Sustainability Options 

A couple of weeks ago I attended a seminar; ‘Climate Change & Health: Is food a major player?’ a science based presentation delivered by Emily Rushton (a health professional), and on behalf of Ora Taiao (New Zealand Climate and Health Council), check them out. A couple of years ago Ora Taiao submitted a briefing paper to the then incoming Minister for Health highlighting the ‘Health Co‐benefits of Climate Action’ and showing examples of this under three headings: increase ac

On Friday 1st April I attended a Climate Change Speakers Forum in Tauranga organised by Envirohub. The event began with a short Al Gore presentation by Michelle Elborn from Tauranga City Council, followed with a screening of Chasing Ice, a documentary about the retreating glaciers around the world, specifically Iceland and Alaska. It was such a powerful and haunting visual representation of the rapid transformation our planet is going through with magnificent and ancient g