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 […]
Update: Aotearoa Sustainable Development Goals Summit Series 2020/2021
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 […]
Water: OnSite Solutions
Friday November 20th, 7.30pm – Vicky Southworth and Rachel Teen. Find out what a water-sensitive city is. How can we be more water sensitive, caring for ourselves and our city of springs and rivers? Learn about the changes needed in terms of society and our relationship with water-managers, and the practical options for retrofit or […]
Aotearoa Sustainable Development Goals Summit Series 2020/2021
Thursday 19th November, 6.30-8.30pm (online) The 3rd annual Aotearoa New Zealand Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit Series has been launched! The 2020-2021 series is made up of three online hui building up to one in-person summit in Ōtautahi Christchurch, September 2021. The first hui – See The Change, is 19th November. These events are an […]
Invitation to Speaking for the Planet Community Celebration
Thursday, September 24th, 7pm at the WEA, 59 Gloucester St. While it was necessary to run the Speaking for the Planet competition online this year, and that went well, we want to offer our prize winning speakers the opportunity to present to a live audience. We want to celebrate the efforts of all the competitors […]
Planning for our waste-free future – what are your views?
Christchurch City Council would like your feedback on how best to meet the current and future challenges for resource recovery. A ‘drop in’ session about the Draft Waste Minimisation and Management Plan 2020 is being held at Tūranga, central library, (Spark Place/ground floor) Tuesday 18 August 4pm-6pm. Staff will be available to answer your questions. […]
Singing For Our Lives
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.
Speaking 4 the Planet Results
If you missed the prizegiving last Friday (5 June) you can still watch a recording of it on the S4P Facebook page! Congratulations again to all our winners and big thanks to everyone who entered. You can see all the placed speeches, artworks and memes on the S4P YouTube channel.
Speaking 4 the Planet Sponsors
Read about the six fantastically generous sponsors (Environment Canterbury, Ara Institute, Earth Sea Sky, Orana Wildlife Park, NZ Association for Environmental Education and Sustainable Ōtautahi Christchurch ) on this page.
Sustainable Development Goals Summit
The 3rd New Zealand Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summit was planned to take place in Christchurch in 2021. The world has changed substantially since that plan was made so now rather than one single event there will be a series of online and face to face events. See this link for more information on the […]
