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This government seems unable to join the dots between environmental health and economic prosperity. That one relies on the other. They could do with a bunch of ecologists in the […]
Flat chance – Farming our environment
Domestic flights (when the opportunity comes up) bring the landscape back into focus, and help stitch together visual fragments collected from road travel through the region. The absolute flatness of […]
Serendipity
A recent Listener article got me thinking about serendipity. Having a long-term fascination for the word itself, it immediately conjures up exotica entwined with unpredictability and happy-go-lucky endings. To take […]
‘Innovationing’ – pragmatic conservation in the real world
INNOVATIONING encapsulated the spirit of a recent Landcare Networking Day hosted by the NZ Landcare Trust, Waikato Regional Council, the Whakaupoko Landcare and the David Johnstone Pukemokemoke Bush Reserve Trust. […]
Artist, Scientist, Minister – reflections on decision-making
How do talks within the space of a week by a government minister, an outspoken scientist and an internationally respected NZ artist tie together? Max Gimblett spoke eloquently about his […]
Collaboration… with and for the Community
A series of public meetings has been set up by the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) to highlight proposed reforms for both the Resource Management Act (1991) and the highly […]
Communicating science – a quick look
Academia comes with a very specific language. On one hand it’s about bringing together ideas in a very concise form – often meaning heavy use of technical language. On the […]
