gblog Archive

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    Ahoy There! SOS Nats on the Loose SOS - by frog



    I am – in a suitably amphibian style – interested in the interface between land and sea transport.The link is not as webbed and tenuous as you may think. After all, as g.blog pointed out today, coastal shipping is the most energy efficient means of moving freight. A ship consumes 75 – 80 percent less fuel [...] read more
    March 26, 2009 5:09 pm - 43 Comments
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    Blog highlights - by frog



    I reckon these two good posts yesterday are worth sharing. Anna at the Hand Mirror on charity for poverty: The advent of Kids Can is both crass and tragic. Ensuring kids have enough food and clothing is no longer a non-negotiable social responsibility we all share, but an optional activity for the charitably-minded, like buying [...] read more
    October 24, 2008 8:31 am - 5 Comments
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    A week of g.blog - by frog



    g.blog was busy over the weekend with Ari joining to report on an innovative new solar glass technology that concentrates different colours of light into a focused border around the edge of the glass: …part of what makes solar power so expensive is that the light that we collect for it is very unfocused, and [...] read more
    August 18, 2008 11:06 am - 10 Comments
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    A week of g.blog - by frog



    Toad has found out that the National Party’s beneficiary policy is worse than I suggested this morning: They are not just going to work-test people on DPB, but also those on Invalid’s Benefit (qualification: “permanently and severely restricted in his or her capacity for work because of sickness, or because of injury or disability from [...] read more
    August 11, 2008 1:54 pm - 2 Comments
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    gblog – tunnels, tests, penguins and floaters - by frog



    The Green Party members’ gblog is slowly getting up and running with our own Toad asking if John Banks, who recently expressed his concern for the well being of penguins, might not be better off as Mayor of Auckland Islands rather than Auckland City. (aahh) Pete reckons there are a lot of people out there [...] read more
    August 4, 2008 3:28 pm - 6 Comments
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    gblog - by frog



    I had been watching gblog waiting for it to get it’s stable of writers  into action, but it seems No Right Turn and Beehive Buzz have already discovered it so I may as well point out it’s existence too. gblog is a community for all Green Party members to share their thoughts with the New [...] read more
    July 29, 2008 10:18 am - 5 Comments