The New Zealand Curriculum guide for senior secondary schools discusses education for sustainability – learning to think and act in...
Young people are facing a future of complex environmental challenges. How can we prepare them to save the world when the older generations haven’t? Young people...
Plastic and microplastic pollution of oceans is a wicked problem. Using bioinformatics and statistical analysis, scientist Victor Gambarini looked to correlate marine microbes that could degrade...
We all need protein to live and stay healthy. However, many protein sources are becoming an increasingly expensive way to meet our needs – both economically...
Students can explore te ao Māori concepts in the context of farming and food production through Kiwi Kai virtual farm – an introduction. This virtual farm...
Te ao Māori me te kēmu Kiwi Kai whakataruna ahuwhenua Ko tā ngā tauira, he torotoro i te ao Māori ki roto mai o te horopoki...
Waitā is a whetū in the Matariki cluster. It is the star connected with the oceans and marine conditions and represents the many types of food...
Waitī is a whetū in the Matariki cluster. It is the star connected to freshwater: springs, streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands and the plants and animals that...
Many communities around Aotearoa have looked at the challenges of rubbish disposal. In Thames, one community organisation has developed its own response to the challenge. In...
We all know that New Zealand – and the world – has a plastic pollution problem. It’s estimated that 4.8–12.7 million metric tonnes of plastic end...
The world we live in and the society we’re a part of is increasingly underpinned and informed by science and technology. This can include many products...
We all know that single-use plastics are a problem for our environment, but many single-use products can be convenient and more economic than less-problematic alternatives. So...
We all throw away rubbish, we all produce waste – items we decide we cannot use any more. This may be anything from food wrappers to...
Rivers and Us is a Waikato Regional Council (WRC) initiative to help educators, students and the community to consider the state of water in their local...
Rivers and Us is a Waikato Regional Council (WRC) initiative to help teachers, students and communities investigate the water in their local area. It explores how...
Urban rivers are generally the most polluted waterways in New Zealand. These river catchments include built-up areas with lots of people and industries. The water flows...
The Waikato region has the highest number of dairy farms in New Zealand. It also has the largest number of dairy cattle – over 1.2 million...
Maintaining good water quality is important for healthy ecosystems and healthy humans. There are several national, regional and local government agencies that look after water quality:...
The late 19th and early 20th centuries shared some of the same environmental issues that also concern us today: air and water pollution, power generation from...
Plastics have got themselves a bad name, mainly for two reasons: most are made from petroleum and they end up as litter in the environment. However,...
Microplastics are very small plastic particles generally less than 5 mm in size. There are significant levels of microplastics polluting the ocean, freshwater and land, and...
Microplastics are very small plastic particles generally less than 5 mm in size. Some people also distinguish microplastics from even smaller plastics, termed nanoplastics, that are...
Students from Wilford School in Petone, Lower Hutt, found more than they expected when snorkelling in Lowry Bay. They decided to investigate the connection between rubbish...
Take a look around you. Everything you see has come from the natural world. This level 4 Connected article focuses on the importance of recycling so...
E pai ana te mātao ki ngā ika taketake. E waia ana rātou ki ngā arawai marumaru kua tupuria e te otaora ururua, i te mea...
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