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Lincoln Envirotown Reports

Several links to information are listed below.

Responsible Business Awards Forms

Lincoln Responsible Bussiness Awards 2012 INFO
Lincoln Responsible Business Survey 2011
Rolleston Responsible Business Survey 2011
Prebbleton Responsible Business Survey 2011
Leeston-Southbridge Responsible Business Survey 2011

Sustainable Building

EECA - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
EECA Business Website
Energywise
CEA - Community Energy Action
BRANZ - Greenhome scheme
Consumer Build - Green Homes
New Zealand Green Building Council
Earth Building Association of New Zealand
Ecobob
New Zealand Building Biology & Ecology Institute
Right House - free energy audits!
Green Urban Living
BUILDING RESILIENCE: What Can Communities Do? Chapter by  Rob Hopkins in The Post Carbon Reader - Managing the 21st Century’s Sustainability Crises
Rainline New Zealand - all about Rainwater! Water tank accessories, rain heads, first flush diverters, emergency rainwater storage, tank gauges and accessories.

Sustainable Building Guide
Designing Building a New Home

Sustainable Eating

Localvores, a website that is dedicated to "locavores" (people who eat locally grown food), and his goal is to try and encourage eating locally produced food.
Carrots in the car park. Radishes on the roundabout. The deliciously eccentric story of the town growing ALL its own veg

Low Impact Urban Design & Development (LIUDD)

Landcare Research
MFE Urban Design Protocol
Urban Design Research in NZ
Urban Ecology Programme Lincoln University

Planting

LET Native Planting Guide 2010

Energy

Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority
Environment Canterbury Energy
Energy Rating Guide (Australia)
Thermocell Solar Hot Water & Electricity
Solar Electric Specialists, Ltd.
NZ Photovoltaic Association
NZ Wind Energy Association
Solar Industries Association
Site of Robin and Steph and their wind turbine
Wind turbines
Jaycar electronics has a very cheap wind turbine
Solametric (www.solametric.com) make a Sun Eye device.
Designers of energy efficient homes: www.earchitecture.co.nz
Voltmotive Ltd, Charging the Future. A local (Rolleston) company that builds electric cars. Make your next car an electric one!
Ecobulbs (http://www.energymad.com/nz/) – reduce your electricity bill.
Distributed Energy Distribution by Orion.

Climate Change

New Zealand Climate Change
ECAN Climate Change Report
Climate Change - What You Can Do (US EPA)
The CarboNZero programme
A Short video explaining climate change tipping points
Weather data from a resident of Lincoln

Enhancement & Restoration of Native Biodiversity

Waihora Ellesmere Trust
DOC Motukarara Conservation Nursery
Environment Canterbury Resource Care
Ngai Tahu
New Zealand Landcare Trust
Weedbusters
Kiwi Conservation Club
Weta Motels
Making Weta Motels
Southern Woods
Backyard Biodiversity Booklet WEB March 2011
Our Environment is a website designed to help you learn about the natural environments of New Zealand. Using the maps and data made available through Our Environment you can obtain answers to key questions about our natural environments and land resources.

Sustainability Education in Lincoln

Isaac Centre for Nature Conservation at Lincoln University
    Urban Ecology Programme
    Te Ara Kākāriki Greenway Canterbury
    Waterwatch
Lincoln University Environmental Organisation
Lincoln High School Environmental Organisation
Lincoln Kindergarten
Download the Lincoln Sustainability Game for schools and communities

Sustainability in Canterbury

Impacts of Peak Oil and Climate Change on Council Services
Sustainable Otautahi Christchurch Inc.
Sustainability at the University of Canterbury
Future Living Expo
Selwyn District Council
Localeye - Canterbury Environmental Business
Lyttelton, portal to Canterbury’s historic past, a vibrant sustainable community creating a living future.
Canterbury Transition News
Lincoln New World Eco - Supermarket

Sustainability in New Zealand

Ministry for the Environment
Sustainable Households Programme
The Natural Step
Sustainable Business Network
Sustainability in Auckland
Sustainability Challenge - what is your next step?
Prometheus - environmentally Sustainable and Socially Responsible Finance

Sustainabilty for Business

The Enviro-Mark NZ Program
Responsible business Survey form.

Sustainability Education

We have two “Enviroschools” in Lincoln. Listen to this programme about the work of the Enviroschools movement and the philosophies that inspire it.

Sustainability overseas

By Example - The quest for sustainable living
Wiser Earth
New Scientist - scientific facts about the environment - UK magazine.
Sustainability resources from Environment Canada
Earlham Energy Awareness Project
Snaffle Up - recycling to keep useful items out of landfill
The Climate Leadership Initiative (CLI) from the University of Oregon
Eco – driving check out www.ecodriver.org

Sustainable Recreation and Travel

Consumer's Institute - Fuel Efficiency/Emissions Resources
Little River Rail Trail

Water Conservation

www.ecoperformance.co.nz - “Save up to 500 litres of water and leave your car and the environment shining with an Eco Performance Waterless Car Groom.”

Waste

Disposal of electronic waste - Ministry for the Environment
Good ideas on how to reduce waste at home or in your office/business
http://www.storyofstuff.com/ fun video on why we should limit our consumerism!

www.selwyn.govt.nz/services/rubbish-refuse/recycle-collection,
http://www.sustainability.govt.nz/rubbish/reduce-reuse-recycle
http://www.rubbishfree.co.nz/index.php
http://www.waitaki.govt.nz/Services/Waste/Waste+Minimisation.htm
www.4myearth.co.nz/products.php
www.onyabags.co.nz/
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
http://www.stopwaste.org/home/index.asp?page=940
http://ecan.govt.nz/advice/Sustainable-Living/waste/Pages/composting.aspx
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/homeliving/sustainableliving/sustainabilitychristchurch/athome.aspx
www.bokashi.co.nz/
http://organicschch.blogspot.com/
http://ecan.govt.nz/advice/your-home/waste/pages/default.aspx
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/waste/electronic-products.html
http://www.eday.org.nz/
http://rubbishfree.com/   In 2008 Waveney Warth & Matthew Luxon decided to try and avoid contributing to this growing problem by setting themselves a challenge of living for a year without sending anything to landfill.  This site documents what they learnt  and has lots of good links for reducing waste.

Results of ZeroWaste Challenge 2009
Results ofZero Waste Challenge 2010

Carbon and ecological footprint calculators

Landcare Research NZ
Carbonfootprint.com - has a version for NZ
Other ecological footprint calculator, great info, but nothing on NZ yet
Conservation International
Calculators and hints

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