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