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Global Recycling Day and the recycled greenwash
Today is global recycling day, but as most of you probably know already, recycling is a bit of a sham. Years ago when I found out that only 9% of…
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Cyclone Gabrielle climate disaster a wake-up call and an opportunity for a reset of land-use and the role of native forest
We have all been horrified by the tragedy in Te Tai Rawhiti and Hawkes Bay – the massive jumbles of pine tree ‘slash’ (branches, tree crowns, wood and logs) that…
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Dramatic scenes as Fonterra HQ hit with climate protest
There are dramatic scenes unfolding at Fonterra’s corporate HQ in Auckland this morning as employees arrive at work to find the dairy giant’s head offices have been turned into a…
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Floods, cyclones, thunderstorms: is climate change to blame for New Zealand’s summer of extreme weather?
The final months of New Zealand’s summer carried a massive sting, bringing “unprecedented” rainfalls several times over, from widespread flooding in Auckland at the end of January to ex-tropical Cyclone…
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How people power helped protect the oceans
An historic Global Ocean Treaty has finally been agreed at the United Nations after almost two decades of negotiations. This is a huge moment for conservation and a hopeful sign…
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Living here as if it were forever: In memory of Ans Westra
Ans Westra died last month. She was a New Zealand thinker who used photography to ask us questions about our society. She was most well known for her photography of…
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The fossil fuel industry is inherently patriarchal and criminal
Today is International Women’s Day. Every year, fossil fuel companies exploit this day to advertise their career options for women, call out the gender gap in science and engineering, and…
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Why Fonterra was targeted by the climate strike
On Friday thousands of us around Aotearoa, and around the world, marched for climate action and climate justice.
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The parallel Climate Wars in Australia and New Zealand
We live in the era of the Climate Wars. On one side are the big polluting industries – oil, coal, gas, meat and dairy – fighting tooth and nail to…
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How we stopped the Biofuels Obligation | Guest post
Jake Roos, from the Don’t Burn Our Future campaign, describes how they helped change Government policy with people power.