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Government needs to put more energy into strategy
I’m sure I’m like most New Zealanders when it comes to switching on the lights or the television: it doesn’t cross my mind that there won’t be enough electricity to make them work.
Living more sustainably: some fundamentals
WWF-New Zealand Executive Director Chris Howe blogs on extinction and how to avoid it.
The Life Aquatic
WWF-New Zealand Executive Director CHRIS HOWE'S latest blog: For me, like many others, I was introduced to the magic of the world’s oceans by Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
Put whales before politics
As the 62nd annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission gets underway in Morocco, WWF-New Zealand Executive Director Chris Howe asks, can government representatives at the IWC start behaving like the whales actually matter?
World Environment Day, a time to consider - is the New Zealand Government living in a parallel universe?
WWF climate change campaigner Peter Hardstaff blogs about the possibilities and realities of World Environment Day.
Mining in National Parks: The government has got it wrong. Really.
There has been an unprecedented response to the government’s proposals to mine New Zealand’s national parks. The Ministry for Economic Development estimates the number of submissions will exceed 35,000 by the time the deadline is reached today.
Shop around to save the rainforests
Chris Howe blogs: "Tropical rainforests are often referred to as the ‘lungs of the planet’ because they continuously recycle carbon dioxide into oxygen, which we all breathe to survive. It is clear that the disappearance of huge swathes of such forests means the prognosis is not looking good for the health of our living planet, or ourselves."
Making every hour Earth Hour
Latest Director's blog: At 12.45am on Sunday 28 March, the bartender at the Langham Hotel looked at me very firmly, and said "Sir, I think the rest of the staff want to go home now." I was having a celebratory drink with some of the local Earth Hour helpers that had made the evening in Auckland so successful. Reluctantly we took the hint and went our separate ways. But a year earlier I had shared a post-Earth Hour drink or two with some of the same people, and it was wonderful to see them back again, volunteering for something they felt passionately about.
Earth Hour: See the Light. Switch off.
Now I’m not normally the kind of person that listens to talkback radio, but last year I was moved to call Michael Laws. He wanted to know how something as ridiculously simple as flicking off a light switch was going to make a difference to global warming. He didn’t wait for the answer, shouted at me for 45 seconds and then put the phone down.
Earth Hour - stars turn out as the countdown begins
On Wednesday, I was representing not only WWF-New Zealand but the whole WWF network, at the New Zealand launch of Earth Hour - the world’s largest mass-participation event.
