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Green Things To Do This Summer - Orienteering

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 [...]

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Green Art

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.

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Vick’s Veggie Garden Journal - 16 Nov 08

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 [...]

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Going Green

University of Auckland is holding a Going Green series of free interactive seminars on 29 November 2008. Seminars include: How To Buy Green How To Eat Green How To Dispose Green How To Renovate Green How To Grow Green How To Sell Green, cleanly How To Invest Green How To Have A Green Funeral How To Be A Green School How To Build A Green Community How [...]

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A Visit To The Parnell Festival Of Roses

This weekend, I visited the Auckland City Council’s Parnell Festival of Roses. One reason was to see my mother, working with other Heritage Rose Society members, creating and selling gorgeous fragrant posies. The members kindly donated their time and beautiful flowers from their own gardens. Proceeds go towards the care and maintenance of the Nancy [...]

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Wheat Free Biscuits For Summer Entertaining

jones weekly food column This week at jones the grocer, I came across a tasty versatile biscuit recipe using Polenta. I thought anyone on a wheat-free diet may enjoy this one! Polenta Parmesan Biscuits Try this quick and easy recipe to create delicious wheat free biscuits that are ideal served with a platter of cheeses, spreads and meats. [...]

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Xterra Trail Challenge - Rotorua

Title: Xterra Trail Challenge Location: Rotorua Link out: Click here Description: Run and walk in Rotorua’s beautiful Whakarewarewa Forest 5km, 11km or 21km Start Time: 08:00am Date: 2008-12-06

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Green And Gorgeous Xmas Treats

You may be in denial but New Zealand is just moments away from being drowned in Xmas frivolity. Love or loath the merry months, Christmas shops are opening, lights are being untangled and credit cards are stretching and flexing ready for a strenuous workout. Some of the EGL team have already begun to tick off Xmas [...]

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Whats’ On - NZ Ocean Swim Series - Auckland

Title: Ocean Swim Location: Harbour Crossing - Auckland Link out: Click here Description: 2.8km event Start Time: 09:35am Date: 2008-11-16

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What Is A Green Company?

In this time of rapidly increasing change to a greener economy and workplace, the definition and interpretations we’ve read leads us to suggest this remains quite broad. However, to give some guidelines to this term we suggest the following. A Green Company is one that is environmentally responsible with their impact on the [...]

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