Conservation / June 2007
July 2007 | April 2007-
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A breath of fresh air
- WellUrban
- While the council's first moves after announcing their "carbon neutral" aspirations were dubious to the point of being counter-productive, here's one very tiny step in the right direction. Vector Energy is trialling urban micro-turbines, first in Waitakere and then in Wellington.
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How not to go carbon neutral
- 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%.
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- parking
- fares
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A week in the capital's politics
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- Thinking there was political capital to be made in riding climate change Mayor Prendergast attempted to change the window dressing on her watch in the run up to the October election.
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Neutral aspirations
- WellUrban
- Thanks to ShoppingFix for pointing out that at tonight's Strategy & Policy meeting, Wellington City Council will consider becoming carbon neutral. At first I thought that this just referred to the council's own operations, but on reading the report it turns out that they also intend for the whole city of Wellington to become carbon neutral.
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New Visitor & Education Centre gets the green light
- Karori Sanctuary Trust
- On 5 June 2007, Prime Minister Helen Clark announced that the Sanctuary has been granted $6.5 million dollars from the Significant Community-Based Projects Fund towards our Visitor and Education Centre project.
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