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Speaking 4 the Planet Judges

20/05/2020 by Dave Evans

Meme Judges

We are counting down to our online Speaking 4 the Planet event! Check out our this page for details of our amazing judges!

Filed Under: Biodiversity, Meetings and Events

Organics Products Bill

20/05/2020 by Dave Evans

Submissions due May 28th For the last few years, government has been working with NZ’s organic sector (Soil & Health, BioGro, OFNZ, OANZ, and others) to create a national standard that will ensure a clear definition for certification and benefit our domestic and international markets. As of 2018, organics is a $600M industry in NZ […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Economy, Sustainable Living

Hire Pool Big Beach Clean

16/03/2020 by Dave Evans

Big thanks to everyone that came along to the Hire Pool Big Beach Clean on Saturday to kick off Sea Week! Jocelyn (Christchurch Sea Week organiser) had the honor of drawing our competition – entrants drew something they think they may see on the Sea Week Cycle (happening this Sunday) or wrote about why plastic […]

Filed Under: Meetings and Events, Waste

Seaweek Cycle from Ferrymead to Sumner

20/02/2020 by Dave Evans

Sunday, March 8th, 10.30am-1.00pm, Meet at the corner of Tidal View and Humphries Drive. EnviroHub and friends invite you on a bird watching bike ride from Ferrymead to Sumner with Guest Speaker, Tanya Jenkins! “Why our Estuary is of International Significance; and the extraordinary birds who share it with us.” This is a gentle bike […]

Filed Under: Meetings and Events

Speak 4 the Planet 2020

20/02/2020 by Dave Evans

Speaking 4 the Planet 2020

Following on from the inaugural competition last year in Christchurch Speak 4 the Planet again creates the space for Intermediate and High school students to showcase their passion for our planet, and their talents in public speaking and visual art. The competition will be held on 5 June at Tūranga. Details are here.

Filed Under: Meetings and Events

Gift Swap at The Conscious Club Christmas Market

10/12/2019 by Dave Evans

It’s the season to be jolly! And we are especially jolly about the momentum that is building for a Christmas season that doesn’t cost the earth. From the 17th to the 18th SŌC will be supporting The Gift Swap at The Conscious Club Christmas Market (located at Hack Corner on the corner of Cashel Street […]

Filed Under: Economy, Sustainable Living

Palm Oil Awareness

10/12/2019 by Dave Evans

Amelie Miller, age 8 years old of Waimairi School, has campaigned to raise awareness about the use of Palm Oil. Amelie was horrified to learn we may no longer have Orangutans and other species in the future due to deforestation for palm oil plantations. She learned 50% of the products in our supermarkets contain palm […]

Filed Under: Biodiversity, 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

Rural Riparian Restoration (Waiau Uwha area)

22/11/2019 by Dave Evans

In early October a SOC group gathered with others at John Faulkner’s dairy support block on the banks of the Waiau Uwha river  to hear about and to see progress first hand toward his dream of establishing a nohoanga site on his property, and his ‘big idea’ of restoring the riparian margins of a significant […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Water Tagged With: Restoring indigenous biodiversity

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