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Christine Rose
Environment – Fishy friends
Who is a fish? Is he a pet, food or a sovereign being? Can he be all these things at once? Those were questions that...
Environment – Noxious noise
During lockdowns, the volume of the human world was muted. Traffic, aircraft, industrial and other anthropogenic noise (that is noise caused by humans) reduced. We...
Environment – Glorious wetlands
It was summer, Mahurangi camping at its best. We had kayaked to a favourite beach and had it to ourselves. We climbed green hills and...
Environment – Backyards bursting with life
Imagine a bioblitz in your backyard. A bioblitz surveys the species in an area in a short space of time. It’s an intensive count of...
Environment – Finger-lickin’ awful
According to the “chicken nugget” theory of capitalism put forward by Raj Patel and Jason Moore, this ubiquitous processed, undefined animal morsel, is the symbol...
Environment – Benefits of cannabis
The best policies are those that achieve environmental, social and economic improvements. Fortunately at this year’s election, New Zealanders have a chance to vote on...
Environment – Moral dilemmas
In his book The Life You Can Save, philosopher Peter Singer poses an ethical question about where we should put our money. Consider this: You...
Environment – Roadside rights
Winter is on its way out, but the nights are still cool, and across the country fires are keeping families warm and houses cosy. But...
Environment – Space invaders
In October, I attended the World Whale Conference in tropical Hervey Bay in Queensland, Australia. The conference was organised by the World Cetacean Alliance, which...
Environment – Love a duck
Every May, the mallard ducks return to my valley, doing the rounds between my garden through to the neighbours’ ponds and pools. Mallards are homebodies....
