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Sustainable Living Information

Sustainable Living Education Trust gathers and provides useful information for action - the practical stuff in NZ that you need to know to 'do ya bit' (as they say in Auckland, at our friends EcoMatters Trust) or to 'make a difference'. We start with easy no-cost actions, then small investments that pay for themselves, such as energy efficiency, and on then to the bigger challenges that you will have opportunity to tackle less often, such as when moving home, changing a vehicle or domestic appliances, raising babies, renovating a house and making long-haul travel decisions. We aim to help you move into lower-carbon living, and still have fun.

What's your footprint?

We can help you to understand and record your carbon footprint, in partnership with CarbonZero, and to measure other aspects of your environmental footprint whilst keeping your wellbeing in mind.

Specific question?

If you know exactly what you are seeking on an aspect of sustainability, try a keyword or phrase in our site search engine (top right of this page) or go direct to the issues or actions pages to get free information grouped by topic as pdf files. If that does not provide ready answers, you are welcome to write by email- use the comment section of our registration page.

Just browsing the big sustainability issues?

If you prefer to explore a range of sustainability background issues, try our household Quiz which then connects you with more detail in the relevant pdfs if you wish.

There is scope for action at home?

If you'd like a look around our house to see what actions can be taken in different parts, you're welcome to explore and will find you can get access to our informative pdfs by that route too.

Speak to me!

There's information from our team in film available on the web at YouTube and TVNZ sites. A sample: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/video_popup_flash_skin/2629134 and see also our media page.