If you are on a mission to cut down your waste like I am, then this interview with Matthew Luxon, maybe right up your alley. Matthew and his wife Waveney, did a Rubbish Free Challenge in 2008 and produced only two supermarket bags of rubbish …..Jeepers.
Matthew talks about how they arrived at the decision to do this waste free challenge, offers some great tips and reveals how they are going now.
For more on tips on their journey check out their website. http://www.rubbishfree.co.nz/
Silvia Zuur is one of those Wellington women we’re sure to be seeing a lot more of, as she already has quite a few nominations under her belt including being a finalist in the Women of Influence Awards 2013. As a board member of , she is passionate about supporting other social entrepreneurs to get social enterprises off the ground. And this is all on top of being the founder and CEO of her own social enterprise, , an online community platform that connects people that have things to teach with people who want to learn.
In this interview we find out what motivates this young woman in her relentless quest for learning new things, and her passion of wanting us to learn too. We also get a few tips on keeping chickens.
PS. listeners there is an awesome song by “the Clean” in the middle of this interview that you can fast forward if you are time poor, but if you are not, please take some time to enjoy.
One of Wellington’s favourite florist’s has been creating a beautiful touch of nature for us at meaningful moments for 16 years this week. So in this interview we talk to owner, the lovely Manuela, about growing up on a flower farm, the challenges that face our local flower growers and what she loves about her 16 years of being on Cuba St.
P.S. Flowers Manuela was also voted Wellington’s Best Florist by Capital Magazine ( well when they were the newspaper) Readers for 7 or 8 years in a row, this just shows what a wonderful crew of super florists they are.
, of and Teresa Scott general manger of Christchurch are all Fashion labels showing at , New Zealand’s Eco Fashion week, which kicks off in Lower Hutt today. In this live interview they discuss why as designers they are so committed to the Eco Fashion Movement, how their labels are working to overcome some of the big issues of the fashion industry.
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Our own took out the national Green Ribbon Award for Small Business Leadership, and rightly so, as they have become an integral part of our Welly essence, providing so many ‘can do” services. In this interview Community Projects Manager for the trust, Christina Bellis, talks about how they are all feeling about their win, the massive impact they are having on our city and what makes their team so special.
James Shaw, our Wellington Central Candidate for the talks about the things that led him to into the world of politics. He also reveals the issue that is really important to him and therefore really important to all of us.
What happens when you dress beautiful ‘real girls’ in gorgeous local frocks and put them on fun urban bikes from at the on a beautiful night in Wellington?
The Wheel Stylish fashion show of course. You can almost feel like you were there in this interview with the designers, models and members of .