Our latest guest blog comes to us from Rosie Hutchison, who works for the Kaipatiki Project Environment Centre in Auckland.
Our latest guest blog comes to us from Rosie Hutchison, who works for the Kaipatiki Project Environment Centre in Auckland.
Our latest guest blog come to us from Rhys Taylor, National Coordinator of the Sustainable Living Programme, with some information on how he uses compost to keep his garden fertile.
With the weather improving and Christmas just around the corner, now’s a great time to think about getting stuck into that vegetable garden you’ve been planning. If you don’t know how to start you organic garden, or nothing is growing in your current patch except good intentions, then you’re in luck. Kapiti Coast’s Green Gardener, Kath Irvine, is here with some tips on how to get your organic veggie garden really blooming this summer:
We’ve had some recent discussions about the problems those renting face when trying to make their home more sustainable. In response, we’re lucky to have a guest blog from Claire Benge, the Wellington City Council Eco Design Advisor. Claire has a lot of experience helping out renters and has some great advice for those trying to make rental properties warmer and more energy efficient:
Matthew Luxon and Waveney Warth, who are attempting to live for one year while creating as little rubbish as possible, have contributed this blog on their top five tips for rubbish reduction. Their ‘Rubbish Free Year’ challenge is a great way to highlight the simple changes ordinary households can make to reduce their rubbish, and their inspiring story combines concern for the environment with good old fashioned kiwi ingenuity:
Our latest guest blog comes from Sonya Olykan, Acting Secretary and Project Coordinator for the Railtrail Trust, with a great update on the awesome things that are happening down in Christchurch:
This blog was sent to me by Caron Greenough, a Senior Transportation Planner based in Auckland.
This was sent to me by Sam MacDonald from Greymouth who attended the Youth Environment Forum in Wellington, April 28 - May 1.
This blog was submitted by Lee of "Getting Around Wellington - reducing kilometres travelled by private cars"
The following blog was submitted by Ian Matthews from BRANZ, the company who created the Eco Design Advisor concept.
