How do we create positive social change? This article from The Kiwi Diary 2013, will always be a favourite, because its wisdom is timeless, and a crucial reminder that the root of our environmental situation, starts with our psychology. Author Dr Niki Harre, is an Associate Professor of Psychology, and Associate Dean of Sustainability at Auckland University. In 2009, Dr Harre received a university award for sustained excellence in teaching.
Read MoreOur Rivers, By Dr Mike Joy
At home New Zealanders are repeatedly told that they must accept the many evident environmental impacts resulting from intensive agriculture because it is the “backbone of the economy”. Implicit in this message is that it’s the economy or the environment.
But, it is simply not true that environment impacts are inevitable, in fact it’s the opposite - the most economically viable farms have smallest impacts and in reality the economy is dependent on a health environment not vice versa.