In which I introduce myself to Forest & Bird ... but since it all started here on Pundit, here's the scoop ...
Read MoreAnother coal hole, another snail fail
Are national parks the things we have when we can’t find anything else to do with them? The Denniston mining proposal is like the Schedule 4 mining proposal, with bonus snails
Read More7 thoughts on Media, science, and sustainable dairy
When science joins journalism, good things happen, as Mike Joy and Stephen Sackur showed. It was a big media science story, that should have been a bigger economic one: how to reconcile dairy’s growth industry with our “100% pure” brand
Read MoreThe laws of Nature: finally, useful work for lawyers
It would be ironic if, in the end, it was lawyers who saved the world while I was out, tree-hugging and tweeting
Read MoreGod, or a guinea pig?
Mark Lynas suggests we should, in our God-like way, try a little geo-engineering. It is, after all, an emergency. If there is a God, he could be some distance from Mr Lynas, because that’s not what ‘dominion’ means
Read MoreDairy goes green
Fonterra is helping dairy farmers write good farm stories: tales that start with basic effluent compliance, and could end in best sustainability practice and bridging the gap between conservationists and farmers
Read MoreMike Joy answers the PM, with hard facts
Fresh water ecologist Dr Mike Joy responds to the Prime Minister’s ‘hardtalk’, debunking his bland assertions, and calling his advice “rubbish science”, that would fail a first-year student
Read MoreHere be dragons
We stand on an economic cliff, at the edge of the physical world. Scientists explain why technology won’t help
Read MoreSelling Tane short, on conservation lands
Our native forests and the creatures that live in them are in retreat, says the PCE; commerce is a lesser evil than rats, stoats and possums. Barbeque sacred cows, says DOC. Just uphold the law, says Green MP Kevin Hague
Read MoreAn economical economy
Ideas on how to restructure an ‘economy’ that means what it says: an economical, ecological economy that manages resources sustainably, and allocates them fairly
Read MoreTwo hard constraints: climate science, and clean coal
Climate scientist James Hansen and Solid Energy chief executive Don Elder debate how to secure the future of coal, New Zealand, and the world
Read MorePrince Charles, won
Prince Charles – unwilling to let his son steal the whole show – almost atoned for a lifetime's embarrassing blurts and blunders, when he aired his passion for agri-culture, not agri-industry. Maybe he shouldn't be put out to pasture, just yet – or is that in fact where he belongs?
Read MoreCosta Rica: small feet and big smiles
In which my musing, about what would make a good life, is helped along by a good list. It sounds a lot like New Zealand
Read MoreOn the stump, for a happy planet
If I were a politician, I’d campaign on four social, economic, and environmental issues — not necessarily in that order
Read MoreThe price of milk
The true price of milk is its cost, in distracting us from the bigger issue: what policy and regulation is needed, to secure quality food for ordinary — all — New Zealanders
Read MoreTurning the political landscape Green
The seismic shifts round Parliament this week present both risks and an opportunity for the Greens
Read MoreA happy home, with a hearth in it
“Domestic life in the past was smelly, cold, dirty and uncomfortable, but we have much to learn from it … When the oil runs out, I think our houses will become much more like those of our low-tech, pre-industrial ancestors.”
Read MoreViva la vida
At new year, in spring time, and on Anzac Day, my calendar clocks another year, and I resolve to start again, again. This blog is not immune to it: it’s time for a change, because we know everything we need to, about National’s green blues
Read MoreEugenie Sage, speaking truth to power
Sacked ECan regional councillor and life-long conservationist Eugenie Sage talks about ECan, doing conservation better, and her aspirations to and for Parliament, as the Green Party's Selwyn candidate
Read MoreCrystal Valley, and the conservation state
In 2004, the Nature Heritage Fund funded DOC’s Crystal Valley purchase, because of its outstanding conservation values. Last week DOC agreed to give part of the Valley, freehold, to Porter Heights Ski Field, to build an alpine lodge. What’s changed?
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