Made with love to last
Clothes should be worn and worn out, their designers tell Maureen Howard.
Life & Style
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.
Kicking recycling up a gear
Kicking recycling up a gear
The producers of waste products will soon be expected to tidy their own rooms, writes Gina Dempster.
Q + A with Tod Coxhead
Q + A with Tod Coxhead
Q + A with cyclist Tod Coxhead.
Made of straw
Made of straw
There is no place quite like home, but one Otago family knows no other New Zealand home will be quite like their house when it is finished, Kerrie Waterworth reports.
Q + A with Rachel Gibb
Q + A with Rachel Gibb
Q + A with electric truck driver Rachel Gibb, of Dunedin.
Planting the seed
Planting the seed
As another growing season beckons, Ben Elms, aka Dr Compost, fields another question from an aspiring horticulturist.
Eating local
Eating local
There are so many ways to eat more sustainably. Choosing local seasonal food is one, writes Hagar Ozri.
Fixing what is broken
Fixing what is broken
Repair cafes are putting the focus back on alternatives to our disposable consumer culture, Tom McKinlay.
Q + A with Jenn Shhuzitski
Q + A with Jenn Shhuzitski
Q + A with Electric cargo-biker Jenn Shhuzitski, of Waitati.
Resilient vision
Resilient vision
In the last edition of resilient we asked you for your visions for a truly sustainable future. We chose to interpret one by Taranaki Smith, of Palmerston. We hope he recognises his vision here.
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...
Carbon gets personal
Carbon gets personal
Do you think what you do doesn’t amount to much? Maureen Howard finds out why it is worth the effort to reduce our personal greenhouse gas emissions.
Moving into the future
Moving into the future
The electric revolution has begun, moving silently through the city’s streets, writes Tom McKinlay.
Showing faith in conversions
Showing faith in conversions
From Nissan to Jaguar, Volkswagen to Hyundai, the big car manufacturers around the world are gearing up to satisfy the demand for electric vehicles and meet new regulations around tailpipe pollution and carbon emissions. But for all the high-tech gadgetry of their offerings, sometimes they don't quite fit the bill.
Q + A with Charlotte Flaherty
Q + A with Charlotte Flaherty
Q + A with walker, Charlotte Flaherty.
Q + A with Annie Blakie
Q + A with Annie Blakie
Q + A with inline skater, Annie Blakie.
Q + A with Matai Bowen
Q + A with Matai Bowen
Q + A with skateboarder Matai Bowen, of North East Valley
Heeding the call
Heeding the call
Twice this year, school pupils around New Zealand have abandoned classes to call for more urgent action on climate change as part of the School Strike 4 Climate initiative. We asked some Dunedin people why they intend to join the students and add their voices to the climate strike.
All at sea
All at sea
We know the hoiho is in trouble. We know a shifting diet is part of the problem. But how does this knowledge help highlight hope? Maureen Howard looks to sea for answers.