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Please share your views and knowledge in the blogs below. Let’s not flinch from the hard talk, but always remain respectful and give room for everyone’s voice. There is no room for political correctness in sustainability discussion, so let’s hear what you think.
Enjoying our Avian Taonga – Dunedin as a Birders’ Destination
Nestled between bush and hills and girdled by food-rich offshore currents, Dunedin has achieved the reputation as the wildlife capital of New Zealand. In addition to its flagship penguins and albatrosses, the city and environs offer the overseas birder a diverse mix of avifauna – whether endemic, introduced in the nineteenth century, or migrants finding their way here under their own steam.
Photography is My Meditation
My images reflect the wonder and mystery of working with my camera to see deeply, reflect, build a sense of gratitude and peace, and cultivate sustainability in my life.
Echoes in Queen Charlotte Sound: sustainability and the price of progress?
People enjoy Queen Charlotte Sound, Marlborough, for boating, fishing and nature. But might people be disrupting the very ecosystems they come there to enjoy? Noelle Bennett explains a largely unheard threat.
The first step towards sustainability: “Becoming native to place”
Nothing speaks to me more of occupation, roots and whakapapa (knowing who you are and where you belong) than an urupā (Māori cemetery). To come to know and love a place is a huge motivator to defend it for yourself, your family and community. True, some environmentalists are fighting for the planet, but for many of us it is more about defending home.