Rather than blaming carbon, Paul Hawken argues we should recognise its role in animating life. This way, we can heal the planet

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Teo Tarras/Shutterstock Paul Hawkens Carbon is about a decade in the making. Perhaps the books long gestation is why it feels so familiar, Other recent carbon-centred works include ecologist Dag Olev Hessens The Many Lives...

Providing safe smoking kits could reduce harm from meth use – but NZ law won’t allow it

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Getty Images Methamphetamine was recently ranked New Zealands second-most harmful drug behind alcohol, and is the countrys most injected drug. Injecting drugs is associated with additional risks such as vein and soft...

As Australia’s carbon offset industry grapples with integrity concerns, how can companies genuinely tackle climate change?

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Deemerwha studio/Shutterstock Australias largest carbon market player, GreenCollar, has quit the federal governments voluntary carbon neutral program, Climate Active. More than 100 companies have left the program in the...

Boys are more resilient than girls to school setbacks. Here’s how you can help

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Monkey Business Images/ Shutterstock As educational psychology researchers, we are very interested in how students deal with setbacks and challenges in their schooling. Research has found resilient students tend to have...

What makes somebody a narcissist? Mounting evidence suggests links to insecure attachment styles

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DSerov/Shutterstock Narcissism has become the armchair diagnosis of the decade. Social media is awash with people flinging the label around. Everyones ex seems to be a narcissist, some of our parents are under suspicion,...

Heart attack or panic attack? Why young men are calling ambulances for unmanaged anxiety

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PeopleImages.com - Yuri A/Shutterstock Anxiety affects one in five Australian men at some point in their lives. But the condition remains highly stigmatised, misunderstood and under-diagnosed. Men are around half as likely...

Financial literacy is about more than personal responsibility – wealth and inequality should be part of the new curriculum

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seb_ra/Getty Images Financial literacy will become a core element of the New Zealand social sciences curriculum for Year 1-10 students from 2027. But what is being proposed presents a limited picture of the factors...