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Explore our library of articles and stories, curated from the web, which inspire and support our vision of a Regenerative Aoteroa New Zealand.
Some of the world’s biggest problems, like single-use plastic rubbish, can only be solved by entrepreneurs brave enough to walk the talk, says Zero Co Founder Mike Smith.
Zero waste is a growing movement that aims to reduce waste production, promote sustainable consumption, and preserve the environment.
Although he’s been told he’s 10 years ahead of his time, nothing will stop the Australian zero waste activist Joost Bakker in his mission to inspire us all to live a zero-waste life.
Pacific Vision Aotearoa (PVA) supports groups, churches, and larger community events to become Zero Waste. This is an aspirational goal where nothing is sent to landfill, a place of no return.
Imagine a school where the architecture breathes with the rhythm of nature, where every corner is bathed in the soft glow of natural light, and where the very design of the buildings sparks curiosity and creativity in every student, parent, and teacher who walks through its doors.
Whakarongo School’s recent visit to Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre saw students learn what it means to be a kaitiaki by deepening their understanding of te taiao and mauri. They also got to meet a few native manu on the way.
With a shift of the Enviroschools holistic reflection process towards a simplified student centric approach, Enviroschools Regional Coordinator Manawatū Whanganui, Sarah Williams, was curious to find out from the students at Ōpiki School what changes they could see since becoming an Enviroschool and what this means for them.
In a rapidly changing world where traditional education models struggle to keep up with societal and environmental shifts, a new approach is emerging: Regenerative Education.
An education that serves people and the planet as we move into a new environmental reality, with its accompanying social shifts, economic transformation and understanding of who we are as a species and an individual.
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
In November 2023 we launched a learning network for six regenerative community-connected farms across Auckland City.
While livestock farming typically comes with a higher greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint, New Zealand’s moves to embrace regenerative agriculture positions farmers to cut these impacts down to size.
The systems-thinking, holistic approaches to farming in te ao Māori have been demonstrated to enable effective local solutions, leading the way for others.
Hemp is poised to become a game-changer for Aotearoa/New Zealand, offering immense potential for the Farmers, Food, Fibre, and Wellness sectors.
Regenerative agriculture is supposed to save us from climate change, freshwater pollution, soil erosion, drought, the invertebrate apocalypse and poor mental health. Does it live up to the hype?
Regenerative Agriculture is both a tool and a vision. It’s a tool for reversing the flow of greenhouse gas emissions, for example, and creating an enormous repository of carbon in the soil.
A great deal of discussion in scientific and governmental circles has been focused recently on how to deal with greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting weather extremes they have created.
Joel Saltin a thriving multi-generational family farm, he draws on a lifetime of food, farming and fantasy to entertain and inspire audiences around the world.
Kai Rotorua began as the Rotorua Local Food Network, a group of 30 volunteers whose aim was to make healthy, locally grown food affordable and accessible for the whole community
There is a fast growing movement in New Zealand that has been happening out in paddocks, fields, gardens and hill country across the nation.
Embracing regenerative farming globally could help provide a third of the land-based climate action needed by 2030.
Food is more than something we eat to survive—it’s a part of how we thrive. And yet the way we produce food today threatens both people and nature.
Food is part of nature, and nature is inherently regenerative – it can renew itself. For billions of years, organisms in living systems have grown, thrived, and died, becoming food for a new cycle to begin.
We imagine a world in which farmers, brands, policymakers, educators, researchers and individuals come together to create a healthy food system that respects land, animals, empowers people, and restores communities and ecosystems through regenerative organic farming.
Dr. Bush speaks with the Hydration Foundation in our Doctor Talk series on the urgency of hydration, hydration as our energy source and as the ultimate solvent for toxins.
Veda Austin invites us to consider and grow closer to water – as both a preciously vital and often overlooked life source.
Arawai Kākāriki is leading the ecological restoration of five significant wetland sites in New Zealand.