The GreenplanetFM Podcast with Tim Lynch

Biomimicry (from bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate) is a design discipline that seeks sustainable solutions by emulating nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies, e.g., a solar cell inspired by a leaf.The core idea is that Nature, imaginative by necessity, has already solved many of the problems we are grappling with: energy, food production, climate control, non-toxic chemistry, transportation, packaging, and a whole lot more.Animals, plants, and microbes are the consummate engineers. They have found what works, what is appropriate, and most importantly, what lasts here on Earth.However, we humans have only really woken up to this in the last 20 years. If we could only mobilise our consciousness (and media) at a global level, we would be both amazed and shocked to realize that the answers to our challenges are already embedded in nature, the same living super system that we too are deeply embedded in, except we have disconnected ourselves.Time to awaken and reconnect.Sam Stier:  http://

Jasmina has trained in 25 different modalities and is highly skilled not only in the area of helping others release their emotions but also at getting to the core of issues that are affecting people emotionally and this can frequently make a huge difference in their lives and mean a better quality of life.Releasing emotional and mental blockages that are in the way to self healing can create conditions that allow “spontaneous remission”. With the removal of fears and other emotions, a new level of spiritual growth and consciousness often happens, because the previously blocking emotions are not there any more.Listen to strong and passionate advocate Jasmina Kovacev  who uses cutting edge mind, body and emotional techniques; for example EFT, Emotional Freedom Technique, Psych K, NLP, New German Medicine and other methods. This January 11 - 18 2012, Jasmina Kovacev is at the Mana Retreat Centre in Coromandel for a special healing retreat for people affected with cancer. It is an emotional support retreat which

What are the necessities for a healthy temple body?Air, Water, Food-chain, Exercise, relationships and our spiritual aspirations. In cities put your car windows up, air conditioning on recycle because if you smell then it is affecting you - There are 3 major pollutants in petrol.Use negative ion generators in office buildings.Water: Don't drink Auckland tap water … hazardous to your health clean your water up, with filtration or bottles water etc.Alkalize your body.Food: organic is best, grow your own, eat more fresh food, green leafy veggies and alkalize your bodyDo away with most oils, canola being one and that organic cold pressed is best. Extra virgin organic olive is good, especially for saladsMicrowaves, just get rid of them - they De-nature food.Don't eat corporate food - being dead food with zero life force and enzymes etc. A New Way of Seeing Ourselves Bruce Lipton - The Biology of Belief and Spontaneous Evolution … plus EFT Emotional Freedom Technique, progresses the understanding we need.  That we

***This interview is a repeat from December 2008***Steffan has been at the forefront of the New Zealand organics movement for more than twenty years.His successful Bio-Gro horticulture business won both the Horticulture and Supreme awards in the Marlborough Rural Environmental awards in 2003.His aim is to have genuinely sustainable organics in New Zealands food, fibre, forestry and fishing industries - which he states, "also makes good business sense."He has also recently become a Member of Parliament for the Green Party of Aotearoa NZ. Listen to a very revealing appraisal of the challenges that organics face, on the frontlines of GE untruths, agribusiness and the unknowingness of government of holistic systems and the wider ramifications of deeper ecology. http://www.greens.org.nz/candidates/steffan-browning

How do we use our voice as an instrument to self transformation?What do sound vibrations do for the human body, our DNA and memory?Elandra, early in life found herself in the movie industry in England and Antion who was originally born Victor Harvey Briggs used to be in the backing group for Dusty Springfield and later played with the rock group The Animals.However change happens and they both met through yoga, spirituality and Ram Dass, that took them from the hectic outside world to a more balanced inner realm.The ongoing evolution from music to using sound as a method of vibrational healing, from Indian to Sikh and the many ways of chanting, specifically ancient Hawaiian sounds that have been passed from an ancient lineage - to alter our frequency and shift us to a higher octave of being. Hawaiian cultural methods, such as lomi lomi, and spiritual healing modalities lead especially to sacred sound, chant and chanting focussing on the throat, the blue chakra to vibrate sound.That the breath ... the 'ha' in

After studying the global environment for 30 years and recognizing the profound workings of a living super system he expected a societal gestalt-shift, in awareness of what we are doing ... which has not yet come.If we want a Green City, keep trees in Auckland and have green corridors for birds,  - and bird song, to collecting pipies, fishing for ones dinner - to expanding community gardens, the pleasure of working in them with family. Harvesting, sharing of seed, bonding of relationships and encouraging farmers markets.That in America on his most recent trip, many cities were driving change from the bottom up - especially Palo Alto in Silicon Valley, California from the grass roots up, where people are driving the debate and Council is facilitating the conversation. Where there's a lot of bicycle riding and many electric vehicles in this region.However when it comes to climate change, mitigation is important but the conversation has moved on and it is now, resilience and how we survive and Paul's concern abo

Alister Barry started filming on a yacht the anti French nuclear tests in neighbouring Polynesian waters, then focused on New Zealand's internal workings and the altruistic psyche as to why did early New Zealand decide to put in so much welfare legislation that people take totally for granted today.What drove the early citizens to think deeply what it wanted for the future of our society?Especially to create institutions to take care of us, like in sickness and welfare for the unfortunate. As well as the idea of an egalitarian society.  What's that? ... I hear people say?Once upon a time both the National and Labour Governments allowed people the right to FREE access to education and university to extend themselves to the fullest capabilities of our intellectual capacity.Then things changed ... New Zealand was deliberately targeted in the very late 60's and into the 70's to transform society away from taking care of ourselves as a more inclusive society but, to instead, accumulate wealth and thus be seen to b

Complimentary currencies, alternative money systems, green dollars and time banks and involvement with Transisition towns here in NZ.Why?New Zealander Deirdre Kent confronts us with an unpalatable truth. The world's money system is designed so that the money supply and hence the size of the global economy must keep on increasing exponentially or it will collapse.Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Italy, Spain, France the list goes on ...Solution?As the global economy becomes more unbalanced, the need for NZ to become very knowing on how to set up your own localised monetary system so as to keep some semblance of order and cohessivness. Deirdre Kent is also the author of the book:Healthy Money, Healthy PlanetDeveloping Sustainability through New Money SystemsThis means putting your money and energy into supportive systems too.Note no Credit Unions went under during the 2008 global economic crisis.IMAGINE, enabling yourself to earn more money to supplement your income.Everyone loves time banks and it does not matter wh

John Hinchcliff has been in the peace movement most of his life, and made a large contribution to making NZ nuclear free and up until recently has been the Vice Chancellor of AUT - Auckland University of Technology.Andy Hendrie is director of a health centre as well as executive director of a charitable trust which campaigns to improve outcomes for our healthcare and has been Occupying Auckland at Aotea Square since its beginning.Listen to an interview that cleaves and slices right through the lies, the deceit, the media hype and censorship of what's happening in corporate America, especially in banking through to boardrooms and up to governmental level. To then translate this into the combined denial of what the two major political parties are avoiding here in NZ during this years election campaign. And on the ground in Aotea Square, how the occupiers are endeavouring to clarify their grievances and bring forth a list of priorities that need to be addressed to shift everyone's focus to the next level.As New

Rogan, who has just resigned his job to be at Aotea Square full-time, having been part of the Occupy Auckland organizing team from the start and Simon, an activist at heart has also just taken extended leave from his job at a union to help out.Two very articulate occupiers share what is playing out within the Occupy Auckland encampment and what their aspirations are. From: What are occupiers unifying around? What is the greatest challenge? Where they get their support from? What do they want to see happen? Bringing in food, sharing ... How NZ can play its part in the transformation of the old paradigm into a conscious caring cohesive, synergistic, society? Another big question: When their time is up at Aotea Square, are they going to decamp in agreement and peacefully or are the authorities going to have to push the issue?New Zealanders are very complacent and have had it exceptionally easy in the global scheme of things, with good Government safety nets, welfare, no food shortages, no war etc.Yet, with $30

Hine Ransfield from Occupy Auckland, social networker and Lisa Er, an ASB Auckland business woman of the year and Founder of the Awareness Party, have a conversation on Occupy Wall St to Occupy Auckland.Is it a revolt, an uprising, an insurrection, a rebellion, or a revolution?YES! all of these, by the 99% who see global control firmly in the hands of the 1%. Yet we trust the outcome will be conscious, peaceful and by a dynamic successful process.Touch typing is mightier than the truncheon! And it can be.Americans presently occupying Wall St and countrywide financial centers need our principled support. As New Zealand is the first major country to see tomorrow first, can we be a moral template for a peaceful resolve towards cleansing a global economic system based on debt, exclusiveness and adversity. Here in NZ, many say that mainstream media is in the camp of the status quo, as it's a media that keeps us content, distracted, compliant and titillated. But in reality it is also a media of censorship by omissi

Nobody in NZ is as eloquent and as clear in explaining ecological concerns as Jeanette Fitzsimons. I challenge any person in this country to explain off the cuff what is happening environmentally here in NZ … anyone!  And to do it in such a way that you can feel her humanity in the timbre of her voice.New Zealand's natural environment and resources are under assault from all quarters!Jeanette gives an overview of what is happening, as more coal mines are planned with the long term view of every car to be diesel driven - from the extraction of coal.Covering the increasing new methods of coal extraction to hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking' in Taranaki, we realize we are dealing with in Jeanettes words, a 'hydra' that continues to come up somewhere else. Instead of phasing out coal mining the National lead Govt here is driving the hectic onslaught to extract more coal, see Denniston in the South Island, when we need to extricate ourselves out of the dinosaur age. The conversation and planning needs us to invest

Bryan Innes and his partner Joanna Pearsall were the initiators of NZ's first EcoShow, and to this day continue their interests in the ecological and sustainability realm.Now based in Turangi at the base of lake Taupo, they work the land at 'Awhi' Farm - the Maori word for embrace, which they are turning into a living example of sustainability and earth systems.From working with soil, compost and mulch to tasting the sweetness of eating their own home grown organic food, they are truly living in harmony with the land. Bryan is also experimenting with building homes with local earth materials that are cheap and affordable. Building one's own earth house is far cheaper than the mainstream models; these houses are insulated and warm, plus wooden cordwood housing actually breathes, and is ideal for asthmatics and those with certain allergies. Bryan is also importing sustainable tools, such as scythes that are as easy and efficient as a petrol or electric weed eater, and better for you ergonomically, plus other to

David Ford is a New Zealander who has spent much of his life overseas has decided to stand for Parliament as an independent as he feels that there is still no party who has a manifestos that fulfills his needs.So why would a male in his late fifties want to drop everything and spend time canvassing his electorate with a message on conservation based community issues, simplicity, local, personal, organic and living healthy holistic lifestyle at optimal performance.TURNING OUR ECONOMY AROUND and Eliminating Debt.He believes the “blind spot” in our current Government & industry leadership thinking lies in a irrational adherence to the Northern Hemispheres “gospel of BIG”, & that this now dysfunctional hallucination has lead us into the current global economic/ecological crisis. A Crisis we will NOT emerge from by playing out the same old tired formulas & prescriptions. It is time we all let go of this “collective hallucination” & boldly embrace a new paradigm which insures & secures an intact

Neonicotinoids are often used as seed-dressing for maize, sunflower, canola and now many other seeds. However, as well as spreading throughout the entire plant and into the nectar and pollen, they also have a high leaching potential and seep into soils and groundwater.Even low concentrations of the pesticide may be more deadly then previously thought due to their high persistence in soil and water.Any insect that feeds on the crop dies. Any bee or butterfly that collects pollen or nectar from the crop is poisoned. Neonicotinoids behave like carcinogens, and easily contaminate ground and surface water.There could be dire long-term consequences of environmental pollution with these insecticides, and these fears are now being confirmed by extensive research.Even minute traces of these pesticides could be fatal to insects, as continued use affects food availability for birds, a lack of weeds resulting in a loss of insects, as well as seeds. This decline is also linked to a lack of larger insects upon which chicks

When you have youth, are passionate, vital, believe in duty of care, how do your express it?What generation is taking the lead in innovation in NZ?   Who is articulating the conversation into a ecological framework?Will our education and learning establishments create a new tomorrow, that is holistic in intent and puts us as a small country at the forefront of positive change?Listen to a young, dedicated and enthusiastic voice raise the bar in languaging what it is to having New Zealand be a creative force as the emerging microcosm for the planetary macrocosm and use media technology to drive the message of connectivity inclusive of solutions. As a grouping of 50 trillion cells we find that they all work in unison for the benefit of our body, especially when  we live a healthy lifestyle. The heart as an organ freely distributes blood to all the other cells and organs of the body, just like the lungs supply oxy haemoglobin to the heart freely.The need to perceive community and countries as cells in the global

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is a watch dog on the NZ Environment, outside of Government (like an Ombudsmen but with a small O), making sure that Government are following environmental protocols that are going to benefit the long term goals of the country. In this interview Morgan clarifies what is green, sustainable and prosperous and that the Parliamentary political term is too short, as nothing really gets done. That there is only one educational institution in NZ that has integrated sustainability through everyone of its courses. Why?  The increasing costs of food, water and energy that will cause social unrest, and can we meet the social demand without having huge unrest.And the many challenges that need to be addressed at a causal level, with an extra 2 billion population in the next 30 years.

Discusses the immediate and long view of NZ within the context of a deteriorating globalized economic, environmental and societal scenario.John Robinson, who gained his Doctorate at MIT in the USA is highly skilled in global contexts, having worked for the DSIR, OECD, UNESCO, UNEP and UNU.  Plus other wide-ranging interdisciplinary work.His focus is to open up the inquiry to NZ's future, at a national level to debates and to argue pros and cons at conventions, and events to enable the discussion to connect both town and country and for engaged NZers to discuss and shape our common future in these increasingly precarious times.When the people lead the politicians follow, and this is how it should be, especially when the populace have accessed the knowledge, are informed and are clear about consequences. Do we want to rise to this level of personal responsibility? Topics Covered:His research shows that we are a controlled society and are brainwashed, like no other peoples before us. Advertising and media contro

NZ can definitely model an organic society and be the planet's ark for heirloom seed, free of genetic manipulation and compared with all countries, we stand apart as having the communication system to bring about an urgent shift in awareness.This being especially now, as food, energy and societal / cultural challenges face us down, when we can take a more simplified strategy to become intimately closer and connected to the land. This is where the value set of this renewing paradigm is based on simplicity, reciprocity and organics - offering one means to that pathway with a very physical hands on approach, around community, the seeking of truth and the many virtues around being human, such as beauty, forgiveness and co-operation.This change needs to be an individual and collective decision making process and not from a top down mechanism, for example, what type of society sprays chemical poisons on its food and then eats it?There is a need, for us as modelers for a revitalised tomorrow to be far more conscious

Under this initiative 39 Community gardens and an increasing number of schools are putting in gardens across the Auckland isthmus.Are you a community based organisation, group, Marae, Church, or school wanting to set up an edible garden? You may be eligible for help.The aim of this program is to make growing your own fruit and veggies the normal thing to do.We are starting with community gardens in places like the Marae, schools, churches, public open spaces etc., so people can re-learn how to grow fresh veggies - and enjoy eating cheap organic veggies. From that we hope they will go home and plant a few in their own back-yard. This is where it really has to start, out of our own back yards.People working and sharing alongside each other, find kinship and camaraderie and deepen ones understanding of what it is like to be human and embedded in nature. Community is a solution to global economic problems.When we find ourselves outside our house or the building we work in - away from overhead lights, phones, comp