Sustainability

Could cows be toilet trained and how close will dairy farmers be to slamming emissions a decade from now? Dairy farmer Pete Morgan and agritech entrepreneur Craig Piggott ruminate on dairy farming in… Audio

Sewing can be a bit daunting but community clothing-repair workshops are popping up around Aotearoa to help people out. Since April, Wellingtonians have been learning how to mend their own items at … Video, Audio

A New Zealand cracker made with spent grain from breweries has been named one of the world's top 50 healthy snacks. Lower Hutt food company Rutherford & Meyer is the first Kiwi producer to use… Audio, Gallery

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Growing veggies is in Robin Oakley's blood. The fifth generation grower was running a three hectare market garden before he'd even finished school. He started Oakley's Premium Fresh Vegetables in 1999… Audio

84 percent of New Zealand's electricity comes from renewable sources, but for those living in remote places, even getting on the grid can be a challenge. Electrical engineer Soheil Mohseni is using AI… Audio

Each week in Northland, people with excess garden produce meet to give it away to others. The crop swap meetings are about living sustainably, building resilience and strengthening communities. Audio

Sustainable intensive gardening might sound like a contradiction in terms, but small-scale market gardener Jodi Roebuck and his partner Tanya are proving it can be done. They farm a half acre block 12… Audio

Consumer NZ's head of communications and campaigns Gemma Rasmussen joins Kathryn to shine a light on some big issues for consumers. They include new figures on what we're paying for some grocery… Audio

Kathryn spoke to James Mount about how they embarked on their endeavour - at the age of 22 - and the success they've had. Video, Audio

Research into greening up our burial processes is underway at the University of Canterbury thanks to a Te Putea Rangahau a Marsden grant. Associate Professor Ruth McManus is leading the research and… Audio

Dr Priyanka Dhopade is a space sustainability researcher and firmly believes that sustainability should be integrated into projects from inception, at the design phase right through to launch and… Audio

Without water, we'd be nothing. It's something environmental writer David Young, is on a mission to remind us, through his new book Wai Pasifika.  Audio, Gallery

A group of farmers near Palmerston North are taking the lab into the paddock and learning to understand and measure what's running off their land into streams and creeks and eventually the Manawatu… Video, Audio