This week reporter Mack Smith chats to the Green Desk's regular host Lilly Peacocke who's been visitng Greece on a reseach expedition. Lilly tells us about her dolphin experiences on the Greek islands and how the aquatic mammals are faring on the busy mediterranean sea.
Producer Lucy Austin speaks to Francesca Lipscombe, the general manager of Environmental Choice - the official environmental label set up by the Ministry for the Environment. Lucy asks what this really means for consumers when compared to other tactics used to make a product seem eco-friendly.
This week on the Green Desk, Lilly speaks with Titrangi Residents and Ratepayers Association chair, Dr. Mels Barton, about the controversy over the previously proposed WaterCare Oratia site, which will now be built in Titirangi.
This week on the Green Desk Lilly brings us a special plastic discussion panel w/ Colinda Rowe (Grey Lynn Transition Town/Head of Waste Away) Kristy Lorson (Zero Waste NZ).
The Green Party Co-Leader James Shaw released a new policy this morning that would increase the number of refugees New Zealand accepts each year. Also underneath this policy, a new humanitarian visa for climate change refugees would be created. Lilly caught up with James Shaw to discuss how the climate refugee visa would work.
This week Lilly speaks with Brigitte Hicks from the Sustainable Business Network about the million meters project. The project aims to plant a million meters of trees along stream banks to restore habitat and improve water quality in New Zealand.
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