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Fridge to fish-smoker: A green idea, or just good old Kiwi ingenuity?
I noticed a smell of smoked fish outside the Green Ideas office today. Our downstairs neighbours are a marine repairs workshop and the smell seemed to be coming from a daggy old fridge outside their man ...
Advice please – can you put feijoa skins in a worm farm?
Yahey! This morning our two-year-old feijoa tree started dropping fruit and boy are they tasty. I'm looking forward to a couple of weeks of gluttony, but want to know if you can put the skins ...
Why eat organic?
Reader submittedBy Lisa Madarasz - www.ecodeals.co.nz It costs more and often requires an extra trip to the shops, so why do it? Well, it all begins on the farm. Organic farms use no chemical pesticides or fertilizers to ...
Wow! 19-year-old unveils plan to pull plastic from the ocean
You have to check out the website of Boyan Slat, the Dutch teen with the amazing plan for cleaning plastic from the ocean: http://www.boyanslat.com/ It's projected that his Ocean Cleanup Array could remove 7,2500,000 tons of plastic ...
Pallet bike stand
Reader submittedSearching for an upcycled way to keep those bikes in order? Look no further.
Fair Food NZ volunteers wanted now
Fair Food are looking for volunteers in Auckland to help collect surplus food from retailers and distribute it to community groups who share it with families and people in need. http://fairfoodnz.wordpress.com/volunteers/ "Fair Food is about the collection ...
Kiwi company makes the World's Most Ethical Companies list
HUGE congratulations to All Good Organics for making the prestigious World's Most Ethical Companies list by the New York-based Ethisphere Institute. All Good Organics is the first and only New Zealand company to make the coveted international ...
Earth Hour 2014
Reader submittedEarth Hour 2015 is taking place on Saturday March 28th at 8.30pm. For all the latest news and features, including information on how to take part, please visit: www.earthhour.org/ "Ever wondered how much difference your small actions ...
Additional to Rainwater System in Issue 2
Reader submittedHaving installed a rainwater system a couple of years ago, I would like to share my experience. Firstly, my experience of the rainwater diverters shown in your article is that they block with leaves. Unless you ...
Congratulations Sam Judd – young New Zealander of the year!
Huge congratulations to Green Ideas contributor Sam Judd who has been honoured as the Young New Zealander of the Year for his work leading the coastline clean-up and education charity Sustainable Coastlines. Sam was a part of Green Ideas ...