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By Inge Bremer
Jul 22, 20233 min read
Food Garden Ora Ora - Vision and Operation Plan
Vision: Our vision has been to create a highly productive and sustainable garden in the Far North (Te Tai Tokerau) at 36 degrees...
Cliff Mail
Mar 11, 20221 min read
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 .
Cliff Mail
Jan 28, 20213 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...
By Cliff Mail
Feb 9, 20201 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
Aug 11, 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
Jun 29, 20191 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20181 min read
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, 20181 min read
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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