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‘Many a mickle makes a muckle’ or The importance of small decisions

What a curious title, you might think. It might have even piqued your interest. Well, that’s the purpose of titles, isn’t it?
It is the title I chose for a talk I will be presenting this weekend at the Kakariki Sustainability Conference at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch.
I think the old Scottish proverb Many a […]

Who is Farmer John?

UPDATE April 4: The following tour dates for ‘The real dirt on Farmer John’ are now confirmed. Farmer John Peterson and director Taggart Siegel will be present at each advance screening and hold a Q&A after the movie.

Sunday, April 6 - Hollywood Cinema, Sumner (ChCh) 4:45 PM (03) 3266102
Friday, April 11 - Suter Gallery, Nelson […]

Christchurch’s Vegetarian Food and Lifestyle Expo, Sunday Sep 30 -
for vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike

We’re looking forward to be part of next Sunday’s Vegetarian Food and Lifestyle Expo.
The expo aims to showcase the multi-faceted nature of vegetarianism as well as present vegetarian organisations and vegetarian-owned businesses.
The extensive program includes cookery demonstrations, workshops, films and about 30 exhibitors ranging from organic farms to animal advocacy and environmental organisations. There will […]

Program Environmental Film Fest

After announcing the Environmental Film Fest in Christchurch yesterday, we’ve received the detailed screening schedule. Be sure to check it out, there are some very interesting movies this year!

Trivia night at Hagley College - Fundraising for student trip to Cambodia

We’ve just received an email from Rachel Hawthorne, a teacher at Hagley college, who’s organizing a student trip to Cambodia at the end of this year. We think her mission deserves a lot of support and we believe you might be interested to know more about this project.
Here is her email:
The GLOBAL AWARENESS PROJECT trip […]