Sustainable practice at Otago Polytechnic

Sustainable practice at Otago Polytechnic
What is Otago polytechnic doing to model sustainable practice?

This site gives some examples of the sustainable practices currently being carried out by Otago Polytechnic and offers ways / suggestions  for you to make your life and the things you do day to day more sustainable.

Free to low cost food and resources

Making money go further
Free to low cost food and resources

This site gives information on a wide range of resources and services to help you to spend less money by doing things like :-

• joining a community garden (to grow your own food)
• buying vegetables from a fruit and vegetable co operative (All Saints Church)
• learning how to cook
• knowing where water fountains are located around Dunedin
• knowing where food banks and food distribution centres are located if you have no food and no money.
• Getting a cheap bike and learning how to repair and maintain it.
• knowing where community orchards are located around Dunedin, and knowing what kind of fruit and nuts you are able to freely forage for in these orchards.

How green is your life

Sustainable Stuff 


1. How green is your life?
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2. Why do we need to take care of the world's resources?

Global warming

Global Warming 101 | National Geographic

Sustainable - How to Make Compost Tea - Super Easy Method

How to Make Compost Tea - Super Easy Method

Sustainable- Composting with Grass Clippings - Day 3 - Turning the Pile

Composting with Grass Clippings - Day 3 - Turning the Pile

Sustainable Grass Clipping Compost - Hot or Not?

Grass Clipping Compost - Hot or Not?

Sustainable compost making using grass clippings

How to Make Compost With Grass Clippings

Air Pollution

health - "Move Me"- The importance of physical activity and healthy eating

"Move Me"- The importance of physical activity and healthy eating is shown in this video clip as well as the dangers of poor diet and lack of exercise.

Health - Anorexia nervosa when dieting

When dieting or starving yourself to lose weight and be more attractive becomes a dangerous life threatening obsession

Health - The affect of alcohol on the brain

This video clip gives an amazing 3D representation on the effect alcohol has on your body and brain. Find out more about the metabolism of alcohol and  'Blood Alcohol Concentration.'

Health - The harmful effects of smoking

 This video shows the affect regular smoking has on the body.  Every cigarette is doing you damage.  Remember if you don't start smoking you won't have the battle of trying to quit.

This father son team hit the big time with just one clever idea.

Country Calendar - Project Kiwi part 03

Uploaded on May 2, 2011

Project Kiwi Trust is a kiwi conservation initiative saving North Island brown kiwi on the Kuaotunu Peninsula, near Whitianga on the Coromandel's East coast. Hyundai Country Calendar [TVNZ] looks into the challenges a Kiwi farm faces sustaining the breeding stock

Country Calendar - Project Kiwi part 01

Uploaded on May 2, 2011

Project Kiwi Trust is a kiwi conservation initiative saving North Island brown kiwi on the Kuaotunu Peninsula, near Whitianga on the Coromandel's East coast. Hyundai Country Calendar [TVNZ] looks into the challenges a Kiwi farm faces sustaining the breeding stock

Country calendar - Project Kiwi Part 2

Country

The site shown here is a private kiwi sanctuary in the North Island at Waitaia on the Coromandel. The project managers John and Paula Williams protect the environment by planting trees and trapping kiwi predators (such as stoats, rats, weasels, ferrets, possums and cats). They collect kiwi eggs and send them to a hatching facility at Rotorua where the eggs are incubated, hatched reared for a short time and then released back at Waitaia. At Waitaia the managers also keep records of kiwis which they monitor via transmitters attached to the kiwis upper legs. They are able to do health checks on kiwi, record patterns of egg incubation, manage pest control and manage the group of volunteers that give their time to help with this project.

One mans vision.

Video link see hereDavid Wallace and many of his neighbours in heartland Waikato have set up a protected environment on his land creating in effect an inland island. They have done this by building a predator free fence around 16 hectares of David's land to establish a kiwi sanctuary or creche for juvenile kiwi chicks. Here they will grow and develop in a safe and protected environment before being released into the wild, once they reach a more viable weight of around one kilogram.

His long term goal is much more challenging. He wants to build a 50km fence round Maungtautari (see website here) a mountain on his land that will come to be the most significant kiwi enclosure on mainland New Zealand. This new sanctuary will eventually house arond 2-3000 kiwi.

BNZ Save the Kiwi Trust

The BNZ bank have set up a trust fund to protect New Zealand's endangered national icon - the kiwi. This site shown here gives information about the project what it aims to achieve, its progress to date and give suggestions about how people interested in the project can help with this most important cause.

West Coast Wildlife Centre

Visit the website for The West Coast Wildlife Centre

Koanga the first 'Rowi' kiwi to hatch at the West coast Wildlife Centre this season (Spring 2011). Seen here one week old, with kiwi ranger Fiona Gordon. The site shown here shows the work being done on the West Coast to incubate and hatch kiwi eggs. Once hatched the young kiwi chicks will be placed in a monitored, protected environment unitl they reach around one kilogram in weight. They will eventually be released into their native habitat once their increased weight enables them to protect themselves better against predators.