The Thames Coromandel District is one of the very few districts in the country mixing biosolids with green waste and turning it into Grade Aa compost with its own Biosolid Composting Facility. “This is an innovative and sustainable outcome of creating a beneficial product from human waste,” says Thames Coromandel District Council Project Manager Rob […]
Landscape Architect Jenny Wood from Natural Habitats shares her ideas about planting public places. If you have the benefit (or the curse) of living in a city, you will have noticed that on average our backyards are getting smaller, while our waistlines are getting bigger. You don’t have to know a lot about physics to […]
5 July 2012 The proposed changes to the purpose and principles of the Resource Management Act (RMA) are a major assault on the Act and on sustainable management, said Green Party environment spokesperson Eugenie Sage today. The report released today by the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) outlines substantive changes to the principles […]
5 July, 2012 Environment Minister Amy Adams today released an independent report which considered changes to sections 6 and 7 of the Resource Management Act to address, among other things, management of natural hazards. “After the Canterbury earthquakes, it became clear that consents for subdivisions had been granted without any consideration of the risk of […]
The Property Council has launched an unusual challenge in the Environment Court to Auckland Council’s tree protection rules, says the Environmental Defence Society. “We are aware that papers have been filed seeking a declaration from the Court with respect to matters that were subject to very similar proceedings and a decision just last year,” said […]
In November and December 2011 we surveyed directory clients and businesses about their current forms of advertising, business outlook and what they were planning. Scroll down this page to view results Overall feedback was mixed and relied on the economy improving which most experience as being fairly slow. Some businesses are in growth mode looking […]
Wally’s view on the negative impact GE crops are having globally.
Wally Richards strongly believes that Glyphosate (Roundup) is one of the worst and most dangerous chemicals man has ever made. What do you think?
