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How do you write a book. Not just the words, but the research, the locations, the genre, and oh, yes, those pesky words too.
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Copenhagen fast: Hunger pangs start at lunchtime
It's been just a few hours without eating and I'm starting to realise how difficult 24 hours without food will be. My stomach is now gurgling and I'm looking forward to a lemon tea. But as a reminder of why this is important, a new re...
Copenhagen in crisis: fast for climate justice
Following a call from 350.org, I will be fasting on Thursday 17th December for 24 hours Despite massive mobilizations this year, world leaders are still caving to powerful special interests.The targets on the Copenhagen negotiating table right now do...
Threatening yachties, rats, rain and mud on Stewart Island
Endless boardwalk on Stewart Island Stewart Island boasts stinking mud, poisonous traps, head-numbing rain and a hotel. Californian writer and traveller, Douglas Wilkins, takes a sideways look at the hazards facing explorers of the far south. RAKIUR...
New Zealand papers fail to support global climate initiative
11 of the past 14 years have been the warmest on record, the Arctic ice-cap is melting and last year's inflamed oil and food prices provide a foretaste of future havoc. Today newspapers around the globe published the same front page editorial ca...
NZ prices: Theft by another name
Ship loading with chocolate biscuits from WikiCommons Kiwi myth exploded: Generations of honest New Zealanders have been paying a massive premium for imported goods. But a little bit of maths shows shipping costs are a minor part of the overall price...
UK Guardian slams NZ\'s green image
Prize for the most shameless two fingers to the global community goes to New Zealand The news of NZ's measly environmental credentials is reaching the outside world.THE Guardian's Greenwash column by Fred Pearce today attacked NZ's cle...
