‘Opening the lid’ on toilet innovation: Q&A with author Chelsea Wald
A new book, “Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet,” published on April 6, looks at the environmental and public health case for developing better solutions to deal with human waste.
Science writer Chelsea Wald examines the impacts of human sanitation on our climate, ecosystems and each other around the world, from rural communities to cities swelling with human populations.
In this “quest,” Wald finds solvable problems, if society as a whole can come together to find solutions tailored to specific contexts.
Toilets: They’re not any easy subject to discuss. Even though eliminating waste from our bodies is an essential function we all must do, talking about how we deal with that waste as a society, along with the intertwined issues of public health and environmental impacts, doesn’t make for easy conversation.
The best adults-only retreats in New Zealand
24 Feb, 2021 03:00 AM
11 minutes to read
Sick of being continually asked what s for dinner? Need some space away from changing nappies? Or just desperate for adult conversation in a grown-up establishment? Leave your kids - and anyone else s - behind, while escaping to these child-free sanctuaries and adults-only dining options to refresh the mind, where the only person to look after is yourself.
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Northland
Donkey Bay Inn near Russell is an adults-only boutique luxury lodge with buckets of personality. It s full of artistic flair, fun, colour, and sumptuous views.
There are four suites on site. Each room is unique, from the poster beds to the bathtub.
GO NZ: The best luxury and new hotels for a city break
29 Jan, 2021 04:18 PM
7 minutes to read
NZ Herald
Ewan McDonald
Let me be surrounded by luxury - I can do without the necessities, declared Oscar Wilde. He was never one to pass up an opportunity for self-indulgence and Kiwis, too, can catch a lucky weekend – or longer - break in 2021.
There are quite a few more rooms at our high-end inns, lodges and boutique hotels at the moment and managements have, as they say, adjusted their expectations to match domestic rather than international credit cards.
For those times when you feel you – or someone close to you – deserves a real treat, here s a guide to some of our cities most luxurious accommodation and a host of establishments that have recently opened their doors.