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The Amery-Zwartz Household
Kakariki Street has brought our community closer together, enriching our lives and doing better by the environment at the same time. Instead of a `nice-to-have’ add-on, sustainable living is an intrinsic part of our lives. We share more, talk more, grow more … Continue reading
Posted in Final comments from each household
Tagged Back garden, Car-pooling, Car-sharing, Carbon footprint, community building, Compost, Conservation, Draft proofing, Dry goods co-op, Efficient energy use, Energy conservation, environmental footprint, Garden, Insulation, Kapiti Coast, Mulcher, New Zealand, Paekakariki, Pot-luck dinner, Recycling, seaweed manure, Sheet mulching, Soil, Vege co-op, vege garden, waste reduction, Water conservation, Worm farm
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The White Roof Project
What’s in a roof? Well apparently a whole lot. There’s a fast growing movement around the world to paint roofs white or at least a very light shade of grey for it’s light reflecting qualities. Sited by the British ‘Institute … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, White Roofs
Tagged Carbon footprint, Cool roofs, Efficient energy use, Energy conservation, Environment, environmental footprint, European Union, Geo-engineering, Global warming, Green, Green roofs, Green Tech, Greenhouse gasses, Kapiti Coast, Melting antarctica, New Zealand, Paekakariki, President Obama, Sustainability, White roof project
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Insulating Our Houses
Quite a few of the households on Kakariki Street have been prompted to either get new insulation put in or top up existing stuff. Here’s one of their stories… It was a cold misty morning when I awoke to find the Sustainability … Continue reading
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Tagged Black mould, Carbon footprint, Ceiling cavity insulation, community building, Conservation, Efficient energy use, Energy conservation, Environment, environmental footprint, Green, Healthy home, Heating, Insulation, Kapiti Coast, New Zealand, Paekakariki, Recycling, Retrofitting insulation, Sustainability, Sustainability Trust, Under floor insulation, Warm up New Zealand
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Signing up
Kia ora koutou, It feels like things have really started now… This weekend Kakariki Street residents all met with competition organisers Stacey & Jake to fill in our Quizzes… These were questionnaires which asked everything ranging from how many people … Continue reading
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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 →