Teina Boasa-Dean (Ngāi Tūhoe) has an idea to increase the self-sufficiency of her kāinga (village). In this short video she describes her community, their aspirations and the help they are seeking.
Watch the video here.
Let’s power up the battery waste hierarchy
Transitioning away from fossil fuels to energy systems which use batteries can’t just be about reducing emissions during use but must take a holistic approach. This means reducing a battery’s environmental impact from the extraction of the materials which make it up, through to how it’s dealt with at the end of life.
To find the most sustainable solutions we must turn to the waste hierarchy.
