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The Green Desk

95bFM's long-running green issues feature, The Green Desk.

The Green Desk: The Kelmarna Gardens.

The Green Desk: The Kelmarna Gardens. , 8.11 MB
Tue 31 Jan 2017

On this week's Green Desk, Lilly Peacocke speaks to Adrian Roche, one of the organisers behind the Kelmarna Organic Vegetable Gardens in Herne Bay. They discuss all things composting. 

Green Desk: Trump and the environment

Green Desk: Trump and the environment Green Desk: Trump and the environment , 7.81 MB
Tue 17 Jan 2017

This week on the Green Desk Lilly talks to Dr Maria Armoudian from the University of Auckland about what a Trump presidency means for the environment and climate change. 

The Green Desk: mangrove removals

The Green Desk: mangrove removals The Green Desk: mangrove removals, 8.83 MB
Tue 13 Dec 2016

On this week's Green Desk Lily talks to marine ecologist Dr. Carolyn Lundquist from Auckland University about the ecological responses to mangrove removals.

The Green Desk: Love Food Hate Waste campaign

The Green Desk: Love Food Hate Waste campaign The Green Desk: Love Food Hate Waste campaign, 7.39 MB
Tue 29 Nov 2016

New Green Desk host Lilly Peacocke speaks to Auckland Council’s waste advisor Mark Neal about their campaign to get households in Auckland to reduce their food wastage.

The Green Desk: Zero waste marae

Green Desk: Zero waste marae Green Desk: Zero waste marae, 10.02 MB
Tue 15 Nov 2016

Laura speaks to Julia Oceanchild a recent participant in the Para Kore (Waste Free) programme about their mission to help marae and community groups reach zero waste.

Great Barrier Reef Foundation

Jack chats with Great Barrier Reef Foundation Managing Director Anna Marsden about coral Jack chats with Great Barrier Reef Foundation Managing Director Anna Marsden about coral, 16.4 MB

While the Great Barrier is pretty darn great, she’s in a bit of a sorry state as a result of the changing environment in which she sits.

The foundation has developed a ‘sun shield’, which is 50,000 times thinner than a human hair and completely biodegradable, the group hopes to use this film top of the water as a potential weapon in the fight to protect the Great Barrier Reef.
 

The Green Desk w/ University of Auckland PhD Student Sam Ladewig: December 7, 2022

The Green Desk w/ University of Auckland PhD Student Sam Ladewig: December 7, 2022 The Green Desk w/ University of Auckland PhD Student Sam Ladewig: December 7, 2022, 8.92 MB

 

The Waitematā Harbour is an intertidal ecosystem inhabited by clams, cockles, crabs, algae, and microscopic worms.

In a recent University of Auckland study on the effects of microplastics in the Waitematā Harbor PhD Candidate Sam Ladewig found that plastic pollution is fundamentally altering the natural cycles of life in the harbour's waters. 

The investigation found that microplastic pollution is altering the flow of oxygen through the systems, and the long-term effects of this are currently unknown. 

This week on The Green Desk, Troy spoke to Ladewig about the study and the harms of plastic pollution on New Zealand’s oceans.