June - 2017

Some young ladies from Dannevirke visit

On Friday we welcomed the arrival of some young ladies from Dannevirke, in the Hawke's Bay. They were a small herd of dairy heifers...

What is at the root of our most serious environmental problems?

I have been reading Max Harris' much acclaimed book The New Zealand Project (BWB Books, 2017). Harris believes that to face the major...

A good day for rainbows

Quite apart from being the day my long-awaited writing studio arrived (all the way over the ranges from the Hawke's Bay) - it was an...

Why ‘green growth’ won’t save the world

As the climate crisis deepens, is degrowth the only pathway out?

Why our economy is too important to leave to the experts

Are high food prices a symptom of something much bigger?

Energy descent will shape our future - our choices now will determine whether it's a liveable future

Why our economy is too important to leave to the experts

Nature, wellbeing and finding our own 'sacred groves'

'New Zealand's Rivers' is impressive for its scope, clarity, poignancy and power

"Beyond Manapouri is an important, highly readable and hard-hitting book"