Take the Jump: Six lifestyle actions that will save you money and reduce carbon emissions
The image sums it up nicely - simply and doable. If you want more information on the project visit takethejump.org or read this article on .
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Shelley Scheepers
- Nov 16, 2021
- 2 min
What are the GHGs (greenhouse gases) used in anaesthetics in New Zealand?
New Zealand (NZ) uses two classes of inhaled anaesthetics: nitrous oxide (N2O) and halogenated agents. The most commonly used halogenated...
Rajiv Sondhi
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
The Impact of Mandatory Climate-Related Disclosures on major New Zealand businesses
The New Zealand Government has recently introduced legislation to make climate-related disclosures mandatory for large financial...
By Cliff Mail
- Jul 25, 2021
- 1 min
It’s time to protect our Natural Ecosystem Carbon Sinks
A Forest and Bird Report released in April of this year highlights the impact of introduced feral browsers and states that their control...
Cliff Mail
- Apr 18, 2021
- 1 min
The Climate Action Book
The Nelson Tasman Climate Forum is a large, open group of volunteers dedicated to bringing their communities together to respond to the...
Cliff Mail
- Feb 20, 2021
- 2 min
Sequestration secrets of Northland’s coastline
Here in Northland we tend to take for granted the sizeable acreage of subtropical marine habitat such as mangroves, salt marshes and...
Cliff Mail
- Feb 14, 2021
- 1 min
A couple of interesting energy articles: one on business solar - one on passive housing
A couple of articles have come to our attention this week related to energy. The first article on Stuff is strongly recommended for those...
Cliff Mail
- Jan 28, 2021
- 3 min
Time to talk about personal carbon budgets
You get the feeling that we are all hanging back waiting for the Government to come up with a cunning plan to meet its Paris emissions...
Cliff Mail
- Nov 5, 2020
- 1 min
A kiwi guide to climate change
Climate Change NZ has created a simple but effective guide to all aspects of climate change and mitigation, with the context being New...
By Cliff Mail
- May 28, 2020
- 2 min
Calculate your carbon emissions for food using NZ data
Increased uptake of plant-based diets in New Zealand could substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions while greatly improving...
By Cliff Mail
- Sep 14, 2019
- 2 min
Climate change: Here is what YOU can do!
There is no shortage of news related to climate. Unfortunately most of the commentary is a rather repetitive stream of bad tidings. We...
By Cliff Mail
- Aug 11, 2019
- 1 min
Helping to avert the looming crises: tweak your diet and cut food waste
The latest ICCP report on Climate Change and Land that was released this week was a further stark reminder that we are facing a 'perfect...
By Cliff Mail
- Jul 14, 2019
- 2 min
What are the emissions of my favourite foods?
How detailed should the calculator be? This was, and still is, one of our biggest challenges with our Carbon Calculator. We decided that...
By Cliff Mail
- Jun 29, 2019
- 1 min
Living the Change
'Living the Change' was recently drawn to my attention via an article on Organic NZ which gives a great synopsis of this Kiwi...
By Cliff Mail
- May 12, 2019
- 3 min
Your diet may be one of your biggest contributions to climate change
The makeup of my diet is not something that I have paid too much attention to. The thinking part, has been largely confined to ensuring...
By Rod Brown
- Mar 28, 2019
- 3 min
CO2e sequestration: Another benefit of Bay of Islands volunteer reforestation projects
The capital cost of planting is a key factor in reforestation. This is where volunteer social enterprises such as Kerikeri's Shade House...
inge655
- Feb 17, 2019
- 1 min
Kerikeri seminar: “Solar Power: Truth, Lies and Bright Futures”
Carbon Neutral Kerikeri warmly invite you to a free seminar “Solar Power: Truth, Lies and Bright Futures” When: 6:30pm, Wednesday 6th...
By Cliff Mail
- Feb 1, 2019
- 2 min
Reducing the need for plastic
A positive start to the year has been the elimination of single use plastic bags for carrying our supermarket supplies home. This change...
By Cliff Mail
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
Some (very early) observations on the data collected so far.
The first observation was that a lot of the records did appear to be incomplete. Owners of the household data should review the emissions...
By Cliff Mail
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
Now that you know your emissions - start planning on how to reduce them
We have recently added a planning tool to our carbon calculator. You can access it from the first page of the calculator. Click the blue...
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