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Hydrogen at the docks – Rosie Mercer, Ports of Auckland
How do you kickstart New Zealand’s hydrogen fuel network? Enter Ports of Auckland. It is one of the world’s first ports to open a hydrogen refuelling facility, the first stage in an ambitious plan that will eventually see the ports running on green hydrogen...
Rethinking Suburbia with Climate Change Editor – Eloise Gibson, Stuff
Suburbs are the invention of another era. Far flung from the city centre, removed from places of work and largely made of stand-alone houses, suburbs could only have happened thanks to the motorcar. But with transport our second largest GHG emitter, it’s time to...
Remodelling Meal Kits – MenuAid’s Toby Skilton
If your family is like Vincent’s, then you’ll love meal kits but hate the packaging –polystyrene meat trays, foil bags and more plastic wrap than a Grey Lynn building site. Is there a way to get the convenience of a meal kit with the discernment of a sustainable...
The Love Oat – Morgan Maw, Boring Oat Milk
New Zealand grows great oats and makes excellent oat milk, in Sweden. Yes NZ oats are shipped to Sweden where they are processed and returned to our shores to be bottled and sold as NZ-made. That hardly seems the sustainable alternative we all hope for. The madness of...
Vote Climate! The Team Aiming for the Vector Board, via Entrust
Coming up: an election you probably won’t vote in for an entity you’ve probably not heard of. That’s right, it’s the tri-annual vote for the Entrust board, the majority shareholder of Vector Energy, Auckland’s electrical lines company. But wait, before you turn over...
IPCC Report part 3 – The insider’s guide, with Professor Dave Frame
This week Vincent is joined by Professor Dave Frame, Director of the New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute (CCRI) at Victoria University and a lead author on the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This is the third...
IPCC Report: Rod Oram on business laggards and leaders
This week, Vincent asks Rod Oram to explain the implications of the latest IPCC report for business. Does the stark reality set out in the report change what’s required of the business sector? Or does it simply reinforce what’s already happening? How exactly is...
Unpacking the IPCC with Dr Victoria Hatton, Marc Daalder
Why has the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) –said human influence on climate is now unequivocable? Didn’t we already know that? And what impact will this report have in the run up to COP26? Vincent was joined by Marc Daalder,...
The new era of farming with Melissa Clark-Reynolds
Due to lockdown shenanigans it’s been hard to put a show together this week. So we’re dipping into our archive from the last six months. I hope you the enjoy the interviews - and stay safe. What future does sheep and beef farming have in a climate changed world?...
Investing in Climate Ventures – Rohan MacMahon and Dr Jez Weston
Climate Venture Capital Fund is a new venture investment fund that invests in, you guessed it, climate ventures. It’s the first of its kind in New Zealand and has just made its maiden investment, in Australian energy company MGA Thermal. Vincent is joined by two of...
Live at Spark Innovation Studio: Annabell Chartres and Vincent Heeringa
This week Vincent spoke alongside PWC’s Annabell Chartres at Spark Innovation Studio about Sustainability in Tech, one in a series put on by the Spark IoT team. Hosted by Randall Miekle, agile coach at Spark the session started with the key question: what does...
Organic Fantastic: Chris Morrison, Founder All Good Organics and Karma Drinks
Chris Morrison does not stop. He’s the founder of Phoenix Drinks, All Good Organics and Karma Drinks (makers of Karma Cola). He co-founded the Sustainable Business Network, has been a director of the country’s main organic certifier BioGro, and chairs Organics...
Green, keen and clean: EcoStore’s Tony Morpeth
EcoStore’s Tony Morpeth has been making environmentally friendly household cleaners for more than 20 years. Back then he was a pioneer, working for Stephen Tindall and then Malcolm Rands. Now his products are in pretty much every supermarket, from here to New York. So...
The Insider: Pippa Coom on the gap between Auckland’s climate words and actions
Pippa Coom is a rare Auckland Councillor who is championing climate change action and a faster shift to active transport. So how does she rate the council’s actions on transport, buildings, and climate justice? And what’s it like to be an activist on the city’s front...
The Sanctuary Mahi Whenua Community Garden: Trevor Crosby
In the heart of Mt Albert, Auckland, is one of the oldest gardens in NZ. The Sanctuary Mahi Whenua Community Garden was first planted by Maori in pre-European times and hasn’t been built on since. The vege gardens and food forest have been lovingly cared for over the...
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