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Climate and Vote 2020: Geoff Simmons of The Opportunities Party
TOP rocketed to fame in the last election off the back of its former leader Gareth Morgan attacking pretty much everything: government, the opposition, the wealthy, the tax system the welfare system and even cats. This time around it’s Geoff Simmons at the helm. The...
Can capitalism save the planet? A review of ‘More From Less’
Taking a break from interviews this week, Vincent reviews the breakthrough book More From Less, by Andrew McAfee. Describing green growth as ‘Humanity’s Big Surprise’, McAfee argues that we can not only grow our economy through conventional capitalism but that we can...
The climate front-line: Eloise Gibson, climate change editor
Eloise Gibson is New Zealand’s first reporter to be appointed a climate change editor in a mainstream media outlet. The award-winning business journalist joined Stuff.co.nz earlier this year and was pleasantly surprised by the warm reception from the science and...
EV Conversion Man: Theo Gibson of the EV Podcast
In this episode I had a great chat with EV converter and enthusiast Theo Gibson (EV Podcast host) about his own car conversion and the direction of EV transport locally and globally. Enjoy. Hear the Podcast Here:
The Gulf War: James Frankham’s crusade for the Hauraki Gulf
James Frankham is on a war path. The publisher of New Zealand Geographic and outdoor adventurer is outraged by the decline of the Hauraki Gulf, the so-called jewel in Auckland’s crown. The State of the Gulf 2020 report reveals that overfishing, sedimentation,...
Chair up! A good news story about us and the USA. Richard Shirtcliffe of Noho
Noho is a Kiwi furniture start-up taking Kiwi sustainability to the USA. Noho’s chairs are made of recycled fishing nets and the first of a line of products that CEO, Richard Shirtcliffe, says are rethinking what wellbeing means for home and for the planet. Now based...
Time for a sustainability commissioner? Sir Peter Gluckman and Anne Bardsley
Sir Peter Gluckman says New Zealand is woeful at long-term planning – and the environment suffers as a result. In the latest paper from Koi Tū: The Centre of Informed Futures, Sir Peter and Anne Bardsley argue for a new Sustainability Commissioner to be charged with...
One billion trees is only half the answer: Marty Verry of Red Stag Timber
Forests are only part of the answer to dealing with climate change, warns Marty Verry, CEO of Red Stag Timber, NZ’s largest timber mill. He says the government’s One Billion Trees Programme could lead to a dangerous glut unless there’s a wholesale adoption of wood for...
Budget 2020: The Missed Opportunity
How green was the Budget? Billed as transformational it contains big dollops of cash for the environment, rail, ferries, housing and insulation. So you’d think that climate campaigners would be happy. Errr, nope. The Budget is a missed opportunity to reshape New...
Vaughan Fergusson – Kids, climate change, billionaires and school camps
Vaughan Fergusson (formerly Rowsell) is the founder of Vend, the Kiwi tech success. Last year he started the Institute of Awesome, based on a rambling 100-acre section and lodge overlooking the Tasman sea in Raglan. From here, Vaughan and partner Zoe Timbrell planned...
Julie Anne Genter – On bikes, trains and automobiles
The Covid-19 ‘rebound’ is the perfect opportunity to create a low-emissions transport system, right? Julie Anne Genter thinks so. The Green MP and Associate Minister of Transport has high hopes for extending bikes lanes, revamping the feebate scheme, introducing...
Rod Drury and Roger Dennis: a post-Covid-19 plan for NZ
What if there was a plan for a post-Covid-19 recovery – and not just a plan but an ambition? Rod Drury and Roger Dennis want to create a cross-sector, bi-partisan group to use this moment to achieve some big wins, such as 100% renewable energy, nationwide...
The new era of farming with Melissa Clark-Reynolds
What future does sheep and beef farming have in a climate changed world? Serial entrepreneur and relentless optimist, Melissa Clark-Reynolds sits on the board of Beef&Lamb and sees a bright future for New Zealand farmers if the sector and government can get the...
The Offset Business with Jan Czaplicki of CarbonClick
Jan Czaplicki was one of the guys behind Air New Zealand’s carbon offsetting technology. But Jan and his business partner Paul Brady experienced an explosion of entrepreneurial zeal and took their experience (and the blessing of their former employer) to develop...
Vehicles are the low-hanging fruit: Dr Paul Winton
To rebuild a post-Covid economy and meet our zero emissions targets, where do we start? After trees and agriculture, there’s one sector that would make the biggest impact: transport. So says Dr Paul Winton of the 1point5 Project: a campaign to radically reduce NZ’s...
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