Sustainable Business at Otago

Really useful mahi from Consumer on the greenwashing of our everyday shopping items! “Nature inspired” 😂

ttps://i.stuff.co.nz/business/131609017/consumer-nz-says-a-number-of-products-on-supermarket-shelves-are-greenwashing

Here's info about a really interesting He Kaupapa Hononga Otago's Climate Change Research Network talk being held this week by Prof Karen Nairn. All welcome!

A good opportunity to contribute

Dunedin Human Rights Hui Every voice counts. Kōrero mai.

Watching Sunday's segment about Fast Fashion

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/sunday/clips/crimes-of-fashion

Seems that it would be best to avoid plastic blended materials...

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Great talk

Climate change impacting on our biodiversity.

Climate change challenging whio The latest whio count shows climate change is affecting the iconic rapid-riding blue ducks’ habitat but the hard work of humans is helping build their resilience.

Te Kounga Paparangi – Ngāi Tahu

"Mō tātou, ā, mō kā uri ā muri ake nei”

See:

Climate Change - Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu -2803

There’s no such thing as a silver bullet when it comes to mitigating for climate change…

Bursting the hydrogen bubble As hype grows around potential hydrogen production, including at Tiwai Point, some significant voices say it is at best an untimely distraction and...

This is Gus! Taken by Mel on one of his adventure walks (Take the Lead) - it captures him perfectly! We call him Gusto 😍

Show your stripes day - also check out the stripes in the sustainability office on St David Street.

Today is Show Your Stripes Day,
This image shows how the temperature in New Zealand has changed since the start of the 20th century compared to average (1971-2000).
Each bar represents a year of the last 120 and shows how the temperature differs from average – blue is cooler than average and red is warmer than average. The darker the colour the bigger the difference.
You can see we’ve alot more red in the scale in recent years.
Here in New Zealand we’ve seen the average temperature increase by 1.3C since 1910.
It may seem like a small number but it is part of a big problem.
Find out more about New Zealand and Climate Change here https://environment.govt.nz/facts-and-science/climate-change/

Thanks to Professor Ed Hawkins (Uni of Reading) for making these images available https://showyourstripes.info/

Global average sea level rise at 101mm

Sea Level | NASA Global Climate Change Vital Signs of the Planet: Global Climate Change and Global Warming. Current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from NASA.

The future of business govt discussion document - what is the future of purpose led business?

Co-ordinating a focus on purpose What is the role of the Government in supporting and managing a purpose-led business?

Need a bike?

Congratulations to all our graduates today 👏🌟🎉

University of Otago ‘best in the country’ for Pasifika students An advocate for Pacific students say she is proud to be graduating from the best university in the country this weekend. In the 18 years Tofilau...

New social supermarket opening - nice to see more choice being offered for access to food.

New pātaka Māori supermarket to open in Kaitaia

University's plans for net zero

University’s road to net zero The University of Otago has detailed its plan to slash carbon emissions in half by 2030. It will focus on reducing emissions in energy, supply...

I think that this is probably true too in NZ!

https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/climate-graduates-have-become-hot-property-in-the-jobs-market-41512224.html

Climate graduates have become hot property in the jobs market A week ago, Dublin actor and former MMA star Cathal Pendred posted a photo of himself on social media wearing a graduation cap and gown.

If you are luckily enough to have heaps of feijoas then use the skins as well!

This feijoa cordial uses the feijoa skins which means you really can have your feijoas and eat them too!

Here's the recipe 👇
https://lovefoodhatewaste.co.nz/recipes/feijoa-cordial/

Looks like a great opportunity and could work in well with a current 501 project!

Summer internship opportunity in New Zealand – Human Rights Measurement Initiative The Human Rights Measurement Initiative is seeking a high-achieving, personable, detail-oriented intern to support the activities of our busy team to help us be even more effective in our outreach activities.

Check this out for some ideas for your assignment

https://www.theleverroom.com/news/climatesolutionsdirectory

NZ's First Climate Solutions Directory — The Lever Room Who’s already helping to lead us to a better future? A growing number of organisations are helping to power up New Zealand’s transition to a low carbon future. We’re shining a light on their contributions, while acknowledging there is much more work to do. We now need to resource co-ordinated ...

but take a look at Stitch Kitchen for some circularity in Ōtepoti

https://www.facebook.com/StitchKitchenDunedin/

Stitch Kitchen Stitch Kitchen is your community sewing room complete with upcycled haberdashery; sewing machine hire

Not a NZ company but some interesting ideas...
https://www.thenewdenimproject.com/?mc_cid=7c871a7123&mc_eid=56b0df7bbc

Textile Manufacturer | The New Denim Project | Guatemala City THE NEW DENIM PROJECT is a Circular Design Lab, Textile Manufacturer & Textile Wholesaler operating in Guatemala since 1956. Specialized in woven fabrics, made from recycled cotton for home, accessories & apparel. Recognized for decades of tradition, innovation, textile design & production.

More ideas... some are start-ups but interesting to see the technologies, ideas and industry change.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/128157491/climate-incubator-announces-the-10-teams-with-planetsaving-ideas-its-backing-this-year

Climate incubator announces the 10 teams with planet-saving ideas it's backing this year Carbon capture technology, AI recycling and “Xero for climate change” are among the innovations set to be supercharged by the capital’s climate-change incubator.

Check out these case studies on the Sustainable Business Network for some innovative tech...



https://sustainable.org.nz/learn/case-studies/

Case Studies Case Studies Learn about businesses taking action on sustainability. Find out what worked for them so you can apply the knowledge to your own business. Filter by Case Studies Category Any Circular Economy Climate Circular Economy Climate Climate e-bikes for staff (Ecotricity) Read more Climate Car f...

and more...

http://www.criticaldesign.nz/?utm_source=Sustainable%20Business%20Network%20-%20MML&utm_campaign=b9f6553c44-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_08_19_12_04_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1aca1c6da-b9f6553c44-217917709

100% recycled plastic furniture and homewares Critical is a circular design brand that transforms New Zealand waste plastic. Explore our range of 100% recycled plastic furniture, homewares, games and more. Shop now.

Another company...this one started by an Otago Grad 🌟

https://www.facebook.com/MutuMovement/

Mutu Mutu is a peer-to-peer rental marketplace app that allows you to rent or lend almost anything.

Rent

I'm going to be posting some clean tech, green tech, climate change tech ideas for your assignment.

The first is a link to a Food tech list that has some examples of clean food tech that could be useful.

https://tracxn.com/explore/Food-Tech-Startups-in-New-Zealand

Food Tech Startups in New Zealand There are 71 Food Tech startups in New Zealand. Here is a list of the 10 most exciting ones

Not great news but we know this!!

Interesting times!

Shell directors sued for 'failing to prepare company for net zero' Environmental law organization ClientEarth brings action and urges other shareholders to join.

The annual minimum sea ice extent around occurred on 25 Feb - and it was a record minimum: for the first time since satellite records began in 1979, the min extent fell below 2 million km2, reaching a minimum of 1.92 million km2 (741,000 square miles). images: National Snow and Ice Data Center

Degrowth! Subject of the first assignment!

Degrowth is Not Recession. Nor is it Austerity. If we are honest, it’s not the term “degrowth” that people don’t like, it’s what it means: we must reduce our material footprint...

Strategising for climate resilience


https://www.newsroom.co.nz/business-needs-to-urgently-embrace-climate-resilience

Business needs to urgently embrace climate resilience Transforming to a climate-resilient economy needs inter and intra-generational equity and eco-system thinking – and based on the latest IPCC report it needs to start now, says Sara Walton

Useful listings to keep an eye on…you never know where jobs and volunteer opportunities lead to!

Love this! The wonderful biodiversity of Africa 💕

Today is .

Africa hosts:

🐦1/5 of the world’s bird species
🌱1/6 of the world’s plant species
🦁1/4 of the world’s mammals (the greatest diversity of large mammals in the world too🎉)

🌍 Let’s protect Africa’s biodiversity today and every day!

Happy

On , let us remember that protecting means protecting wildlife.

As we celebrate 50 years of this year, let’s work each and every day to for years to come: https://on.unesco.org/3sz6oTp

Sharing because I hear that the instructions that come with the RATS are not easy to follow!

Here are some helpful tips from Ministry of Health - Manatū Hauora on how to use a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT).

Please be reminded that if you test positive on a RAT, you need to record your positive result using My COVID Record or call 0800 222 478 (option 3).

More details about recording a positive test: https://covid19.govt.nz/testing-and-tracing/covid-19-testing/report-your-rat-with-my-covid-record/