Last June Roz and I spent a week exploring the rural hinterlands near Noosa and further up the coast at Rainbow Sands. It was our last trip together before our little one came along and transformed our lives (which Elsa since has done so, of course).
I was reminded of our trip after hearing a docmentary [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Green'
Whispers from the past
March 17th, 2007 · No Comments · Australia, Green
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What can I do?
March 30th, 2006 · No Comments · Activism, Green
When I got a copy of Lisa Harrow’s book What can I do? Using the Internet to help New Zealand’s Environment (2005) I got more than I bargained for. Harrow is a New Zealand born actor best known for her Shakespearian acting.
Sure, the book is useful list of websites on almost everything green. There’s my [...]
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Save Happy Valley blog
February 3rd, 2006 · No Comments · Activism, Aotearoa New Zealand, Green
I can’t imagine a more dificult situation for bloggers to be in than keeping a blog up-to-date from deep in the West Coast forest. But that’s exactly what the activists occupying the site of Solid Energy’s proposed open-cast coal mine in the Upper Waimangaroa Valley in the Ngakawau Ecological District, near Westport, are doing. The [...]
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Danger!! Track closed
February 12th, 2005 · No Comments · Green, Travels, whanau, life
When I looked up from taking the photo of Mt Taranaki on the left, I saw that the rest of the tramping party had moved on. I stuffed my camera in its case, threw on my pack and raced to catch-up.
It was the first morning of a three day walk around the base of the [...]
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RMAlink website launch
August 6th, 2004 · No Comments · Community groups, Green, Websites
I was pleasantly surprised at the number of people that turned up on a wintry Thursday to attend the launch of the RMAlink website. The 25 people assembled were introduced to a powerful online resource that has been developed by ECO, New Zealand’s environmental umbrella group.
The website is designed to make it easy for people [...]
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For hire: dish washing trailer
February 14th, 2004 · No Comments · Activism, Australia, Green
The conceptual thinking that has gone into this trailer was startlingly original compared without virtually everthing else on display at the sustainableLIVINGfestival.com. Set-up to support community events, the trailer comes equipped with plates, tressel tables, washing equipment and eco-friendly detergent. Dishwashing elbow grease is all that needs to be supplied by the people running an [...]
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