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Articles in the Food Category

Saving children’s lives: The Tap Project now running in NZ

By joanna1000 | 12 March, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Action, Climate Change, Environment, Food, Justice groups, Millennium Development Goals, News, Poverty |

I’m volunteering for UNICEF NZ, helping to spread the word about the UN Children’s Fund month-long Tap Project, which …

gardening help

By anon | 26 February, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Food |

Sorry, probably not what this site is for, but I’m trying to track down
information on starting an organic gardening. The organic sites I’ve found via
google are low …

Zimbabwe: solidarity request.

By Jolyon | 29 January, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Action, Food |

The below is taken from an Avaaz newsletter regarding a hunger strike protesting the Mugabe regime.

‘Dear Friends,

When Africa’s heads of state meet this Sunday, they will be greeted by a …

Gleaning, modern day style

By Anne | 2 December, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Action, Food |

Mate, the amount of good food chucked into bins around New Zealand every day is unbelievable. These guys, friends of mine in Wellington go dumpster diving every week, pulling out …

Organics for Africa - UN

By Anne | 31 October, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Environment, Food, Land, News |

A study released by the UN Environment Programme last week indicates that organic farming could play a far more important role in addressing poverty, and hunger (not to mention environmental …

Combating desertification could help tackle other global crises – UN official

By Anne | 31 October, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Food, News |

While global attention is focused on crises ranging from energy to food security to climate change, a senior United Nations environmental expert today highlighted the “silent” crisis of desertification …

Eco Footprint

By Anne | 28 October, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in Environment, Food |

There’s a new and improved online quiz to calculate your ecological footprint, for anyone interested: www.myfootprint.org/en/

According to this, the average NZ footprint is 57.5 global hectares. If my …

Food for thought - A low carbon diet

By Mike | 7 October, 2008 | 2 Comments | Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Food |

Something to ponder while we eat lunch - A low carbon diet

Low carbon diet promo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whkURVgR16E

David Gershon from Seventh Generation discusses current consumption in the U.S. and moving towards a …