RELAX and see how Papatuanuku is Breathing
READ:
- The Overstory by Richard Powers: A beautiful, powerful story about our connection to Nature - what we've done, caused and can do to restore our relationship with her.
- Climate Aotearoa: What's happening & what we can do about it. Edited by Helen Clark, Allen & Unwin, 2021
- Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the Wisdom & Intelligence of the Forest by Suzanne Simard, 2021
- Drawdown: The most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming, Edited by Paul Hawken, 2017
- Kitchen Garden Cooking with Kids by Stephanie Alexander, The story of a kitchen garden for kids and the recipes they cooked with the food they grew. 2006
WATCH: https://happenfilms.com/fools-and-dreamers because we need more fools and dreamers to make the world work for all of life.
Greta Thunberg: Wise beyond her years. Listen and DO SOMETHING! https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/climate-warrior
Alanna Mitchell TED Talk: What you need to know about our oceans NOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crPiV4C_t7k
More on Handprinting from the International Living Future Institute.
TetraMap: Building for a Living Future Case Study
My Big Shift by Jon about his overseas flights footprint.
LISTEN: Amy Edmonson, Bucky protege, Harvard Business School, on Psychological Safety in the Workplace
https://www.tetramap.com/in-your-element-podcast-coming-soon/
BFI Challenge Winners: Watch the video!
Go in 11.35 min. to learn about the Living-Building Challenge
https://www.bfi.org/challenge
Carbon Farming: What can we learn and DO from this project!?
https://www.marincarbonproject.org/what-is-carbon-farming
Generous NZ Sustainability Pioneers
The first certified Living-Building in New Zealand: Te Kura Whare
The Living House: Going for LBC; 10 Home-star; Passive Certification Rochelle is focused and dynamic and doing ‘whatever it takes’ to get Auckland to step-up to sustainability. To see a true pioneer in action, read Rochelle's blog!
Sustainability & community meet tourism in Camp Glenorchy
New Zealand's first LBC Net Zero Energy house
Concrete reabsorbs carbon dioxide!
Yes, over a long time, concrete absorbs carbon out of the atmosphere (but nowhere near as much as is released from burning fossil fuel use during cement production). More from sustainableconcrete.org.nz and ABC Australia.
Miscellaneous
Regenerative Farming! A non-negotiable for NZ sustainability! 11 minute video
Rekindle is a social enterprise that seeks to derive social and creative impact from reusable resources to avoid waste to landfill. See this inspiring short video.
Living Future Aotearoa Collaborative: https://www.facebook.com/LivingBuildingChallengeCollaborativeNewZealand
Garbage Patch in the sea::