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Countdown to Zero: Emissions Reduction Programme

Rutherford Hotel Nelson 27 Nile Street, Nelson, New Zealand

Is your carbon footprint a bit of a mystery? Need a hand understanding and reducing it? Mission Zero, an initiative of Businesses for Climate Action, is here to help.
Countdown to Zero is a programme of fun and interactive workshops designed to help businesses in Te Tauihu measure and reduce their carbon emissions. We make it easy for you to take steps towards a carbon-neutral future.

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Maire Stream Guardians/Nurturers monthly Working Bee

Our Maire Stream Guardians/Nurturers have been working on fixing this mess from Developers since 2019. Here is a picture down from the main Maire Stream Restoration Area. Come and see how that has grown. Now vegetation bending over Maire Stream cooling the waters. Giving protection for micro-invertebrates in turn food in the food chain...for Kokopu fish and long finned eels.

Free

Freshwater – the Good, the Bad, the Future

Moutere Hills Community Centre 1539 Moutere Highway, Upper Moutere 7175, New Zealand

Join Lan Pham (former Environment Canterbury Councillor, Freshwater Ecologist to hear about the wonders of our native fish and the latest on the state of Aoteroa New Zealand's freshwater; the…

free

Our Freshwater Future

Fairfield house 48 Van Diemen Street, Nelson

Our freshwater's health is essential for our future.

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Nelson Repair Cafe

The Habitat Hub 166 Tahunanui Drive, Nelson, New Zealand

Come and be part of a Repair Movement! A FREE monthly event helping you to repair your items, save resources and build community. Come along, and you might pick up…

How much energy is involved in using your computer? WEBINAR

Online (Zoom)

The Take the Jump Campaign invites us to reduce our consumption by making several changes. While the "End of clutter" shift encourages us to keep our electronic devices, amongst which our computers,…

Maire Stream Guardians/Nurturers monthly Working Bee

41 Highview Drive 41 Highview Drive, Tahunanui - Nelson

We are making progress but need more before the Spring growth kicks in.
Come join Us for an afternoon in the peace of nature. Come for an hour or two, its up to you how much time you can spare for the good of nature, the good of this Earth project.

Free

Framing Messages around Climate Emergency – WEBINAR

Online (Zoom)

The vast majority of people in industrialised countries now accept that global overheating constitutes a serious environmental crisis and that it has been largely caused by human action. Nevertheless, public…

The Clothing Revolution

Greenmeadows community centre Cnr Main Road and Songer Street, Stoke, Nelson, New Zealand
$5

Nelson Repair Cafe

Habitat Hub (Buzz Room - behind ReStore) 166 Tahunanui Drive, Tahunanui - Nelson, New Zealand

Come and be part of a Repair Movement!

A FREE monthly event helping you to repair your items, save resources and build community. Come along, and you might pick up some new fixing skills!

Free

Not Your Normal Candidates Meeting

Victory Community Center 2 Totara Street,Nelson,7010,New Zealand, Nelson, New Zealand

A Nelson Sustainable Transport initiative to allow people to meet and question the candidates for the general election in a warm and convivial atmosphere where after hearing from each candidate…

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Snowden’s Bush morning of weeding

Snowden's Bush Waimea West Road, Brightwater, New Zealand

Working bee at Snowdon's Bush for weeding the areas that we have planted over the last couple of years.

Maire Stream Guardians/Nurturers monthly Working Bee

41 Highview Drive 41 Highview Drive, Tahunanui - Nelson

Envision a Nelson Tasman region where all recognize the urgent need to address climate change through individual and collective actions, and where all work together to enhance the resilience of our biodiversity and ecosystems in a rapidly changing climate.

Free

Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

Online

“We have entered a period unseen before in human history that requires all hands and all hearts on deck. Whether you’re a climate activist, a scientist, a parent, an outdoor enthusiast, or someone who simply doesn’t know where to begin, this course will help you respond to the current crisis from a more grounded, thoughtful, connected, and effective position”
Christiana Figueres, UNFCCC Chair of the Paris Climate Agreement

$300

Post Election Bash (the weeds)

Wai-iti River, near Barton Lane, Brightwater Barton Lane, Brightwater, New Zealand

Didn't get the result you wanted? Come along and take it out on invasive plants on the banks of the Wai-iti River, next to Barton Lane (between Brightwater and Wakefield) on Sunday 15th October (9am - 12pm).

Grow Your Own Food – Gardening and permaculture for beginners

Nelson's Women center 44 Trafalgar Street, Nelson, New Zealand

Ami Kennedy from The Germinate Collective will be facilitating a Grow Your Own Food Course starting 19th of October. This 6 week course for beginner gardeners or those that would like a little focus and encouragement to invigorate their gardening is held on Thursdays 10:30am-12pm at Waimarama Community Gardens.

$12 – $15

Grow Your Own Food – Gardening and permaculture for beginners

Waimarama Organic Community Garden Tantragee Road, The Brook, Nelson, New Zealand

GROW YOUR OWN FOOD
Organic Gardening & Garden Design Course for Beginners

A six week introduction to organic FOOD gardening & garden design
Join The Germinate Collective gardeners to share in the life long learning journey.

$12 – $15

Nelson Repair Cafe

Habitat Hub (Buzz Room - behind ReStore) 166 Tahunanui Drive, Tahunanui - Nelson, New Zealand

Come and be part of a Repair Movement!

A FREE monthly event helping you to repair your items, save resources and build community. Come along, and you might pick up some new fixing skills!

Free

‘Too Hot to Work’ – Movie screening and debate

Greenmeadows community centre Cnr Main Road and Songer Street, Stoke, Nelson, New Zealand

Tord Kjellstrom and his team will be showing a movie called 'Too Hot to Work'.  A new global investigation on the impacts of climate change on worker's health and productivity, titled "Trop chaud pour travailler" (Too Hot To Work), was shot in Italy, France, Qatar, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Nepal, the United States, and India. The film…

$5

Climate Champions Celebration

Boathouse 326 Wakefield Quay, Nelson

Nelson Tasman is full of fantastic people working to save our planet and you deserve some appreciation! We want to take a moment to celebrate your tireless efforts with an evening of dancing and community, with tunes provided by Rich and the Poor Boys. If you plant, pick litter, advocate, or support climate initiatives, this…

free or koha

What is the impact of Climate Change on Local Government?

Online

Join Wayne Murphy as he moderates a panel discussion on how climate change is impacting local government, and discover what actions councils are taking to combat it. Our panel includes Allen + Clarke consultants Jess Anderson and Sean Stack, who will be joined by one of our external partners, Dr Adolf Stroombergen. Join the discussion…

Launch of the Motueka Repair Cafe

Motueka Library 32 Wallace street, Motueka

Save the date, and come along to the launch of the Motueka Repair Cafe, at 10am at the Motueka Library (Te Noninga Kumu), and have a cuppa while you learn how to repair your stuff. We've assembled a team to deal with repairs to clothes, cushions, kitchen appliances, small furnishings, toys and to sharpen knives.…

Strengthening Communities Hui – Ōtepoti Dunedin

Ōtepoti Dunedin

The annual gathering of Environment Hubs Aotearoa, Community Energy Network and Zero Waste Network members and friends, hosted by Aukaha. The hui theme this year is ‘Catalyst for Collective Action’. More info and registration here  

Nelson Repair Cafe

Habitat Hub (Buzz Room - behind ReStore) 166 Tahunanui Drive, Tahunanui - Nelson, New Zealand

Come and be part of a Repair Movement!

A FREE monthly event helping you to repair your items, save resources and build community. Come along, and you might pick up some new fixing skills!

Free

Webinar: The Behavioural Crisis Driving Ecological Overshoot

Online

The folks from Our Climate Declaration are hosting a webinar with Joseph J. Merz is the Co-founder of a number of organisations. He is the Founder and Chairman of the Merz Institute - a research institute largely focused on addressing ecological overshoot at a behavioural level. Joseph serves on the Executive Committee of the Stable Planet Alliance, and is…

REGISTER!! Nelson Tasman Climate Forum Annual face to face Hui

Greenmeadows community centre Cnr Main Road and Songer Street, Stoke, Nelson, New Zealand

Register for our soon to be face to face annual gathering. We're planning a day of sharing, learning and reflecting on our work, especially following the election results in Stoke on December 9. The day will be divided into 3 parts: - Deepening our knowledge of the Tiriti of Waitangi (by Harvey Ruru) while discovering…

Take the Jump – Kia Māia te Peke – Webinar (Part 2)

Take the Jump – Kia Māia te Peke Webinar (Part 2) – 20th December at 7.30pm On 6th December, a webinar on Take the Jump was hosted by Our Climate Declaration, featuring Tom Bailey, who leads the Take the Jump global team, and Chris Wheatley who is coordinating the Aotearoa-New Zealand adaptation of this movement…

Grow Your Own Food – Gardening and permaculture for beginners

Waimarama Organic Community Garden Tantragee Road, The Brook, Nelson, New Zealand

GROW YOUR OWN FOOD
Organic Gardening & Garden Design Course for Beginners
A six week introduction to organic FOOD gardening & garden design
Waimarama Organic Community Garden
February 15th, 29th, March 7th, April 4th, 11th & 18th. Thursday 10 – 11:30am
Contact Ami info@germinatecollective.org.nz or 027 35 77998 for more information and registrations

$12 – $15

Motueka Repair Cafe

Motueka Library 32 Wallace street, Motueka

Save the date, and come along to the second Motueka Repair Cafe, at 10am at the Motueka Library (Te Noninga Kumu), and have a cuppa while you learn how to repair your stuff. We’ve assembled a team to deal with repairs to clothes, cushions, kitchen appliances, small furnishings, toys and to sharpen knives. See you…

Event Series Take the Jump Ambassador Training

Take the Jump Ambassador Training

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Are you concerned about climate change, but not sure how you can help to make a difference? Do you want to play a positive, active role in climate change solutions? Get to know more about the how the global Take the Jump movement is developing in Aotearoa and help to spread the word across the…

Nelson Repair Cafe

A monthly event helping you to repair your household items, save resources and build community.

Free

Nelson Tasman Climate Forum’s 4th Anniversary!!

Izel Park Market 16 Hilliard street, Stoke

Save the date and come celebrate the Forum's 4th anniversary with us! (For info, a bit of our history can be found here) We plan to meet at the Isel Market in Stoke at the end of the day, to enjoy what we hope will be a beautiful end of afternoon, after the rain expected…

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