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.

BFI Challenge Winners: Watch the video!
https://www.bfi.org/challenge Go in 11.35 min. to learn about the Living-Building Challenge

Carbon Farming: What can we learn and DO from this project!?
https://www.marincarbonproject.org/what-is-carbon-farming

LISTEN:

Amy Edmonson, Bucky protege, Harvard Business School, on Psychological Safety in the Workplace
https://www.tetramap.com/podcast/n-your-element-with-amy-c-edmondson-harvard-business-school-usa/

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::