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    • Earth Hour - See the light. Switch off.
      • 21 Mar 2010
      • Tranz Metro
      • Tranz Metro are supporters of Earth Hour. A chance for all of us to show our concern over climate change. Tranz Metro are supporters of Earth Hour. A chance for all of us to show our concern over climate change. Although we won't be turning power too our trains off at 8:30pm on Saturday 27 March we urge you switch off.
      • Accepted from feed: Tranz Metro news
      • Tagged as:
      • conservation
      • events

    • Another good reason to live in Wellington
      • 28 Nov 2009
      • Grant Robertson - Wellington Central MP
      • The Wellington City Council is beginning work on how to encourage the uptake of electric cars. Wellingtonians are already among the most sustainable transport users in NZ, with more people walking or taking public transport to work than any other city in New Zealand.
      • Tagged as:
      • transport
      • conservation

    • 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.
      • Tagged as:
      • victoria university
      • taxis
      • conservation

    • The Greens: recyclers extraordinaire
      • 30 Oct 2008
      • The Wellingtonista
      • This particular Wellingtonista was just down at a protest taking place at the Greater Wellington Regional Council offices. Of course, the GWRC transport plans (PDF) are well worth protesting about: more roads, no light rail? Despite the hundreds (and the great majority) of submissions asking for the opposite?
      • Tagged as:
      • light rail
      • transport
      • conservation

      • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 7 comments.

        • ‘@phil, the good news is that modern trams (which is what 'light rail means') can turn up to 90degrees to get round corners. in some regards they're a more sensible option that diesel buses. the problem of buying private property to allow the light rail t’
        • ‘Having read Iona Pannett's reported comments on the plan I must point out that her objections come with their own set of dubious assumptions. The push for environmental air quality (and Co2 emission) improvements due to "light rail" provision is based on’
        • ‘I know..’

        You can view the remaining comments and submit your own here.


    • It’s official!
      • 7 Jul 2008
      • Wellington Combined Taxis
      • Wellington Combined Taxis has joined Landcare Research Ltd’s carboNZero programme to assist in measuring and managing our greenhouse gas emissions (carbon footprint) and in turn help reduce our impacts on climate change.
      • Tagged as:
      • taxis
      • conservation

    • It ain't easy being Green (Cabs)
      • 12 Jun 2008
      • The Wellingtonista
      • Our favourite cab company has expanded to Auckland and Christchurch and are doing pretty well in both. But it's not all expansion and increasing profits. Recently the eco-friendly cab company has had to defend itself against statements from the head of the Taxi Federation. Then they had to fend off claims from other taxi companies (Combined in this case) that they were also "green".
      • Tagged as:
      • taxis
      • conservation

      • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 10 comments.

        • ‘And with that I think we'll end comments on this thread. It's been fun though hasn't it? The Wellingtonista will check with Green Cabs about whether or not they are purchasing any other cab company and report back. Thanks for the laughs’
        • ‘Sorry Bevan, but which "boycott campaign"? There'll be no such thing coming out of the Wellingtonista in any kind of official fashion. And who exactly are the hypocrites? I find no evidence of any implication -- and certainly nothing stated -- that Com’
        • ‘This is the best pro-WCT comment I have seen in all 50+ comments so far. Well done. And thank you for telling us what your bias is clearly.’

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    • Low emission cars
      • 4 Jun 2008
      • Wellington Combined Taxis
      • Low emission cars only, says Capital’s largest taxi company Wellington Combined has taken another major step forward in its plans to become carbon neutral. The company has ruled that its fleet will not accept any petrol only cars after June 1, 2008.
      • Tagged as:
      • taxis
      • conservation

    • Who's going to drive you home tonight?
      • 3 Dec 2007
      • The Wellingtonista
      • How about you try out a Green Cab? Their all-Prius fleet and commitment to planting trees to offset their carbon, along with their "'ethics first business second" mantra sits happily with the dirty lefty hippies of the Wellingtonista.
      • Tagged as:
      • taxis
      • conservation

      • This Wellingtonista newsitem has 10 comments.

        • ‘Okay, I'm closing off the comments now. It does seem like there's been a bit of a synchronised attack on Green Cabs, so if all you anonymous commentators - if you'd like to continue to state your opinions, we'd love it if you email us on the.wellingtonis’
        • ‘goodnite mr green dont run away we like hearing how your biz operates.’
        • ‘Guys thanks for the opportunity to let people know a little more about Green Cabs. It's been fun. Be Safe, Be Green :)’

        You can view the remaining comments and submit your own here.


    • How not to go carbon neutral
      • 26 Jun 2007
      • WellUrban
      • A couple of weeks ago, Wellington City Council decided that Wellington should aspire to become carbon neutral. Since then,a council-controlled organisation has started promoting cheap weekend parking; andthe Regional Council plans to increase bus and train fares by 10%.
      • Tagged as:
      • transport
      • fares
      • parking
      • conservation

      • This WellUrban newsitem has 15 comments.

        • ‘This seem rather cheeky in light of the extra funding granted by the government - http://www.stuff.co.nz/4108957a11.htmlSurely this will now negate the need for fare increases? My money is on the increases going ahead regardless’
        • ‘Thanks Greg: I've posted about it now’
        • ‘This might be getting a bit old, but it seems a bit relevant. The current news from Go Wellington (no permalink, sorry) indicates that they've dropped the price of the Daytripper fare from $6 to $3 for the month of July. My guess is that this is in resp’

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    • The curious case of Michael Fowler
      • 9 Sep 2010
      • WCC Watch
      • A reader living in the Lambton Ward has sent in a scanned copy of the leaflet that Michael Fowler is distributing around the ward.
      • Accepted from feed: WCC Watch feed
      • Automatically tagged as:
      • government
      • wellington city council
      • elections 2010

      • This WCC Watch newsitem has 1 comment.

        • ‘Michael Fowler isn’t the only candidate busy getting his message out there. I see that Adam Cunningham scoffed on Facebook about the pubman tag “Adam Cunningham hey Simon – it seems this first pole is somewhat ‘left in the spotlight’ I am now a brewery ’

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    • BBQ to Farewell Street Footy
      • 9 Sep 2010
      • Downtown Community Ministry
      • The New Zealand team for the 2010 Homeless World Cup is off to Auckland next week to prepare for their trip to Rio de Janeiro. Downtown Community Ministry (DCM) is having a BBQ on Friday 10 September to farewell the Wellington players. Stephanie McIntyre, Director of DCM, says “We want to celebrate the achievement of our local players and the team in general, as well as wish them luck before they. We are immensely proud of the effort of all the players and volunteers, and so invite the community to join us on Friday”.
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      • community groups
      • religious groups
        • newswirenz RT @wellynews: Downtown Community Ministry - BBQ to Farewell Street Footy http://tinyurl.com/377ebjh

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