society
Can Wellington be predator free?
Predator Free's work carries an inspiring lesson: dedicated communities can make impossible visions real.
Ocean
What is happening beneath the warming sea?
The sea shapes our identity as New Zealanders. It's warming. Rapidly.
city
A love letter to city trees
Cities like Wellington aren’t built for a hotter world. Trees can help.
Media
Why do we let fossil fuel companies continue advertising?
Advertising has long been a seductive interest of mine. Until a couple of weeks ago, I was working at a small digital marketing agency. I’m fascinated by how it influences people, frames debates and shapes our community’s vision for the future. Advertising has power, which is why I’
Media
Want to save the world? Join the Club.
You have five minutes left in your break. You’ve read the latest news article about climate change or it’s a particularly hot day and that’s got you unnerved. Time is running out before heading back to work. You want to make a difference. What do you do?
Transport
It’s amazing what fast government action can achieve.
Joel MacManus, writing for the Spinoff: The theory behind Wellington’s rapid rollout is that people will adopt cycling in much higher numbers once there is a connected network of protected bike lanes that cover most daily trips. To get there as quickly as possible, Wellington City Council is taking
Energy
Power is too expensive. It doesn’t need to be.
Our power bills are too expensive. Why? Because we haven’t got enough power plants to make all the power we need. It is a dry year, meaning that our dams are running low on water. When there’s less water, we can’t make as much electricity. Demand has
Food
Meet Kaicycle – the farm hidden in the centre of Wellington.
Next time you’re in Newtown, take a walk down Hospital Road. Nestled near the Blood Service and behind a kindergarten is something you wouldn’t picture in the central city: a farm. What was an underutilised bit of council land has become a thriving spot for growing kai and
Food
Can we solve hunger and climate change at the same time?
I need to admit something. I feel thrilled by climate change. It’s not because I want bad things to happen, or revel in the idea of a hotter climate. I am thrilled by climate change because it is a fantastic catalyst for smart people to solve an unprecedented problem.
Food
What does a low carbon lifestyle actually look like?
What does the prospect of switching to a low carbon lifestyle feel like to you? Daunting? Exciting? Vague and impossible? Low carbon choices face a serious communication problem. Fossil fuel companies have run serious misinformation campaigns to muddy what people think a low-carbon life is. Those campaigns have made actions
Government
How could our right-wing Government take climate change seriously?
Climate change is something everyone on the political spectrum has a reason to solve fast. Do you care about working people? Disasters hurt workers far more than rich people. Do you want to keep government debt low? Avoiding the clean up costs of unprecedented storms will save the government a