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The truth about lightproof milk bottles
Home-delivered milk seemed so sensible, didn’t it? I never understood why that system stopped.
“Anyone for a dried banana? Honestly, they’re delicious.”
Come snack o’clock in the office, I always like to offer my workmates some of what I’m eating.
What are your best tips for saving water?
We had a lively debate in the office a few weeks back about whether Kiwis really care about saving water.
Conservation cat-astrophe? Gareth Morgan stirs up the pot
Gareth Morgan sure knows how to stir up controversy, huh? His campaign to control cats in New Zealand has really touched a nerve.
Welcome to the first Green Ideas enewsletter!
Wow, it’s been a busy week in green circles. Just when we were thinking about our second issue and starting to daydream about the Christmas holidays – bam! – along came the New York Times ...
A year spent living ethically
Reader submittedThis is well worth reading. In 2003 a Guardian writer in the UK spent a year living ethically and wrote about it. Now, more than a decade later, he revisits his experience and asks: is ...
Recycling food waste into pig food instead of sending it to landfill
Reader submittedJust read this on the NZ Herald website – awesome! These guys take surplus food stock away that can’t be sold because it’s past expiry, damaged etc and use it to make nutritionally balanced stock feed ...
Make your own hanging lights
Reader submittedFound this pic; I think it’s a really cool idea and it would look great hanging over the bench that divides my kitchen from the dining room. Think I’ll go scouring some second-hand shops and ...
Oxfam's Morning Tea
Reader submittedIt’s Fair Trade Fortnight 3-18 May, and Oxfam are once again hoping to enlist your help – in a fun way – to do a bit of fundraising, which will help support their work assisting some ...
Why a smart entrepreneur should invest in green business consultants
Reader submittedWhen owning and running a company, one will have a lot of things to ponder. One thing that many people want to make changes to is their environmental and energy policies. With this, an entrepreneur ...