Plastic Free July champion, Flo McNeill, has instigated Welly’s first official alternative system to the plastic bag, the Paekākāriki Bag Bank, in an effort to support her whole community on the road to becoming plastic bag free. Flo talks about how, the challenges and wins in this interview.
http://www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/Our-District/on-to-it/sustainable-communities/paekakariki-bag-bank/
In the spirit of Plastic Free July, Hannah Blumhardt and Liam Prince are about to bring you an evening of information about living Zero Waste… Wellington-style. In this interview Hannah and Liam share about the Zero Waste Movement’s key principles, pioneers and we glean a few tips on how to live like they do- WITHOUT a rubbish tin.
Plastic Free and Beyond: Living Zero Waste in Wellington
Find out more about the event https://www.facebook.com/events/1588953981402827/
Plus more on living plastic free
Plastic Free July Challenge http://www.plasticfreejuly.org/the-challenge.html
Word on Welly streets is that people can hardly wait for Mevo Car Share, New Zealand’s FIRST electric car share, to be launched here this spring. MEVO came through last year’s Smart Energy Challenge, and now looks set to not only disrupt the current car sharing system, but also be a shift in attitude for us “must own our own car kiwi’s” by being a cost saving, better experience alternative to car ownership. Founder Erik Erik Zydervelt talks to B-Side Stories about the journey.
Thanks to Stuff for the photo.
Wellington has been a Fair Trade City for over five years! In this episode of B-Side Stories, Laurie and Laura visit some businesses that bring fair trade values to life.
You’ll hear:
Wellington Chocolate Factory – http://www.wcf.co.nz/
All Good Bananas and Karma Cola – http://allgoodorganics.co.nz/
Stories coffee – https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/661693826/
Trade Aid Wellington – http://www.tradeaid.org.nz/index.php
Commonsense Organics – http://www.commonsenseorganics.co.nz/
How do you get from working in the air force to wanting to help revolutionise the fashion industry? Samantha Jones, founder of a new Wellington business Little Yellow Bird, tells us about her journey doing just that, and her passion behind supplying corporate uniforms that use ethically sourced fabrics and are made under fair working conditions.
Her big message -” Buy less and be thoughtful about what we do buy.”
One Wellingtonian currently rocking the electricity boat is Flick Electric Co. CEO Steve O’Connor. As well as being just the kind of rising star in the tech scene that Wellington is trumpeting, Flick Electric is bringing our attention closely to the dirty side of our power use, with their “Choice” app. The app has been downloaded by over 3000 people since it’s release in February.
The dirty truth is out; listen to this interview with Steve to hear more about what we can do to clean up our act.
One year on from the Wellington Smart Energy Challenge we catch up with Russell from NoCar Cargo and Ryan from Switched On Bikes to see how their smart businesses are faring and the challenges of being small business owners in the CBD.
