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Water Sensitive Cities Meeting Report

21/12/2020 by Dave Evans Leave a Comment

Report written by Kate Horrell On Friday 20th of November, SŌC and 350 Christchurch hosted Rachel Teen and Vicky Southworth at a public meeting on water sensitive cities, where they shared important information on what a water sensitive city could look like, and how to take the right steps in that direction with our own […]

Filed Under: Climate Change, Meetings and Events, Sustainable Living, Water

Update: Aotearoa Sustainable Development Goals Summit Series 2020/2021

21/12/2020 by Dave Evans Leave a Comment

The Sustainable Development Goals Summit Series held the first of three online hui in November. The event, See the Change, was a success in attracting over 120 attendees, 87 of which signed up to be post-event Virtual Coffee Buddies. These catch-ups allow participants to reconnect and continue learning from one another. One of the key speakers […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Sustainable Living

Singing For Our Lives

16/07/2020 by Dave Evans Leave a Comment

Great new choir – Singing for our lives follow them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SFOLChristchurch/ Meeting in person since June and two sessions so far. They would love to have more singers coming along, so please join this wonderful community initiative.

Filed Under: Climate Change, Sustainable Living

Forests in and of Landscapes

10/12/2019 by Dave Evans 1 Comment

At this public meeting run by SŌC in association with 350.org Di Lucas introduced us to on-farm shifts that are realistic and potential game- changers for farmers. Di and her team are designing solutions to fit within farm plans that make climate mitigation goals achievable within the farm gate. Her talk was filmed and the […]

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

Screening of 2040

10/12/2019 by Dave Evans Leave a Comment

In mid-November Sustainable Ōtautahi Christchurch had the opportunity to host a free screening of the film ‘2040: The Regeneration’. With support from the Christchurch City Council and Tūranga Library the film screening hosted over 100 attendees. Describing itself as ‘fact-based dreaming’, the film provided a positive vision of the future through exploration of solutions that […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Meetings and Events, Sustainable Living

Forests in and of Landscapes – Mitigating climate change – what is appropriate and what is not, and yes, dairy can be okay!

09/10/2019 by Dave Evans Leave a Comment

7.30 18 October 2019WEA 59 Gloucester St Christchurch Di Lucas repeats a talk she gave to the Environmental Defense Society Conference in August Facebook event Integrate forests into our landscapes and make them resilient to climate change Regenerating indigenous forests Integrating carbon storage into farmscape planning Di Lucas, landscape architect, established Lucas Associates 40 years […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Meetings and Events

Climate Week 20-27 September

16/09/2019 by Rosemary Neave Leave a Comment

The week of the 20th-27th is a whole week of climate action, and we are wanting to drum up as much awareness as possible! The week starts with an event at Turanga on 20 September and finishes with the Strike4Climate rally on 27 September at Cathedral Square. Above all please vote in the Local Body […]

Filed Under: Climate Change, Meetings and Events, Water

Our land in a changing climate: impacts and implications

28/08/2019 by Rosemary Neave Leave a Comment

James Renwick introduced by Anita Wreford  25th September 5.30pm, Stewart Building, Lincoln University Land is at the heart of debates about climate change. How we use land affects our climate, but as the climate changes so too will the land and the biological and social systems it supports. In a week of action on climate […]

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Strike4Climate 27 September

19/08/2019 by Rosemary Neave Leave a Comment

Inspired by Greta Thunberg, students around the world are striking4climate. In New Zealand the strike day is Friday 27 September. They are inviting everyone to join them in centres around New Zealand, to let our community and our government know how critical the issues are. Right click on the image above and make it your […]

Filed Under: Climate Change, Meetings and Events

Urban Planning and Design

19/08/2019 by Dave Evans 2 Comments

These notes are from a “Restoring a Kind Climate” workshop held on the evening of 27 June 2019 at the Christchurch City Council building. The purpose of the workshop was to provide community input into the Climate Smart Strategy review 2019, in particular to suggest practical pathways for achieving climate change mitigation goals and targets […]

Filed Under: Climate Change Tagged With: Restoring a Kind Climate, Urban Planning

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