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ECO LIVING
Green Cleaning Recipes
It’s easy to whip up a few environmentally friendly products you can use around the home for cleaning. Here’s some recipes to get you started.
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ENVIRONMENT
Gulf Oil Disaster – Becoming Solution-Focused
Cheryl Richardson shares her distress and coping strategies as the scale of this ghastly environmental disaster continues to unfold.
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ECO LIVING
Recycling - Who Cares?
Over the last few years, there has been a real push for households to take recycling seriously. Change can be uncomfortable and annoying until it becomes normality.
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ECO LIVING
House That Don’t Cost the Earth
It’s good that we’re now questioning how harmful it is to expose ourselves to chemicals and food additives, but what of our toxic homes?
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ECO LIVING
You Need Less Than You Think
We have been conditioned to believe that luxuries are a necessity, that we need things that most of the world doesn’t even dream of having.
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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
The Nature Conservancy
This video shows the Nature Conservancy’s work around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.
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ECO LIVING
Home-made Aloe Vera Moisturiser
This moisturiser feels light and refreshing on the skin, is cheap and easy to make, and contains no toxic chemicals. Great recipe and Q & A also.
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ECO LIVING
Is Recycling Gray Water Going a Step Too Far?
Extensive use of our natural water supplies for things like farming, and household consumption can cause huge problems when rain levels plummet.
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ENVIRONMENT
Restoring Brazil's Atlantic Forest
We don’t know how many species have disappeared but we do know just 12% of the Atlantic Forest remains. Watch the video about what is being done.
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ECO LIVING
Green Up Your Office
Creating a green home is all the rage these days but as many people spend so much in offices, it makes sense to green these workplaces up as well.
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SUSTAINABILITY
5 Simple Changes in Honour of Earth Day
We can celebrate the Earth every day by adopting just one of these five simple changes into our daily routine.
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ENVIRONMENT
Greenpeace Whales Campaign
Greenpeace NZ oceans campaigner Karli Thomas sums up the state of the whales campaign in this 2.36 minute video.
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ECO LIVING
Finally We Have Chickens
Rebecca and Kevin continue their story of living an environmentally conscious, low impact, self sufficient life on their farmlet.
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ECO LIVING
Reduce Your Personal Carbon Footprint
Minimalism is a great way to step more lightly upon this earth. Consuming less is even more important than buying green.
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ECO LIVING
The Minimalism of Vegetarianism
Veganism might not be the most minimal choice convenience wise but it has other advantages that are worth considering.
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ECO LIVING
Make Green Your Morning Routine
Consider running through this eco checklist tomorrow. Just for one day make "green" your morning routine.
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ECO LIVING
Homemade
Toothpaste, Dishwashing Liquid and Oven Cleaner
With many of us trying to avoid toxins these natural recipes will be well received.
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CONSERVATION
An Urgent Appeal by Parks and Heritage - Auckland Regional Council
A last minute call for concerned people to make urgent submissions regarding the Waitakere Ranges Regional Parkland.
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ENVIRONMENT
Dream to Reality
Would you like help to achieve an environmental goal you’d love to pursue? Happyzine are looking for someone who would like to make a difference to the environment..
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ENVIRONMENT
Questions and Answers About Mining in NZ
The NZ Forest and Bird describe the effects of mining on the environment, water, plants and animals and landscapes.
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ECO LIVING
Beekeeping
You can keep bees in the suburbs and even in the centre of the city and they will make plenty of great honey.
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ECO LIVING
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
To be truly effective recycling needs to be considered in all aspects of a consumer lifestyle.
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ENVIRONMENT
The Manawatu River Badly Polluted
We like to think of NZ as clean and green yet the Manawatu River is reported to be one of the most polluted in the world. What can we do? more>>> |
ECO LIVING
Small Wind Turbines
NZ has one of the best wind resources in the world giving us the opportunity to generate renewable electricity with no ongoing greenhouse gas emissions. Here’s how.
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ENVIRONMENT
Oily People Point to a Dirty Reality
Recently a group of Greenpeace people showed just how much they care about the Gulf of Mexico tragedy by illustrating what it could look like if a similar thing happened in NZ.
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