Tag: New Zealand - Page 4
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Deodorant May Help Save Stinky Endangered Birds
For most of history, life on New Zealand was pretty easy for the island's native bird species -- until the arrival of humans and the invasive species they brought with them, that is. These birds had no natural predators on land to
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Plant Room Clips on to Existing Apartments for Food and Energy
Think of it as a garden shed for the high-rise: Plant Room is a clip-on room that provides a bit of green space, hot water, rainwater collection and even a worm farm for the apartment dweller. We covered it briefly in March, but the designers have
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Plant Room: Clip-On Shed For Apartment Buildings
Those of us lucky enough to have yards can consider a garden shed as way of getting a little more space. But what about those in apartments and condominiums? They don't have basements or spare rooms or space for a shed.
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Kiwi Biker Wins Right to Bicycle Naked
Nick Lowe, of Johnsonville, New Zealand, pulls on bike shorts and a t-shirt when he climbs on to pedal away through the city. But as soon as he hits the open road, a "change of clothes" is on the agenda. The
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The Electric Bicycle World Tour and What The World Looks Like from an E-Bike (video)
Guim Valls Teruel is travelling 5 continents on an electric bicycle to promote the use of cleaner energy and the non-reliance on fossil fuel worldwide. Currently in New Zealand, the Electric Bicycle World Tour has already clogged quite a lot of mileage
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Himalayan Yak Wool Reaches New Heights in Khunu Sportwear
The other day we mentioned outdoor clothing company Icebreaker. They started out as a small New Zealand company, but almost single-handedly created the burgeoning international market for fine merino wool sports clothing. Might Khunu
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Icebreaker Earn a LEED Gold Stamp for Their North American Office
Icebreaker, the New Zealand outdoor apparel company, who started the Merino wool clothing renaissance in 1994, announced just the other day that their North American headquarters , in Portland, Oregon, had
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Man Caught Smuggling Lizards in Underwear is Sentenced
A few weeks back, we told you about a man who was caught at a New Zealand airport trying to smuggle rare lizards out of the country--in his underwear. Well, it seems that the courts will be making an example out of Hans Kurt Kubus, who hails from
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10 Breathtaking Waterfront Campgrounds Around the World
From the jungles of Colombia to Turkey's Mediterranean coast, camping is even better when you have a breathtaking waterfront view.
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Bundle Up Your "Babies in Sheep's Clothing"
If you're looking to bundle up your little one during winter months, take a look at Babies in Sheep's Clothing's cute and cuddly collection of merino wool
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Man Pleads Guilty to Smuggling 44 Rare Lizards in Underpants
A German man was arrested Sunday as he tried to board a flight from New Zealand when officials discovered a small menagerie of rare lizards hidden in his underpants--44 in all. The man admitted to being a dealer of endangered animals
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New Zealand Gets A New Emissions Trading Scheme. Before Australia.
New Zealand has a new emissions trading scheme (ETS). In many ways its passage through the NZ parliament is like a parallel universe to the climate change shenanigans that have been occurring
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Top 10 Green Tourist Destinations for 2009 (slideshow)
In need of somewhere to travel for New Years? Want to start planning your summer vacation? Now in it's fifth year, National Geographic Traveler magazine has choosing the top green destinations in the world to a
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Manure Sculpture "Nick Smith in the Shit" Sold at Auction
Image: TradeMe Bullshit Bust Pokes Kiwi Minister A manure sculpture of New Zealand agricultural minister Nick Smith has sold on the Kiwi auction site TradeMe. The sculpture by artist Sam Mahon, who traditionally works in bronze, immortalizes Mahon's
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Good Morning New Zealand! First Images From International Day of Climate Action
The first images from the International Day of Climate Action are coming in from New Zealand via the folks over at 350.org.
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ASR Reef Restoration, Loved by Surfers and Sea Life Alike
Image via: ASR Ltd. ASR Ltd, the leader in recreating coral reef ecosystems, has created a new multi-purpose reef system that not only decreases beach erosion, but also provides killer waves. Surfers around the world will be stoked, as will marine life,
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Thousands Of Tons Of Potentially Toxic Iron Dust Dumped In Ocean Without Permit
News filtering out of Australia indicates a massive geoengineering of the Southern Oceans, done without
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Green Fashion: 10 New Zealand Sustainable Designers You Need to Know
Ah New Zealand, the land down under. Or, is that Australia? Seems there is more to learn about this island with more sheep than people than we thought. Think the locals just wear wool, wool, and well, more wool? Think
