With the election only weeks away, public debate is returning to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and the possible construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Taranaki. These debates should be judged against a more direct goal: ending our dependence on fossil fuels as quickly as possible. The New Zealand ETS uses market … Continue reading Stop burning fossil fuels as quickly as possible
Last month, I submitted a formal objection to the Environment (Disestablishment of Ministry for the Environment) Amendment Bill (the Bill) to Parliament’s Environment Committee. What the Bill seeks to do is abolish the standalone Ministry for the Environment and absorb its functions into a consolidated mega-ministry dominated by housing, transport, infrastructure, and local government portfolios. … Continue reading Weakening Environmental Protection in the Middle of an Ecological Crisis – A Good Thing?
The Kai Sovereignty project funded by the NRC's Climate Communities Resilience Fund continues into 2026. You can read our report Our Food Web here. We are refining our strategy through action to promote local, regenerative food systems. This way, the more we do, the more we learn, and more people's insights help us to ground … Continue reading Kai sovereignty update, Summer 2026
The Regenerative Shift:Rethinking Kiwifruit & Avocado Soils Field Day – Tuesday 24 February 2026 | MaungatapereFree Coffee from 9:30am • BBQ at the CloseSupported by Quorum Sense Outline of Topics Join us for an in-depth exploration of regenerative practices in kiwifruit orcharding. We'll dive into four key topics, with 30 minutes dedicated to each. To … Continue reading Regenerative Kiwifruit Field Day
I was born in 1956, a year after Victor Lebow proclaimed the gospel of consumption. Our enormously productive economy demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our ego satisfaction, in consumption.… We need things consumed, burned … Continue reading From consumers to citizens