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Speaking 4 The Planet 2023

22/06/2022 by Dave Evans

Speaking 4 the Planet (S4P) is a public speaking, spoken word, performance and visual arts competition. It provides opportunities for students to express their ideas for a better world. This will be the 5th year S4P has been held in Christchurch. With the UN’s World Environment Day theme as a starting point, students prepare and deliver punchy, quirky, […]

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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

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 […]

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Water Sensitive Cities Meeting Report

21/12/2020 by Dave Evans

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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