Conservation and Education
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Victoria students turn waste into resources
- 11 Sep 2009
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Victoria University Architecture students will showcase innovative ideas for transforming waste materials at an exhibition next week.
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Grocery bag charge lifted
- 6 Sep 2009
- Salient
- Foodstuffs’ decision to stop charges on plastic bags at Wellington city outlets New World and Four Square has been met with surprise by a number of pro-environment groups. Since initiating the five cent charge on 3 August this year, plastic bag usage has dropped by twelve million bags, a reduction of over 60 percent from last year.
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Human sculpture to send environmental message
- 13 Aug 2009
- Victoria University of Wellington
- At least 350 people will be forming the number 350 on Kelburn Park field, overlooking Wellington city, next Tuesday.
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- victoria university
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Carbon Neutral Victoria?
- 19 Jul 2009
- Salient
- Rushing to the airport to catch my mid-trimester flight back to the Bay, I was faced with several taxi cab options. Kiwi Cabs, Amalgamated, Harbour City and Combined, “New Zealand’s first carbon neutral certified cab”. As a wannabe greenie, my choice was easy. En route, I asked the guy behind the wheel why Combined took the carbon neutral plunge.
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Research could help save tuatara from extinction
- 22 Jun 2009
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Research by Victoria University PhD graduate Kim Miller could help to successfully manage tuatara and skink populations in danger of becoming extinct.
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Study features in prestigious journal
- 26 Feb 2009
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A long-running Victoria University tuatara research project features in the latest issue of the Royal Society of London's Proceedings of the Royal Society: B journal.
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City gardeners can help save wasps
- 5 Feb 2009
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Conserving areas of bush and forest in cities is essential to the conservation of New Zealand's wasp species, according to research from Victoria University.
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British wit gives tuatara a boost
- 16 Jan 2009
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The tuatara and other rare New Zealand species will be given a boost when featured in a BBC documentary hosted by Stephen Fry, and featuring two Victoria University researchers later this year.
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Light from mercury
- 6 Oct 2008
- Capital Times
- NEW “green” light bulbs may flood our homes and landfills with toxic mercury, warn environmental studies students from Victoria University.
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Marine reserve an ecological and recreational gem
- 1 Aug 2008
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The Taputeranga marine reserve—officially gazetted by the Government yesterday—will ensure the future of some of New Zealand's most iconic marine species says a marine biologist who has worked for 14 years on the project.
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Tuatara vs global warming
- 3 Jul 2008
- Victoria University of Wellington
- One of the world's oldest reptiles may become extinct in the face of rising global temperature.
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Exploring pathways to energy and transport sustainability
- 26 Jun 2008
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The first day of a two-day symposium beginning today will feature sessions on: Urban form, planning and energy; electric vehicles, electric vehicles and vehicle technology, travel demand and behaviour, and fuel policy and carbon dioxide emissions.
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- transport
- victoria university
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Top technician award for tuatara TLC
- 9 Jun 2008
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Flawless and innovative animal husbandry techniques with tuatara have earned conservation biology technician Sue Keall the Animal Technician's Award for 2008 by the Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching.
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World's first carbon neutral Faculty of Architecture and Design
- 5 Jun 2008
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Did you know that the construction, demolition, operation and maintenance of buildings is responsible for approximately 30 percent of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions?
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University getting enviro-friendly
- 6 Apr 2008
- Salient
- Vic Commute is calling for staff and students to enter their submissions for Victoria University’s travel plan, created in 2007 to promote sustainable transport and to help commuters.
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Conservation in Hawke's Bay
- 6 Mar 2008
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Biology students studying the post-graduate 'New Zealand Conservation Practice' paper have just spent a week in Hawke's Bay.
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Gardening in Aro Valley
- 2 Mar 2008
- Salient
- Kermit the frog said it first: It’s just not easy being green. An unlikely oracle, maybe, but perhaps we should credit the amphibian muppet with foreseeing just how difficult it is to be eco-friendly in a consumer-driven society. Well… Maybe. Charles Barrie, Victoria ecology graduate and organizer of the upcoming Te Aro Community Gardeners’ Solidarity Tour, concedes that there are difficulties in being eco-friendly.
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Precious froglets arrive in time for Leap Year
- 28 Feb 2008
- Victoria University of Wellington
- What looks at first to be a slimy mess in a Petri dish represents a highly-significant advance in conservation and restoration ecology. Ecologists from both the Sanctuary and Victoria are celebrating the arrival of the first Maud Island frogs (Leiopelma pakeka) to hatch on mainland New Zealand for many years.
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Planet-hating Council says students have no part in Earth’s salvation
- 24 Feb 2008
- Salient
- The Wellington Youth Council’s calls for the introduction of recycling facilities at central city apartments and university hostels have been met with inaction from the City Council.
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Setting the scene for a sustainable future
- 23 Nov 2007
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The integration of environmental education across all classrooms at Pukerua Bay School earned the school first-place in the "Enviroschools" competition and a new solar water heating system.
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Transforming transport in a carbon-constrained world
- 14 Nov 2007
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Our dependence on carbon-intensive transport systems, and what we can do to reduce our carbon footprint when moving people and goods, is the subject of a symposium hosted by the University’s Institute of Policy Studies.
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- victoria university
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42 Collective
- 14 Oct 2007
- Salient
- Ben is the leader of Wellington environmental group “42 Collective”. The collective was started in Dunedin, but was unsuccessful there. He moved to Wellington earlier this year, hoping the idea would generate more of a response.
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Waste not, want not - making materials from waste
- 4 Sep 2007
- Victoria University of Wellington
- The environmental issues of waste-reduction and sustainability in the building industry have been given a twist in an exhibition by students of the University's School of Architecture.
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- architecture
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We're the Planeteers. You can be one too!
- 25 Mar 2007
- Salient
- Student environmental groups from various campuses around the country will congregate in Wellington over Easter Weekend for the Aotearoa Students' Environmental Conference.
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- conservation
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Vic crap at recycling
- 25 Mar 2007
- Salient
- New Zealand dumps 3.4 million tonnes of waste into landfills annually, and Vic staff and students are being encouraged to help reduce the waste they create, in line with the University’s environmental policy.
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- victoria university
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Weeds for Wellington
- 23 Mar 2007
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A tropical weed new to New Zealand has been discovered in the lead-up to a BioBlitz at Otari-Wilton's Bush.
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Universities collaborate to support BioBlitz
- 22 Mar 2007
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Staff and students from Victoria University of Wellington and Massey University will join forces this weekend in Wellington's first ever BioBlitz at Otari Wilton's Bush.
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