Dec 21, 2020 | Business & Economics, Referee
By Madison Pascoe “Regular meal subscription services such as My Food Bag and Hello Fresh market themselves as a convenient alternative to supermarket shopping to consumers with a large focus on sustainability. But is it actually transformational change or too...
Oct 27, 2020 | Science & Technology
Listen to a conversation between Cate Macinnis-Ng, associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences, and Niki Harre, professor in the School of Psychology on how trees respond to climate-related stress. Cate’s speciality is kauri and drought, so this...
Sep 24, 2020 | Business & Economics, Science & Technology
By Ivanhoe K.H. Leung, Cameron C. Weber & L. James Wright “The textile and clothing manufacturing industry comes with a heavy price including environmental pollution and the well-publicised issues around the income and working conditions for workers.”...
Jul 9, 2020 | Business & Economics
By James Higham “The tourism rebuild must involve all measures being taken to create a high-value, low-leakage and low-emissions tourism future.” Unprecedented border closures and the domestic lockdown have paralysed New Zealand’s $40.9 billion a...
Jun 24, 2020 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Gilbert Wong Can we grow organisations and work that support a sustainable world? The answer comes from understanding our deepest psychological drivers according to Niki Harre. Let’s play the word association game. Money, status, competition, power and possessions....
May 12, 2020 | Business & Economics, Science & Technology
By Ralph Cooney People and governments have the chance to learn from Covid-19, and build a new sustainable climate future with a watchful eye on our Sustainable Development Goals, writes Professor Ralph Cooney. At the time of writing, Covid-19 had already caused the...
Mar 23, 2020 | Business & Economics
A new bill surrounding organic farming in New Zealand as well as imports and exports is currently going through parliament. The bill outlines plans to get stricter on what is defined as organic and what is not. But what are the differences between conventional and...
Mar 16, 2020 | Business & Economics, Science & Technology
A couple of weeks ago, the Green Party put forward a new bill surrounding organic farming in New Zealand as well as imports and exports. The bill outlines plans to get stricter on what is defined as Organic. However, there is no overarching consensus on what is...
Jan 29, 2020 | Science & Technology
New research out of the University of Otago has revealed that increasing the uptake of plant-based diets in New Zealand could have a significant impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions while simultaneously improving population health. The results showed that a...
Jan 16, 2020 | Politics & Society
In 2015, the United Nations passed the sustainable development goals with targets for poverty reduction, economic development, environmental protection, and political empowerment. How were these goals chosen? Has the UN been achieving their goals? How is...