As many businesses move back into action under Level 3 it is important to ask ourselves, do we need Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to stay safe, and if we do can we use reusable options.
Read More
Did you miss out on our ‘Grow Food Now’ webinar? No worries, here’s an overview of it, including a recording of the webinar + helpful links and supporting information for you to check out at your own leisure.
Read More
Did you miss out on our ‘Make your bed and grow in it’ webinar? No worries, here’s an overview of it, including a recording of the webinar + helpful links and supporting information for you to check out at your own leisure.
Read More
A simple, DIY raised garden bed will help you grow plenty of cheap food with zero food miles. Raised garden beds are good for your plants, good for you, and are good fun to make.
Read More
DIY pallet planter boxes are all the rage. If you have some pallets lying around on your property, turn them into Pallet Planters, make use of them and add a unique look to your yard or garden. Follow this guide and make your very own.
Read More
Check out our easy-to-follow DIY guide to composting. You can make perfect compost with the waste you already produce and a few simple composting principles.
Read More
Learn how to make your very own worm farm, and convert your organic waste into fresh useful compost with an easy method you can do at home.
Read More
With more time at home, lockdown can be a time to observe our food waste habits and make some small changes to waste less and save more. Check out our top tips on how to manage food waste in your bubble.
Read More
With recycling collection in Wellington on hold due to COVID-19, many of us are stockpiling for the time when it can be collected again. In the meantime, here are some creative ways you can reuse your recycling.
Read More
We’ve been in the business of warming up kiwi homes for more than 15 years. So not only are we trustworthy, but we are also reliable. Here are our top ten tips for a healthy home.
Read More
We love chocolate as much as the next person, but that little calorie coated chocolate treat has the potential to destroy much more than our diets. Check out our post on how to have a more environmentally friendly Easter.
We’ve just installed the first AC Thundergrid EV charger in Wellington CBD. Learn how you can charge up your car and support the amazing work of the Wellington Curtain Bank at the same time.
Read More
Happy Birthday to the Wellington Curtain Bank. Here’s to a decade of being awesome. You can check out the journey here.
Read More
Plastics NZ and the WasteMINZ Organic Materials Sector Group have made the call. They want to see the end of confusing ‘greenwashed’ marketing speak relating to compostable products and packaging.
Read More
New Executive Officer ready to fight energy hardship in the Wellington region. Wellington’s Regional Healthy Housing Group has appointed its first Executive Officer to lead the charge against energy poverty in Wellington.
Read More
Want to reduce your home’s carbon footprint? Check out our lastest blog post on how you can retrofit your home using smart architecture.
Read More
Recycling plastic can be overwhelming and difficult to understand, but don’t worry, most people struggle with the same thing. You almost need a degree in recycling to understand how to recycle. Waste MINZ did an audit and wrote a report on the state of recycling in NZ. We summarised the report so you didn’t have to.
Read More
A change in leadership can be pretty stressful for an organisation. Not for us though, because we got Ms Georgie Ferrari from the Wellington Community Trust.
Read More
Sustainable living starts with you. The team at Sustainability Trust have pulled together some simple solutions for a more sustainable you.
Read More
2020 is going to be a big year for community composting in Wellington. We'll be working alongside our pals at Kaicycle and GrowSpace to set up three community composting hubs in Wellington. All thanks to new seed funding from Wellington City Councils.
Read More