Transforming Wellington’s train tracks
Add a train, not a lane.
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Kaicycle ends its HotRot project
This news has got me thinking about a few things.
Electric bikes and mopeds are cutting oil demand
Electric cars matter a lot for electrifying the economy. But don’t sneeze at the power of the humble electric bike.
How Vonuts is modernising our food traditions
This comfy pastel pink vegan donut shop is a fantastic example of how to connect our family’s food traditions, our memories and culture, to a low pollution food system fit for the future.
New York becomes first state to commit to all-electric new buildings
This is a common sense way to future proof our housing stock. Wellington should follow suit.
The race to become an electrostate
“Petrol prices soar” is a surefire way to catch our attention. What if it lost its power over us?
Rowan's musings on plastics
My friend Rowan, on their newsletter: Why are we asking normal people to try and give up a cheap, lightweight, extremely useful material that everyone would rather pay less to use, when the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions are entirely different? Rowan is writing on their newsletter and it
Luxon risks a broken promise on pollution
The Government has received an early warning signal to improve its pollution plan. Will they keep their promise to cut pollution?
Marc Daalder's expert analysis on last night's oil and gas move
Marc Daalder, writing for Newsroom: It is clinging to the past – like trying to renew confidence in DVDs in the age of digital streaming, or insisting in the 1930s we all go back to the horse-and-buggy. ... The best-case scenario for the oil and gas legislation passed on Thursday is that,
Offshore oil and gas is so back...wards
This just in: new offshore oil and gas exploration are allowed in Aotearoa once more. This from Bridie Witton: The Government is set to repeal the offshore oil and gas exploration ban on Thursday, dismantling one of Labour’s signature climate policies and reversing the stand Jacinda Ardern took against
Shower thoughts: what's with our water?
What happens when all the dirt and hair and soap and water goes down the drain?
On voting
Democracy fundamentally isn't about whether my team wins. It's about having a fair shot for everyone who is affected by the Government to have a say.
city
My two priorities for making a climate election
If you want action on climate change, go local. Oh, and enrol or update your details before August 1.
food
Everybody Eats is a masterclass in compassionate climate action
Everybody Eats rescues food destined for landfill and serves it to anyone who walks through the door. You pay what you can. It’s Wellington’s quietly radical answer to hunger and climate change.
transport
The glow up coming to the Harbour Quays
Boy am I horny for bus lanes. Splash paint on a road, reserve it for buses that carry 70 people each, and you've instantly improved public transport. Our city buses rock. They produce half the pollution of your average petrol car. Plus, you don't need to
Can we have better chats about big issues?
Dr. Jess Berentson Shaw used to be "a frustrated researcher". After a while working across health psychology, she was gathering evidence and promoting ideas to improve the health of some of our most vulnerable. In her career, she’s found compelling evidence about how to fix our trickiest
society
A love letter to the 15 minute city
Living centrally in Wellington offers a first hand experience of what urban planners call the 15 minute city. After falling in love with this lifestyle, I want this option available for far more Wellingtonians.
366 days of threesixtysix
A year on, how is it going?
The story behind the Government's rail funding announcement
Or, how we can start getting past the hangover of the 1990s.
Musings from a week in Melbourne
Over Easter, my partner, my friends and I boarded a 6am flight from Wellington to spend a week in Melbourne. This was a trip of love. Some of our closest friends have moved to the Victorian capital in the last year or so. I totally understand why. The sprawling city
transport
How do we fix Wellington's bus replacements?
If you need the train on weekends, near public holidays or late at night, you know bus replacements well. When the tracks need work, the trains must stop. Buses are our backup solution to moving people around. We need bus replacements to maintain our railways. Unfortunately, decades of neglect mean
politics
We must tell the Council what we think about its budget cuts.
Guess what’s getting cut? Bus lanes, bike lanes, city centre improvements, and footpath improvements. In other words, all the shit that gets people off petrol and into cheap, climate friendly transport.
energy
The humble heat pump's quiet revolution
Low carbon technology is not just the winning solution to our pollution: it's cheaper and better than fossil fuels.
society
Can Wellington be predator free?
Predator Free's work carries an inspiring lesson: dedicated communities can make impossible visions real.