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Waste and Circular Economy

06/07/2019 by Dave Evans

SŌC Executive member Anthea Madill recently had the opportunity to facilitate working group on behalf of Sustainable Ōtautahi Christchurch around the topics of waste and circular economy. There were contributions from a wide range of areas including Council, community funding, public engagement, arts and conservation among other things. One of SŌC’s aims for the workshop […]

Filed Under: Climate Change, Economy, Waste Tagged With: Restoring a Kind Climate

“Restoring a Kind Climate” meeting details

24/06/2019 by Dave Evans

Climate emergency action planning for Ōtautahi-Christchurch Thursday, June 27th, 5.30-9pm. Venue – Christchurch City Council, 53 Hereford St Christchurch City Council are reviewing the Climate Smart Strategy for the city. Goals are of little use without plans to reach those goals. Do you have ideas of steps we could take with our Council to achieve […]

Filed Under: Climate Change, Meetings and Events

SŌC Chairperson’s Annual Report

24/06/2019 by Dave Evans

The past year has seen a renaissance for Sustainable Ōtautahi Christchurch as new chairperson Colleen Phillip breathed new life into the organisation. There have been exciting initiatives in several arenas ranging from youth engagement to climate action. Earlier in June SŌC co-hosted the Speaking for the Planet speech and art competition for school pupils and […]

Filed Under: About SOC, Climate Change

“Restoring a Kind Climate”

31/05/2019 by Dave Evans

Sun, sky and clouds

Climate emergency action planning for Ōtautahi-Christchurch Thursday, June 27th, 5-9pm. Venue tbc. Christchurch City Council are reviewing the Climate Smart Strategy for the city. Goals are of little use without plans to reach those goals. Do you have ideas of steps we could take as a community with our Council to achieve the emissions reduction […]

Filed Under: Climate Change, Meetings and Events

What would a climate emergency plan look like?

31/05/2019 by Dave Evans

Climate emergency

Across the world, national and local governments are declaring a climate emergency on the back of dire warnings from UN scientists about the need for urgent and far-reaching action that have triggered a wave of protests from school children and given rise to the Extinction Rebellion movement. Within just three months, 42 councils have signed […]

Filed Under: Climate Change

Change is up to all of us…

28/05/2019 by Rosemary Neave

Government – activists – individuals all have a part to play The recent question of whether a Climate Emergency Declaration is simply symbolic has got me thinking about how change happens, and the degree to which ‘government’ at all levels is dependent on the interplay that both activists and individual voters play in this. Clean […]

Filed Under: Climate Change

Movements on Climate Change

23/05/2019 by Rosemary Neave

How exciting it has been to see Environment Canterbury and the Christchurch City Council join the hundreds of places around the world to declare a Climate Emergency. Every decision they make is now to be reviewed in the light of its impact on Climate Change. Christchurch City Council on Climate ChangeHave you had your say […]

Filed Under: Climate Change

Extinction Rebellion reaches Ōtautahi Christchurch

23/01/2019 by Dave Evans

Extinction Rebellion Ōtautahi

A guest post from Torfrida Wainwright of the Christchurch branches of 350.org and Extinction Rebellion (XR). The tactics XR uses may not be agreed with by everyone in the climate change movement, but there is no denying that action is urgently needed. 2019 – Time to Rebel! Have you heard of Extinction Rebellion? Maybe not […]

Filed Under: Climate Change

Submissions on Zero Carbon Bill consultation publicly released

29/10/2018 by Dave Evans

During the consultation on the Government’s proposed Zero Carbon Bill, MfE received 15,009 submissions. The submissions and the summary can be viewed on the Ministry for the Environment website. The submissions received are being taken into account as policy advice is developed for Ministers about how New Zealand should respond to climate change. Other inputs […]

Filed Under: Climate Change Tagged With: Zero Carbon Bill

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