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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 by Admin
Back in 2008 former Christchurch couple Waveney Warth and Matthew Luxon decided to live rubbish free for a year in order to reduce their impact on the environment. Their trials, tribulations, truths and learnings were all documented on their blog and it was really inspiring to read what they were up to and how they were making it work. And they did make it work.
They have just launched a new website with all the resources the rest of us need in order to go rubbish free. We are definitely going to pick up one of their guides and I have been looking to find an alternative to plastic wrap and they have them. Yay! Really excited for them.
You can check out the new website here.
This website is definitely going in the favourites tab!
Tags: blog, environmental impact, guide, landfill, resources, rubbish, Rubbish Free.co.nz
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 by Admin
 Ordance Survey Womhole - Lucy Martin via How to be a Retronaut Today is Earth day – a day to recognise our home, how we live in it and how we can take care of it. I spent the morning visiting a couple of key players in the Canterbury recycling industry to get a first hand account of what people are doing and will post about those visits later. But, for the moment it is time to take a deep breath in and look around at our environment, our life support and how we can make it healthier. Recycling, reducing our consumption to reduce our waste, positive sustainability actions in your local community and taking a moment everyday to be on Earth are just some of the ways that you can live Earth Day everyday.
Here are some pre Friday Favourites links just for Earth Day:
The first step is to recognise where your resources for living come from (local, national, global), how you use them (efficiently?, share?) and then what happens to them when they become waste (where does the waste go? what impact does that have?). Start wondering and asking questions. At every point in your life you are having an impact on the Earth and it is time to reduce that impact and improve the health of the planet for the generations to come.
Happy Earth Day!
Tags: Earth Day, recycling, resources, sustainable living, waste
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009 by Admin
 International Buy Nothing Day If reducing your consumption is still a habit that you’re trying to break try not buying anything for just one day to see what happens. The easiest way to reduce the level of our waste going to landfill is to stop purchasing, stop consuming. Full Stop. It’s that easy. (It is also a really good way to tackle climate change). But humans are driven by desires and needs (or wants) and purchasing/consuming can sometimes be fulfilling – at least we think it is fulfilling. But, there are many other ways to live a good life that doesn’t involve consuming and the side effects create a healthier planet and healthier people.
So, this week’s Practical Action is to take part in Adbusters’ International Buy Nothing Day. This campaign has been going for a few years now and calls on millions of the world’s population to buy nothing for 24 hours. They are also asking for everyone to unplug as well. Turn off all appliances, lights, cell phones, the internet, computers and anything else that depletes the world’s resources.
Adbusters: “We want you to not only stop buying for 24 hours, but to shut off your lights, televisions and other nonessential appliances. We want you to park your car, turn off your phones and log off of your computer for the day.
We’re calling for a Ramadan-like fast. From sunrise to sunset we’ll abstain en masse, not only from holiday shopping, but from all the temptations of our five-planet lifestyles.”
You never know what the day might bring – closer connection to family and friends, old clothes and “stuff” that you forget you had that you could reuse, finishing that project you have been meaning to get to, a day in the garden, reading your favourite book again, increased awareness of how your actions impact the environment and everything that lives in it, peace and quiet from the world for just one day. You will also have reduced your impact on the environment. After one day of not spending it becomes easier and you might start to find that life is nicer this way!
Our motto is to be a conscious consumer when you do consume (question if you really need it, can you use something else, can you buy second hand, fair trade, recycled etc). By not consuming for one day you can move towards this way of life. Start by recognising how you consume and then start to change this. There are lots of different actions happening across the world which you can check out here. Let us know what you get up to for the day.
Tags: Adbusters, climate change, consumption, diverting waste from landfill, environment, humans, International Buy Nothing Day, landfill, purchasing, resources, waste
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