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Do you have environmental stories to tell? Contact Us to learn about becoming an OurFuture contributor.Reflections from participants at the Climate Futures forum. March 2011
Reflections on the question of 'how are we making sense of climate change in New Zealand' were filmed during breaks at the Climate Futures: pathways for society forum at Te Papa, We ...more
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Mapping current social knowledge around climate change
In the lead up to the NZ Climate Change Centre's December 6th 2010 workshop Degrees of Possibility: igniting social knowledge around climate change I have started gathering stories of how people ...more
Community activities in reponse to climate change:who and where?
Who is taking action on climate change in New Zealand, where are they and what they are doing? Here is a spread sheet of over 500 activities people across NZ undertook in 20 ...more
WooHooo! BioBlitz is back!
(Well ... it will be back at the end of March 2012. This time it is in the Auckland Botanic Gardens, Manurewa) WHAT? BioBlitz is a two-day scientific race against time. It’s fascinating, fun, fa ...more
Pioneering trap study leads way for return of kokako to East Taranaki forest
An area of remote forest in east Taranaki, where the haunting melody of the kokako has been missing from the dawn chorus for more than two decades, is the frontline in the battle to save New Zealand ...more