“Constitutional right to oblivion.” The call to allow citizens to maintain a greater degree of anonymity. http://nyti.ms/bNQC7P
22 July 2010
Check out my green marketing seminar quickie at the Ecoexpo, Saturday afternoon http://bit.ly/cElXYb
21 July 2010
RSVP required – register and enter prize draw Just Announced GUEST SPEAKER: Pete Bethune, fresh from his release from Japan following his anti-whaling protest. GUEST MUSICIAN: The multi-talented singer-songwriter-guitarist Craig Smith. Green Drinks this month will be held from 5:30pm on Saturday July 24 at The Chambers at Our City O-Tautahi as part of the… [Read more…]
20 June 2010
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The Deepwater Horizon disaster is not just an industrial accident – it is a violent wound inflicted on the Earth itself. In this special report from the Gulf coast, a leading author and activist shows how it lays bare the hubris at the heart of capitalism “Obama cannot order fish species to survive, or brown… [Read more…]
18 June 2010
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This piece appeared in The Press in 2009. —– I was heading back from a great day in the hills on a recent winter’s Saturday evening and decided to hit the Springfield pub for a beer and a feed. It was a rugby test night and walking through the rows of utes and stepping past… [Read more…]
17 June 2010
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On Thursday 24 June, Green Drinks is delighted to welcome Hugh Nicholson, Senior Urban Designer at the CCC, to present on the work of legendary Danish urban designer Jan Gehl. Gehl recently came up with a 35 year blueprint on how inner Christchurch should look. With a global reputation as a designer who is pedestrian,… [Read more…]
17 May 2010
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The story of one school’s marketing efforts, plus thoughts on the use of email for communication and promotion. One of the highlights of my paid and voluntary career to date has been a stint as a school trustee. Like more than 100,000 other New Zealanders over the last 21 years, I put my hand up… [Read more…]
27 April 2010
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In my role as Chair of NZCU South, I have recently been a participant in a credit rating process conducted by Standard and Poors on our credit union. We ended up with a respectable BB rating. Forced on us by recent government regulation, it was an interesting process. I will spare you my grief over… [Read more…]
21 April 2010
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The US navy is set to be both green and mean with the dawning of an new eco-friendly assault force that will mind its carbon footprint as it destroys its enemy. It is to launch “the Great Green Fleet”, a fighting force of ships, submarines and planes powered entirely by biofuels. The first group will… [Read more…]
16 April 2010
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The St James Station was purchased by the Crown in October 2008 as part of the tenure review process on high country pastoral lease land. It has subsequently been transferred into Department of Conservation management. This hit the news at the time as a great gain for recreationalists (NZ Herald article). I just did not… [Read more…]
22 July 2010
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