Tag Archives: conservation

Dirty Dairying

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

I suppose the somewhat restrictive title is a bit wide of the mark but I used it because it was part of the introduction to a very good little documentary film on TV#’s ’60 Minutes’ last night- the fact is … Continue reading →

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Just A BIG Drop.

Posted on May 10, 2012 by

This is quite mind-boggling. We look at our world and can’t but agree with those who call it the ‘blue planet’ given that such a huge area of the surface of it is covered by oceans and seas, somewhere in … Continue reading →

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Image Of The Year

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

How lucky it was that an aerial image similar to this one took out the supreme accolade of Digital Globe’s “Top Image Of 2011“. Why lucky? Quite simply there is every likelihood that the river is going to become less … Continue reading →

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EARTH HOUR

Posted on March 26, 2011 by

I’ve just read a blogpost promoting Earth Hour 2011. I think what I found more interesting than the author’s post itself were the many comments that people had left- I have to admit to not having read all of them. … Continue reading →

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Sustainable Energy Generation

Posted on February 6, 2011 by

Fact- New Zealand has a growing need for energy. Fact- we don’t like nuclear generation. Fact- we don’t want to burn fossil fuels to generate power. Fact- we don’t want to muck up our rivers with hydro dams. Fact- we … Continue reading →

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OUR NATIONAL PARKS

Posted on February 19, 2010 by

The Government propose DOC generate more income from the conservation estate by the simple expediant of charging for services that are currently free. http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/new-zealand/3347093/DOC-to-provide-home-comforts-for-a-fee Among proposals to get more money from the 1.5m kiwis and around 700,000 foreign tourists who … Continue reading →

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