The waste minimisers
A system of regulated product stewardship for six "priority products" is coming into effect under the Waste Minimisation Act. Maureen Howard asks six waste minimisers what they're doing to make a difference.
Life & Style
Flipping the script
Flipping the script
Kiwibank 2020 New Zealander of the Year Jennifer Ward-Lealand walked into the Alternative Aotearoa conference feeling curious and came out filled with hope. Maureen Howard finds out why.
Clothed in kindness
Clothed in kindness
A New Zealand fashion company is caring for people and the environment, writes Maureen Howard.
Wise investments
Wise investments
Values based on Maori ancestral knowledge are piloting an ethical fund through the world of investing, Tom McKinlay writes.
Seeing the land
Seeing the land
We can see new possibilities for our farming landscapes, Prof Hugh Campbell tells Tom McKinlay.
Sharing stacks up
Sharing stacks up
Electric car-sharing really stacks up in a new housing development, writes Tom McKinlay.
Streets ahead
Streets ahead
A new report on low-traffic cities by the Helen Clark Foundation, The Shared Path, suggests an alliance between communities and local and central government to decarbonise transport and return...
Piling in behind nature
Piling in behind nature
Climate change is challenging the St Clair-St Kilda coastline and the protection measures of the past. Maureen Howard finds out what the Dunedin City Council is doing to adapt to nature’s ways.
Comforts of home
Comforts of home
Clever reuse and an emphasis on energy efficiency are features of an ongoing restoration of an augmented villa, Tom McKinlay writes.
Change makers: getting together to do good
Change makers: getting together to do good
How do you turn a notion into action? Maureen Howard talks to the people behind four inspiring community initiatives transforming society from the bottom up.
Lives of best fit
Lives of best fit
The game is on, an app to help us cut our carbon footprints, Tom McKinlay reports.
The future they represent
The future they represent
Art can convey complex issues in a direct and intuitive way. Maureen Howard talks to school pupils about what they hope to communicate about the unequal effects of climate change at their exhibition.
Where the parties sit on waste
Where the parties sit on waste
Some parties are wasting the opportunity this election presents, writes Gina Dempster.
Resilient: Activist profiles
Resilient: Activist profiles
Social entrepreneurs strive to address pressing social and environmental issues while creating economic opportunities. Maureen Howard asks six how they include doing good in what they do.
Getting the job dung
Getting the job dung
A humble beetle could be the catalyst that brings town and country together to create better farms and cleaner waterways, Henrik Moller tells Tom McKinlay.
Pressing reset
Pressing reset
Billions are being spent on Covid-19, but Govt money also needs to tackle ecological emergencies. Doing both can be good for jobs, communities and the economy. Maureen Howard finds out why.
Living streams
Living streams
The life in our streams and rivers has long helped us monitor their health. Now scientists are looking to it again — and in particular, macroinvertebrate life — to tell us whether pesticide use is bringing a new crisis.
Inducing a conscience
Inducing a conscience
Aramoana artist Adrian Hall reflects on nature, climate change and the vantage point gained from living in a low-lying coastal community, Maureen Howard writes.
Home on the hill
Home on the hill
The interior of this Dunedin home has a Scandinavian feel but the bush-clad setting is quintessential New Zealand. Kim Dungey takes a look.
A walk on the wildlife side
A walk on the wildlife side
You need not go far to get away from it all, writes Scott Willis.