Archive for April 15th, 2007

Westpac wins, but what about Prometheus…

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

Westpac has won the award for having the most socially responsible banking product, according to the Sunday Star Times. Their Green Home Loan has vouchers to make it cheaper for home buyers to install insulation, solar hot water and other environmentally friendly stuff. It is good that Westpac have done this and I congratulate them for it.
However, […]

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Could be messy

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

The story about plugging an extinct volcano in Auckland with human waste caught my interest. Could be messy I thought… but fortunately:
Auckland University vulcanologist Ian Smith said Aucklanders need not be concerned that they would be showered in “biosolids” in the event of an eruption. Formed 30,000 years ago, Puketutu Island is one of […]

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