What you sow
What you sow
Luke Facer's at Kowhai Grove extending the hands-on component of the sustainable horticulture course he's doing at Otago Polytechnic.
Tom McKinlay
Short cut to Hollywood
Short cut to Hollywood
The serial horror creators who filmed the feature-length I Survived A Zombie Holocaust in Dunedin in 2011 with a local cast of hundreds have a shocking new short, which screens tomorrow at Rialto.
Going with the floes
Going with the floes
For Inuit activist and writer Sheila Watt-Cloutier, climate change is a very personal challenge, writes Tom McKinlay.
An ethical fund
An ethical fund
Investment manager Grosvenor offers the only ethical KiwiSaver fund in New Zealand that is certified by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia.
Sewing seeds of change
Sewing seeds of change
Taking an ethical approach to investing may not always be about dumping companies behaving badly.
Ethics on the ledger
Ethics on the ledger
While you sleep, your money might be doing evil. But it doesn't have to be that way. Tom McKinlay reports.
Monitoring those small deposits
Monitoring those small deposits
University of Auckland lecturer Dr Matheson Russell says the job is not done once you have ensured your KiwiSaver account is doing no wrong.
Plugging electrics
Plugging electrics
Electric cars are alive, kicking and about to spark a revolution, says a visiting US advocate. Tom McKinlay talks to Chelsea Sexton, among others.
A record of a battered land
A record of a battered land
A New Zealand documentary provides space for dissident voices on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Tom McKinlay writes.
A question of values
A question of values
Far from the bear pits of New Zealand politics, young New Zealander Max Harris is thinking about how we might do it better. Tom McKinlay reports.
The price of fashion
The price of fashion
As the pace of fashion quickens, consumers are responding in different ways, Tom McKinlay reports.
Mending our ways
Mending our ways
Dunedin textile artist Desi Liversage is turning the work of a lifetime into a commercial enterprise, reports Tom McKinlay.
Savage truths
Savage truths
This year's Science Teller keynote speaker Dan Savage writes about sex. He talked to Tom McKinlay.
Submitting meekly
Submitting meekly
It's crunch time for climate change but the memo does not appear to have reached the Government, writes Tom McKinlay.
The art of the textile
The art of the textile
A Dunedin label has its designers' prints all over it, writes Tom McKinlay.
Exploring possibilities
Exploring possibilities
New Zealand Young Writers Festival guest Arthur Meek is aiming for the very top, writes Tom McKinlay.
Growing concern
Growing concern
A renewed focus on what lies beneath our feet is providing more good reasons to tread lightly, writes Tom McKinlay.
Men for all season
Men for all season
A new film about heartland New Zealand provides a rare insight into the changing shed, writes Tom McKinlay.
The politics of hot air
The politics of hot air
A new documentary shows it is politics, as much as coal, that poses the biggest threat to the world's climate. Tom McKinlay reports.
Driving change
Driving change
New Zealand could park a significant chunk of its carbon emissions by focusing on transport, but it's a journey that's only just beginning Tom McKinlay reports.