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.
Environmental policies are a major issue for voters this election. As we're focusing on this issue on the lead up to the election, Joel spoke to Green Party leader James Shaw. They discussed the Green’s environmental policies, as well as the Party's relationship with labour in terms of influence on policy.
Green Party leader James Shaw has made a call for donations after a costly campaign. Joel talked to him about this and the need for more transparency surrounding party donations.
Green Party member Golriz Gharahman has also called out for New Zealand to take more action on Manus Island. New Zealand’s current refugee population sits at around .030% per capita. This is around thirty to forty times lower than world leaders. Joel talked to James about why this is, and what needs to change.
This week we spoke with Greens trade spokesperson Golriz Gharaman about the latest from the TPP negotiations in Asia and the news the Greens will not support the current version of the agreement.
This week Reuben and James talk about the government putting a stop to offshore oil exploration permits which was originally a Green Party policy that the government has now adopted.
Reuben also asks James about the US, UK and France attacking Syria over the weekend in response to alleged chemical attacks. Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman also wrote an interesting piece about it on the Spinoff which is worth a read.
Jack Marshall speaks with the internationally acclaimed author, climate activist, and founder of 350.org, Bill McKibben.
BIll is in Australia on the New Zealand leg of his global ‘Fossil Free Acceleration Tour’. He’ll be here speaking alongside local climate movement leaders at two public events, in Auckland and Wellington.
Guest Host of the Green Desk Lillian Hanly spoke to Eugenie Sage Associate Minister for the Environment to recap the budget wins for the environment. Lillian asks if the minister believes that this is the greenest budget yet?
This week on the greendesk, Producer Jack Marshall speaks with the Minister for Forestry, New Zealand Firsts’ Shane Jones about a new joint venture announced between the crown and two partner organisations. The partnership is the first of many which aims to plant one billion new trees across New Zealand.
Chloe Swarbrick fills in for James Shaw this week. We discuss Green Co-leader Marama Davidson's recent comments on systemic racism in the New Zealand police force, the Green Party revolt over the government decision to allow the expansion of a foreign owned water bottling operation and we get an update on Chloe's Election Access Fund Bill.
Jack Marshall is eating camembert at the beach in New Caledonia as we speak, but before he left he spoke to Eric Warrant - a biologist at the Univeristy of Lund in Sweden. Warrant is the principal investigator of a study that has found that moths migrate using a magnetic.sense
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