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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
Apr 18, 20211 min read


Submission on Climate Commission draft report
Rolf from Carbon Neutral Trust has been busy coordinating the Vision Kerikeri submission on the Climate Commission's recent draft report....
Cliff Mail
Mar 26, 20211 min read


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 20, 20212 min read


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
Feb 14, 20211 min read


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
Jan 28, 20213 min read


Property: Climate should be part of your due diligence - and maybe not just for the obvious reasons
I couldn’t help but be amazed that we are still seeing the usual round of summer holiday news stories about skyrocketing coastal property...
Cliff Mail
Jan 17, 20213 min read


Waiheke goes electric with its bus fleet but...
Alex Braae recently covered the launch of Waiheke's new electric bus fleet on The Spinoff. While exciting, the move by Auckland City...
Cliff Mail
Nov 17, 20202 min read


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...
Cliff Mail
Nov 5, 20201 min read


How does the world view climate change in the context of COVID-19?
28,029 online adults were surveyed on their attitudes to climate change in this IPSOS survey conducted between February 21 and March 6,...
inge655
Jul 21, 20201 min read


The Footprint: Emissions down but...
My attention has been drawn to this article on Newshub reporting that; during the lockdown New Zealand's carbon emissions dropped by a...
By Cliff Mail
Jun 17, 20202 min read


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
May 28, 20202 min read


Is the tide starting to turn?
A few snippets of good news from the frontlines in the climate battle. Major infrastructure projects may need to start considering...
By Cliff Mail
Mar 1, 20202 min read


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
Feb 9, 20201 min read


Kerikeri: What's the verdict after 12 months?
The most revealing statistic from our first 12 months of promotion of the idea of a carbon neutral Kerikeri is the number of households...
By Cliff Mail
Dec 14, 20192 min read


Carbon Neutral Waiheke submission on Auckland's Climate Action Framework
Carbon Neutral NZ Trust (CNT) Waiheke branch has made an eleven page submission to the Auckland Council on Auckland's Climate Action...
inge655
Oct 4, 20191 min read


Our first 12 months!
It is 12 months since we launched the Carbon Calculator. Those of you who have created a carbon record will receive an email around your...
By Cliff Mail
Oct 1, 20192 min read


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
Sep 14, 20192 min read


Local Body Elections 2019 - Climate change considerations
With the local body elections coming up in October the release of guidance documents by Local Government NZ makes for some helpful...
By Cliff Mail
Sep 1, 20191 min read


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
Aug 11, 20191 min read


The timelines for emission reduction are too slow
The following is an abridged version of Carbon Neutral Waiheke’s submission to the Government’s Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon)...
By Lindsay & Lynda Jeffs
Aug 7, 20195 min read
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