The recently released ‘Deforestation survey 2012’ showed that 62,000 hectares of forest will be, or have been, chopped down between 2008 and 2020. The survey shows that 86 percent of these areas will be converted to dairy farms. An amendment … Read more
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NZ biofuels industry changes gear after subsidy ends. By Andy Kenworthy Tourist operators and trucking companies may be unable to choose biofuels for the next few years, after the end of a government subsidy designed to kick-start the industry. The … Read more
Sustainable, carbon sequestering, flexible, strong. Wood is the perfect building material. New Zealanders don’t have to look far to see the immediate benefits of wood as a structural element in building. The images from Christchurch after the earthquakes detailed crumbling … Read more
Two of the great success stories where the effects of intensive agriculture on waterways has been reversed is in the Whaingaroa Harbour, Raglan and Nelson’s Golden Bay. Farmer-come-fisherman Fred Lichtwark says his reasons for saving Raglan’s harbour are essentially selfish. … Read more
It has to be one of modern life’s absurdities that companies selling plastic polypropylene clothing derived from fossil fuels are allowed to call it ‘fleece’. But in recent years real wool has been making a comeback. Cutting-edge Kiwi clothing company … Read more
While the biofuel industry in New Zealand is in limbo over the government’s silence on whether current support schemes will continue after their June expiry date, the industry across the ditch has been given a shot in the arm with … Read more
An increasing population and the conservation of the dwindling stocks of our last wild food means one thing: aquaculture is more important than ever. With the business of catching wild fish under pressure from all sides, the world is increasingly … Read more
Biodynamics presents a lucrative triple-bottom-line agri opportunity for New Zealand that has health, environmental and economic advantages. All we lack is a collation of farmers, academics and politicians to the grab the cow by the horns and make it happen. … Read more
The power under the ground Geothermal energy currently produces about 13% of New Zealand’s electricity supply, about 750 megawatts of electrical power. Most of it comes from the Taupo Volcanic Zone, with another 25 megawatts installed at Ngawha in Northland. … Read more