CANTA Magazine

“We are as real as what we fake” Peaches, ‘Dark Horse’
Forget green, I’ve discovered the joy of brown – compost that is. I’m addicted to the ‘dark’ stuff, and A Glorious Gallery of Rot: Compost as Art would suggest I’m not the only one (lighterfootstep.com/2009/08/a-glorious-gallery-of-rot-compost-as-art/). Having clicked the link from the Green Party mail out, [...]

Being an eco clothes shopper is something I don’t usually give much thought. I’ve never gone deeply into whether organic fair trade cotton is better for the planet than recycled plastic fleece, or pondered whether something that’s Aotearoa proud is cooler than ‘designer’ logo sweatshop (it is). It’s not that I’ve deliberately neglected this part [...]

Whereas my long term infatuation with chocolate has never left the honeymoon phase, I can’t say the same about my feelings towards this week’s topic, technology, with which I have more of a love/hate – dare I say it, co-dependent – relationship. I’m grateful for the wonderful gifts bestowed by my laptop, MP3, cellphone, and [...]

For some time now I’ve had a badly kept secret of the darkest and guiltiest variety – slave trade chocolate. Switching to Fairtrade coffee was easy because most of the locally owned roasters source beans from New Zealand charitable organisation Trade Aid. Chocolate however, is something I eat a lot of, so switching to Fairtrade [...]

“He spreads out the northern skies, over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.” Job 26:14
I like starting work with someone else’s words – it provides inspiration and cohesiveness, and sometimes you feel as if the hand of the person who wrote it is guiding you.
I’m not sure whether GOD is in the house [...]

Christchurch’s favourite indie-techno act

Embrace the new University of Canterbury recycling scheme, and clean out your life and your mind

“So how are we going to get the tent to stay up?”

Making waves with Module

The flats, they have been eco-ed