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Follow your strengths

Submitted by Kazel on 7 February 2010 - 8:40pm

Two years ago a couple in Christchurch decided to go rubbish-free for a year.  During the year they allowed themselves a single rubbish bag to fill, and in trying to keep it empty they recycled everything they could and took extreme care not to bring rubbish into the house. 

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February

Submitted by Kazel on 7 February 2010 - 8:38pm

February must be the busiest time of the year for those who want to be self-sufficient.  Harvest time is upon us and nearly everything needs to be dealt with urgently.  Peaches, plums, apples and wild blackberries are all ready for bottling, and my kitchen is a tangle of jars, pots, bottles of vinegar and bags of organic sugar.  The term ‘slaving over a hot stove’ is taking on new meaning for me as the jams and chutneys boil away madly in the humid weather.

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Would you like to be in HOME NZ Magazine?

Submitted by Andy Kenworthy on 5 February 2010 - 11:27am

Hi folks,

Among other things I am the editor of the GreenHome section of HOME NZ magazine.

We are looking to feature people who are growing seasonal food and their favourite recipes for using their produce.

This would involve us getting a photograph of yourself, a shot of the dish, and a brief interview. Because we work a couple of months in advance, we are happy to cover the cost of buying any ingredients which you can't harvest right now.

The recipes don't have to be super flash, we are looking for tasty fayre you can throw together on a weekday.

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Sailing and tranporting Permaculturalists and Fair Trade cargo around the region

Submitted by sjm1970 on 3 February 2010 - 6:05pm

Hi,

I don't think I need to go into the importance of sail transport in the not to distant future but I've been kicking around the idea of volunteers interested in sailing who would crew a schooner/s to take permaculturalists and related volunteers -plus fair trade cargo- around the region. I also found a 80ft schooner going at a bargin price if anyone would like to go shares in it.

 

Anyone interested?

 

 

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Thanking you for your support

Submitted by James Samuel on 1 February 2010 - 9:22pm
Thank you to all the people, who have made financial contributions in support of the growth of the Transition Towns work in Aotearoa. 

Over the holiday period, I met a young man who has been quietly depositing a small and regular amount of money into an account which I have been drawing from.

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Eco-Tara and her 20 Sisters tackle Climate Change!

Submitted by Dido Dunlop on 1 February 2010 - 2:24pm
26 Feb 2010 18:00
7 Mar 2010 14:20

9 day retreat with Dido Dunlop
It is also possible to come for the weekends
Download a registration form here, and this retreat description is available here.

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Location / Venue: 
Wangapeka Retreat Centre, near Nelson
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What does Wellington wish for in 2010?

Submitted by hinaalvi on 31 January 2010 - 8:08pm

Transition Town Brooklyn along with several other Wellingtonian TT movements hosted a stall at the annual Green Party Picnic for the Planet event on Sunday 24th January 2010.

We asked people to add their wishes for 2010 for the environment and/or their local community to our 'Wishing Line'. And here they are.....!

"I wish everyone would think peace and do peace"

"Every bit helps!

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Eco-warrior vs flies

Submitted by Kazel on 31 January 2010 - 3:40pm

It’s great weather for bugs.  Mozzies and flies love this warm, humid weather.  I want to defend my home from Mozzies like it’s a fortress, and wage war on flies.  It might seem easy to use fly-spray and be done with it, but there are many innocent fatalities when you use weapons of mass destruction like that.  Chemical warfare has no place in my home- not when I am lovingly caring for monarch caterpillars and allowing the praying mantises to hunt where they will.

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What do Smurfette and Fair-Trade have in common?

Submitted by Kazel on 31 January 2010 - 2:50pm

I was delighted to go into Opotiki New World recently and find that they are stocking free-range chickens in the fresh poultry section.  This is a real boon for me since I made a pledge last year to not buy chicken again that wasn’t free-range.  Unfortunately, all I could manage to get was whole frozen birds.  I have been very grateful for those, and we had lots of whole roast chicken last year, but I do like to be able to make a stir-fry with chicken breast or bbq the wings or grill legs for dinner. 

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Glad the "Recession" is over - huh?!

Submitted by James Samuel on 29 January 2010 - 8:37pm

5,000 queue for supermarket jobs in NZ

By Kerri Ritchie for PM

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