The use of renewable energy sources is not just an environmentally friendly way to provide light and heat to a home, but also something that significantly reduces electricity or gas bills, and spells out huge savings in the long run. Guest Blogger: Kristen Swope, USA. Innovations in solar heating are being picked up by homeowners […]
Putaruru trials New Zealand’s first food waste collection Putaruru residents will be the first in New Zealand to trial a dedicated food waste collection service initiated by Earthcare Environmental and the South Waikato District Council. The 12 month trial, beginning on Tuesday 1 March 2011, will see food waste collected separately from general waste, potentially […]
Federated Farmers believes the Land and Water Forum report is just that, a report and its recommendations to Government, do not set in stone any future policy or actions.
Prenatal exposure to pesticides linked to attention disorders US research suggests children who were exposed to organophosphate pesticides while still in their mother’s womb were more likely to develop attention disorders years later.
Dr Pita Sharples – Distinction Hotel; Rotorua There is one place in the world to which I will always return. From the old pā site at Horehore, I can trace my descent back over 46 generations to Tararoa.
“A new earthquake” is what peasant farmer leader Chavannes Jean-Baptiste of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the news that Monsanto will be donating 60,000 seed sacks (475 tons) of hybrid corn seeds and vegetable seeds, some of them treated with highly toxic pesticides. The MPP has committed to burning Monsanto’s seeds, and has […]
The Federated Mountain Clubs says the release of the Government’s mining plans is just the start of the destruction of our greatest national treasure, the conservation estate.
The Environmental Defence Society says it’s very surprised that the government is proposing to allow gold and silver mining on Conservation land on Great Barrier Island.
