Thu, 23 Apr 2009 4:47 pm – Posted by Jenny Lynch | 6 Comments
Guest blogger: KCC co-ordinator, gardener, worm farm manager & composter, Jenny Lynch
From Michelle Obama to our very own Sister Loyola , gardeners are being celebrated around the world. Indeed, the ball of dirt that we call earth is now being tended to by a whole new horde of vege-growing environmentalists conscious of food miles, waste reduction and pesticides. It’s no wonder schools are jumping on board.
Of course, digging up school grounds and converting them into vegetable patches is nothing new. To cover the shortfall of vegetables being grown during WWII, New Zealand schools began digging up their playgrounds to grow vegetables under the “Dig for Victory’ campaign.
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Tags: education, food miles, gardening, waste reduction
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Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:50 pm – Posted by Jenny Lynch | 7 Comments
Guest Blogger: Jenny Lynch, Places for Penguins Co-ordinator
Those of you who live in the Wellington area may have heard of the hit and run death of Juan Carlos in Karaka Bay. Juan Carlos was a little blue penguin befriended by a local resident, Pelayo Salinas de Leon.
RIP Juan Carlos
Pelayo would watch the little blue come from the sea, across the road and into the vegetation behind his house each night. Then one night Pelayo heard a car coming down the road followed by frenzied penguin sounds and an ominous thump. Going outside to investigate he found Juan Carlos dead, lying in the middle of the road with the offending vehicle nowhere to be seen.
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Published in: General, Wellington
Tags: little blue penguins, road kill, underpasses
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