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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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...
By Cliff Mail
- Feb 9, 2020
- 1 min
An example for other Kerikeri businesses
Kerikeri Kindergarten is walking the talk by reducing its carbon emissions and becoming carbon neutral. In the process it is instilling...
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
- 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 Inge Bremer
- Mar 10, 2019
- 2 min
I like the product but not the packaging
Ok, so we have eliminated single use plastic bags from Supermarkets but what about all the other unnecessary single use packaging that is...
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...
inge655
- Dec 18, 2018
- 2 min
Let's make it a waste free summer!
The Ministry for the Environment has launched a "waste free summer" campaign. They are running a series of short videos to encourage us...
By Inge Bremer
- Oct 28, 2018
- 2 min
Bokashi - The compositing solution for small spaces
Bokashi is a form of composting that allows you to compost kitchen scraps of all kinds. This includes meat and dairy products that are...
By Inge Bremer
- Oct 23, 2018
- 2 min
A community glass crusher?
10 million glass bottles are trucked just from Northland to Auckland every year! We were so astonished by these numbers that we trialled...
inge655
- Aug 21, 2018
- 1 min
Waste creation: Kiwis are leading the OECD - can Kerikeri and Waiheke change that?
New Zealand has the highest waste emissions per person and is the most waste-emissions-intensive- economy of all members of the OECD and...
By Inge Bremer
- Aug 17, 2018
- 1 min
Soil is a major store of carbon so turn that waste matter into compost
So far, soil carbon is largely being ignored by climate policy makers and analysts. With regard to CO2 sequestration in soils, organic...
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