Choose Clean water – petition to be presented 29 March!
The Choose Clean Water Campaign now has over 10,000 signatures and is aiming for 15,000 before presenting it to Parliament on 29 March. If you have not already signed the petition…
Support the Waitara Three
The actions by Taranaki Regional Council in holding three individuals responsible for costs incurred in a hearing, rather than the group for whom they signed on behalf, sets a dangerous…
Golden Bay: Beautification and Preservation of the Local Waterways
ECO intern Emily Donaldson continues her series reviewing the results of a survey ECO undertook this year into the voluntary work being performed by groups to care for our environment in…
Holding environmental degradation at bay
ECO intern and HECUA student Emily Donaldson takes a close look at the work being done by the Bay of Islands Maritime Park group. The Bay of Islands Maritime Park,…
Reporting on the ECO Conference on freshwater: an international perspective
Monica Giona Bucci, a PHD student at Lincoln University, attended the recent ECO Conference in Christchurch: “Dialogues on freshwater: navigating impasses and new approaches”. Here she offers her perspective on…
Reflections on dairying from the ECO Conference on Freshwater
The problem with our waterways Caroline Glassberg-Powell reflects on how dairy intensification is causing New Zealand rivers to become the most polluted in the world. There were many themes at…
No Law is Just Law if it doesn’t Serve the Common Good
Symposium on Law, Responsibility and Governance No Law is Just Law if it doesn’t Serve the Common Good (Kapua Sproat) Aotearoa NZ, November 2014. Written by Betsan Martin …