100% Pure NZ – it’s not what you might think.

Consider this: Evidence points to New Zealand having the most degraded natural environment on earth. 80% of our native species are threatened with extinction. Amongst developed nations we have some of the worst social indicators per capita – homelessness,...

What is meant by sustainability?

Look ‘sustainability’ up in the dictionary and it may say something like ‘being able to continue a defined activity indefinitely’.  As an example, ‘sustainable development’ refers to the idea of being able to endlessly develop or change ‘things’ a motion that...

How you might teach ‘think sustainably’ …

Lesson Preparation Each lesson plan has a contextual background to familiarize yourself with the topic. Noted Key Understandings in the lesson plan that underpin the topic in question will need to be emphasized for students to leverage off. A selection of references...

Why think sustainably?

In a nutshell – we need to for our children, and we need our children to ‘think sustainably’ if they are to enjoy a sustainable quality of life that those immediate generations born in developed nations post WW2 have for the most part experienced. Our children today...