Resources

Electric vehicles (EVs) are emerging as an important tool in the global effort to arrest climate change. For those interested in learning more, here are valuable resources that offer insights into the benefits of EVs and other sustainable lifestyle changes we can adopt to address the environmental challenges we face.

Last updated June 2021 and there are even more models available now than those listed.

Fully Electric Cars. These are cars that move using a large electric battery powering an electric motor. They do not take any petrol. Also called Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs), they produce no exhaust, which is far kinder to the environment – petrol and diesel transport produce 19% of New Zealand’s greenhouse gases. 84% of New Zealand electricity is generated by rain (hydro dams), geothermal, and wind3, so the source of the car’s fuel is environmentally friendly, and inexpensive, and produced locally (We import over a billion dollars of petrol and three billion dollars of crude oil from overseas each year4 and local electricity generation is cheaper).  Read more…

What can our household do? It’s easy to see climate change as an issue that’s too big for one person to make a difference. However, many people making little changes in their everyday lives can make a big, combined contribution to a solution. It can help us both adapt to climate change impacts and reduce our damaging carbon emissions. Read More…