Christine Rose

The first bicycle was the Draisine, invented by German Baron Von Drais in 1817 although there is unproven speculation that students of Leonardo da Vinci...

My garden looks onto a swamp with a straggly covering of ti tree. The margins and banks are pretty wrecked from cattle that graze the...

When I was snorkelling in the warm waters of the Mahurangi, I came upon an octopus. It was draped on a rock in surging swells,...

In many ways, being an environmentalist is like having a religion. Both require devotion, patience, compassion and a sense of higher good. Experiences of nature...

The cruise ship industry looks like luxury and glamour – exotic destinations, as much food as you can eat, entertainment, socialisation and romance on the...

New Zealand is one of the most urbanised countries in the world. This means there are many hundreds of thousands of people who have never...

When I was first studying environmental ethics and environmental law in the early 1990s, it was all about sustainability. Sustainability and sustainable development and management,...

A recent food symposium run by Auckland University warned of a hungry future for humanity because of our unsustainable local and global food production methods. ...

The recent announcement on the purported ‘plastic bag ban’ revealed both sloppy reporting and a missed opportunity. Contrary to how the issue was mostly reported...

“Will sand become our new battleground?” asked a headline in the Nelson Mail a couple of weeks ago. The article went on to highlight the...