Green Things To Do This Summer - Orienteering
November 16, 2008
Looking for fun and interesting things to do outdoors this summer with your friends and family? Easy Green Living is too! As we investigate green things to do this summer, we’ll post them here for you to check out.
This week, we found a flyer advertising the Auckland Orienteering Club at the local library. Thinking their summer series looked like a fun after work challenge, Easy Green Living checked out their website.
Extract From Auckand Orienteering Club website:
Twenty one fun or extremely competitive after work orienteering events have been scheduled in Auckland City Parks and recreational areas over the summer months.
Never tried orienteering? Interested in giving it a go? Want to learn Navigation skills? Like to explore some parks with the aid of a high quality map? - This is your chance!
Click here for the Summer Series 2008-2009 homepage
Email us at auckoc [at] hotmail.com now to get on our Summer Series Events email list to keep up to date.
Looks like fun for all ages and level of fitness. We’ll be giving it go!
If you know of any fun and interesting outdoor pursuits you’d like to share with Easy Green Living readers, please post details in the GOT SOMETHING TO SAY comments field below.
Green Art
November 16, 2008
New category “Green Art” Will Feature Here Shortly
If you are an artist, or know of anyone, that would like to showcase eco-friendly art here, please contact joinus[at]easygreenliving[dot]co.nz. Easy Green Living offers this as a free service to support green artists.
Vick’s Veggie Garden Journal - 16 Nov 08
November 16, 2008
My dear friend, Vick, has decided to follow in the footsteps of Lynda Hallinan (Editor, NZ Gardener) and give sustainable gardening a go!
Having spent the past three years building her dream home in Whangarei, with husband Chris, and after the happy arrival of beautiful daughter Maddie this year, Vick has set about putting in place her dream of a sustainable garden. Vick’s goal is to create a garden that produces her own “groceries” to create healthy nutritious meals for family and friends in her gorgeous new kitchen!
Vick has kindly agreed to share with Easy Green Living, her gardening experiences. Vick is also a sensational cook so we’ll be checking in for cooking tips and recipes. Vick has a number of exciting sustainable gardening projects underway, which we look forward to sharing with you over the following seasons.
Vick is starting at grass roots, although she has some knowledge and a great resource to tap into. Her parents are avid gardeners. Check out the photo below of a recent harvest from their veggie garden, kindly given to us! Fresh home grown vegetables taste so good!
This week, Vick sent us some photos of her veggie garden. Her first crop will be ready in December…
1. Xmas Potatoes - fast growing potatoes called Swist potatoes. Vick told us they take 80 days to grow. She planted this crop 60 days ago (shown in photo below). This crop will be ready for Xmas Day.
2. Snow peas
3. Lettuces
4. Vick’s first tomato
“Vick’s Veggie Garden Journal” is bound to give you practical tips and ideas, and show it is possible to grow your own groceries and still produce stylish tasty meals. I’m inspired and planted herbs and lettuces this weekend for my summer salads.
We have set up a Gardening Group in the Easy Green Living Community. If you’d like to join in
CLICK HERE
to sign up today.
Happy gardening!
Easy Green Living
The Case Of The Plastic Shopping Bag
July 15, 2008
Globally we use billions of plastic shopping bags annually which is of great concern for our world but, is banning them the answer?
Not so long ago I, like most of us I imagine, carried my shopping in plastic bags without batting an eyelid. I avoided Pak ‘n Save and the inconvenience of having to pay for a plastic bag or to find a box within the store to carry my purchases in. I also embraced the eco-friendly, re-usable bags that popped up in supermarkets and promptly forgot to use them. But, after reading a paragraph about plastic floating in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, my shopping excursions have well and truly changed.
Green Lovers
June 27, 2008
It’s fair to say that in Winter we spend more time rugged up in bed than in the warmer months. Sure, it’s an obvious statement, but think about it for just one second. Those extra minutes of shut eye are usually in response to a host of reasons. A; it’s too miserable outside to get out of bed, B; being warm in bed is cheaper than turning the heater on, and C; it’s warmer in bed than the lounge. These are acceptable excuses (and ones we’re all guilty of) but surely there’s a better, more fun way to keep warm in Winter? It’s easy to get complacent and comfortable with your partner and that’s why Winter is a good a time as any to throw out those excuses and reignite those love flames.
Travel Green In New Zealand
April 29, 2008
New Zealand proudly flaunts its clean, green tag before millions of global travelers each year. Our lush rolling landscape boasts a wealth of options for every visitor. To ensure our country remains in a pure, untouched state there is a growing number of eco-friendly travel options for everyone from small beachside cottages to luxury eco-lodges. Here we’ll review and educate you on options for every budget to help make your next vacation a little (or a lot) ‘greener’.
