Eco news and stories

Growing your own food is a great way to reduce your supermarket bills while also decreasing your carbon footprint and general packaging waste. Plus, nothing beats the satisfaction of serving a meal with ingredients that you grabbed from your garden!W...

Summer’s here which means most New Zealanders will be flocking to the beaches! Kiwis love using our beaches, but it’s important when we’re there to ensure we leave nothing but footprints in the sand.Beaches aren’t just the sandy shores next to the oc...

Plastic waste ending up in the ocean has been an ongoing issue without a sustainable solution. Until now. Founder of the OCEAN CLEANUP, Boyan Slat, and his team of incredible eco-warriors have done it. They’ve created a remarkable clean-up system to...

Here in New Zealand we are lucky to have a rich indigenous Māori cultural heritage to draw from and find influence in. Learning about historical Māori wisdom and information can teach us much not only about their cultural past, but also provide lesso...

Over the last two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has upended our daily lives, challenging the many ordinary facets of them we otherwise took for granted and reshaped the ways societies as a whole operate. Through rapid lockdown restrictions we’ve learn...

Whether you’re an expert eco-warrior or beginning your sustainability journey, the WAO summit is an event you want to attend. An event dedicated to sharing knowledge and new ways to help the planet and become more sustainable.With a 360 approach, ove...

Sustainability as an idea continues to grow in the public awareness. As more people switch on to what sustainability is, so does their interest in learning more about it. Many writers have written books with their take on sustainability, whether that...

Consumer NZ has shared an article highlighting the shocking results of a global assessment to evaluate packaging recycling. NZ has found itself at the bottom of the board as the second-worst country globally with unrecyclable packaging.