Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝
@greenflorence.bsky.social
Passionate about the relationship between humans and the planet papatuanuku. I post about practical sustainable actions and ideas: from #peace to #gardening, #community, #trees, #oneness and everything #interconnected🌏
From Earth, with Love❣️🕉️🌳
From Earth, with Love❣️🕉️🌳
Chatham island was still 100% powered by diesel power plant. No longer. No shortage of wind there.
Just 3 turbines are supposed to reduce the energy bills of 20%
Scope for improvement but good start to wean themselves of fossil fuels.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Just 3 turbines are supposed to reduce the energy bills of 20%
Scope for improvement but good start to wean themselves of fossil fuels.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Chatham Islands' new Point Durham wind farm to drop power prices by 20 percent
The Point Durham wind farm also makes it possible for the diesel-reliant islands to go green and run entirely on renewable energy.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Chatham island was still 100% powered by diesel power plant. No longer. No shortage of wind there.
Just 3 turbines are supposed to reduce the energy bills of 20%
Scope for improvement but good start to wean themselves of fossil fuels.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Just 3 turbines are supposed to reduce the energy bills of 20%
Scope for improvement but good start to wean themselves of fossil fuels.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
This sustainability series helping us change now with #practicalaction looks good, I have signed up.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sus...
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sus...
Sustainability Series confirmation - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Thank you for signing up for the Sustainability Starter Series!
www.greenpeace.org
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This sustainability series helping us change now with #practicalaction looks good, I have signed up.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sus...
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sus...
Looks interesting, #bookmarked here for future exploration.
Indigenous Healing Films search.app/JFShn
Indigenous Healing Films search.app/JFShn
The Eternal Song
The Eternal Song is available now to watch by donation. Your gift directly supports Indigenous-led initiatives in the communities where the film was created.
search.app
December 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Looks interesting, #bookmarked here for future exploration.
Indigenous Healing Films search.app/JFShn
Indigenous Healing Films search.app/JFShn
Incredible sentence from the new environment act. In short, everything is permitted unless this can be proven. Good luck nature, neighbors, future generations...
December 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Incredible sentence from the new environment act. In short, everything is permitted unless this can be proven. Good luck nature, neighbors, future generations...
That's awesome!
We need to talk about #sharing even if it's an uncomfortable conversation. Share may mean higher tax for people who have wealth. Anything else is unfair, we can make progress, not go backwards.
interactives.stuff.co.nz/the-side-eye...
We need to talk about #sharing even if it's an uncomfortable conversation. Share may mean higher tax for people who have wealth. Anything else is unfair, we can make progress, not go backwards.
interactives.stuff.co.nz/the-side-eye...
The Side Eye: The Table
Why is New Zealand's wealth hoarded at one end of the nation's dinner table? Toby Morris of @TheSpinoffTV explains
interactives.stuff.co.nz
December 20, 2025 at 5:54 AM
That's awesome!
We need to talk about #sharing even if it's an uncomfortable conversation. Share may mean higher tax for people who have wealth. Anything else is unfair, we can make progress, not go backwards.
interactives.stuff.co.nz/the-side-eye...
We need to talk about #sharing even if it's an uncomfortable conversation. Share may mean higher tax for people who have wealth. Anything else is unfair, we can make progress, not go backwards.
interactives.stuff.co.nz/the-side-eye...
One thing that changed everything: Love yourself!
It solves all, starting with ourselves of course, then people and the planet. Because we are one, when we #LoveOurselves, we love All. Very powerful.
We can change. With love, it will be positive.
Health, Peace, Calm.
youtube.com/shorts/uSnpv...
It solves all, starting with ourselves of course, then people and the planet. Because we are one, when we #LoveOurselves, we love All. Very powerful.
We can change. With love, it will be positive.
Health, Peace, Calm.
youtube.com/shorts/uSnpv...
👉 The ONE SECRET That HEALS Everything | Louise Hay
YouTube video by Infinite Shift
youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
One thing that changed everything: Love yourself!
It solves all, starting with ourselves of course, then people and the planet. Because we are one, when we #LoveOurselves, we love All. Very powerful.
We can change. With love, it will be positive.
Health, Peace, Calm.
youtube.com/shorts/uSnpv...
It solves all, starting with ourselves of course, then people and the planet. Because we are one, when we #LoveOurselves, we love All. Very powerful.
We can change. With love, it will be positive.
Health, Peace, Calm.
youtube.com/shorts/uSnpv...
There is so much lettuce #inthegarden that I postponed making bread to replace sandwich with salads.
For a week, lunch is half greens, half mix of tomato avo cucumber + one protein (here mixed beans) and light homemade dressing.
Everyday different!
Delicious fun and light nutrition till Christmas.
For a week, lunch is half greens, half mix of tomato avo cucumber + one protein (here mixed beans) and light homemade dressing.
Everyday different!
Delicious fun and light nutrition till Christmas.
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
There is so much lettuce #inthegarden that I postponed making bread to replace sandwich with salads.
For a week, lunch is half greens, half mix of tomato avo cucumber + one protein (here mixed beans) and light homemade dressing.
Everyday different!
Delicious fun and light nutrition till Christmas.
For a week, lunch is half greens, half mix of tomato avo cucumber + one protein (here mixed beans) and light homemade dressing.
Everyday different!
Delicious fun and light nutrition till Christmas.
I found this story heartwarming, tiny forests in Belgium urban environment involving community and schools. I hope the land on which these forests are planted are protected.
I used to organize tree planting events on our school's grounds. Kids LOVED it. #planttrees
janegoodall.be/en/restore-n...
I used to organize tree planting events on our school's grounds. Kids LOVED it. #planttrees
janegoodall.be/en/restore-n...
Tiny forest
janegoodall.be
December 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I found this story heartwarming, tiny forests in Belgium urban environment involving community and schools. I hope the land on which these forests are planted are protected.
I used to organize tree planting events on our school's grounds. Kids LOVED it. #planttrees
janegoodall.be/en/restore-n...
I used to organize tree planting events on our school's grounds. Kids LOVED it. #planttrees
janegoodall.be/en/restore-n...
Too late for Christmas but still, great NZ hand tools online shop! The hori hori is the best weeding tool ever.
Interesting to learn that copper tools are better than iron ones as they don't disturb earth electromagnetics.
gardentools.nz/pages/faqs-c...
Interesting to learn that copper tools are better than iron ones as they don't disturb earth electromagnetics.
gardentools.nz/pages/faqs-c...
FAQ's Copper Tools
The Garden Tool Store selects the best tools from around the world for your gardening pleasure. Beautiful bronze trowels, spades and forks. Ergonomically designed sycthes and scything equipment. Tools...
gardentools.nz
December 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Too late for Christmas but still, great NZ hand tools online shop! The hori hori is the best weeding tool ever.
Interesting to learn that copper tools are better than iron ones as they don't disturb earth electromagnetics.
gardentools.nz/pages/faqs-c...
Interesting to learn that copper tools are better than iron ones as they don't disturb earth electromagnetics.
gardentools.nz/pages/faqs-c...
Great news: divesting works!
ASB has decided to divest funds from Motorola Solutions, a company identified by the UN as being involved in activities that help maintain and enable illegal Israeli settlements.
Earlier this year Amnesty International divested from ASB and let people know. #Divest!
ASB has decided to divest funds from Motorola Solutions, a company identified by the UN as being involved in activities that help maintain and enable illegal Israeli settlements.
Earlier this year Amnesty International divested from ASB and let people know. #Divest!
December 19, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Great news: divesting works!
ASB has decided to divest funds from Motorola Solutions, a company identified by the UN as being involved in activities that help maintain and enable illegal Israeli settlements.
Earlier this year Amnesty International divested from ASB and let people know. #Divest!
ASB has decided to divest funds from Motorola Solutions, a company identified by the UN as being involved in activities that help maintain and enable illegal Israeli settlements.
Earlier this year Amnesty International divested from ASB and let people know. #Divest!
We didn't hear that in the news: NZ has badly underperformed at the CERD the international Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
The section "Main areas of concern and recommendations" has forty-eight paragraphs!
Many about Maori.
Interesting 🤔
www.converge.org.nz/pma/cerd116....
The section "Main areas of concern and recommendations" has forty-eight paragraphs!
Many about Maori.
Interesting 🤔
www.converge.org.nz/pma/cerd116....
UN Committee examines NZ government's performance on racial discrimination
UN Committee examines NZ government's performance on racial discrimination
www.converge.org.nz
December 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
We didn't hear that in the news: NZ has badly underperformed at the CERD the international Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
The section "Main areas of concern and recommendations" has forty-eight paragraphs!
Many about Maori.
Interesting 🤔
www.converge.org.nz/pma/cerd116....
The section "Main areas of concern and recommendations" has forty-eight paragraphs!
Many about Maori.
Interesting 🤔
www.converge.org.nz/pma/cerd116....
The Denniston coal mine couldn't go forward without ANZ bank support. Sign the petition to pressure ANZ and divest away from this bank if you are client with them.
Kiwibank and Cooperative bank are the only NZ banks committed to not invest in fossil fuels.
act.350.org/s/2994789.Tv...
Kiwibank and Cooperative bank are the only NZ banks committed to not invest in fossil fuels.
act.350.org/s/2994789.Tv...
ANZ: Drop Denniston Coal
A monsterous mine proposal from coal company Bathurst Resources relies on ANZ continuing to offer banking services to Bathurst. With the right pressure, we can push ANZ to phase out banking services w...
act.350.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The Denniston coal mine couldn't go forward without ANZ bank support. Sign the petition to pressure ANZ and divest away from this bank if you are client with them.
Kiwibank and Cooperative bank are the only NZ banks committed to not invest in fossil fuels.
act.350.org/s/2994789.Tv...
Kiwibank and Cooperative bank are the only NZ banks committed to not invest in fossil fuels.
act.350.org/s/2994789.Tv...
Great news, great justice. Coming with emotional speech by Judith Collins, saying she doesn't do emotions... Interesting acknowledgement...
But great news, great justice, aroha🙏🫂🌱
But great news, great justice, aroha🙏🫂🌱
More good news.
Top of the South Iwi have been awarded 3000 hectares of land in the 'Nelson' Tenths case, including the Abel Tasman great walk and $420 million.
This is not a treaty issue, its a separate case of fraudulent land grabbing by the crown.
Top of the South Iwi have been awarded 3000 hectares of land in the 'Nelson' Tenths case, including the Abel Tasman great walk and $420 million.
This is not a treaty issue, its a separate case of fraudulent land grabbing by the crown.
South Island Māori landowners to get more than 3000 hectares returned by Crown
Māori landowners will have the land returned, and receive $420 million in compensation, in a landmark agreement with the Crown, ending questions going back to the 1830s.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Great news, great justice. Coming with emotional speech by Judith Collins, saying she doesn't do emotions... Interesting acknowledgement...
But great news, great justice, aroha🙏🫂🌱
But great news, great justice, aroha🙏🫂🌱
Such a great idea: edible bale nets.
These jute nets are an
#easyswap from plastic, it stops pollution and divests from fossil fuels.
kiwieconet.us
These jute nets are an
#easyswap from plastic, it stops pollution and divests from fossil fuels.
kiwieconet.us
December 17, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Such a great idea: edible bale nets.
These jute nets are an
#easyswap from plastic, it stops pollution and divests from fossil fuels.
kiwieconet.us
These jute nets are an
#easyswap from plastic, it stops pollution and divests from fossil fuels.
kiwieconet.us
Really good graphic novels by
#AChangeintheweather
I enjoy this simple clarity and nice nature drawings. Enticing enough to share widely, I hope it helps people see and understand and #change.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1AKv...
#AChangeintheweather
I enjoy this simple clarity and nice nature drawings. Enticing enough to share widely, I hope it helps people see and understand and #change.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1AKv...
December 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Really good graphic novels by
#AChangeintheweather
I enjoy this simple clarity and nice nature drawings. Enticing enough to share widely, I hope it helps people see and understand and #change.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1AKv...
#AChangeintheweather
I enjoy this simple clarity and nice nature drawings. Enticing enough to share widely, I hope it helps people see and understand and #change.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1AKv...
Beautiful springs in Golden Bay NZ are threatened by a mine authorized by the government 😔 plundering for greed.
But hope!
A higher legal action is possible and is delaying the start of the massacre.
Help if you can. Thank you Kevin and Team at #SaveOurSprings
www.facebook.com/share/p/1NCi...
But hope!
A higher legal action is possible and is delaying the start of the massacre.
Help if you can. Thank you Kevin and Team at #SaveOurSprings
www.facebook.com/share/p/1NCi...
Redirecting...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Beautiful springs in Golden Bay NZ are threatened by a mine authorized by the government 😔 plundering for greed.
But hope!
A higher legal action is possible and is delaying the start of the massacre.
Help if you can. Thank you Kevin and Team at #SaveOurSprings
www.facebook.com/share/p/1NCi...
But hope!
A higher legal action is possible and is delaying the start of the massacre.
Help if you can. Thank you Kevin and Team at #SaveOurSprings
www.facebook.com/share/p/1NCi...
New series on #RNZ about water in Canterbury and its nitrate contents. Why could it be? What are associated problems (includes cancer epidemic)?
Hopefully further episodes will explain how to repair it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Hopefully further episodes will explain how to repair it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
What's really going on with Canterbury's water
Luis Arevalo fears his grandson will never be able to drink water straight from the tap.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
New series on #RNZ about water in Canterbury and its nitrate contents. Why could it be? What are associated problems (includes cancer epidemic)?
Hopefully further episodes will explain how to repair it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Hopefully further episodes will explain how to repair it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
2025 Climate Justice Assembly asked again the wealthy to urgently take responsibility and action for reducing and repairing their impacts on the planet -so devastating for people, specially those who consume least. #climatejustice #climateaction
Everyone knows 👀
www.climatejusticeassembly.org
Everyone knows 👀
www.climatejusticeassembly.org
C J A – 2025
www.climatejusticeassembly.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
2025 Climate Justice Assembly asked again the wealthy to urgently take responsibility and action for reducing and repairing their impacts on the planet -so devastating for people, specially those who consume least. #climatejustice #climateaction
Everyone knows 👀
www.climatejusticeassembly.org
Everyone knows 👀
www.climatejusticeassembly.org
Good news, a big cargo that doesn't need fossil fuels to run anymore.
thedriven.io/2025/12/15/r...
I wish NZ had bought one of those for Cook Straight. Otherwise, we are dependent on fossil fuels and polluting for another ship lifetime.
But we are not going to cancel the contract again, are we?!
thedriven.io/2025/12/15/r...
I wish NZ had bought one of those for Cook Straight. Otherwise, we are dependent on fossil fuels and polluting for another ship lifetime.
But we are not going to cancel the contract again, are we?!
thedriven.io
December 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Good news, a big cargo that doesn't need fossil fuels to run anymore.
thedriven.io/2025/12/15/r...
I wish NZ had bought one of those for Cook Straight. Otherwise, we are dependent on fossil fuels and polluting for another ship lifetime.
But we are not going to cancel the contract again, are we?!
thedriven.io/2025/12/15/r...
I wish NZ had bought one of those for Cook Straight. Otherwise, we are dependent on fossil fuels and polluting for another ship lifetime.
But we are not going to cancel the contract again, are we?!
Other good news from @theguardian.com
"Renewable energy smashed records last year, growing by 15% and accounting for more than 90% of all new power generation capacity. Investment in clean energy topped $2tn, outstripping that into fossil fuels by two to one."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Renewable energy smashed records last year, growing by 15% and accounting for more than 90% of all new power generation capacity. Investment in clean energy topped $2tn, outstripping that into fossil fuels by two to one."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement
The watershed summit in 2015 was far from perfect, but its impact so far has been significant and measurable
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Other good news from @theguardian.com
"Renewable energy smashed records last year, growing by 15% and accounting for more than 90% of all new power generation capacity. Investment in clean energy topped $2tn, outstripping that into fossil fuels by two to one."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Renewable energy smashed records last year, growing by 15% and accounting for more than 90% of all new power generation capacity. Investment in clean energy topped $2tn, outstripping that into fossil fuels by two to one."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In 17 years, birds are back in this new woodland in Britain, thank you to the Woodland trust and people who planted tirelessly, with vision for the future. It shows regeneration works and can be done... when we stop wanting to extract money from the land.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: Twenty years ago this thriving woodland didn’t even exist | Phil Gates
Low Burnhall wood, Durham: The smell of decay, the screech of jays – nearly 100,000 trees planted in 2008 have really come of age
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
In 17 years, birds are back in this new woodland in Britain, thank you to the Woodland trust and people who planted tirelessly, with vision for the future. It shows regeneration works and can be done... when we stop wanting to extract money from the land.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Morning's baking results are satisfying, feeding us healthy fresh food for days/weeks, saving energy (as the oven is heating once for all these).
All done in 4 hours -cleaning incl.
No packaging, no chemicals, no preservatives, no msg, no sugar and delicious.
Bread, crackers, muffins.
All done in 4 hours -cleaning incl.
No packaging, no chemicals, no preservatives, no msg, no sugar and delicious.
Bread, crackers, muffins.
December 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Morning's baking results are satisfying, feeding us healthy fresh food for days/weeks, saving energy (as the oven is heating once for all these).
All done in 4 hours -cleaning incl.
No packaging, no chemicals, no preservatives, no msg, no sugar and delicious.
Bread, crackers, muffins.
All done in 4 hours -cleaning incl.
No packaging, no chemicals, no preservatives, no msg, no sugar and delicious.
Bread, crackers, muffins.
#Solar is awesome! Our energy bill is in credit since we have a battery. Saying "it's worth it" doesn't cover the #joy, #resilience, satisfaction of free sun energy, also feeding car and tools.
Home or local battery plants would make us all carbon free.
Nothing to wait for to switch to solar.
Home or local battery plants would make us all carbon free.
Nothing to wait for to switch to solar.
Good morning with good news: Cheap batteries transform daytime solar into economic anytime electricity!
Battery prices fell 50% in 2024, compared to 2023, and have dropped again in 2025!
Dispatchable solar with 4-hour battery falls to ~$76/MWh! Wow!
ember-energy.org/app/uploads/... #energysky
Battery prices fell 50% in 2024, compared to 2023, and have dropped again in 2025!
Dispatchable solar with 4-hour battery falls to ~$76/MWh! Wow!
ember-energy.org/app/uploads/... #energysky
December 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
#Solar is awesome! Our energy bill is in credit since we have a battery. Saying "it's worth it" doesn't cover the #joy, #resilience, satisfaction of free sun energy, also feeding car and tools.
Home or local battery plants would make us all carbon free.
Nothing to wait for to switch to solar.
Home or local battery plants would make us all carbon free.
Nothing to wait for to switch to solar.
I haven't read yet but it looks interesting, #bookmarked here to read later
‘We need to rethink how we approach biodiversity’: an interview with IPCC ecologist and ‘refugee scientist’ Camille Parmesan share.google/YJEx5iqya5a1...
‘We need to rethink how we approach biodiversity’: an interview with IPCC ecologist and ‘refugee scientist’ Camille Parmesan share.google/YJEx5iqya5a1...
‘We need to rethink how we approach biodiversity’: an interview with IPCC ecologist and ‘refugee scientist’ Camille Parmesan
An ecologist at the IPCC for over 25 years, Camille Parmesan, who is also a refugee scientist, explains how to preserve biodiversity on a warming planet.
share.google
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I haven't read yet but it looks interesting, #bookmarked here to read later
‘We need to rethink how we approach biodiversity’: an interview with IPCC ecologist and ‘refugee scientist’ Camille Parmesan share.google/YJEx5iqya5a1...
‘We need to rethink how we approach biodiversity’: an interview with IPCC ecologist and ‘refugee scientist’ Camille Parmesan share.google/YJEx5iqya5a1...
A good analysis of how the NZ government policies benefit some but not workers, families, people, communities, nor the environment of course.
Yet we need to go deeper and see that economy and GDP are not good indicators and growth is an unsustainable irresponsible mantra.
Yet we need to go deeper and see that economy and GDP are not good indicators and growth is an unsustainable irresponsible mantra.
#nzpol Data out today on the economy ahead of the GDP reading next week. It’s a mixed bag – Profits up for firms but not wages. Some sectors are seeing growth, but parts of the private sector are smaller than at the election. This isn’t broad-based growth - we’ve just stopped falling. A 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
A good analysis of how the NZ government policies benefit some but not workers, families, people, communities, nor the environment of course.
Yet we need to go deeper and see that economy and GDP are not good indicators and growth is an unsustainable irresponsible mantra.
Yet we need to go deeper and see that economy and GDP are not good indicators and growth is an unsustainable irresponsible mantra.