Wellington’s Meridian Building is a Flagship Green Commercial Project

Eco Effect’s Flat-Pack Armadillo Lamp Shade Provides Armor for Your Light Bulb

The Armadillo lamp shade from New Zealand-based company Eco Effect is a flat-pack lamp shade made from recycled eco-board that is quick and easy to assemble. Armadillo means “little armored

Peaceful Owhanake Bay House Bends To Nature’s Will in New Zealand

Timothy John Weaves Everyday Objects From Eco-Friendly Felt

New Zealand-based designer Timothy John has created an entire collection of everyday products made almost entirely from felt. His Woven Collection includes a clock, two lamps, a table, and and flower vase

Happy Cloud Coasters Made From Super Sustainable Cork Cost Less Than $20

If you’re looking for a gift that will make the nature-lover in your life really really happy, look no further than Barefoot Dynasty’s amazing cloud coasters made out of Portuguese cork. First

Knit a Sweater for a Penguin and Help Save an Oil-Spill Victim’s Life

1,000 penguins have already perished in the aftermath of the recent oil spill in New Zealand. Now, the country is asking for help from knitters to protect the adorable birds from ingesting the oil while

New Zealand to Open Its First-Ever Pop-Up Shipping Container Mall Next Week

City Mall, in Christchurch, New Zealand, is on track to reopen on next week, bringing New Zealand their first-ever pop-up container mall. The mall comes after the deadly earthquake that hit earlier in

Lord of the Rings Hobbiton Transformed Into Town for Sheep

Three Mile Oil Slick Threatens Wildlife After Ship Slams into a New Zealand Coral Reef

Oil from a cargo ship that struck a reef off the coast of New Zealand last week has started to wash ashore on the popular Mount Maunganui beach today. The ship was going 17 knots when it crashed into a

Team New Zealand’s First Light House Wins the Engineering Contest at the 2011 Solar Decathlon

We’ve been sitting on the edges of our seats all day, anxiously awaiting today’s Engineering Contest results at the 2011 Solar Decathlon. The results were just announced, and we’re

New Zealand’s First Light Solar Decathlon House Puts an Innovative Twist on the Basics

New Zealand on Screen Uses Recycled Shipping Containers & Caravans to Show Off Kiwi Films

Beautiful Glass Front Beach House Harmonizes With Indigenous Pohutukawa Trees

New Zealand Completes the World’s First Daylit Enclosed Turf Stadium

Rabobank Unveils Incredible Cardboard office in The Netherlands

6 High-Flying Treehouses for the True Escapist

New Zealand Team Unveils FirstLight House for Solar Decathlon 2011 In D.C.

Orokonui Ecosanctuary is a Swooping Shipping Container Visitor Centre That Protects New Zealand Nature

Britomart’s Leafy Three Storey Green Wall is New Zealand’s Largest

Waitakere Civic Centre Serves as a Green Community and Transportation Hub

Gorgeous New Green Roof Pops Up Atop a New Zealand School

A New Zealand eco school has become one of a handful of schools world-wide to construct a green roof that doubles as an outdoor classroom. In addition to reducing stormwater runoff and providing

Great Barrier Island Solar Home Elevated On Stilts To Avoid Flooding

Deloitte Centre: Auckland’s Most Environmentally Sustainable Commercial Building

New Zealand’s Eden Park Renovated for 2011 Rugby World Cup

Auckland’s Eco Ironbank Features Robotic Car Stacking Garage

New Zealand’s Eco Supreme Court Building Lays Down the Law

NZ Company Creates Revolutionary Nanofibers from Fish Skins

A New Zealand company is taking a major leap forward in commercializing nanotechnology — Revolution Fibres Ltd plans on making nano-fabrics from the collagen in discarded fish skins. (New Zealand is

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