Pacific Planning and Community Development Solutions

28/08/2021

Soon after 9/11, I moved into an old building by Ground Zero. First step? Plant an unlikely patch of green

07/08/2021

The next Tuesday Club session will be on the 10th of August. Not this week. It’s been a month since writing the Tuesday Club notes. It has been a time to reflect and to read. I have become increasingly concerned about the proposed “restructure” of our water systems by Central Government. In my...

23/07/2021

With record floods in Marlborough, half of Westport evacuated, disastrous flooding in Germany and the North East and the threat of record bushfires in the North West of the United States Mother Nat…

22/05/2021

Although the governments most recent budget lacked significant investment to address climate change and biodiversity loss, rail made some important gains. Extension and improvements of the track network is a big climate win. It would be awesome if more main centres could be connected by train. My dream would be for a Nelson to Christchurch line that would take a large number of trucks off the road and increase the very limited long distance transport options.

The new funding will focus on locally assembled wagons and upgrades to the KiwiRail network.

26/02/2021

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10/12/2020

https://theecologist.org/2015/apr/25/living-beings-our-kith-and-kin-we-need-new-pronoun-nature?fbclid=IwAR2OVnAoi0xZzuxmvVo9IWHUSnjHwXWXHzuuQ70N25V-m3B1G5alDOIbvCw

Calling the natural world 'it' absolves us of moral responsibility and opens the door to exploitation, writes Robin Wall Kimmerer. To make our kinship with all life on Earth a life-affirming daily reality, we need a new pronoun for our fellow beings.

27/11/2020

https://spectrejournal.com/let-a-thousand-fiefdoms-bloom/?fbclid=IwAR0qHnusV61ATQoNtLkahMZzVxNBTlvaJ-oV42CxtSlrJcJnq5f5D1Li2u8

Chris Smaje's new book has received glowing reviews from ecosocialists. But scratch beneath the surface, and you will find a disturbing vision of the future defined by exploitation, domination, and patriarchy.

04/09/2020

The saltwater people of Solomon Islands are often portrayed to be at the frontline of climate change. In media, policy, and development discourses, the erosion and abandonment of the small, man-made islands along the coast of Malaita is attributed to climate change induced sea-level rise. This paper...

27/08/2020

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