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 […]
Ōtautahi Christchurch Ecosystem Mapping
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 SŌC. This SŌC “biodiversity project”was launched in 1995 and the […]
Environmental Leadership and Heritage of Canterbury
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 […]
The POD Project: “Seeding Change”
through Participatory Open Democracy a city’s commitment to sustainability is strongly linked to the advocacy of environmental and sustainability groups in the policy making process” Portney K.E. & Berry J.M. (2016) This is why Sustainable Ōtautahi Christchurch have begun the POD project. There are 2 main threads to this work. Making certain that all opportunities […]
