Tag: New Zealand - Page 6
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Transition Towns Reach New Zealand
Islanders to Plant 20,000 Fruit and Nut Trees for Security We’ve already celebrated as the Transition Towns movement reached Australia, but it looks like the people of New Zealand are also getting stuck into preparing for a post-petroleum future. The
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Urban Bike Stations: We Shouldn't Need Them But Do
This is a business idea we shouldn't need; every office building should have decent bike storage and a place to change and shower, it should be in the building codes like washrooms. Unfortunately they don't; that is where urban bike stations come in.
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New Zealand Drivers Use Blow-Up Dolls to Avoid Transit Fines
We know that New Zealand want to becomes the world's first carbon neutral country, that they are imbibing organic beer , and planning to fly biofuel aircraft. But there are some who want a free ride on the coat tails of green initiatives.
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Geothermal Energy Research Expanded As NZ Drought Continues
Chalk it up to coincidence? New Zealand is on the verge of a power crisis (though prime minister Helen Clark won't call it an actual emergency) and NZ$2.6 million (US$1.97 million) is awarded to GNS Science to
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David Trubridge's Home Interior Design Idea: Bring the Clouds Inside
Lloyd and I were interested to learn why the clouds were gathering above the booth of David Trubridge inside ICFF. Turns out it had nothing to do with the weather; David's latest collection--called Spiral Islands--was inspired by his observation that
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Shipping Container House By Ross Stevens
It is a wall of containers, built against a hill in Wellington, New Zealand, designed and built by Ross Stevens. It uses the spaces between the containers and the hill to expand its living
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The Worst Effect of Global Warming So Far...
...is coming fast, and it's going to affect a huge portion of the world's population: Beer drinkers. A perfect storm is brewing, coming together with the potential to create a shortage in the world's beer supply. In addition to an
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Like Superhero, Dolphin Saves Beached Pygmy Sperm Whales
After yesterday's sad story about death camps for cats, here's something more joyous: A bottlenose dolphin, known as Moko to the locals, has rescued two beached pygmy sperm whales in New Zealand.
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Which is Greener: Wool or Cotton?
When it comes to garments and fabric, which is greener: wool or cotton? Slate's Green Lantern tackles the question, doing some analysis and ultimately coming up with...well, it depends.
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Split Box by Melling:Morse
Oh, to live in New Zealand with all the elves and dwarves and stunning landscapes strewn with such lovely modern architecture. A good example is Melling:Morse's Split Box. The split in the roof turns the entire house into a rainwater collection system,
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Recycled Hotels
TreeHugger loves recycling and reuse, and evidently so do tourists; the Daily Mail covers Extreme Hotels, a book about interesting and different places to stay that would make Charles Jencks and fans of adhocism proud.
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Making 2008 the Year of the Frog
The coming year is playing out to be a pivotal one for many of the planet's endangered species; whether or not they endure will - to a large extent - depend on the steps humanity takes to protect their habitats and avert the worst of global warming.
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Best of 2007: Bringing Sexy Back
If 2007 taught us anything, it was that sustainability is sexy. From sex toys to sex trees, here are some ways that this year in green helped bring
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iPAD by Andre Hodgskin
Anyone watching modern prefab at the turn of the century will remember Andre Hodgskin's stunning Bachkit, with its cantilevered roof, open corners and sliding walls. (and an early un-navigable flash website) I was working with a prefab builder at the
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Port-a-Bach Shipping Container Holiday Home
A bach "is the name given in New Zealand to structures akin to small, often very modest holiday homes or beach houses.They are an iconic part of New Zealand history and culture." Wp
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When The Sun Shines Down Under. . .It Powers a Bus
Adelaide, Australia, recently introduced what is being called, at least according to the Adelaide City Council website, "the world's first solar-powered electric bus." Manufactured by a New Zealand company called Designline International, the
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The Flatulence Battle: Kangaroos vs. Cattle and Sheep
Sure, it may sound silly (some might even say crass), but what we're talking about here is a serious push to slash greenhouse gas emissions - by taking advantage of the potency of kangaroo farts. Unlike cattle and
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A Call To Green Arms
Costa Rica and New Zealand both have declared their intentions to become carbon neutral. The most striking similarity between these two disparate nations is that both are blessed with great hydro-electric capacity. Quebec, and New York State, where
