Will COVID-19 Change Where You Spend Your Money?
Photo by Daria Sannikova from Pexels We are absolutely pillaging this planet. That's not fair on all of us because there are many who read this that do a whole lot…
Local Currencies
Wow! What a time we are living in. The impacts of COVID-19 on New Zealand and the world have been on a scale only seen in blockbuster movies.…
They’ve Got This Wrong – It’s Not Waste To Divert It’s Food For Our Soils.
With the recent announcement by Auckland Council that they will be using an Anaerobic Digestor (AD) to process the unwanted food collected kerbside from Auckland households for the next 20…
Compostable Packaging Is Part Of Our Sustainable Future
I am frustrated with the recent media coverage around the topic of compostable packaging because the compostable plastics aren’t being differentiated from the other compostable packaging materials. A matter…
Sustainability 101 – Create the Culture.
Does your business wish to “be more sustainable”? To reduce your environmental impact, to improve your social impact or be more transparent? Well, I know it's an overused…
We gotta change the economy.
The world is in deep shit and it’s because of the economy we made up. The time for sticking your head in the sand and ignoring all the…
Dear Gareth
Dear Gareth I hope this finds you well. I just read your opinion piece in Stuff titled ‘Have we been blinded by the success of the plastic bag…
Electrical Tape at Ellerslie AFC – A Report
Electrical Tape is a commonly used material in the sport of football for the purpose of holding a players shin-guards in place, and/or holding their socks up. Each and every…
Why the plastic bag phase out is so, so important.
Now that the announcement has been made and the wheels have been set in motion for a ban on single-use plastic bags, this next phase is crucial to the future…
A New Zealand Free of Plastic Pollution. An Impossible Dream?
As part of the Wellington Rotary Forum 2018 - Impossible Dreams, Nick was asked to be one of the 12 guest speakers. Below is his 10 min speech. Thursday 30th…