An art to profit us all
The icons of a politically charged environmental spirituality are taking to the street, writes Tom McKinlay.
Tom McKinlay
In the know
In the know
Knowledge held by Maori provides insights the future can not do without, Tom McKinlay writes.
Leading the charge
Leading the charge
Local leadership on climate change is starting at the top, writes Tom McKinlay.
When work comes home
When work comes home
It could very well be that a few more of us spend time working from home in the coming weeks. Efficiency coach Nicola Brown shares some thoughts with Tom McKinlay about how to make that work.
In the Rocketman’s wake
In the Rocketman’s wake
It's a miraculous day when your hero calls, Tate Sheridan tells Tom McKinlay.
The Pacific rising
The Pacific rising
The response to a changing climate is well advanced in the Pacific, providing lessons for the rest of us, writes Tom McKinlay.
Securing the future
Securing the future
Kaiwhakahaere Lisa Tumahai tells Tom McKinlay about Ngai Tahu's strategy to tackle climate change in diverse landscapes.
On our best behaviour
On our best behaviour
We need to change and change big. Environmental psychology can help, Dr Wokje Abrahamse says. Tom McKinlay tries to get his head around it.
On closer inspection
On closer inspection
The small and overlooked becomes larger than life in Suus Agnes Claessen's art, writes Tom McKinlay.
With the current
With the current
The verb to charge can describe rapid movement. But it has other meanings too, reports Tom McKinlay.
Clear view of decade ahead
Clear view of decade ahead
There are two zeros in the date 2020. You’ll have spotted them on the cover.
Time for action
Time for action
As we hit the critical decade in the effort to curb planetary heating, it might just be that we're ready to act. writes Tom McKinlay.
Best of 2019: Confronting the facts in our fiction
Best of 2019: Confronting the facts in our fiction
Our times need stories but they need to be told well, novelist Chris Else tells Tom McKinlay.
Moving into the future
Moving into the future
The electric revolution has begun, moving silently through the city’s streets, writes Tom McKinlay.
Nowhere to run to
Nowhere to run to
When the poisons we spill into the environment accumulate in ourselves to critical levels, what then will be the body’s response? A British novelist has sketched one terrifying possibility. Tom...
Hire and higher
Hire and higher
A heady mix of German technology and New Zealand topography provided food for thought on a skiing holiday, Tom McKinlay writes.
Fixing what is broken
Fixing what is broken
Repair cafes are putting the focus back on alternatives to our disposable consumer culture, Tom McKinlay.
Reel take on wealth, inequality
Reel take on wealth, inequality
A new New Zealand film on the work of a French economist strikes at the heart of wealth and power, writes Tom McKinlay.
Our plastics addiction
Our plastics addiction
A new report from the Royal Society paints a picture of a plastic addiction out of control, one our recyclers can do only so much to address, reports Tom McKinlay.
Valuing the local
Valuing the local
In order to care for the environment we must also care for its people, Prof Henrik Moller tells Tom McKinlay.