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PARA KORE: An Alternative Voice for a Zero Waste World
I sometimes forget how extensive my knowledge is on rubbish! Like childbirth, I guess the hard work and times of pain completing my Masters Research project as an adult student 2 years ago are soon forgotten! I feel so blessed to have been an adult student, able to focus many hours of work and interviews…
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January 2021: a journal
1st Jan. As the new year opens, I, like a moko kakariki (local green gecko), appear afresh, a glorious healthy green, after a skin slough. The joys and the challenges of 2020 are behind, no going back, and in my new skin I’m so ready for this new beginning. 2nd Jan. I’ve decided to eschew alcohol this…
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It’s not my rubbish but it’s my community!
“We are the protectors,” Max reminds others as he sets off up the wharf with bucket in hand. Once a month a ‘flashmob’ of locals, liveaboard boaties, and visitors find the 90 minutes ‘Earthcare Opua’ gathering is not only rewarding but surprisingly enjoyable! Earthcare Opua remains deliberately unstructured. With no-one in charge, newcomers and…
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Leadership: “What is mine to do?”
“Leadership is the ability to create change,” explained Martin Luther King. I long for change in the way we connect with each other and with the natural world so I know I need to step up as a leader. But ‘What is mine to do?’ Ko Papatūaānuku tena koe …
Connecting Cheerfully 