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Kiwi Ingenuity lands deal with Starbucks
NEW ZEALAND — A Kiwi company has hooked up with Starbucks to reuse their old coffee sacks for furnishings in their outlets. The Formary will blend New Zealand Laneve wool with fibre from the sacks to...
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Local Technology reduces pressure on NZ landfills
A new locally made building product has been launched to try and reduce the 163,000 tonnes of concrete dumped in New Zealand landfills each year. According to recent Ministry for the Environment...
View ArticleEwen Campbell’s “Probitas”– A Brilliant Sustainable Farming system
Editor’s note: Probitas is a sustainable farming system, and a new kind of fertiliser, that produces astounding results. Below is the preamble from the Probitas website. PHILOSOPHY Sheep meat, beef,...
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Kiwi ingenuity brought to bear on marine pests
Didemnum vexillum smothers a mussel line in Marlborough. Photo: Ashley Coutts, Cawthron Institute Marlborough mussel farmers have been the driving force behind a marine pest management programme in...
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Kiwi Ingenuity celebrated at Tokyo Earth Month Event
A small, innovative New Zealand company is being recognised for its contribution to the environment at a global conference in Japan as part of the Earth Month celebrations. Five organisations from...
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Kiwi ingenuity answer to truck wash problem
L to R: Mark Broadbridge, Peter Wells, Weir Broadbridge at the novel truck and crate washing facility. What do you do with second-hand iron, old paint found at the dump, screens from the local crusher...
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Google comes calling to invest in a unique NZ business
The inventor of Rotorua’s adventure ride, the Shweeb, has always dreamt big. But Geoff Barnett never dreamt he would get monetary backing from global internet phenomenon Google to help turn his...
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Cowl Design a Breath of Fresh Air
Neville D'Herville with his FlueCube. So why is it after all the money spent by consumers to replace older (less efficient , pollution-causing) wood burners, they are left with enforced products that...
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The Rubbish Free Year
From www.rubbishfree.co.nz: This site has emerged out of a year long challenge we set ourselves that became known as the Rubbish Free Year. From 1st Febuary 2008 through to 1st February 2009 we tried...
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North Shore firm develops smart fibre to hide hunters
Warren Bird with FOB Direct's material which shields wearers. Photo / Paul Estcourt A North Shore business has teamed up with an American company to develop performance enhancing fabric that blocks...
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