Tag: New Zealand
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The Hobbit's Unexpected Vegetable Garden (Photos)
Horticulture students shares secrets of The Hobbit's working vegetable garden at Hobbiton.
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Hobbit Houses We Have Known: A Tour of Underground and Earth Sheltered Houses
They are not just in The Shire anymore
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First-of-Its-Kind Transgender Bird Spotted in New Zealand
Sometimes even a single member of a species still can turn heads by being wonderfully one-of-a-kind.
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New Zealand Grants a River the Rights of Personhood
Meet the Whanganui. You might call it a river, but in the eyes of the law, it has the standings of a person.
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Tiny Modern Seaside Hut Built On Sled So That It Move With Shifting Sands
Here is a great way to deal with changing shorelines: build on skids so that you can be towed out of the way
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Biosecurity Facility In New Zealand Is Not What One Expects; Instead of a Bunker, It's Beautiful
Usually these kinds of buildings are built like bomb shelters. This one is a lovely shade of green.
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Earthquake-Striken City to Build Largest Solar Subdivision. Will It Be Resilient?
Christchurch, New Zealand, has been hit bad by earthquakes of late. The building of a major solar subdivision is an opportunity to create a stronger city.
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Design Resilient Cities. Don't Assume Resilient People.
One victim of earthquakes in New Zealand is sick of the term resilience. People aren't as tough as politicians like to pretend they are.
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The Week in Animal News: Fighting to Protect Harp Seals, Weasels Need Socks, and More
Russia announced a ban on the trade of harp seal skins, but Canada is appealing the decision. Meanwhile, a researcher needs sock to study weasels, sharks delay an oil spill cleanup, and more.
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Rare White Kiwi Hatches Just in Time for Christmas
Conservationists say they're "Gob-Smacked" to be having a White Kiwi Christmas this year.
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Troublesome Sharks Delay Cleanup of New Zealand Oil Spill
Agrressive mako sharks have attacked sonar equipment being used to search for containers that fell from the ship that ran aground on a reef in October.
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Nui Organics Offers Temperature-Regulating Merino Wool Children's Apparel for Winter
Nui Organics temperature-regulating merino wool is perfect for outfitting your little one in winter.
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Rare Albino Snail Discovered in New Zealand
Given their propensity for a less-than-speedy gait, it's no wonder snails evolved to blend in with their surroundings -- but for one such slow mover, genetics had other things in mind.
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The Shipping Container News: Lawsuits Threatened over Pop-Up Shopping Mall in Christchurch
Can the use of shipping containers to design a mall be considered intellectual property?
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Woman Pays $400 For Endangered Bird's Barf
How can a simple bag of bird barf help save a species? Here's how.
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Icebreaker Gives Outdoor Apparel a Street-Smart Twist for Spring 2012
Icebreaker's Journey Cruise Dress, Spring 2012. Photo: Icebreaker Icebreakertraceable clothing, infuses their active wear collection with everyday wardrobe staples this season, making it even easier to go from work to the gym without a wardrobe
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The Week in Pictures: Cloud Travel, a Vertical Forest in Milan, and More (Slideshow)
We talk a lot about low-impact transportation on TreeHugger, from bikes to electric cars to high speed rail. But this is definitely the first time we've talked about traveling on a floating cloud.
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The Week in Animals News: Mass Animal Escape, Sweaters for Penguins, and More (Slideshow)
Residents of Muskingum County in Ohio got quite a shock this week after dozens of exotic animals broke free from an area wildlife farm and took to the streets and highways.
