Unconventional Gold.
Waste-to-value, bioenergy and the carbon economy in Aotearoa — field notes from the living biorefinery.
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Why the Best Clean Tech in the World Still Can't Get Out of the Lab
Notes from the Tech Tuesday Forum, where six years of science advice at the top of government met a simple question: when does good evidence actually change policy?
Read the piece →From ambition to adoption: what five parties actually said about climate tech
The summit closed with a cross-party political forum — and for once it wasn't platitudes. Five parties argued, in specifics, about R&D, the "missing middle," procurement, an enduring energy strategy and the bioeconomy. Here is the fullest account of who said what.
Read the piece →The Perfect Storm: Why New Zealand's Energy, Waste, and Water Crises All Point to Anaerobic Digestion
Three major forces have converged in the first half of 2026 — and they all validate the BRRP model simultaneously.
Read the piece →Aotearoa Loses 192 Million Tonnes of Topsoil Every Year
That's 7 million dump trucks — one filled every 4.5 seconds, all year. Something has to change.
Read the piece →Five Billion Dollars. Offshore. For what?
Treasury has finally put a number on New Zealand's Paris bill. The only real question left is whether that value leaves the country — or builds something here.
Read the piece →Don't Wait for Policy: Local Action to Accelerate Energy Transitions
Key takeaways from ReEnergising!
Read the piece →The Pacific’s Energy and Waste Future Is Shifting
What we heard at the MFAT Pacific Update 2026 — and why it matters for the work we do.
Read the piece →Door Number Three:
What Transition Engineering Means for the Future of Infrastructure
Read the piece →New Zealand's ETS Is Tightening
That's Exactly What Circular Bioenergy Needs
Read the piece →New Zealand's Critical Minerals Opportunity
Why Waste Recovery Could Be Our Strategic Advantage
Read the piece →The 16% GDP Problem: Two Crises, One Solution
How solving energy and sanitation together can unlock trillions in economic value
Read the piece →New Zealand Is Spending $1 Billion to Bury Its Sludge
There's a Better Way
Read the piece →The Pacific’s Energy and Waste Future Is Shifting
What we heard at the MFAT Pacific Update 2026 — and why it matters for the work we do.
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