Aug 30, 2024 | Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Science & Technology
Living root bridges of Nongriat village in East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya. Photo by PJeganathan, licensed by CC BY-SA 4.0. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has outlined a plan for humanity to live in harmony with nature by 2050. Our cities aren’t...
Aug 23, 2024 | Science & Technology
By Victor Gambarini, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau. Photo used is Microplastic by Oregon State University, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 Marine plastic pollution is a massive environmental issue, with a plastic smog of an estimated 170 trillion particles...
Aug 1, 2024 | Business & Economics, Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Science & Technology
AgriSea CEO Clare Bradley and Tane Bradley (AgriSea CIO) inspect a seaweed harvest on a New Zealand beach. ©AgriSea. With increasing interest in aquaculture as an alternative to land-based agriculture, Dr Pauline Herbst speaks to Prof Andrew Jeffs, from the Institute...
Jun 13, 2024 | Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society, Science & Technology
Brisbane City Flood 2013. Photo by ShepsSnaps, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 With over half the global population living in urban centres, a number which is projected to rise to around two-thirds by 2050, the relationship between cities and the climate crisis is...
May 20, 2024 | Events, Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Science & Technology
On Earth Day 2024, Ngā Ara Whetū partnered with Te Aka Mātauranga Matepukupuku, the Centre for Cancer Research, to discuss the ubiquitous presence of plastics in our environment, and the impact they are having to the land, sea, air, animals, and on our own health and...
Apr 3, 2024 | Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Science & Technology
Flooded. Photo by Peter Castleton, licensed under CC BY 2.0. Sustain is a podcast brought to you by Ngā Ara Whetū: Centre for Climate, Biodiversity, and Society. As the climate crisis continues, flooding has become an increasingly serious problem, causing death and...
Dec 6, 2023 | Ngā Ara Whetū, Politics & Society
Guatemalan anti-mining protester with sign. Photo by Jackie McVickar, licensed under CC BY 2.0. Sustain is a podcast brought to you by Ngā Ara Whetū: Centre for Climate, Biodiversity, and Society. Guatemala is one of the most dangerous countries in the world...
Nov 28, 2023 | Politics & Society
“Exxon Knew” by Johnny Silvercloud is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 By Ben Goldson As public concern over climate change grew towards the end of the 20th century, a sprawling network of denialist groups emerged. Financed by major fossil fuel companies, the...
Oct 30, 2023 | Ngā Ara Whetū, Science & Technology
Forest fire. Photo by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, licensed under CC0 1.0 Sustain is a podcast brought to you by Ngā Ara Whetū: Centre for Climate, Biodiversity, and Society. Forestry has been emphasised by governments around the world as a means to...
Dec 6, 2022 | Politics & Society
By Stephen Hoadley A winning China would regain what the Qing Dynasty enjoyed three centuries ago: a central geo-political leadership role among its periphery of tributary states. This essay is an exploratory thought-exercise in the form of a scenario addressing the...