This blog was submitted by Lee of "Getting Around Wellington - reducing kilometres travelled by private cars"
This blog was submitted by Lee of "Getting Around Wellington - reducing kilometres travelled by private cars"
I don't know about you, but walking to work in this cold weather just isn't so appealing. I try and walk when the weather is nice – it takes just over an hour and gives me time to wake up and prepare for my day, but when it's raining or cold, as it has been recently, I just want to stay those extra 20 minutes in bed.
So many New Zealand homes don't have adequate insulation. I think we've all heard by now that some Dunedin student flats are colder than the inside of a fridge in winter. I can believe that – having visited friends down there in my second year at uni I woke up to ice on the inside of the windows.
The following blog was submitted by Ian Matthews from BRANZ, the company who created the Eco Design Advisor concept.
I don’t know about you, but I was really pleased to get rained on last weekend. It had been hot and dry in Wellington for too long. I’m one of those people who actually likes it being a bit cooler, and I certainly don’t mind a bit of rain. I know my garden appreciated it.
I was lucky enough to go to EECA’s ENERGYWISETM advance screening of The 11th Hour last night.
... I’m talking about “Getting Around Wellington”, a voluntary travel behaviour change programme working particularly on people’s short trips – easy to change journeys of 2 – 5kms.
What are your New Year’s resolutions?
