the island, armed with spades, a crowbar, staves and wheelbarrows. Much chattering and giggling! A sharp westerly whips up the white horses on the harbour, and I see my own hands go from purple to blue and back again.

A year ago I wrote that the city's water services should not be metered - now I'm not so sure.

Taiwan's national television channel 8 TTV is highlighting Milford Sound as part of its focus on New Zealand as a world leader in conservation and sustainability.

A one-stop website on how to make the right choices concerning sustainability in the Queenstown Lakes District was launched last week.

Otago Polytechnic and five other metropolitan institutions have established a sustainable housing network building on last year's national sustainable housing competition.

A Hampden debate over economic growth versus sustainability has just got hotter, with a team of National Party MPs being withdrawn by Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean.

Reusable cloth nappies could make a resurgence in the Queenstown Lakes district if a council bid to get disposable nappies out of landfills gathers enough community and council support.

Filling your vehicle up with biodiesel was just the start of a more sustainable future, business leaders were told on Monday.