Decisions fit for the future
All those poles help support our resilience, it makes their ownership important.
Rising to the challenge
Thinking fit for the future
Thinking fit for the future
The future we face demands new ways of doing things, writes Scott Willis.
Adapting everywhere all at once
Adapting everywhere all at once
There is a need for local-area energy planning, climate-safe housing and a sharing economy, writes Scott Willis.
Thinking local
Thinking local
Rural and urban whānau need to work together to safeguard livelihoods and adapt to impacts of climate change. We need to "think local’’ and shift away from dependence on big corporations, writes Scott Willis.
Putting a better plan together
Putting a better plan together
Better planning can deliver to our rural communities.
Flowers of resistance
Flowers of resistance
Diversity in our rural landscape is producing green shoots of hope.
A common sense recipe
A common sense recipe
A harvest from hell is how some farmers described the aftermath of Cyclone Dovi, when in February arable crops were destroyed from Canterbury through to the Wairarapa, writes Scott Willis.
No time for diluted ambitions
No time for diluted ambitions
Dramatic changes in the water cycle mean we can no longer go with the flow.
Pandemic can demonstrate art of possible
Pandemic can demonstrate art of possible
It’s time to act with ambition on transport and much else.
Together we can get the mahi done
Together we can get the mahi done
It’s time to step back from the overshoot, writes Scott Willis.
Learning a lesson from nature’s book
Learning a lesson from nature’s book
It’s time to harness the power of the wind, the flow of the river, the golden sun and the power of the earth, writes Scott Willis.
Making our way to a regenerative future
Making our way to a regenerative future
We all have someone we know — a brother, sister, parent, child — who practises fatalism in the place of decision-making, writes Scott Willis.
A future to build together
A future to build together
Scott Willis is enjoying a time of earlier evenings, warming fires and long conversations - many about how we can boost action on climate.