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Al Mansell, an independent candidate for Wellington Central, sent me this video clip from neighbouring Miramar:

Here’s one of my favourite videos of the campaign so far:

I haven’t yet seen the Act rip off of the Green Party Aila television ad but I reckon it’s a bit of a compliment from what I’ve heard.  Last election, devoid of ideas, Act just copied National’s much talked about iwi/kiwi billboard style. And it seems this election this time they are again happy to […]

This summer, from the people who bought you the dairy conversion of John Key’s electorate office, comes the latest blockbuster:

Here’s the CoalFinger website and its international quit coal campaign.

Watch this ad from Tourism New Zealand for a moment:

Pretty eh? So how is it that neither Labour nor National seems to be able to see the role that a clean environment plays to our tourism business.
“When tourists see that our rivers are so polluted it’s dangerous to swim in them, they are shocked because […]

While I agree that you don have to be green to be Green, it does help, however, if you Party Vote Green.

A reader just sent me this clip:

You’d think we might be a bit further down the path to doing something about it by now.

It seems James Bond has ditched the Aston Martin and BMW for a more full efficient car. Can Helen Clark do the same?

Hat tip : Ecorazzi

Another Green policy that’s going mainstream:

Hat tip Julie at the Hand Mirror and NZUSA (Check out the Hand Mirror’s earlier posts on the topic too.)

I haven’t seen this movie yet but its trailer suggests it could provoke some important debate about the links between our food industry, diet and our pharmaceutical industry.

According to the website the film starts from the premise that:
With nutritionally-depleted foods, chemical additives and our tendency to rely upon pharmaceutical drugs to treat what’s wrong with […]