Global Warming – what can we do in Whangarei?

If you are interested in information on climate change, the role of Antarctica, impacts on Whangarei and what you can do about it, please see my June 2017 school presentation. Fig: Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC, 2017) Larsen C shelf is breaking off in Antarctica. The 5,800 skm iceshelf is three times the size … More Global Warming – what can we do in Whangarei?

Onerahi-2-Bridge pre-election transport competition on 28. Aug 7:45am

On 8. June Tony Collins, CEO from North Chamber, organised an excellent networking breakfast in Whangarei. From an engaging discussion on the future of Northland, the following two topics emerged: Smart City Smart Transport Rather than the rest of the country keep talking about cool & innovative topics, it was suggested that Northland leads the … More Onerahi-2-Bridge pre-election transport competition on 28. Aug 7:45am

Girls into Tech

In May 2017 we took the Kiwi Innovator Gareth Cronin, an executive of NZ’s biggest IT export company Xero, to several schools in Whangarei. Gareth discussed the need for more IT talent to come from regions like Northland. He also stressed that we need many more girls getting into exciting technology careers. Information Technology or … More Girls into Tech

Local Kai

Instead of buying food from far away places, it makes much more sense to buy food, which is grown locally, sold by local farmers and consumed by locals. There are studies which calculate how many kilometers are traveled to produce and deliver foods to You, the consumer. Here some staggering numbers: yogurt – over 10,000km … More Local Kai

Saving our oceans

Here is a very interesting interview with my fellow oceanographer Professor Dr Martin Visbeck on the state of the ocean and what we should/ need to do to preserve it. Also see the “Deep Trouble in the ocean” and ‘how to improve the state of the ocean’  article in the Economist on the topic. With our … More Saving our oceans