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Waste Not
Waging war on a plastic world
WE'VE ALL PROBABLY SHUDDERED at those horrifying pictures of starved sea birds and turtles with stomachs stuffed full of plastic waste; dead dolphins caught in discarded fishing nets; or the huge swirling morass of rubbish in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. We see it and think, “It’s awful, but what can I, a single individual, actually do?”
Answer ... more than you might think!
Recently we heard Erin Rhoads from Melbourne talking on RNZ National about her new book, Waste Not. Erin has an amazingly positive message for those of us who feel ... well ... rubbish about all the rubbish! She’s a one-woman anti-waste campaign, and she’s making a difference!
We just had to catch up with Erin and ask her where her inspiration comes from.
Issue 2 2019
FEATURED ARTICLES
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A CONVERSATION WITH JONATHAN McKEE
Parenting’s a tough training ground. Tougher than most of us mums and ...
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Teacher Talk
Two Simple Tools for Parents
AS TEACHERS, WE ARE TRAINED to understand how children learn and the ways we can best support them to learn and ...
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Expedition Dust
Wildboy tackles Oz
THE RED CENTRE OF AUSTRALIA – home to some of the world’s most inhospitable terrain, and filled with some of the ...
Rest of issue
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Going Places
Japan: The day the sky fell in
AT 8.15 IN THE MORNING on August 6, 1945 - in the final hours of WWII - an atomic bomb exploded without warning in ...
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Back Chat
One fateful night
I KNOW THIS PROBABLY SOUNDS silly, but technology’s got me nervous. My life has been taken over by gadgets, ...
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Home Sweet Home
How to make a decision
IN LIFE THERE ARE NO SUCH things as decisions. Instead, there are attempts to stand up and surf on the rolling ...
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The Baker’s Companion
Date, banana and cardamon toffee tarte tatin PLUS Kasbah date scones
A TRULY BEAUTIFUL BAKING BOOK, chock full of recipes and the accumulated know-how of Allyson Gofton. This is a ...
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The Crispy Bits
Cars
ONE OF THE DWINDLING number of things I can do better than a young person is be nostalgic. I can beat any ...
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Pick of the Bunch
Nervous Nail Bitter and A Close Shave
NAIL NIBBLER
A young woman, worried about her habit of biting her fingernails down to the quick, was advised by ...