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Monthly Archives: June 2011
The Gibson-McNeill Household
The Kakariki Street Project has been an incredible journey for us which I’m only just beginning to fully appreciate as we put together our lists of achievements over the past 9 months. I am so heartened by everyone’s efforts and … Continue reading
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The Bright Household
Green Streeter Steve Bright: Past, present and future. I left work and the commute to Wellington to work locally. I stopped helping the construction of bland office buildings to design an eco-house and plant trees for a local conservation group. … Continue reading
The Rozings
From the beginning the Green Street competition struck us as a great idea, ideally we have always thought to try and tread a bit lighter on the planet, but life and lifestyle sometimes get in the way and ‘old habits die … Continue reading
The Van’t hof Household
I went into this project because I like the idea behind it. For us all to become more aware of the environment we live in and the community around us. I have been reserved in my participation in community garden … Continue reading
The Foley Family
Here is the Foley Family’s summary of the last 9 months of getting greener and greener by the day. First of all: we love it. We loved being part of it. We loved meeting all of our lovely neighbours. We … Continue reading
The Düssler Household
We have created a wilderness garden down one side of our section, allowing many native plants to seed. When it gets too full, we pass on these seedlings to friends who want native trees. Robert (a teacher) cycles to school … Continue reading
The Gunn Household
What we’ve aways done: Had a vegetable garden, and lots of fruit trees, composted, kept chickens, recycled, used trees off our property to run the fire, HRV system, used energy efficient lightbulbs, shared produce, made preserves. What we’ve more reently done: … Continue reading
The Pegler Household
I have been looking back over the event filled months of this competition. What has change in my life in the context of sustainability? What has strengthened? What was always there? What has changed: The biggest and best change – … Continue reading
The Madden Household
What have I done? Added extra insulation (last November) in the ceiling, and had the underfloor stuff checked and it’s ok. I have a new Japanese style rain barrel! (Compliments of John Wraight). I car-share with another household and am … Continue reading
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The Anderson-Howard Household
This has a been a great journey for us. We recently arrived in the neighbourhood and joining the Kakariki Street group has been a lovely way to strengthen those neighbourhood connections. This end of our village has already got a … Continue reading →