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Speaking 4 The Planet 2022

22/06/2022 by Dave Evans

Speaking 4 the Planet

Speaking 4 the Planet (S4P) is a public speaking, spoken word and visual arts competition. It provides opportunities for students to express their ideas for a better world.  With the UN’s World Environment Day theme as a starting point, students prepare and deliver punchy, quirky, creative and pointed speeches, spoken word performances, impromptu dramas or artworks. They […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Education, Meetings and Events, Projects, Sustainable Living Tagged With: speaking for the planet

Changing Business to Change the World

12/05/2022 by Dave Evans

Thursday, June 2nd at the WEA, 59 Gloucester St. Join us for this event hosted by SOC in partnership with Canterbury WEA.There will be an expo of some wonderful local businesses, a talk with Sue Coutts from the Zero Waste Network, a panel discussion and the SOC AGM (open to all). 5pm onwards “Small, Sustainable […]

Filed Under: Meetings and Events, Sustainable Business, Waste

The Community Waterways Partnership Charter

23/09/2021 by Dave Evans

The Christchurch City Council recently launched a Community Waterways Partnership. This aims to support the development of community-based initiatives to improve the ecological health, indigenous biodiversity, and amenity value of our urban waterways.  The Partnership is connecting Council, Regional Council, Ngāi Tahu, DoC, Ministry for the Environment, Canterbury District Health Board, and organisations such as […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, Water

Speaking 4 the Planet 2021

06/06/2021 by Dave Evans

Speaking 4 the Planet

Speaking 4 the Planet is an art-based competition offering students in years 7-13 + early tertiary, an opportunity to address sustainability issues creatively. This is the third year this event has run in Christchurch.   Students have the opportunity to submit entries to one of the following categories:  Public speaking (prepared speech)  Spoken word poetry  Visual […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Education, Meetings and Events

Networking for the Environment – Stories to Celebrate

25/05/2021 by Dave Evans

This Networking for the Environment forum was on Tuesday, 29th June, 9:30am – 12:30pmTūranga Christchurch Library This event was an opportunity to hear about some of the heroes from the Environmental Leadership and Heritage of Christchurch – Canterbury project, lead in partnership by ECO Canterbury Environmental Network and SŌC. Diana Shand of ECO Canterbury was the guest speaker presenting […]

Filed Under: Education, History, Meetings and Events

Christchurch Conversations 2021 climate series

25/05/2021 by Dave Evans

Most of us want to do our bit for the planet, but it can be hard to know where to start. Sometimes our good intentions just aren’t enough to break old habits, or overcome barriers like time, money, or poor infrastructure. Reaching our city’s goal of cutting net carbon emissions in half by 2030 will […]

Filed Under: Climate Change, Meetings and Events

Sustainable Development Goals Summit Series – Update

25/05/2021 by Dave Evans

The next online hui, Working Together for Change, is Thursday 24th June, 7pm – 9pm. Tickets available here. Preparations for the face-to-face event – Collaborating for Systemic Change – are continuing at an excited pace. This is locked in for 2nd – 3rd September hosted at the University of Canterbury. For up-to-date information, there is […]

Filed Under: Meetings and Events, Sustainable Living

Ōtautahi Christchurch Ecosystem Mapping

25/05/2021 by Dave Evans

At the recent SŌC AGM we heard the fascinating story of the Ōtautahi Christchurch Indigenous Ecosystem Mapping which in the 1990s gave us the native plant guides for greater Christchurch, put together by Di Lucas, Colin Meurk and other local scientists – and commissioned by a Christchurch-Ōtautahi Agenda 21 Forum project (one of SŌC’s predecessors). […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, History, Projects

SOC AGM

25/05/2021 by Dave Evans

The Sustainable Ōtautahi Christchurch AGM will be on Thursday May 27th at 7.30pm, venue WEA, 59 Gloucester St. The speakers at the SOC AGM will give the fascinating story of the  Ōtautahi Christchurch Indigenous Ecosystem Mapping which gave us the native plant guides for greater Christchurch put together by Di Lucas with local scientists – commissioned […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, Meetings and Events

Environmental Leadership and Heritage of Canterbury

25/03/2021 by Dave Evans

In partnership with ECO Canterbury and Environment Canterbury, Sustainable Ōtautahi Christchurch are working on a significant project to record and promote the history and stories of environmental leadership and achievements from the Christchurch and Canterbury community. This project has a number of objectives: To learn of our long history of kaitiakitanga for Nature – from […]

Filed Under: History, Projects

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