Study shows health benefits of cold showers
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Tamaki Makaurau – A large study from the Netherlands showed that people who took a cold shower were less likely to take time off...
Covid survey shows Kiwis have gained tonnes of weight
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Otautahi – A key statistic from the ExerciseNZ study show that Kiwis have gained 2.8 million kilos, or 2819 tonnes, of weight in...
Conversion process turns pollution into cash
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Ōtepoti – Engineers at the University of Cincinnati have developed a promising electrochemical system to convert emissions from chemical and power plants into...
Biotech driving the future of clean food
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Tamaki Makaurau – New Zealand produces enough food to feed 40 million people worldwide – almost 10 times its own population, but the way...
The UK is building the world’s first airport… for flying cars
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London – A pop-up airport for electric flying taxis will be in operation next month near the UK city of Coventry.
The market for...
More universities should be living labs for sustainability
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Otautahi – Cross-disciplinary research in universities functioning as living labs can produce more effective sustainability solutions.
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology...
Try not to buy anything plastic
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Otautahi – To reduce waste and protect ecosystems, many countries have started banning disposable plastics.
The ban will include plastic cutlery, cotton swabs, straws,...
The days of plastic bags and containers are numbered
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Ōtepoti – People in Aotearoa are now looking at other options instead of plastic, such as glass, fabric, metal or unlined paper packaging.
New Zealand’s...
Appeal for urgent quarantine facility inquiry
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Auckland – Pharmaceutical scientist Sir Ray Avery is calling for an urgent independent commission of inquiry into the management of New Zealand’s covid quarantine...
Older Kiwis must get fitter before covid vaccine – ExerciseNZ
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Christchurch – New Zealand’s exercise industry is supporting the rollout of the covid-19 vaccine and protecting the people most vulnerable, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard...
2022 a big year for sustainability
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Otautahi – It doesn’t feel like all that long ago that taking a non-plastic bag to the supermarket was like a revolutionary response to...
Green-tech pioneers pursuing cool environmental changes
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Otautahi – Not all the focus this year is on the global health crisis or coping with unusual and dramatic climate change.
Some of...
