Environment
Every drop will count: water guide
By JEFF NEEMS - Waikato Times
As temperatures rise, so does the city's thirst.
Saving water for summer
As another hot dry summer looms, 10 of the region's councils and Environment Waikato have joined forces to pitch the water conservation message.
By JEFF NEEMS - Waikato Times
The temperatures have gone up, and so has our thirst for water, our most precious resource.
Organic dairy farmers will get higher payout
By KARLA AKUHATA - Waikato Times
A dozen Waikato dairy farmers producing organic milk for Fonterra will receive a $1.05 per kg of milksolids premium this season on top of whatever the co-op is paying other farmers.
Book evolved from loonie left to mainstream centre
By JEFF NEEMS - Waikato Times
When Annmaree Kane first began work on her book Living Green in 2004, concern for the environment and being a "bit of a greenie" were seen as unusual and automatically put you at the "loony left" end of the political spectrum.
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Financial crisis may give sustainable living a push
Waikato Times
If there's a silver lining to the global financial crisis, it's that it may play a part in people living more sustainably, says Earth Hour ambassador Aaron Fleming.
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