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Scoop
22-05-2025
- Business
- Scoop
Air New Zealand Funds Carbon Sinks In Every Corner Of Tairāwhiti Through School And Community Gardens
Press Release – Good Carbon Farm This project is in line with the Mori community spirit of maara kai (growing food) and tino rangatiratanga (self determination). By repurposing problematic slash on our doorstep into something good, we can help educate our tamariki, and enhance … The Good Carbon Farm is teaming up with Tolaga Bay Heritage Charitable Trust to deliver its first project in Tairāwhiti Gisborne, as featured last night on Seven Sharp. Supported by Air New Zealand's Every Corner Project fund, the project will produce and distribute biochar made from forestry slash displaced during Cyclone Gabrielle. 'We're delighted to bring The Good Carbon Farm to Tairāwhiti', says The Good Carbon Farm Co-founder, Joany Grima. 'Our climate action model is simple and circular: taking organic matter that would otherwise go to waste, upcycling it into biochar, and putting it back into the ground, for good, in a school or community garden. The Trust is the perfect partner for this project,' Grima says. Devastated by the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle on their community, the Tolaga Bay Heritage Charitable Trust initiated the Slash for Cash project, repurposing forestry debris into biochar to be used to regenerate productive farmland. 'This project will be the first big order for the Slash for Cash team; allowing us to start giving back to the soil,' says Slash for Cash Coordinator, Thabiso Mashaba. 'Since establishing Slash for Cash, the team has been specially trained to heal the land, an empowering and mana enhancing process for those involved,' Mashaba says. Biochar produced by the team in the second half of the year will be shared among Tairāwhiti schools and community groups to dig into their food growing gardens. Forestry slash is rich in carbon, so when it decomposes, carbon is re-released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and methane. Converting slash into biochar is a circular system, capturing up to half the carbon that would otherwise have been emitted, while also creating an organic soil enhancing product. 'We think of what we're doing as the opposite of mining – returning resources to the earth, rather than extracting them. The addition of biochar to gardens creates a safe, long term carbon sink, and triggers a reaction that makes soil more resilient,' Grima says. 'This project is in line with the Māori community spirit of maara kai (growing food) and tino rangatiratanga (self determination). By repurposing problematic slash on our doorstep into something good, we can help educate our tamariki, and enhance the livelihoods of whanau, too, ' Thabiso says. Upper Hutt City Council, Simplicity Foundation, Mazda Foundation, and Soilpro are previous financial supporters of The Good Carbon Farm, a New Zealand registered charity. 'We invite other organisations and companies to support our work as part of their sustainability strategy. In time, our carbon sinks will reach every corner of New Zealand,' says Grima.
Scoop
22-05-2025
- Business
- Scoop
Air New Zealand Funds Carbon Sinks In Every Corner Of Tairāwhiti Through School And Community Gardens
Press Release – Good Carbon Farm This project is in line with the Mori community spirit of maara kai (growing food) and tino rangatiratanga (self determination). By repurposing problematic slash on our doorstep into something good, we can help educate our tamariki, and enhance … The Good Carbon Farm is teaming up with Tolaga Bay Heritage Charitable Trust to deliver its first project in Tairāwhiti Gisborne, as featured last night on Seven Sharp. Supported by Air New Zealand's Every Corner Project fund, the project will produce and distribute biochar made from forestry slash displaced during Cyclone Gabrielle. 'We're delighted to bring The Good Carbon Farm to Tairāwhiti', says The Good Carbon Farm Co-founder, Joany Grima. 'Our climate action model is simple and circular: taking organic matter that would otherwise go to waste, upcycling it into biochar, and putting it back into the ground, for good, in a school or community garden. The Trust is the perfect partner for this project,' Grima says. Devastated by the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle on their community, the Tolaga Bay Heritage Charitable Trust initiated the Slash for Cash project, repurposing forestry debris into biochar to be used to regenerate productive farmland. 'This project will be the first big order for the Slash for Cash team; allowing us to start giving back to the soil,' says Slash for Cash Coordinator, Thabiso Mashaba. 'Since establishing Slash for Cash, the team has been specially trained to heal the land, an empowering and mana enhancing process for those involved,' Mashaba says. Biochar produced by the team in the second half of the year will be shared among Tairāwhiti schools and community groups to dig into their food growing gardens. Forestry slash is rich in carbon, so when it decomposes, carbon is re-released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and methane. Converting slash into biochar is a circular system, capturing up to half the carbon that would otherwise have been emitted, while also creating an organic soil enhancing product. 'We think of what we're doing as the opposite of mining – returning resources to the earth, rather than extracting them. The addition of biochar to gardens creates a safe, long term carbon sink, and triggers a reaction that makes soil more resilient,' Grima says. 'This project is in line with the Māori community spirit of maara kai (growing food) and tino rangatiratanga (self determination). By repurposing problematic slash on our doorstep into something good, we can help educate our tamariki, and enhance the livelihoods of whanau, too, ' Thabiso says. Upper Hutt City Council, Simplicity Foundation, Mazda Foundation, and Soilpro are previous financial supporters of The Good Carbon Farm, a New Zealand registered charity. 'We invite other organisations and companies to support our work as part of their sustainability strategy. In time, our carbon sinks will reach every corner of New Zealand,' says Grima.
Scoop
22-05-2025
- Business
- Scoop
Air New Zealand Funds Carbon Sinks In Every Corner Of Tairāwhiti Through School And Community Gardens
The Good Carbon Farm is teaming up with Tolaga Bay Heritage Charitable Trust to deliver its first project in Tairāwhiti Gisborne, as featured last night on Seven Sharp. Supported by Air New Zealand's Every Corner Project fund, the project will produce and distribute biochar made from forestry slash displaced during Cyclone Gabrielle. 'We're delighted to bring The Good Carbon Farm to Tairāwhiti', says The Good Carbon Farm Co-founder, Joany Grima. 'Our climate action model is simple and circular: taking organic matter that would otherwise go to waste, upcycling it into biochar, and putting it back into the ground, for good, in a school or community garden. The Trust is the perfect partner for this project,' Grima says. Devastated by the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle on their community, the Tolaga Bay Heritage Charitable Trust initiated the Slash for Cash project, repurposing forestry debris into biochar to be used to regenerate productive farmland. 'This project will be the first big order for the Slash for Cash team; allowing us to start giving back to the soil,' says Slash for Cash Coordinator, Thabiso Mashaba. 'Since establishing Slash for Cash, the team has been specially trained to heal the land, an empowering and mana enhancing process for those involved,' Mashaba says. Biochar produced by the team in the second half of the year will be shared among Tairāwhiti schools and community groups to dig into their food growing gardens. Forestry slash is rich in carbon, so when it decomposes, carbon is re-released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and methane. Converting slash into biochar is a circular system, capturing up to half the carbon that would otherwise have been emitted, while also creating an organic soil enhancing product. 'We think of what we're doing as the opposite of mining - returning resources to the earth, rather than extracting them. The addition of biochar to gardens creates a safe, long term carbon sink, and triggers a reaction that makes soil more resilient,' Grima says. 'This project is in line with the Māori community spirit of maara kai (growing food) and tino rangatiratanga (self determination). By repurposing problematic slash on our doorstep into something good, we can help educate our tamariki, and enhance the livelihoods of whanau, too, ' Thabiso says. Upper Hutt City Council, Simplicity Foundation, Mazda Foundation, and Soilpro are previous financial supporters of The Good Carbon Farm, a New Zealand registered charity. 'We invite other organisations and companies to support our work as part of their sustainability strategy. In time, our carbon sinks will reach every corner of New Zealand,' says Grima.
CairoScene
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
Select 331: Mixed by Rubbishhh
Hailing from Beirut, Rubbish delivers an experimental set, spanning heavy club to grime and street music. May 15, 2025 Taking charge this week on our Select series is Rabih Baher, aka Rubbishhh, one of the up-and-coming influential artists in Beirut's underground scene. He's known for blending experimental sounds from different musical styles, ranging from heavy club to grime and street music. Rubbishhh delivers an exploratory, boundary-pushing set that deconstructs conventional themes and dabbles in industrial noise textures, a bold experimental musical expression of resilience in the face of adversity across the Middle East region. The set was recorded at Frequent Defect's space, which is a multi-faceted music platform, mining the experimental fringes of art and club experience in Beirut. The set features hard drum patterns and razor-sharp transitions, with a thoughtfully curated selection of tunes, such as Burna's 'Speedy Skank', Sepbtt's 'Grima', Rizan Said's 'Yumma', and Neida's 'Dirty'. Listen to the full set below:
BBC News
28-02-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
South East illegal workers told 'you will be arrested'
"If anyone is thinking of entering the UK illegally to work, don't do it," says Tano Grima from the Home Office's South East immigration and enforcement team. "Immigration officers will come for you and you will be arrested," he told BBC South East. Joining immigration staff on a series of operations the BBC was told they have even found young teenagers suspected of working illegally. Mr Grima, South East Immigration Compliance Enforcement team lead said: "If you're employing people without the permission to work, you will be fined." He said: "Quite recently my officers encountered a 17-year-old listed as missing by social services."Illegal working is a driver for illegal migration. It's a pull factor." Between July, when Labour came into power, and 31 January, 3,930 arrests were made during more than 5,424 visits around the UK by immigration enforcement officers, the Home Office said.A total of 1,090 civil penalty notices were also issued, with employers facing potential fines of up to £60,000 per worker if found government says those arrested for illegal working made the journey to the UK through a mix of routes, including by crossing the Channel, and by overstaying legitimately-granted Office minister, Dame Angela Eagle, said: "Under our Plan for Change, we're ramping up enforcement activity to record levels to send a clear message that there is no hiding place from the law."But Reform UK leader Nigel Farage recently described the figures released by the government as feeble, compared with the numbers that had entered the country. Home Office enforcement teams say their visits to work places are intelligence led, following information from a number of sources, partners and the recent operations in the South East, three Romanians were arrested at a factory in east Kent on suspicion of working in breach of their entry conditions and north Kent, five Indian nationals were arrested at a takeaway shop on suspicion of overstaying their visa. Three men - two Indian and one Afghan national - were detained at a restaurant in West Sussex on suspicion of overstaying and working in breach of bail in East Sussex a man and a woman from India were arrested at a takeaway on suspicion of immigration offences. 'Trending upwards' Across the UK, enforcement teams raided 828 premises including nail bars, car washes, and restaurants and made 609 arrests in January 2024 - a 73% increase on January Walsh, head of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, said: "Visits to businesses and arrests in January are up , but that's only one month, so we should be cautious about inferring too much from a single month."He said more than 1,000 civil penalty notices were issued to employers over the first seven months of the Labour government. "That is more than in recent years, although they were already trending upwards from historic lows after the pandemic."They're still below levels seen a decade ago," Mr Walsh said. "Raids can only ever target a small share of the total businesses employing unauthorised workers." Justine Carter, the executive director of Unseen, the anti-slavery charity running Modern Slavery Helpline, said: "I think it is about sending a tough message."But, when you think about the thousands of pounds that are used for these types of raids, the very few people who are identified as a result is a real concern."She says it is crucial that enforcement teams also identify potential slavery victims."For victims forced or coerced into either travelling or working against their will, or against their visa requirements, it's really important that we can recognise those people, and that they can come forward and seek the help and support they need and deserve."Ms Carter said: "It's critical we send a tough message to employers. It's about illegal practices within legitimate supply chains."
