Nice! But are we able to muster the courage for the radical systemic and cultural change needed to do this? Or will risk aversion triumph again even though 'business as usual' IS the biggest risk. Doing the same things a bit cheaper and a bit faster is no solution...
Hey #Wellington people! This time tomorrow the brilliant Bernadette Casey of @TheFormary is giving a talk on textile re-use at @WgtnMuseum Head along for 12:15pm #koha
"Risk-based pricing means if you buy a dodgy, risky home you take on the entire risk for that property, it's no longer shared in the community...some insurance companies have begun pricing for seismic risk, and set to begin analysing flood risk and the effects of climate change."
"insurance in New Zealand is changing rapidly and too many homeowners aren't aware. Those who're receiving stonking great bills from their insurance providers will know about it." https://t.co/YI5M1p0MLB
Thanks to Hiria @WhareHauora for the sensor kits. A crucial part of our testing programme. If you don't know how your house performs how do you know if it's good value or even if it's a health risk? Something all NZ should get behind! #WikiLab#Whākōkī
This is our R&D focus "Pathways limiting global warming to 1.5°C with no or limited overshoot would require rapid and far-reaching transitions in energy, land, urban and infrastructure (including transport and buildings), and industrial systems (high confidence)." IPCC 2018
Hi @Kevin_McCloud Would be great to catch up on your visit to Christchurch later this month after meeting you in 2013. We sent an email through a couple of weeks ago to the address on the card you gave us then, inviting you to visit with our team. Not sure if it got though?
Help get this over the line - soooo close! FEASTA! – A spectacular celebration of architecture, community and food | PledgeMe https://t.co/7KI4shchS2 via @pledgeme
If we don't improve our building standards now, at the start of the KiwiBuild project, we'll be locking in inefficiencies for decades to come
https://t.co/tJYcQU5ZBn
One Voice Te Reo Kotahi gives voice to Third Sector Organisations (non-Govt, non-commercial). Their annual Matariki Forum is June 18 with Minister @PeeniHenare joining our kōrero https://t.co/rtDi4IyJvI
Great to be involved with such engaged international students. An amazing learning programme and we loved the opportunity to showcase leading tech innovation to the world here in #chch#NZ https://t.co/jcEcDbyDXW
Such a pleasure to host you all and thanks for the kind words. Great to see such an engaged group who 'get it' - why solutions need to be holistic - environment, society and economy all balanced and working to create better lives for everyone of us #BeTheChange https://t.co/oKR8xc8eDB
Amazing work happening at @WikiHouseNZ. Thanks for inspiring these Hokie engineers to “do the very best you can to make a positive impact with the time you have”. Phenomenal vision and drive. @vtrsap
Our 21st century homes work to sequester carbon out of the atmosphere... both initially and on an ongoing basis... then you can compost most of the materials at end of life 7 generations later... more to come shortly! https://t.co/aGVQ6FNy1k