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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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Freecycling Rocks!
Here’s a green idea: Ok it’s hardly new, people the world over have been using it for quite a while, but it’s a relatively new experience for me. It’s Freecycle! Just incase you haven’t heard of it yet, it’s a … Continue reading
Mining Pallets
One of the most abundant and useful waste products I can think of is pallets. There are over half a billion of them produced each year around the world, and by my reckoning, that adds up to a load of … Continue reading
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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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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Polystyrene Collection
On Boxing Day we put out a wool sack by our Kakariki St sign and invited the neighbourhood to put their waste polystyrene in there for us to take to the Poly Palace down in Porirua. Unfortunately Kapiti does not … Continue reading
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Tagged Kapiti Coast, Paekakariki, Polystyrene, Porirua, Recycling, Styrofoam, waste reduction
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Keeping it close to home
Many of us have spent our summer holidays close to home and low tech. Mark & Hannah’s kids have been camping in the back yard, Kirsty & Paul and Chris & Holly went tramping in Wainuiomata, Flo & Mike have … Continue reading
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Tagged Back garden, Green Tech, Kapiti Coast, New Zealand, Outdoors, Paekakariki, Wainuiomata
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The Kakariki is Launched!
Our launch was an all round champion effort complete with politicians, celebrities, flash cameras and then some! Mark & Hannah hosted us all and I must admit, I was taken aback at the turn out, but then apparently Green is … Continue reading
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Tagged Carbon footprint, community building, Environment, Green, Greywater, Jan Logie, Kapiti Coast, Kevin Milne, New Zealand, Paekakariki, waste reduction
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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 →