Clear view of decade ahead
Clear view of decade ahead
There are two zeros in the date 2020. You’ll have spotted them on the cover.
Tom McKinlay
Time for action
Time for action
As we hit the critical decade in the effort to curb planetary heating, it might just be that we're ready to act. writes Tom McKinlay.
Best of 2019: Confronting the facts in our fiction
Best of 2019: Confronting the facts in our fiction
Our times need stories but they need to be told well, novelist Chris Else tells Tom McKinlay.
Moving into the future
Moving into the future
The electric revolution has begun, moving silently through the city’s streets, writes Tom McKinlay.
Nowhere to run to
Nowhere to run to
When the poisons we spill into the environment accumulate in ourselves to critical levels, what then will be the body’s response? A British novelist has sketched one terrifying possibility. Tom...
Hire and higher
Hire and higher
A heady mix of German technology and New Zealand topography provided food for thought on a skiing holiday, Tom McKinlay writes.
Fixing what is broken
Fixing what is broken
Repair cafes are putting the focus back on alternatives to our disposable consumer culture, Tom McKinlay.
Reel take on wealth, inequality
Reel take on wealth, inequality
A new New Zealand film on the work of a French economist strikes at the heart of wealth and power, writes Tom McKinlay.
Our plastics addiction
Our plastics addiction
A new report from the Royal Society paints a picture of a plastic addiction out of control, one our recyclers can do only so much to address, reports Tom McKinlay.
Valuing the local
Valuing the local
In order to care for the environment we must also care for its people, Prof Henrik Moller tells Tom McKinlay.
The last great rush
The last great rush
Climate fiction has exploded in recent years, telling tales of sunken worlds and dust-bowl post-civilisations. Now, in a new novel, it’s Otago’s turn to have its future told.
Profit with a purpose
Profit with a purpose
The possibility that money can do good is gaining attention, writes Tom McKinlay.
The past is present
The past is present
Maori are employing intergenerational traditional knowledge to face new environmental challenges. There are clearly lessons for the wider community, Tom McKinlay learns.
Fleshing out the future
Fleshing out the future
The world of food production is changing, from the paddock to the lab and other newly engineered environments. It’s something we might need to get used to, food scientist Prof Rickey Yada tells Tom McKinlay.
From boys to men
From boys to men
Clementine Ford's visit to Dunedin went without incident. That's if you don't count body blows to the patriarchy as incidents, Tom McKinlay writes.
The laws of science and politics
The laws of science and politics
The Zero Carbon Bill has a new name and some more detail. After its unveiling this week, scientists weighed in on its strengths and weaknesses. Tom McKinlay summarises.
Parking the cars
Parking the cars
Healthier people, a healthier environment and a healthier community. And all we have to do is leave the car in the garage, says a new report. Tom McKinlay talks to one of the authors.
Where fossils roost
Where fossils roost
There is a lot to see on a walk up to Big Hut, writes Tom McKinlay. Some of it is only inside your head.
Curing growth: A 12-step programme
Curing growth: A 12-step programme
We need to think like an addict and talk about what we value, Prof Robert Costanza tells Tom McKinlay.
Answers from above
Answers from above
If we look to the heavens we might just spot the answer to transforming our economies away from carbon-based fuels, analyst Matt Gray tells Tom McKinlay.