Nov 28, 2019 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society, Science & Technology
By Gilbert Wong Gilbert Wong looks at the forces shaping the future of food and how research is contributing to what’s likely to be on our plates in 2030. Consider the following. One in ten New Zealanders is going (mostly) meat free. By some estimates, 70 percent of...
Nov 20, 2019 | Business & Economics, Referee
By Maria Rabino-Neira E-scooters have taken off. But what are the ethical dilemmas in their supply chain and in consumers’ wellbeing? Introduction The promise of globalisation has been to bring a win-win situation to the new interconnected world; consumers in...
Nov 11, 2019 | Business & Economics, Science & Technology
As California burns, oceans rise, storms intensify, and Greenland’s glaciers melt, the world continues to try to identify solutions to the ongoing climate crisis. Mark Jacobson has conducted a new study on the impacts of carbon capture and direct air capture. Are...
Oct 30, 2019 | Business & Economics
By Peter Newman Trackless trams v light rail? It’s not a contest as both can improve our cities, says Peter Newman. A Greenpeace video of me plugging a trackless tram that went viral with 4 million hits has caused a few eyebrows to be raised over whether I think light...
Oct 24, 2019 | Business & Economics, Referee, Science & Technology
By Grant Galbreath New Zealand needs to fall in love with plant-based foods. We’re already great at growing plants for food but it’s not plants we seem to get excited about. No self-respecting sausage-sizzle bothers with a veggie option, and eggs-bene just isn’t...
Sep 3, 2019 | Business & Economics, Referee
By Eloise Young Over the past few decades, Auckland University has been monitoring their carbon emissions and rates of sustainability to reduce the environmental impact of both the university and New Zealand. Has it been working? Over the past few decades Auckland...
Aug 29, 2019 | Science & Technology
What are the biophysical limits to New Zealand’s food and energy future? Mike Joy says people need to do a lot less of what they are doing now if New Zealand is to have a sustainable future. Joy says we need to change the way we live if we are to avert a significant...
May 6, 2019 | Politics & Society, Science & Technology
A recent report from a team of researchers based at the University of Otago has found that our use of cars is harming both our health and our environment. The report, titled Turning the Tide, claims that urgent steps are needed to encourage New Zealanders to walk,...
Oct 29, 2018 | Business & Economics, Referee
By Morgan Renata How wholesome is your local wholefoods store? Morgan Renata investigates. On Apirana Avenue in Glen Innes, little more than 100 metres apart from one another sit two supermarkets: one sports something of a household name after 30+ years of servicing...
Oct 25, 2018 | Business & Economics, Referee, Science & Technology
By Jodie Hayes With more scientists saying we should give up meat for the sake of the environment, are insects the answer to food insecurity? Entomophagy – the consumption of insects – has been gaining popularity in many Western countries as an environmentally...
