Articles tagged with: Community
An introduction, by Tanya Bibby
Recently a new website was launched. AskShareGive is a new not-for-profit website where people can share their time, skills, transport and old or unwanted goods.
The website is the brainchild of a …
By Hannah Mackintosh of elevenhoursahead
I recently got into an argument with my father about the importance of community and whether building community should be a responsibility of councils and government. My argument was that yes, …
NZCER invites you to step into the Shifting Thinking Workshop space in Wellington in May. The Workshop is for anyone with a connection to education, including teachers, tutors, leaders, people working in youth development, policy makers and anyone interested …
Reminder: Daylight saving ends on Sunday
Monday, 26 March 2012, 3:42 pm
Press Release: Department Of Internal Affairs
26 March 2012
Reminder: Daylight saving ends on Sunday
New Zealand Daylight Saving will end next Sunday, 1 April 2012, when 3.00am …
We are Roots-Local Food Specialists. In December we decided to live our truth and go for what we believe in and create the future that we want to see. We have always believed that choosing …
By Sean Dagan Wood
Law of Mother Earth sees Bolivia pilot new social and economic model based on protection of and respect for nature.
Bolivia is to become the first country in the world to give nature …
HUTT CITY COUNCIL NEWS RELEASE
6 JULY 2011
Recycling in Korokoro is a go! New recycling bins will be delivered to every Korokoro home later this month as part of a trial to further encourage recycling across …
MEDIA RELEASE
The future is the centre of attention at this year’s Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) annual conference at the Wellington Convention Centre 11 to 12 July.
Entrepreneur and sustainability advocate Melissa Clark-Reynolds will …
Q: When is an offshore oil drilling plan a good thing?
A: When it doesn’t happen!
We got a good scare here last month, in the oceanside paradise community of Golden Bay. A foreign mining company with …
HUTT CITY COUNCIL NEWS RELEASE
17 JUNE 2011
Nominations open to recognise those making a difference
Do you know community groups who are making a difference and deserve recognition for their work? If so, nominate them for a …
Hutt City residents – Have your say on draft Earthquake-prone Building Policy
Mayor Ray Wallace is encouraging everyone to have their say on Council’s draft Earthquake-prone Building Policy.
Consultation has begun on the draft policy which proposes …
Mark Cabaj Workshops: Communities Leading – Working Together In Place 13 & 15 June
Inspiring Communities, with local partners, is delighted to bring Mark Cabaj to New Zealand next month and to offer …
World Blood Donor Day – Tuesday 14 June 2011
The New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) will celebrate World Blood Donor Day across the country on Tuesday 14 June 2011.
In conjunction with …
Today, as promised to Tania Austin – the coordinator of Neighbour’s Day – I dutifully crossed the road and had a yarn with Paul Woodward (he who happens to have just rocked walled his long, …
Blog 3: by Stacey Gasson
Going into their fourth month of Kāpiti Coast’s Greenest Street competition, participants are really hitting their stride. On Saturday I went to see one of Andy Fraser’s pet projects come to …
Blog 2: by Stacey Gasson
It’s amazing how much ground you can cover over a cup of tea, especially when you’re drinking with Mark Amery. Mark and his partner Hannah, and their three children, aged from …
January 4th, 2011
Hello my name is Julia Sich and my husband’s name is Johnson Moseti. I was born in NZ and Johnson was born in Kenya but has lived in NZ for 23 …
Week 4: A smorgasbord of local hot-spots guaranteed to inspire! Part 2
An inspiring four week harvest of visionary people and projects achieving the seemingly impossible within 100 miles of my Coromandel home.
6. Paradise, lost in …
An inspiring four week harvest of visionary people and projects achieving the seemingly impossible within 100 miles of my Coromandel (New Zealand) home.
The Coromandel area is so overflowing with inspiring people and projects doing amazing …
I’ve been blessed with the magical appearance of dozens of baby tomato plants in my front garden. Due to my special lazy gardening technique – which involves leaving last year’s crop to die down, including …
It would be easy to become dis-heartened if you work in the sustainability field in New Zealand. Although the National party has introduced an emissions trading scheme, it is gutless, and won’t in any meaningful …
(While I raise my son and grow my good news website).
Intersect. This is another website that I really enjoy (yesterday I raved about inhabitat.com) and have been spending some time on over the past few …
No prescribing rights required!
With an impish grin Pat Armitstead said, “This is not a bitter pill to swallow and most interestingly, no prescribing rights are required! As a non-chemical alternative to Prozac it …
My decrepit old laptop turned into a wide variety of locally grown vegetables. And new hems and mended holes on my favourite corduroy pants. And a month’s supply of firewood from a neighbour’s woodlot.
Interesting alchemy. …
