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Low-Impact, Natural Landscaping
Kakariki Streeters live by the beach and we’ve all got gardens. And with gardens and landscaping in mind, fortunately there is an abundance of useful natural materials to be found both on our beach and in the neighborhood. The issues … Continue reading
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Tagged Back garden, Beach Road Deli, Carbon footprint, Chicken, community building, Compost, Conservation, Driftwood, Embodied energy, Environment, environmental footprint, Fencing, Garden, Garden furniture, Green, Greenpeace NZ, Horse manure, Kapiti Coast, Landscaping, Mulch, Natural garden solutions, New Zealand, Outdoors, Paekakariki, Paekakariki Gold, Pallets, Plastic, Raised bed gardening, raised bed gardens, Recycling, Reusing, Rubbisg bags, seaweed manure, Soil, Sustainability, Sustainable consumerism, vege garden, Waste products, waste reduction, Water conservation, Weed mat
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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
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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
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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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Low Flush Toilet No.8 Styles!
Our toilet is old-school. I’m not sure how many liters the cistern holds, but it flushes a great torrent of water each time and there are no half measures. So what to do about it? I considered getting a new … Continue reading
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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Green deed of the week
Our vege garden has just been massively expanded with a new 17m garden bed reclaimed from the evil clutches of lawn -kikuyu grass and dandelions to be precise. I have discovered that covering the grass with carpet for a few … Continue reading
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Tagged Carbon footprint, Compost, environmental footprint, Garden, Manure, Paekakariki, raised bed gardens, Sea lettuce, seaweed manure, Soil, Sustainability, vege garden
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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 →