Sustainability

Professor Diana Ürge-Vorsatz is the director of the Centre of Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Policy at the Central European University in Budapest. She is also Vice Chair of the IPCC. She's in… Audio

How do we keep a house in order without hurting the environment? Get back to the basics, says former journalist Wendyl Nissen. She has some tips in her new book The Natural Home. Audio

Canterbury school kids are learning how to grow and care for trees with the Orchards in Schools programme. The Canterbury Horticultural Society supplies schools with apple, pear and plum trees… Audio, Gallery

Pepin Island near Nelson was bought by a German business woman in 1996 for two million dollars. She employed local farmers Andrew and Nicki Newton to manage the scenic 521 hectare sheep and beef… Audio

In this final episode of My Heels Are Killing Me for Season 4, Karen Walker talks to Sonia Sly in front of a live audience at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery about nurturing new talent, the… Audio

This second of a three-part series focuses on solutions to dilemmas about food production and security facing the world. Speakers include Michael Carolan, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of… Audio

It’s a baptism of fire for new Southland  Fed Farmers Chairman Geoffrey Young with the M. bovis outbreak, a swede seed mix up and debate over Environment Southland's revised water and land plan. Audio

Auckland could be billions of dollars better off with much lower carbon emissions if it shifted to a more sustainable economic model. The Sustainable Business Network has analysed what would happen if… Audio

Professor Michael Carolan from Colorado State University is in New Zealand for the future of food symposium. He's an authority on food security and resilience - the cost of cheap food and the… Audio

Celebrity chef Robert Oliver appointed UNDP Pacific advocate for food, sustainable development and wellbeing. Audio

Niva and Yotam Kay grow vegetables on just 1000 square metres of land in the Kauaeranga Valley and last year produced a staggering 8 tonnes of vegetables from it. They say they can do even better. Audio, Gallery

Environment Southland's farm plan is being taken up by an increasing number of farmers. So far, more than 400 farmers have been offered free, farm-specific environmental management advice through the… Audio

What are the game-changers for fashion buyers and influencers? And why is Instagram booming in Asia? Sonia Sly chats to David Jones buying manager Teneille Ferguson and influencers Mary Seng and David… Audio, Gallery

It is now widely accepted among scientists and environmentalists that we are now in a new geographical epoch - the Anthropocene. Audio

A new Ministry of Health report shows more than 80,000 New Zealanders are receiving publicly-supplied water that has failed bacteria standards. Chief executive of Water New Zealand John Pfahlert… Audio