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Post-Covid 19 :‘REPLAY’ or ‘RESET’ ?
Ko Ranginui e tū iho neiKo Papatūānuku e takoto nei ( From a speech first prepared for Toastmasters meeting online 2 April 2020). Perhaps like many of you, I’ve been thinking this week of what New Zealand could look like post-lockdown. I’m sure we all heard the British Prime Minister talking about ‘Jenny from New…
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Aaagh! ‘How is (absent loved one)?’
The first time, indeed the only time I have dyed my hair blue, I was a 39 year-old mother of 3 with an ailing husband. Two months previously, Warwick’s diagnosis with an aggressive form of leukaemia had come as a shock: without treatment he has a month to live. The seismic shift that understanding wrought in our…
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Single-use Packaging : An email story.
From: Peter’s of Kensington Sent: Tuesday, 21 January 2020 5:41 pmTo: meSubject: A reminder to review your products from www.petersofkensington.com.au . A quick reminder for you, Jane Banfield. Thanks again for buying these products from www.petersofkensington.com.au. We would like to remind you that writing a review of these products will help us improve our customer satisfaction. Cristel – Mutine Removable Saucepan w/Glass Lid…
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SHOWING UP AS A ZERO WASTE GRANNY IN 2020
“Zero Waste is such a special doorway”, I explained to anyone who engaged me in conversation about my lifestyle last year. In mid-2016 when I chose to quit single-use plastic, motivated by the destruction I knew was happening in the oceans, I felt very scared. I worried that I’d miss out, make a fool of…
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Laos: Land of a Million Elephants
May 31st 2019 I’m awake with the dawn at the Elephant Conservation Centre in north-west Laos. While the delightful sound of a gecko clicks somewhere north of my ear, I view my patio littered with small wings. Last night I failed to turn out my patio light when I headed for dinner, and on my…
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