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NO MAYORAL RESOLUTION, NOT EVEN A RESPONSE!
February 14th 2018 “Dear John I have a need to know that I am looking after the wellbeing of my brothers and sisters of all species. I also have a need for respect. It is hard for me to meet these needs from your continued lack of response to the letter and gifts that I…
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IS PICKING UP LITTER TOO SMALL A DROP IN AN OCEAN OF RUBBISH?
“We used to pick up litter ourselves until they took away most of the bins”, says the woman as she walks past with her partner, out for their morning exercise. I’d like to respond in a way that encourages her to restart, to tell her all the reasons why during my morning walk I collect…
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A NEW SONG?
Does anyone else have as much fun as I do with their rubbish? Collecting items for composting and sorting inorganic items for various recycling streams brings a vision of my small grandson, head focused on a kindergarten sorting game. Like Oscar aged 2, I find the sorting an enjoyable challenge. “Must I really add…
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A PEDALLER’S MUSINGS
South of Auckland on my daughter’s old touring bike, I’m heading for the annual Para Kore Hui being held this year at Maketu Marae, Kawhia. Para Kore (Te Reo for ‘Waste Zero’)Its an awesome not-for-profit organisation filled with creative, far-sighted individuals, whose vision is for every marae in Aotearoa to be on the ‘Para…
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ZERO WASTE ALONG THE TWIN COAST CYCLE TRAIL?
Email Monday 20th March to Hon John Carter QSO, Mayor Far North District Council Dear John The Cycle Way is awesome! I loved riding it on Saturday, as did the friend I roped in who hadn’t been on a bike for years! I’m now looking forward to my daughters, son-in-law and visitors from overseas riding…
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WASTE-FREE IN THE FAR NORTH?
‘Humanity has developed a very deep ability to push devastating information about the impacts of our actions into our subconscious and this is a danger. We are numbing ourselves to this life going out’. …
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ROADSIDE CANS & BOTTLES – ARE WE STUCK?
THE NATURAL WORLD – SACRED OR SECULAR? I’m cycling the beautiful Taranaki Surf Highway, pondering how car drivers feel okay tossing out their trash. ‘Do they believe it miraculously disintegrates? Or feel they are kindly creating jobs for others to search for litter in roadside drains? Perhaps its just that well-engineered, hermetically sealed and air-conditioned…
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HOW IT ALL STARTED
Facebook Post 28/6/16 PLASTIC-FREE JULY – A PERSONAL TALE by Jane Banfield. I’ve signed up for the whole month of July. To quit single-use plastic. 3 months ago I’d never even heard of single-use plastic. Now what’s going on? I’m an addict, I can see that. To single-use plastic. What I can’t see is how…
Zero Waste Granny 