Living Well, Within Limits
Everyone deserves to live well, in just and resilient communities, within the boundaries of a liveable planet.
Many New Zealanders are facing insecurity and economic hardship due to the affordability crisis. Since the early 1970s, humanity has been consuming and polluting beyond what planet Earth can support — known as the overshoot of planetary boundaries. Decades on, that overshoot is starting to show up in the everyday cost of living: damaged ecosystems and a less stable climate are a major and growing driver of rising food, water, energy and insurance costs.
Sufficiency - the art of living well, while reducing harmful overconsumption - provides a pathway through the economic, energy and ecological system crises we face. GoZero works to reduce overconsumption and overshoot, while strengthening community resilience and wellbeing, by promoting sufficiency and strategic collective action.
To stay informed about sufficiency, community resilience and wellbeing, and what you can do to help us change our broken systems, sign up for GoZero's Enough is Enough newsletter.
Grow Your Financial Resilience
Many households are under pressure due to the cost-of-living crisis. We have identified easy ways for you to save money and build your household's resilience, by reducing non-essential consumption. See how you can live lighter, more resilient lives with GoZero's Sufficiency Savings tool.
Help Your Community Thrive
Resilience comes from connected communities. GoZero Teams help you to connect with neighbours, friends, colleagues and community groups. They help you to contribute your skills and experience, identify risks, and build collective responses in your community. Sufficiency is much more than a tool for households, it's a way for communities to build systems that provide essentials, wellbeing and security for all. Sign up to our Wellington waiting list, so that we can set up a team in your community as a priority.
Buy Local
Supporting local businesses helps strengthen community resilience and wealth-building, especially where they source locally and provide key goods and services. GoZero's network of local businesses supports our community work, and our community work supports local economic resilience, in a virtuous cycle. We also help businesses to understand ecological and energy risks and help them to develop resilience strategies.
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