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Paul Winton and the 1.5° Project – How to decarbonise our Transport system? Webinar
Paul Winton and the 1.5° Project – How to decarbonise our Transport system? Webinar
New Zealand can deliver on a 1.5ºC future To achieve this, transportation in New Zealand must be largely decarbonised by 2030. Our current transport system no longer meets our needs. By 2030 our transport system will be safe, healthy, accessible to all, resilient and decarbonised. Join us during this webinar where Dr Paul Winton will…
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Golden Bay Sustainability Tour
Golden Bay Sustainability Tour
A chance for locals to visit businesses in Golden Bay who are on the sustainable business journey. We’ll see their initiatives in action, and hear their stories. Join the Mohua 2042 Trsut for this full day of visits. A bus will drive us throughout the day to the different places. Departure: 10 am at the…
Stitch-it-don’t-ditch-it Whakatū Nelson
Stitch-it-don’t-ditch-it Whakatū Nelson
We would like to highlight, during this Climate Action Week, the regular presence of Stitch-it-don't-ditch-it Whakatū Nelson in our community. Stitch-it-don't-ditch-it Whakatū Nelson is part of the larger movement of Street Stiching, which is "an act of gentle disruption that demonstrates the pleasure and necessity of garment repair in areas of fast fashion chains where…
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E-bike Expo and Test riding
E-bike Expo and Test riding
Have you been thinking about buying an e-bike or are you curious about trying one? Would you like to explore options in a no-pressure atmosphere with a diversity of choices present? If so, come along to the Nelson E-bike Expo on Wednesday 31st of May 10 am – 2 pm at Rutherford Park in Nelson (next…
Waimarama Community garden working bee
Waimarama Community garden working bee
Join the Waimarama Organic Community Garden for its weekly gardening session and the garden tour they are offering us to the occasion of the Climate Action Week. Bring: weather suitable clothes, sturdy footwear, insect repellent and a drink bottle Contact call or txt 027 3577998 More information on the ongoing working bees here. See other…
Our Human Rights: How to Use them for Climate Action and a Just Transition?
Our Human Rights: How to Use them for Climate Action and a Just Transition?
Join the Forum as we view a talk by Josephine Grey, a long-time advocate and community organizer for healthy food security, human rights, climate action and basic income in Canada. In the talk, Josephine walks us through the UN Human Rights Framework and how it can be used to advocate for food security and climate…
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From rags to bags
From rags to bags
Come and turn rags into bags. Bring old t-shirts, pillow cases or that stash of fabric you don't know what to do with and turn them into vege bags, handbags even. Sewing machines etc provided.
Take the Jump Webinar – Become an actor of change into your community
Take the Jump Webinar – Become an actor of change into your community
If you are concerned about climate change but don't know what you can do to make a difference, then this webinar is for you! Sign up and come along to this Climate Action Week online event to find out more about "Take the Jump", a campaign that focuses on the radical but doable lifestyle changes…
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Motueka Community Garden Working bee
Motueka Community Garden Working bee
Join the working bee crew at the Motueka Community Garden. You'll be welcomed by Helen, who will give a quick tour of the garden for newcomers, before getting to work on some gardening tasks. An opportunity to learn about this garden and join the team working there! More info on the garden on this Facebook…
Victory Community Garden working bees
Victory Community Garden working bees
A dedicated volunteer team has made the Victory Community Garden a beautiful and productive space. At the occasion of Climate Action Week, Nadia, Community Kai Coordinator, is organising a Garden Tour to take place on Monday afternoon from 1.30pm to 2.30pm. The tour will be followed by the regular working bees happening on an ongoing…
Urban Regeneration – Online webinar
Urban Regeneration – Online webinar
Join us for an engaging and insightful online event - "Introduction to Urban Regeneration" Discover the transformative power of urban regeneration and how it can shape the future of the Nelson Tasman Region. This 'lightly interactive' session is designed to provide you with a comprehensive overview of regenerative development, highlighting its potential to create thriving…
Friday plant care session with Friends of the Matai
Friday plant care session with Friends of the Matai
Come along on Friday afternoons for Plant Care Sessions with the Friends of the Maitai. We will be at Groom Creek just before the Maitai Campground. Park and cross the river, you will see a beautiful field of trees. We will carry on mulching and weeding of existing plants, and do a small amount of…
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Learn how to make compost!
Learn how to make compost!
The Nelson Tasman Climate Forum is offering a 2 hour workshop on planning and building a compost heap on site. The Tutor is Rex Hunt who has run an organic plant nursery since 1980 and has focussed on making his own compost. Rex has both 1 and 3 year old compost heaps to demonstrate how…
Electric Vehicle Tradeshow/test drive – Climate Action Week
Electric Vehicle Tradeshow/test drive – Climate Action Week
Following the success of last year's EV tradeshow during Climate Action Week, we are please to announce that an Electric Vehicle (EV) tradeshow and test drive session will be organised again this year. Learn and explore what electric vehicles and PHEV models are available in the NZ market. This is your chance to ask questions,…
Contemplative Nature Photography Workshop
Contemplative Nature Photography Workshop
In the workshop, you will explore practices to enhance sensory awareness, and to develop your skills of attentiveness and focus. You will be inspired to re-examine your own ways of perceiving, thinking about, and connecting with the natural world. There will be ample space and opportunity to nurture mindfulness, and to photographically capture the natural…
Edible Weed Walk with Sally Rees
Edible Weed Walk with Sally Rees
Join Sally Rees, the 'Clean Green Queen', and founder of Natural Nosh, for a 2h ramble through the Waimarama Community Garden. Let's discover, with her, some of our more common edible weeds. Because eating healthy and respectful of the planet also means reconnecting with nature and the abundant and freely available food around us, for…
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Waimarama Community Gardens Crop Swap
Waimarama Community Gardens Crop Swap
Bring surplus crops and produce to share/swap :-) This event is subject to weather conditions. So please call Sally (number below) if the weather looks uncertain. See other Climate Action Week events HERE or on the Event section of the website.
Nelson Seed Library working bee
Nelson Seed Library working bee
Come and help store and label the seeds for the Nelson Seed Library project and learn, at the same time, how to save your own seeds for next year. Indeed, this session will include one hour introduction to Seed Saving. An occasion not to be missed! Bring: weather suitable clothes, sturdy footwear, insect repellent and…
Online Premiere of Ben and bEartha
Online Premiere of Ben and bEartha
For those of you who missed the Premiere and launch of Climate Action week, or who aren’t local to Whakatū Nelson, the team of Happen Film is organising the Online Preamiere this Sunday! This will be a live-streamed screening of the 40-minute documentary followed by a Q&A with Antoinette and Jordan and star of the…
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Social Equity and Climate Change – group meeting
Social Equity and Climate Change – group meeting
This new group will hold its second meeting by Zoom at 7pm on Tuesday It will address the vital and increasingly urgent subject of the ways in which climate change is exacerbating social inequality. Feel free to join if you want to join the forum members working on this topic, using this Zoom link. Please…
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Doughnuts and Degrowth – Imagining a New Future
Doughnuts and Degrowth – Imagining a New Future
Join Gareth Hughes and Jack Santa Barbara in a discussion of the most important mission facing the world right now - re-designing our economic paradigm to ensure collective wellbeing on a healthy planet. The Local Matters team invites you to their next event on Wednesday the 7th June, 7.30 pm at Mãpua Hall.
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NEW DATE!! Food, Water, the Climate and You- A talk by James Renwick and Paul White
NEW DATE!! Food, Water, the Climate and You- A talk by James Renwick and Paul White
Join us for a presentation from Professor James Renwick, Victoria University of Wellington professor of physical geography, and member of New Zealand’s Climate Change Commission. James was one of the authors of the latest IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report, and will be providing an overview of that report’s main findings. His particular inputs focused on the…
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Maire Stream Guardians/Nurturers monthly Working Bee
Maire Stream Guardians/Nurturers monthly Working Bee
Walk beneath this forest canopy, in this peaceful Maire Stream gully and it's like you've entered a hushed green world where time seems to slow.
How Regular People Can Change Everything with Chlöe Swarbrick
How Regular People Can Change Everything with Chlöe Swarbrick
A public talk with Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick who will discuss the power of everyday people, and how we can all take steps towards change in our own communities and beyond. All welcome. This a rare opportunity for us to hear one of the country’s brightest and best MPs.
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Tom Kay on Making Room for Rivers – Nelson
Tom Kay on Making Room for Rivers – Nelson
In the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle, the way we live with our rivers is at the front of many people's minds. While it is difficult to discuss for many people, having a conversation now about the future of river management and flood protection in our region is the only way we can minimise impacts on…
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Nature and Climate Group meeting
Nature and Climate Group meeting
The Nature and Climate group of the NTCF has been invited to make a submission to the Right Tree, Right Place Task Force that Nelson's mayor has established to advise Council on the future of NCC's forestry estate. More info on the Task Force here. This is a once in a generation opportunity. We have…
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Thomas Cawthron Memorial Lecture – Ice and Us : Adapting to sea level rise
Thomas Cawthron Memorial Lecture – Ice and Us : Adapting to sea level rise
Keynote address by Professor Tim Naish and Professor Richard Levy. With supporting presentation by Cawthron's Dr Anna Berthelsen and Jacqui Stuart Melting land ice is now the single largest driver of global sea-level rise. The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated “2m by 2100 cannot be ruled out”, depending on how…
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Advancing Aotearoa-New Zealand’s Vital Interests in a Turbulent World
Advancing Aotearoa-New Zealand’s Vital Interests in a Turbulent World
As the world grapples with big power transitions, shifting economic hierarchies, climate change, pandemics and severe challenges to international and regional balances, New Zealand finds itself navigating increasingly hazardous waters, yet with many constructive opportunities. Join our thought-provoking forum as our panel of experts share their ideas and explore potential ways forward for Aotearoa. ●…