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Category: Direct Cooling
More evidence on the mitigation value of trees
Aerial image credit: Wendy Bown As a preamble for this post, the climate crisis calls on us to use trees and other vegetation to heal the climate. We must always remember that trees are valuable for their own worth. The policy document Te Mana o te Wai, expresses this value for water - the first … Continue reading More evidence on the mitigation value of trees
Cooling Climate Chaos
Rob de Laet created a three-episode series Cooling Climate Chaos: A Practical Path out of the Polycrisis. The series was hosted by Humanity Rising from 17 to 19 May 2023. There was a Te Tai Tokerau involvement in the series. Peter Bunyard and Gaia Peter Bunyard was a colleague of James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis … Continue reading Cooling Climate Chaos
Trees are not just carbon receptacles
New Zealand's climate policy remains fickle and ineffective. This month the Climate Change Commission released its report 2023 Draft advice to inform the strategic direction of the Government’s second emissions reduction plan. We are drifting in the right direction but examining our progress over the last decade reveals climate policy still grounded in reductionist thinking. … Continue reading Trees are not just carbon receptacles
Water harvesting on Northland hills
In a normal summer Carlos's property would be much greener than the browning hills neighbouring him. While this has been nothing like a normal summer, Carlos’s property has luxuriant growth that his neighbours just can't match. He purchased the property in 2013. It is on a windswept ridge exposed to biting south-westerlies. The property has … Continue reading Water harvesting on Northland hills
Climate Action Tai Tokerau 