World Environment Day

On 5 June 2010 it is World Environment Day. This is a day to try to make as much difference in the world as possible, but does it work? How old is it? and Who created it? This explanation will tell you.

World Environment day has had a theme for the 37 years it has been running. Here are a few:

In 2005 it was “Green Cities.”
In 2006 it was “Deserts and Desertification.”
In 2007 it was “Melting Ice - A Hot Topic?”
In 2008 it was Hosted by New Zealand and the theme was “ CO2, Kick the Habit!”
In 2009 it was “Your Planet Needs You - Unite To Combat Climate Change.”
And finally in 2010 it is “Many Species. One Planet. One Future”.

17,000 species are endangered at the moment but because of World Environment Day this number has decreased. So it means that W.E.D (World Environment Day) is working very well. It was established in 1972 by the United Nations General Assembly.

W.E.D has helped the world in many many ways. It has been going for 37 years it most definitely works. it was created by The United Nations General Assembly. W.E.D is a brilliant idea.

Rainwater Tanks

Have you ever wondered why some people run out of water when the weather is dry? What about those big tanks taking up so much room in their gardens? This explanation will tell you all about rainwater tanks.

A rainwater tank is when people collect rainwater into a tank for their drinking water and their showers. Sometimes if there has been a drought then that means that quite often these people have no water and have to order a new tank full of water. This is a sustainable way of keeping water and not having to go through the whole process of recycled water that have been used by other people.

These massive tanks are usually made of concrete and are usually blue or grey. They take up a lot of room which is one of the cons of being sustainable. Although they take up lots of room in your garden you can still decorate them to match the features in your garden so it looks really nice and it can help other plants to grow. Sometimes people have different ones and are sometimes hidden under shelters so that it doesn't take up too much room.

I think that you should get a rainwater tank and be just that little bit more sustainable.

Bottom Trawling

All of you with the dream of sharing the ocean with your children & grandchildren are in for some bad news, bottom trawling is ruining the seas and we want you to know why so you can make a difference. All you need to do is read this explanation.

Lots of evidence over the last decade has become clear that a severe impact has effected the world with bottom trawling,this includes China, the North Atlantic region, the Wadden Sea, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the East and Western Pacific and the South Atlantic.

The massive 95% of damage to our sea life and waters are caused by bottom trawling, also bottom trawling damages the sea bed and dominates everything in its path killing it. Bottom trawling is effecting our world and ruining it fast so we need to make a difference. It is wasting our natural and renewable products so fast that they can not renew and is causing extinction to some species also a whole 97% of some species have been wiped out fully.

This cause is very unsustainable. Come on and make a difference in this world, be sustainable and protest against bottom trawling.

European Honey Bees

European Honey Bees are made out of three different types of bees. There is:
The Queen Bee, Worker Bees and Drones. This is called a colony. Honey Bees live outside or in beekeepers hives. Honey bees come out in the summer all around the world.

The Queen Bee is the biggest bee in the colony. She has a life span of 2 years and can lay up to 3000 eggs a day.
The Worker Bees are the smallest bees of the colony they are the ones that sting us if we harm them. A worker bee has a life span of 28-35 days. There are 50-70,000 worker bees in the colony. Their job is to go and collect pollen from flowers.
The Drones are the male bees and their sole purpose is to mate with the Queen bee. Drones have no stingers. If the hive runs out of food the Drones are usually the ones that get kicked out of the hive.

European honey bees make honey and store it for the winter. They have produced honey for 100,000,000 years. The hive cells are a hexagonal shape, which is where the honey sits. Honey is one of the only foods that does not expire. Honey bees can stroke 11,400 a minute.

In conclusion to this report a honey bee is a unique insect that produces sweet honey for us to eat.

Iwo Jima Memorial, Inspired by Pulitzer Prize Photographer Joe Rosental who died, August 21, 2006 | photo page - everystockphoto

Iwo Jima Memorial, Inspired by Pulitzer Prize Photographer Joe Rosental who died, August 21, 2006 | photo page - everystockphoto

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Vietnam War Diary Entry

Dear Diary

It has been a very eventful day. Many have died and been injured. North Vietnam is starting to take lead in the War. A tragic attack has forced upon our troop, Three men tragically died and 2 seriously injured, including sergeant Matthew Smith. I am sitting here freezing cold and muddy hoping that someday i can go back to San Francisco to see my parents and my wonderful Laura. I miss them a lot and I’m really home sick. I think many of the Men here are exhausted, homesick and just need a little TLC. Maybe someday i shall go back, earn a living and start a family, Someday i shall but at the moment i have to go first for my country.

Mickey Jones

(From pop culture presentation.)

Land Pollution

Land pollution. What is it? Who is causing it? I will explain this to you in hopefully a not-to-complicated way.

There is a rubbish dump in the middle of the pacific ocean that is the same size as Australia, maybe even larger. Australia now wants to use their desert as a toxic dump which fumes will come to our beloved New Zealand and pollute it. Rubbish dumps are actually pretty pointless because they just pollute more and more countries whereas if they destroy the rubbish then it will pollute less of the planet and maybe we can keep the ozone layer.

Ways you can stop polluting: reuse your shopping bags, reuse things that have been used but don't throw it away. Some things you can reuse are: Reuse your blankets and towels, seeds and plant them, old plastic bags, paper bags as book covers, put coffee grinds into soil, donate stationary to schools (used), donate old items to charity.

I hope you reuse and recycle and don't pollute.

Harming our oceans

Harming our oceans
It’s a nice sunny day and your family decides to go to the beach and have a picnic and a few games of cricket. You’re getting tired and go and get some food and most of this food will be wrapped with glad wrap, plastic and bags, you enjoyed your food but what happens to the rubbish after. Do you walk the few steps to the bin, put it back into your bag to throw away later or do you just litter! Littering is becoming a huge issue that’s affecting our ocean and the animals beneath. Most people don’t take the time and walk the few steps to throw away their rubbish instead they just leave it on the beach. Their probably thinking it won’t matter if I don’t throw my rubbish away everyone else will, well no if everyone thought like that our earth would like a dump. Once you leave the rubbish the rubbish will eventually wash into the oceans and make our oceans not suitable to swim in and that’s not all.

The rubbish will sink into the oceans ground and many different and unique animals will come upon it. They might think its food and eat it or they might get trapped in these plastic bags. Whales, dolphins, seals, turtles and many more creatures are getting harmed because of our doing. Not just big animals but little ones such as different sorts of fish. There’s also another issue with oil spills everywhere. Oil spills are poisoning many animals and is a potential health hazard for us and so we can’t swim in the beaches. If you care about these animals start helping and doing your bit.

How Bottom Trawling Works

Bottom Trawling is how people use to catch fish at the very bottom of the ocean such as the Orange Roughy. I shall tell you, as long as you read on, how it works.

Firstly, the Bottom Trawling Ship is put to where people think there will be fish (obviously where no other bottom trawling ship has been before) and lower the net which has an area of 1600m^2. The net has sticks which weigh tonnes at the bottom of it to weigh the net down therefore it can be catching the fish at the bottom of the sea.

Then, the net is dragged forward, catching everything in its path including coral, dolfins and sharks. This is unfair because the fish has no chance to escape unless it swims faster than the boat which is an impossible thing.

The net is then brought up with speed, about 400km/h which around twice the speed of a race car. This pretty much kills the fish and it is dead or dying before it reaches the top.

The people on board then throw away the coral and anything that is useless.

Bottom Trawling leaves absolutely nothing except for rocks where the ship has been. The trail can even be seen from space which means it is quite serious.

Bottom Trawling should be ceased at once and shouldn't be started again.

Why New Zealand is not a green country.

Have you ever noticed that as the years pass by NZ is becoming less green, as we are taking for granted the resources our planet offers us.

Although our country has a lot of large national parks and wildlife reserves, we aren’t treating our planet the way we should be.



Did you know that in some species of fish there are only 3% of that species left in our oceans? This is because some selfish people over-fishing our oceans to get money. If we don’t do something about it now, and carry on the way we are, in ten or so years time we will be jelly-fish as a fish meal.

So come on New Zealand do you want to make a change for the future generations, or leave them without what we have and can enjoy.

How People are affecting New Zealand’s wildlife

Around New Zealand their are people who are helping the wildlife and there are people who are doing the complete opposite.

Some people are interested and are helping the wildlife by not littering, teaching people to learn about the wildlife, making a difference by freeing animals and keeping there wildlife healthy and able for the to live in.

Some other people are not helping at all. By littering, disrupting forests, the sea e.t.c. Some people don’t even realise they are harming the environment. And then some people are but they don’t care. They need to realise what they are doing.

They re harming the environment so animals don’t have a place to live or a safe habitat. The animals cant find food and die of hunger. Sometimes our native animals that are very important to our country suffer as well.

If you want to make a difference people should go round and join a group who can go and collect litter of beaches, or go through the forest and check that things are safe. People need to make a difference as someday it could be them.

International Institute for Environment and Development

What is the International Institute for Environment and Development? This explanation will tell you about this very interesting institute.

IIED was founded in 1971 by an economist named Barbara Ward. They work on a range of environmental projects and development topics. They get funds from key donor organisations. Some of the things that they research are: Climate change, Governance, Human Settlement, Natural Resources and Sustainable Markets.

What have they have been doing on these topics: Climate change: Inspired lots of countries to start environmental projects, the climate change project, MA programme in Drylands policy and climate change adaption. Governance: a piece on local organisations and report backs novel approach to improving forest governance. Human Settlement: Innovative design could transform urban planning in developing countries and New ‘population and dynamics’ book. Natural resources: Forestry, biomass and sustainability 2010 conference, Conservation initiative on human rights and Ghana’s hidden forestry revealed in first study of it’s kind.

This is all this Institute researches and it has daily updates so if you would like to find out more then search it on google.

bottom trawling

Do you really know where the fish you eat comes from? Most of them come from bottom trawling and the worst part is they don't care that they are killing the earths water and many fish.

What is bottom trawling? Bottom trawling is when a big ship with a huge net at the back of the ship about the size of two football fields go out and catch every fish in it's way. They have weights on the side to weigh it down so it can get every type of fish even the ones on the very bottom. They also have rollers on the bottom so it can roll along the oceans floor.

How is this harming the waters and sea animals? These ships catch everything it it's path from little krill to big whales. Often most of these fish isn't needed and will be thrown back overboard, but most the fish will be dead by that time. They over fish and it's not okay. They also ruin the beauty underground such as the corals, reef, anemone and the sea bed. Sometimes big whales, dolphins and turtles get caught it the nets and most of them won't have a chance of living again.

It's okay when you go out fishing with your family, but only take what you need and don't over fish because if we do in the future our kids might not be able to have fish and swim in the beautiful waters. Be sensible when you're fishing and start thinking about the future of the environment.

The Sellotape Holder

Silently, motionlessly, the black object sits on the bench. It sits there, no complaints Suddenly the center falls out and rolls. It doesn’t stop and reaches the Sellotape refill. It was yearning to be untied with it.
Who am I to prevent this object to be with it’s rightful partner I thought.
So I ran to the sellotape, unwrapped it, ran to the table. Put the sellotape in the holder and then sat down. It seemed delighted to have company.
“Kieran!” My mum shrieked “I need the sellotape.”
OHNO I thought to myself. How can I separate them, when they just became friends
“Meh.” I said, “It’s just a sellotape holder.”
Then I ripped the sellotape put and ran it to my mum. She was happy, but the sellotape holder wasn’t. I heard a crash and ran upstairs.
“NO!” I cried when I saw the sellotape holder falling through the air. It hit the ground.
“ Wait, it’s a little crack.” I laughed, “ Sellotape will fix that!”

Pollution

What is pollution? There is air pollution and there is littering. But whatever the kind of pollution it is we need to stop as it is damaging our world and no one can promise what our world's environment will look like in a few years.

There are different sources to air pollution. There is the pollution cars make when they drive and the fumes from the cars engine goes into the air. It is understandable that some people need to use a car as a transport maybe because they are far away from their destination, but there are different types of public transport. You can take buses, trains, ferries. You can also bike, walk or carpole with someone.There is also all the fumes coming from big factories. They produce from all the big machinery they use.

Then theres the big problem. Littering! People litter and most people don't care because they think if i litter and other people don't it won't make any difference. Well it does. When people litter it is polluting our ground. They get either put into landfills which is decreasing the amount of land we have.They can also get washed into beaches and into the water and endangering and killing many differnt and unique sea creatures. How? When fishermen are finished with there nets they throw it into the ocean and they get caught on turtles necks and other animals. They also swallow plastic bags and other bits of rubbish which will harm them.

Pollution needs to stop because if we don't no one can predict what our world will look like in a few years time. We need to be more environmentally concious and more environmentally friendly and start thinkin about where we put our rubbish?

The kiwi

The kiwi is a native bird to New Zealand. It is nocturnal which means it hunts and wanders around at night and rests during the day.

The kiwi's natural habitat is is the forest amongst leaves and branches. It sleeps in a burrow underground with it's fellow kiwi friends. They make their own burrows, the kiwi's dig with their claws to make a burrow so it's safe from any danger.

They prey on worms and bugs from underground on the damp surface of the soil. They usually peck at the ground where they can sense there are bugs and worms to feast on from their sense of smell.

The kiwi's fur is brown, it's different shades of brown that blends in nicely together. It's got claws on the end of their feet which are yellow. They have very light sensitive eyes so you shouldn't shine a torch in it's eyes. The kiwi has a long yellow beak and it's nostrils are at the top of their beak and they have a good sense of smell. They also have wings, but they are flightless.

The kiwi is a very special bird to New zealand and we are named after them for a reason.

European Honey Bees

European honey bees are made up of a queen bee, drones and workers. Their family is called a colony and live in a hive and can be found outside and in beekeepers hives all around the world during the summer time.

The queen bee is the leader of the colony and is the largest bee of a lifespan of two years.It can lay up to 3000 eggs a day. The drones are male bees that mate with the queen bee to reproduce and they have no stinger and if they don't work or there's not enough honey they get kicked out of the colony. The worker bee are the smallest of the colony and their job is to go out and collect pollen from flowers. There are 50-70 000 worker bees in the colony and they have a lifespan of 28-35 days.

The honey bees have been producing honey for 100 000 years and they store it in the winter time. Honey is the only food that doesn't expire. A honey bee can stroke their wings 11400 times a minute. In conclusion the honey bee is a social and unique insect.

What is the Food, Conservation and Energy act of 2008?

Not many people have heard of this but I shall explain what it is to you in this explanation.

It was a $228,000,000,000 bill that was passed into law by the US congress on June 18, 2008. It was a continuation of the farm bill in 2002. There was also a Farm, Nutrition and Bio energy act of 2007 which was obviously the year before this. In late April 2008, congressional negotiators finally reached a deal to reconcile the House and Senate bills. The deal increased spending on food stamps and other food programs while mostly maintaining the current farm subsidies, despite record farm profits.

The Food, Conservation and Energy act helped to expand the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency program. It also encouraged the population of biomass crops and helped the commercialisation of Biofuel including cellulosic ethanol. The act in 2008 helped encourage and increase many things that year but also was a continuation of other acts or bills in previous years.

Of course this whole act cost millions or even billions of dollars. Although some countries were against this act that didn’t stop them.

How the Global Warming Process Works and the Causes of it

Global warming is the process of which the planet heats up. It may or may not be an issue is uncertain but is hypothesised to be one as it seems to be melting Antarctica, which is a gigantic ice shelf, making the sea level rise. I shall make you understand how Global Warming process works as long as you read the explanation.

It is a natural cycle of which the sun’s energy/light travels to Earth but bounces right off the surface of the planet, through the thin atmosphere and back into space where it belongs is what's supposed to happen. However there is another cycle which is unnatural and...

We humans produce a lot of carbon dioxide which thickens the atmosphere and traps the some of the energy inside it, heating the planet and as humans are creating more carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, it will make the atmosphere even thicker and will trap more heat. This is the main cause of global warming.

The greenhouse gases come from factories and power stations etc. that burn fossil fuels. The burnt fossil fuel then turns into carbon dioxide which thickens the atmosphere. One factory doesn’t matter very much but there are 10000 in total so that’ll make a difference.

That is how Global Warming happens to work.

What is Antimatter

God created the world in opposites. Day and night, light and dark, matter… and antimatter which means antimatter is the opposite of matter. It is what powers the sun and might be used to power spaceships (like in Star Trek) and a full city.

Antimatter is identical to normal matter except that their electric charges are opposite to the ones you find in matter. Antimatter can be used as a really powerful fuel: Ten milligrams of antimatter has as much energy as two hundred metric tons of conventional rocket fuel, which is enough to power Auckland for one whole day.

Antimatter is eco friendly and 100% efficient, a very sustainable product. It has no byproducts, radiation nor pollution. If the planet switched to using antimatter instead of burning fossil fuels, global warming might cease.

However, antimatter is highly unstable. If it comes in contact with any sort of matter, they both will just disappear, causing an explosion which is called annihilation. A full gram can probably bring the whole of Auckland down, about the same amount of damage done as the atomic bomb dropped in Hiroshima, so to keep antimatter, you need special traps that have magnetic fields in them, to keep it in the very centre of the trap, and it has to have vacuum in them or the antimatter is in contact with air (air is matter too). That is how it can be used as power.

When antimatter annihilates, it releases and gives off pure energy. The energy source is called photons which is really a flash of light which means that the matter and antimatter disappear in a flash of light. The motor can contain an annihilation tank which contains liquid antimatter and rubbish. A tiny droplet can be dropped onto the rubbish which causes annihilation and the energy can be used. A very eco friendly way to get rid of rubbish!

Therefore antimatter can be used as a really powerful weapon of destruction. Not only has it got the power of an atomic bomb, it also has nothing anyone can trace and track down.

Therefore now one question still remains. Will the greatest power source known to man save the world or will it be used as the most deadly weapon ever?

How Pink Batts heat your house

People will come to my house for the first time and say it’s so toasty and warm in here. What’s your secret? Well..

Pink Batts is it! Pink Batts is a company that installs pink batts which are thermal installation that keeps your house nice and warm for your kids to play in for the winter and nice and cool for the summer. 

Pink Batts works by trapping heaps of tiny pockets of air inside. This air is held still and not allowed to move creating an effective barrier to heat transfer. Pink Batts will help you reduce the amount of different heating your home needs which lowers your amount of money you use each month on heating your house. 

Pink Batts is also very sustainable and environmentally friendly as it is manufactured from 80% recycled glass and is reducing the impact on the landfills each year. If any of your family members have health problems such as asthma it’s no problem to get Pink Batts and it is not hazard to your health of your family. 

I suggest more families to get Pink Batts installed as it’s perfect for the winter and summer time conditions and it’s very sustainable.

Pink Batts

Pink Batts is popular around New Zealand and Australia. It is a company used to insulate families homes. It is affective and costumers mostly have good responses.

Pink Batts is a great way to keep your home environmentally friendly as it is made out of 70% recycled glass. Pink Batts use services such as under floor insulation, wall insulation, ceiling insulation and roof insulation. Pink Batts has friendly service and is an easy way to keep you and your family warm!

Installing pink batts is a great idea but there's one point that isn't so great. You still have to have heaters. Seeing as Pink Batts insulation does not produce heat but only traps it in, you still in need of heater.

I would recommend Pink Batts as it is a great, friendly and green way of keeping you warm!

How Pink Batts Heat Your House

Pink Batts are a pink, fluffy insulation system, used in New Zealand and Australia, of which you have underneath walls and in the ceiling etc. and keeps the heat in your house.

Pink Batts contain fabrics such as polyester which traps the heat in the fabric, allowing the heat to keep the house warm as a result, similar to how your clothes and blankets work. It is an eco friendly version of greenhouse gas which traps the sun’s heat in the atmosphere.

Pink Batts only trap heat but they don't produce any therefore you still need heaters etc. to heat your house but Pink Batts can make the heat last which means you can turn off the heater. It also means you are saving the environment by not using too many resources.

Pink Batts are really useful, especially in winter.

What is Biofuel?

People say that Biofuel is just a replacement of normal fuel or it’s just environmentally friendly. But is it actually? Is it a replacement for fuel but more eco- friendly?

Biofuel is actually a wide range of different fuels that are derived from biomass. Biofuel is solid biomass, liquid fuels and various biogases. What is biomass and liquid fuels? Biomass is biological material derived from living or previous living organisms. Some of these organisms are: wood, waste, (hydrogen) gas, and alcohol fuels. Biomass is usually plant matter that is grown to produce heat and energy. Biomass also includes biodegradable wastes which are not organic substances like fossil fuels which have been made into coal and petroleum.

What are liquid gases? Liquid gases are energy-generating molecules that can be combined to create mechanical energy. Most liquid gases derived from fossil fuels. Hydrogen fuel is also classified as liquid fuel which is the fumes from liquid gas but is flammable.

So basically biofuel is a range of various fuels that actually can replace normal fuels and I think that normal fuel is classified as biofuel.

What The Greenhouse Effect Is, What It Does and How It Is Created

The Greenhouse effect is a known cause of global warming but what is it, what can it cause and how exactly does it work?

The Greenhouse effect is a cause of global warming when sunlight enters the earths atmosphere but is not allowed to leave with all the gasses we let out of multiple gasses out of cars, power plants, factories and many more.

One of the layers of atmosphere around the earth is commonly known as the Ozone Layer and this is where the Greenhouse effect takes place. As the gasses rise, they are trapped inside the Ozone Layer, thickening the stratosphere.

This then also traps all the heat, some manage to leave the atmosphere and bounce back into space, but some dont, which then heats the earth twice as much.

That then melts ice by heating water around it. It also melts the ice by shining on it, like putting a block of ice under a warm lamp. Now imagine a cup with one block of ice in it, the ice melts but the water stays in the same place. Although if you put many blocks in the water then overflows dripping out of the cup. This is the same with the earth. Think that all this is caused by us polluting the air so heat is trapped.

If we do not soon change our ways, we will not have our earth as beautiful so be careful with how much you pollute and help contribute to the Greenhouse effect.

What is Global Warming? How does it work?

A lot of people don’t believe that global warming is a real issue but some believe it is and so here is an explanation on how it does work for those who believe it is true. Is global warming a natural cycle or did man create it?

Greenhouse gases do NOT affect global warming but people seem to think that greenhouse gases cause global when in fact they have nothing to do with it. Greenhouse gases are mainly: water vapour, carbon dioxide, atmospheric methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, chlorofluorocarbons. Greenhouse gases actually only play a small part in the role of global warming. It helps heat the planet because of the gases and eventually once the gases get warmer the ice will melt faster and the planet will heat up faster. Greenhouse gases also help because the heat can go into Earth and than when it wants to get back out it can’t because it only rebounds back and stays inside the planet.

What is global warming? Global warming is when the climate changes and the whole planet gets warmer but some parts of the planet are not as affected as others. The climate changes are happening due to two reasons which is internal and external. Global warming can be natural but also can be manmade.

Why New Zealand Is Not A Green Country

New Zealand are lucky as they are such a green country, or are they?
New Zealand comes across as a green, environment friendly, healthy and sustainable country but behind the scenes they are just the same as any other country, dirty, slimy and unsustainable, the exact opposite to what the environment needs.

New Zealand is turning to an unhealthy environment we are losing fossil fuels and producing more green house gases which again is unsustainable as well . Also which country made a whole in the ozone layer? New Zealand did! This is my point New Zealand are getting influenced by other countries and becoming more unsustainable. We need to change.

New Zealand is trying its hardest to become a green country but we are not because we do not recycle enough, we do not reuse and reduce enough, we don’t use enough public transport or car pooling and our biggest problem is that when we use paper we use alot of it! Our class did an experiment to see how much sheets of paper we use a year, it turned out we use about 600,000 sheets of paper a year per class! That is to much to use if our country wants to be a green and sustainable country.

So come on New Zealand be green and clean !

Why Is New Zealand A Green Country?

New Zealand is a green country and New Zealand can influece the world to become green counties too. New Zealand is a country that is proud of our scenery because it is a beautiful place and we want to keep it that way.

New Zealand has thought of many ways to keep us a green country. Some of these ways are-to recycle, re use and reduce, walk, take the bus or bike e.t.c to help us from pollution, to not use so much plastic and re-use it if you do, and to use less electricity by turning the lights off or having a shorter shower. They were only some of the ways that people, today make our country a green country.

The world is getting to point where people are taking things for granted and ruining their earth. Many things have happened to millions of people and is just going to get worse .Many things like-Water levels rising, Global warming and pollution. They are some of the main problems, today.

New Zealand is doing there bit to help the earth and will continue to help.

How Pink Batts Heat Your House.

Pink Batts have been around for a while now but what are they, how do you install them, how do they heat your house?

Pink Batts are warm, dry and quiet.

Heat travels from warm temperature zones to cold temperature zones, in the winter the heat from inside your home will escape outside becuase it is cooler outside in winter to make your house the same temperature as outside. Pink Batts pretty much produces a barrier to stop the heat from escaping outside. Pink Batts can be installed in your ceiling, walls and floors.


Pink Batts stop leaky buildings also and stop too much noise getting in and out of your home by making soundwaves bounce around.

Pink Batts have been given the big thumbs up by the Environmental Choice New Zealand. they are very environmentally friendly, Pink Batts use up to 80% of recycled glass.


You can find Pink Batts at Carters, Forman Building Systems, ITM, Mitre Ten, Place Makers.

I believe PInk Batts are a great idea and i advise you to look further into this idea.

How Pink Batts Heat Your House

Pink Batts are a source of insulation in New Zealand and Australian houses and are pink and fluffy, the question is, how do they work?

Heat will naturally want to escape to cooler air and a colder climate so the fluffy Pink Batts will keep the heat inside for longer because of the tiny pockets of air that are trapped and not able to move in the fluff, which then means the air pushes the warmer air back into your house.
Having a heat pump or fire place will also help the heat stay in with Pink Batts insulating your house and keeping it warm, meaning you dont have to use your electricity or wood for quite as long saving power, wood and money that are very valuable.
Pink Batts are very environmentally friendly and have been given the “Big Tick” by Environmental Choice New Zealand,who mark environmentally friendly products in New Zealand (also known as ecolabelling) as they are made of up to 80% recycled glass in the North Island plant and up to 55% in the South Island plant.
Pink Batts heat your house and are environmentally friendly so they are pleasing owners and the Planet Earth.

How Pink Batts heat your house?

Do you know the feeling when you walk into a new house. How it feels all warm and inviting. Well that house will have Pink Batts installed in it. Pink Batts is made out of 80% glass, which would otherwise go to landfill, it was also the first insulation in New Zealand to receive the “Big Tick” from the Environmental Choice New Zealand. Pink Batts will help to keep your house warm, dry and quiet.

When Pink Batts are installed they produce a barrier to the heat escaping trapping the heat inside where you want it. Pink Batts work by trapping millions of tiny pockets of air inside it. The air that is trapped is held still and is not allowed to move, by this happening it’s creating an extremely effective barrier to heat transfer.

So I give Pink Batts the thumbs up for recycling your glass and turning it into something to keep you warm in winter.

Why New Zealand is a clean green country

At the moment a lot of people are on a different side about this topic. Is New Zealand a clean green country or is that just what people say?

In this explanation I will show reason as to why people of NZ believe that there are two differing opionions.

A lot of people consider us as the 'fortunate ones', we are not concerned about overpopulation, industrialisation which is the process of social and economic change that transforms a human group from a pre-industrial society into an industrial society.

We have no natural disasters, New Zealand is a wealthy country and by many people are seen as a clean green country. Every bit counts, if everyone recycles our resources are conserved, landfill volumes are reduced and less energy is required to produce materials.

This is what happens to the produce we put out for recycling:

Plastic containers get sold on to companies in New Zealand, Australia and China who will use the plastic flakes from these containers to make new items such as soft drink bottles, pillow and sleeping bag filling, recycling bins and speed bumps.

Paper is transported to paper mills. Locally, some of the paper is recycled at the Penrose Mill while the remainder is exported overseas to various markets such as Malaysia. The paper and cardboard is then sorted into types and washed, bleached and rolled to make recycled board. It can then be used to make a huge range of items for the printing and packaging industry.

Glass is recycled at the O-I New Zealand plant in Auckland where it is further sorted into individual groups - clear glass, amber glass and green glass. The glass can then be used as new glass bottles and jars and in some parts of road construction.

Aluminium is sent to Australia or Japan for recycling. Both these products are able to be recycled over and over again.

New Zealand has been seen as a clean green country for a very long time all over the world for our clean air, lush forests, clear rivers and lakes. If we keep going how we are going- not recycling properly, using too much petrol- making fuel harder to find and more expensive and polluting our air, using plastic bags instead of eco-friendly bags, overfishing and extinction of rare species of birds.

New Zealand has a lot to do if we want to still be seen as a clean green country!

Why New Zealand is a Green Country

New Zealand is considered a green country by the rest of the world, but why? New Zealand is just an ordinary, plain one. Why is it considered a green country?

We New Zealanders hardly litter. It is to everyone’s pleasure that we keep the environment clean, not only by not littering but also by not cutting down natural forests (In fact, we aren’t even allowed to cut down trees without permission from the government), and by planting more trees. What’s more is that everyone helps so there is no hassle in which we worry about the nation not co-operating. In other nations, the law might even be stricter but no one listens so it doesn’t differ. The most one can do is give a fine but what’s the point? The damage is already done and although that person might cease to litter or cut down trees, the other citizens still might and their offspring also might.

No doubt that New Zealand has the least nuclear waste in the world since we don’t even do nuclear testing and develop no nuclear weapons. Nuclear power has always been a thing we New Zealanders opposed and one that we always will, for, we don’t encourage war and especially ones that involve nuclear weapons.

New Zealand encourages sustainability which means we recycle everything we can by either reusing it or throwing it in the recycling bin. Used paper can make cardboard, coke cans are cleaned, repaired and sent back to the supermarket. Similar things such milk cartons are recycled the same way. Schools keep compost bins to throw away food scraps in a better way.

For another fact, at least you can’t look directly at the sun (when there are no clouds blocking the view) for more than a second without getting sore eyes in New Zealand. From other countries such as China, India, Korea, Japan and a lot of Asia, you can because there is so much pollution in the air that it fogs up your view of the sun.

That is why New Zealand is one of the cleanest countries in the world at present.

How Pink Batts heat your house

Up in my roof I have some Pink Batts hanging upside down sleeping, and thats why my little sister won’t go up there because she is scared of bats.

Just joking Pink Batts are a insulating system that are made out of 80% glass which is turned in to a glass wool insulation, but they keep your house warm, dry and snug. In our house we have Pink Batts in our roof and in the floor, Pink Batts are like a cosy blanket over the house that allows the heat to come in and keeps it in, so they are very helpful in the winter time.

Pink Batts are an eco - friendly choice and a sustainable product. My family includes one asthmatic person but Pink Batts do not have an effect on her, as they are perfectly safe for any allergies.

If you are thinking about getting some Pink Batts installed you should know you can get them installed for you and they are no hassle at all.

So thumbs up to Pink Batts!

How Pink Batts Heat Your House

I was building a house and I needed to know how I could keep my house cozy and warm so that it would be heated throughout the winter. Then I thought of Pink Batts but what is it?

Pink Batts are something that as you build your house you insulate it and once you have finally moved in especially in winter you will walk into a warm, dry and quiet home so no noise no cold and no dampness. Pink Batts is made of 80% recycled glass in the north island of New Zealand.

To insulate Pink Batts you can either get enough to do it yourself or get someone to come in and do it for you. Pink Batts is a eco-friendly system that you don’t need to replace or even worry about it unless your getting it installed but even that isn’t very hard.

It is warm because as soon as you walk into your home after a long cold day in the winter you feel a warm inviting feeling that feels relaxing and comforting. Pink Batts is dry because it is a damp-proof substance and you don’t even need a air conditioning system because it keeps you warm anyway and air conditioning just makes it damper.

So I recommend that you should use Pink Batts.

Why New Zealand is a Green Country?

New Zealand is being challenged that although it seems like a clean green country what is really behind the scenes of recycling and is it really that clean and green or is it polluted and not well looked after?

Everyone in New Zealand recycles except for maybe 2% but the truth is every little bit counts. Once the locals have put their recycle bins out what happens after that? As soon as the recycling truck has collected your bin, it runs straight to the recycle plant. Next the recycling gets sorted into the materials as this is being done, the products that are not meant to be there get thrown out with the normal rubbish. Once this cycle is finished the recycled objects get put into bales and are getting ready for market. A lot of New Zealand recycled products get shipped overseas for processing although many of them are recycled in New Zealand. It depends on what region in New Zealand you are in because they recycle it different in different spots.

If New Zealand’s so clean and green then why do you see so much litter all over the beaches and I know that the countryside looks so marvellous and beautiful but what’s on the inside is what counts. Do people here in New Zealand actually care about their tiny little country that not even America knows about?

People in New Zealand do care about it but what about the people who use New Zealand? People immigrate here to get away from wars and bombs and sometimes the number of children is limited in some countries so they move here to have more and there is simply nothing we can do about it whilst our tiny population of 4,000,000 people is slowly increasing (the sheep as well).

So here we are the explanation on why I think New Zealand is clean and green!

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Our initial writing is based around the genre of explanation writing, and other writing genre will follow.

Explanation Learning Intentions:
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Own explanation related to Sustainabilty
· Why NZ is a green country.
· How Pink Bats heat your house.