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Here we’ve made past issues of our editorials available as small PDF documents (< 100K). If you don’t already have PDF viewing software, you can download Adobe’s free Acrobat Reader.
- 28 Sep 2002: When is Sustainable Development not Sustainable? (PDF)
The World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) concluded August 2002. There have been many words written and much hype in the world media about the Summit, but has the WSSD brought us any closer to sustainable development?
- 14 Jul 2001: Sustainable Development or Global Sellout? (PDF)
A reprint of an editorial from a recent issue of the Corporate Europe Observer. With the tenth anniversary meeting of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio De Janeiro due to take place in September next year in Johannesburg this editorial is a very critical, and very necessary look at exactly what has been achieved in the last 10 years.
- 22 Jul 2000: The Biosolids File (PDF)
This editorial raises questions about the allowable levels of contaminants such as mercury, cadmium, and dieldrin in the compost produced by the Living Earth Joint Venture sewage sludge composting plant in Wellington. It also looks at the wider issues of the production of compost from sewage sludge and the merits of dumping of sewage sludge on land.
- 12 Apr 2000: "Driving into a Transmission Gully" or "Te Aro Bypasses the Last 25 Years of Traffic Research" (PDF)
According to World Watch magazine, the car population is increasing five times more rapidly than the human population. In this editorial Tom Robinson writes about the Te Aro Bypass, Transmission Gully, and his reading on "induced traffic".
- 24 Nov 1999: Who is the WTO? (PDF)
1,200 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have formed a coalition calling for a halt to the World Trade Organisation’s drive to cut trade tariffs and open up markets. 50,000 protesters rallied in Seattle to shut down the opening conference. This editorial investigates this scary organisation.
- 18 Oct 1999: Showering in Liquid Sunshine (PDF)
Tom Robinson recently installed a Black Chrome XII (BCXII) 302, solar heated hot water system and writes about his experience.
- 09 Sep 1999: Bovine Complacency Threatens Our Blood Supplies (PDF)
Is the absence of evidence of risk evidence of absence of risk? This editorial talks about the possibility of CJD transmission by blood transfusion.
- 05 May 1999: It's Hard To Stomach (PDF)
In this editorial we are featuring a short extract from the book Deadly Feasts—Science and the Hunt for Answers in the CJD Crisis by Richard Rhodes. The extract poses questions of urgent relevance to New Zealand.
- 28 Feb 1999: Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Into The Kitchen (PDF)
Looking at some of the wider implications of technologies such as Genetic Engineering. We have reproduced, in full, the texts of two recent speeches, one by English Labour MP Alan Simpson, the other by New Zealander Dr Robert Mann. The speeches cover separate but related aspects of the problem of Genetic Engineering and of new technologies in general.