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Healthy Housing Programme Receives $1.5M Through Collaborative Funding Partnership
Local funders and agencies have come together to tackle one of our region’s biggest problems; that our poor housing stock is having a...
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nikgregg
- Jun 4, 2019
- 4 min
Striking for system change, not climate change
This was the message Marama Davidson gave students gathered for the strike against climate change in Tauranga, Friday 24th May. She said...
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Jo Wills
- May 24, 2019
- 4 min
Water bottling - the new 'Gold Rush' industry
I oppose the expansion of the Otakiri Water Bottling Plant in the Eastern Bay of Plenty for a number of reasons, but it’s got me thinking...
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Jo Wills
- May 24, 2019
- 4 min
The Zero Carbon Bill through the eyes of an everyday activist
The Zero Carbon Bill was released by the New Zealand Government on the 8th May, 2019 and everyone has an opinion on it. Will it be any...
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nikgregg
- Apr 12, 2019
- 4 min
Students taking on kaitiakitanga role for EnviroChallenge
Awareness became the theme of the day at EnviroChallenge 2019. Students from across the Bay of Plenty region gathered at host school...
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Jo Wills
- Jul 2, 2018
- 5 min
Are compostable bags as good as we think?
I've been doing a bit of research for Straws Suck lately about single use plastic bags...this is a local movement to help raise the...
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nikgregg
- May 23, 2018
- 1 min
Are you thinking about building a new home?
We're delivering a free public seminar in Rotorua to share what we know about building new, in a way that creates warm, dry and healthy...
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nikgregg
- Apr 5, 2018
- 2 min
EnviroChallenge 2018 is a wrap!
EnviroChallenge is a one day, high energy event for secondary students from all over the Bay of Plenty intended to inspire environmental...
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Jo Wills
- Jan 5, 2018
- 3 min
Five ways more people cycling will be better for everyone
We are a nation of car lovers. I grew up to the sound of a V8 engine and the smell of petrol. My dad was a mechanic, there was always...
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Jo Wills
- Dec 20, 2017
- 3 min
We don't mow our lawns and we're still good people
When we were kids, our backyard was an incredible maze of pumpkin plants and guava bushes. We’d play hide and seek with the...
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Jo Wills
- Aug 1, 2017
- 10 min
Every climate action is a community action
Musings and key learning from the 2017 Eco City World Summit, a biannual international series that 'aims to unite people through a new...
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nikgregg
- May 22, 2017
- 3 min
Calling all tradies...Tradebank needs YOU!
As many now know, Sustainability Options is a social business committed to visiting as many homes as possible providing free, independent...
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Jo Wills
- Jan 5, 2017
- 9 min
'Be the change where you are' - thoughts from the documentary Demain (Tomorrow)
‘A lion doesn’t attack antelope to sell them to its buddies.’ A lion hunts for two reasons, hunger and survival. When a lion is full,...
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Nik Gregg
- Dec 12, 2016
- 1 min
Diary of a new EV vehicle owner
Took the van on a drive over to Rotorua today - two of us in the vehicle. We were a bit nervous (a wee bit of range anxiety), but it all...
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Nik Gregg
- Dec 4, 2016
- 18 min
Diary of an attempt at a sustainable home renovation
We have recently purchased a home that is our 'project' for renovation. Given my job is to promote household sustainability, I thought...
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Jo Wills
- May 25, 2016
- 5 min
Urban design, is it rocket science?
Prior to attending an urban design presentation by a person with the name Ludo, my expectations for something pretty special were high. ...
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Jo Wills
- Apr 29, 2016
- 5 min
Climate, Housing & Food
A couple of weeks ago I attended a seminar; ‘Climate Change & Health: Is food a major player?’ a science based presentation delivered by...
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Jo Wills
- Apr 6, 2016
- 6 min
It's all about people
On Friday 1st April I attended a Climate Change Speakers Forum in Tauranga organised by Envirohub. The event began with a short Al Gore...
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Nik Gregg
- Mar 4, 2016
- 2 min
The EV Journey begins
Had the immense pleasure of attending Tauranga's first shopping mall EV station yesterday. Congratulations and well done to the Bay Fair...
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