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Balance of Life

When I was still a kid, I always think whether we have choices in life. I always heard from my grand parent saying that life is tough and they just have to work so hard to make things "better". Is that really true, and working hard is the only choice we have? When started to work, the same thing happens to me and people around me. Then I have another question in mind, when the time we get what we think we want, is that really what we want?

After a deep thought in all these questions, I

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Added by David Gan on November 3, 2009 at 9:34pm — No Comments

Want to give something meaningful to your clients this Christmas?

Let's face it, nobody wants a branded mug for Christmas! So why do something different with your corporate gift budget this year? You can buy Oxfam Unwrapped Corporate Gifts for as little as $350! These gift packages include all sorts of helpful things so that communities can work their own way out of poverty. The packages focus on one aspect of Oxfam's work, so for example, if you want to help provide access to safe water, you can choose a "Making a big splash" gift. Or to help people gain ski… Continue

Added by Karen Watson on October 28, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

New group 'Time to Shine* joins the Gomad website

Time to Shine have recently joined the gomad wesbite and we would love to show them our support! Shine* is a non-profit NZ organisation that does amazing work to help prevent violence in the home and are here to help create safer homes in New Zealand everyday. To help raise awareness of domestic violence shine* w… Continue

Added by Abby Lynne on October 27, 2009 at 4:55pm — No Comments

Public Health Association calls for action on climate change

The Public Health Association (PHA) says a call from leading public health physicians, medics and academics for New Zealand to halve its greenhouse gas emissions, shows the high level of concern over the impact of climate change on health. The PHA’s acting National Executive Officer, Keriata Stu… Continue

Added by Abby Lynne on October 19, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Take the Pink Ribbon challenge this Breast Cancer Action Month

October is Breast Cancer Action Month and this year You can join The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation (NZBCF) in taking ACTION against breast cancer and help prevent New Zealander's from developing and dying from this terrible disease. Join the hundreds of generous New Zealanders who fundraise in Breast Ca… Continue

Added by Abby Lynne on October 14, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

New Vegetarian Youth Group launched in Auckland - the first of its kind.

If you know someone aged 10 to 17 years who is a vegetarian (or wants to be), is worried about global issues and has a respect for animals, this new group is for them. An Auckland-based group is being launched for young people (aged 10 to 17) who are vegetarian or vegan, or who want to become meat-… Continue

Added by Abby Lynne on October 14, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Samoa Tsunami artwork commission

Givealittle have done an amazing job on fundrasing for the Samoa Tsunami Relief Fund and have just rolled over the $90k mark - wow! If you havent already signed up to these guys group then please head over to their Givealittl… Continue

Added by Abby Lynne on October 7, 2009 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

'Beds are Burning' brings celebrities together in support of TckTckTck and climate justice

News: www.tcktcktck.org Today we are excited to launch our global campaign song, a re-mix of the mega-hit "Beds are Burning", recorded by over 60 artists and celebrities, and re-written by Midnight Oil themselves to reflect the greatest humanitarian crisis facing humankind today - climate change. Watch the song here or on YouTube, and be among the first on the planet to see it. Or, you can download it for free here, or at the Apple iTunes store (not available in all r… Continue

Added by Abby Lynne on October 2, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Cadbury's switch to Fairtrade will make a difference to poor farmers

Cadbury’s decision to use Fairtrade cocoa in its popular dairy milk chocolate bars is a compelling example of the difference consumers have made to the plight of poor farmers in the developing world. Chocolate lovers in the UK are already enjoying the guilt-free taste of Cadbury’s Fa… Continue

Added by Abby Lynne on September 30, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

NZ Red Cross Samoa Tsunami Relief with Givealittle.co.nz

Givealittle.co.nz have started an online donation cause with the New Zealand red Cross to help with the Samoa Tsunami Relief. Following a massive 8.3 magnitude earthquake near Samoa a tsunami has hit areas of Samoa and is predicted to hit other South Pacific nations including New Zealand. Red Cross will… Continue

Added by Abby Lynne on September 30, 2009 at 12:31pm — No Comments

Summer Volunteering Abroad with Conservation Volunteers

There is no cost for a single day, although if you are looking for an ultimate getaway experience, join us overnight, starting from just $208 for a 4-Night Mini Break. We will include meals, accommodation and project related travel. A Sample of Projects Available: Melbourne – Act on Your New Years Resolutio… Continue

Added by Abby Lynne on September 25, 2009 at 12:18pm — No Comments

Keep our heritage in Schedule 4!

Our National parks, Wildlife sanctuaries, Marine reserves, Protected islands, and the Coromandel’s beautiful land and waters belong to us, to our children and to our grandchildren. Yet the John Key-led government has called for the most precious and significant land in New Zealand’s public con… Continue

Added by Abby Lynne on September 22, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Save the Children gets one million children into school

Rewrite the Future: Three years on Save the Children’s Rewrite the Future campaign celebrates its third anniversary with the success of giving one million children a better education and a better chance of finding a way out of war and poverty. That’s equivalent to opening two schools a day… Continue

Added by Abby Lynne on September 16, 2009 at 7:26pm — No Comments

Keep New Zealand Beautiful - No Butts about it!

Keep New Zealand Beautiful (KNZB) has put together this toolkit to enable local councils and chambers of commerce to implement a simple and effective solution to address the issue of cigarette butt litter. As a result of changes to the Smokefree Environment Act in 2004, which banned smoki… Continue

Added by Abby Lynne on September 15, 2009 at 3:04pm — No Comments

Celebrating Conservation Week 13 - 20 September

Conservation Week is about celebrating and experiencing New Zealand’s unique wildlife, natural areas and historic places. Conservation Week 2009 is from 13-20 September and DOC and TVNZ 6 are encouraging New Zealanders to Get Involved! TVNZ 6 is DOC’s partner for Conservation Week because… Continue

Added by Abby Lynne on September 15, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Carrying the torch for peace

A global peace movement is set to take its first steps in Waitakere. Mayor Bob Harvey will host the flame lighting ceremony for the World March for Peace and Non-violence on September 17. It will take place in front of a full assembly at Glen Eden Intermediate School and will involve World March representat… Continue

Added by Good Magazine on September 14, 2009 at 11:39am — No Comments

World Suicide Prevention Day

Skylight, an innovative support organisation helping young people and their families/whānau deal with change, loss, trauma and grief, is supporting World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10 2009). Deaths by suicide in New Zealand outnumber the road toll, and internationally over a million deaths a year occur by suicide. Latest statistics indicate around 9 suicides each week… Continue

Added by Good Magazine on September 9, 2009 at 4:48pm — No Comments

New goods with New Internationalist

New Internationalist in New Zealand has just launched the goods season for 2009/10. In addition to our hugely popular One World calendars and planners, we have a range of new books and t-shirts. One Magic Square is a fantastic how-to gardening guide, starting with one square metre. The new lemmings t-shirt qu… Continue

Added by Abby Lynne on September 9, 2009 at 2:26pm — No Comments

Get your friends together and host a tea party to raise funds for children of the world

Save the children are encouraging New Zealanders to get together, host tea parties and fundraise to help build better futures for children and their communities around the world. "Our goal is for 10,000 cups of tea to be poured during the Tea Party campaign. Raising money from every cup of tea poured means mo… Continue

Added by Abby Lynne on September 8, 2009 at 3:38pm — No Comments

Help raise funds for Enviroschools and get a year of Good

' /> Subscribe to Good magazine and we will doante $9 to Enviroschools and you will get 6 issue of Good packed with info that will help you live more sustainably