Put home ownership back within reach Put home ownership back within reach.

Put home ownership back within reach and stop policies that give tax breaks to the wealthy

A petition to help equity in Australia

getup.to/goL7kwIjCO2lUD

Save the Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area The Waitakere Ranges are precious.  They provide Auckland with fresh air and clean water.  They provide us with serenity and artistic inspiration.  They have been described as “the lung...

This cause is close to my heart, I have signed.

our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/sa...

Simplíssimo Compost toilet Have you ever wondered where goes what you put in the toilet? In most cases, it goes to a septic tank or to the local wastewater treatment plant. The former need regular emptying, the latter is exp…

To know more about "enriched straw", head to our article about our simple humanure system. Closing another part of a cycle so that our poo is not an expensive waste.

regenerativelifestyle.blog/2026/03/27/s...

"90 millions of critters in each teaspoon of soil" says Suzanne Simard in her iconic "Finding the Mother Tree" book.

Look at this list of decomposers, so poetic!! As well as useful. #lovenature #loveEarth

Before. I gathered all the ingredients, bokashi buckets, biochar bag, leaves, half a compost bin of freshly discarded greens, a wheelbarrow of pre-composted human manure and rabbit. And fork.

After: the first bin is empty and pre-started for cold compost. The second bin is full, layers of greens and carbon, it's going to become very hot and decompose beautifully The bokashi buckets are ready to go back near the kitchen, with a bonus of two 3-liter bottles of bokashi juice that will feed the garden later.

Close up of the surface of the compost pile, finishing with leaves and biochar, and partially covered until it rains. The covers are just preventing the birds to empty the bin out.

Today I closed the loop, started the cycle, or simply made the #compost.
Layers of leaves, fresh green waste, enriched straw (composted rabbit blood and bone+ poo), bokashi, and a sprinkle of biochar. Satisfying!

A quality time with nature #inthegarden that will reward us with healthy food.

ANALYSIS: Government set to reduce Treaty in legislation to lowest possible standard - what it means NZ Government to cap Treaty clauses at “take into account,” weakening obligations across 20+ laws.

A detailed article on that Treaty aggression. It matters to Maori people AND also Pakehas who are not extractors profitors, colonialists like me.

No consultation. I hope another #hikoi is getting organized to block that until we topple that government madness.

www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/04/20/a...

1769 Seed Archive A haven for native birds, plants and animals.

1769 Garden and seed archive near #Gisborne aim at protecting and recreating the land and its forest as it was when Europeans arrived in Aotearoa.

www.waikereru.org/1769-garden/

Awesome 👍

And gambling now advertised in prime time...
Self-soothing is a good word, and a necessity in those anxiety prone times.
I self-soothe with meditation, gardening, walks in nature, tree hugging, baking, loving...

Here is a heart for everyone who needs self-soothing. #Love

And eroded democracy, with Treaty of Waitangi attacks, with fast tracking without public submissions, with removal of elected regional councils...

And sold our soul to the USA and military...

And destroyed the environment proudly, exploitation

The worse government for our peaceful green nation.

The Korean Demilitarised Zone: a place with outstanding biodiversity - BBC World Service #shorts YouTube video by BBC World Service

When humans go, wildlife thrive.
No pest control needed.

Just biodiversity and nature doing their thing, balance, abundance, sharing, regenerating.

#GoodNews

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Yin Yang in the grapes, tasting divine. Life is good. #Love #Peace

Deliberative Engagement: Why, What and How for Local Government - Trust Democracy NZ The Review into the Future for Local Government recommends more deliberative engagement with the public. Here are resources to help local councils understand the reasons for deliberative public engage...

Deliberative democracy for local governance.

Lots of resources here, including cool videos.

Now, we are talking! It gives me hope.

#Iwillvote for someone who implements #deliberativedemocracy

#democracy
#nzpol

trustdemocracy.nz/local-delibe...

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"Ask Me Anything" webinar on reforming democracy with Iain Walker.

Date: Sunday 10th May, 7:30–8:30pm
Location: Zoom
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#citizenassembly #democracy
#democracyreform

Can New Zealand Feed Itself? Wattie's and McCain are closing. Marsden Point is rubble. The trams are gone. New Zealand keeps dismantling what works — and calling the rebuild progress. This needs to stop.

Detailed story about the recent local food production history and options.

www.organicfoodtogether.nz/can-new-zeal...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: New Zealand climate policy in the 2020s: confronting long-term challenges in a short-term world. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email ab... Since President Trump’s reelection in late 2024, many countries and companies have reduced their efforts to tackle climate change and lower their greenhouse gas emissions. Locally, since late 2023, th...

Public webinar, “New Zealand climate policy in the 2020s: confronting long-term challenges in a short-term world” is happening tomorrow at 12 pm with Rod Carr, Kay Harrison and Murray Bruges.

Registration here
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Make Gas Giants Pay Gas corporations are making record-breaking profits, and paying almost nothing in tax. It's time to change that.

A petition I signed to help our Aussie neighbours lobbying against lobbying...

Here and there and nearly everywhere, governments choose fossil fuels and huge private gains over fairness, planet and people.
It's gonna stop! #Systemchange #climateaction #AllTogether

www.getup.org.au/campaigns/ec...

Calls for panel to decline hydro proposal Outdoors and environmental groups are calling on a fast-track panel to decline a controversial West Coast hydro proposal.

200 millions to build an energy system for 12000 homes and destroy an amazing rare ecosystem.

That's $16666 per home, it pays for a lot of solar panels, providing most of the energy needs. Without destroying a valley.

Calls for panel to decline hydro proposal | ODT share.google/1QFBoxcoVi2q...

The Opportunity Party supports universal income, wealth tax, 30% of marine reserves, quite good.
#nzpol

www.opportunity.org.nz/policy

Another attack on #theTreatyofWaitangi.
"Taking into account" is not enough, we signed to agree.

Another move of the government against people ! ☹️

#nzpol

Nearly halfway through the iconic Finding the Mother Trees by @drsuzannesimard.bsky.social

I knew the jest of it but the story is fascinating, and courageous!

I see the soil, trees and fungi and forests differently for ever!
No to clear cuts!

#protecttrees
#MustRead #lifechangingbook
#love 🌲❣️

It's mad that New Zealand doesn't feed itself with just 5 million people and such a fertile land!

My organic oats come from Australia, I can't even make a local porridge! Only poppy seeds are from the garden, and linseed from NZ.

#Iwillvote for the team who will foster #localfood at all levels.

A trove of information for the #energytransition.

Energy savings, switching to electric, investing in solar and renewable is required for the civilization to survive and will also solve many crises fossil fuels use creates.

www.rewiring.nz

It also creates resilient healthy silent communities.

A no brainer👏 Furthermore, once we have solar and wind, energy flows for free.

It's not only about Ormuz, it's about weaning ourselves and our society from fossil fuels. They are unsustainable, pollute, accelerate climate change. They are expensive and will worsen as oil is harder to get.
#change

Mapped: Only One Country Can Feed Itself Fully Food self-sufficiency by country: which nations can produce a full healthy diet without imports?

If our food depends on fossil fuels, transport and/or fertilisers, it is smart to redesign our supply by growing our own, choosing local and fossil fuels free.
It's good for the planet, for health, for community and resilience.

New Zealand can't feed us!

www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-only-...

Dix Park (USA) is a wonderful result of #public-private partnership, showing the world over that is is possible and beautiful too!

The City of Raleigh owns and operates Dix Park.

The Dix Park Conservancy is a #nonprofit that help ensure the creation and long-term success of Dix Park.

It's important in current crises to grow local, both food and community connections.

Who has so extra land they would agree to long term lease to a community garden group? Or garden plots? Or a market garden social enterprise? Or a food forest?
Can our Council help with this?

Even if your are not blessed with a piece of land, you can welcome and enjoy nature in your living space.

Adding as many edibles as possible is good resilience too.
Herbs on the window sill, a few veggies in a planter💝🪴🌱

I once had a pepper plant providing spice and beauty continuously.

Quince is an abundant healthy fruit, on a beautiful flowering tree too.
"How do you use Quince?" "It's too hard to peel!" Well, I use it with apple, I don't peel, the skin is soft when cooked.

I cut in quarter on a board, then remove the hearts in an angle.
Here shredded, layer under the apples.

Open letter for Peace At the occasion of International Peace Week, I have emailed Prime Minister Christopher Luxton and Defense Minister Judith Collins to uphold New Zealand peaceful and nuclear free iconic stance. Then…

Last July, I wrote that letter to the PM. Signed by more than 50 people.

regenerativelifestyle.blog/2025/07/09/o...

#Peace

#IWillVote for paying military skilled and strong staff and using the equipment to #HELP people in disasters, relocate community, regenerate nature...

#divest #reconvert

For #ForestFriday, our mature trees outside the window make us feel we live in a forest. #grateful #lovenature #lovetrees

Absolute wonder, colour, leaf abundance, bird home, grandeur, our claret ash...
Also cherry trees beauty...
#inthegarden