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Keep New Zealand Beautiful
Reader submittedWe really love this country! And we need as many people as possible to help us keep it beautiful. As a non-profit organisation Keep New Zealand Beautiful operates as a charitable trust to promote litter ...
Coco's Cantina in Cambodia
A local Italian-style restaurant with a social conscience is branching out to Cambodia.
Edible entrance wins award
Onehunga Primary School’s front entrance has won a prestigious international architecture award.
Kapiti competes for green title
A competition to have the greenest street in the Kapiti Coast region led to 84 households reducing their environmental footprint by an average of 16 per cent, according to a report released by the Kapiti ...
Fruity group needs your help
Community group the Mt Eden Village People has been granted $10,000 by the New Zealand Lottery board to help with its impressive planting projects – but needs more cash to meet its goals.
Plan Bee
Christchurch is buzzing at an idea for boosting bee numbers as the city rebuilds itself.
Put your time in the bank
A strange new currency has been cropping up in New Zealand lately – time.
Teaching green
Miriam McNicol uncovers everything you need to know about starting a green school programme.
How to kill your landfill (and create jobs doing it)
Faced with a landfill bursting at the seams the Raglan community set itself an ambitious goal – produce zero waste. Sam Judd meets inspiring waste warrior Rick Thorpe.
Learning together: Adult education's new approach
A new movement out of Wellington is connecting communities through a fresh approach to adult education.