Nelson Tasman Climate Forum

Maire Stream Guardians/Nurturers monthly Working Bee
2024-02-11 21:30 (Pacific/Auckland)
At this time of the year, Summer some noxious weeds like blackberries, climbing doc, oldmans beard are getting away. Lets clip and dig these plants away. Nature and I need your help.

Grow Your Own Food - Gardening and permaculture for beginners
2024-02-15 10:00 - 2024-03-18 23:30 | 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
– soil life & compost methods
– “pests & diseases”
– raised bed garden method
– propagation including seed sowing & raising, cuttings
– crop rotation & companion planting
– permaculture principles & thinking
Ami has a wide range of experience to share. This course aims to support your organic food gardening & answer your questions.
It is a low-tech course that focuses on face-to-face teaching, accompanied by handouts. $12-$15 per session. $75 -$90
Waimarama Organic Community Garden
Thursday 10 – 11:30am February 15th, 29th, March 7th, April 4th, 11th & 18th
Contact Ami info@germinatecollective.org.nz or 027 35 77998 for more information and registrations

Motueka Repair Cafe
2024-02-17 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-03-16 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-03-16 10:00 - 13:00 | Motueka Library, 32 Wallace street, Motueka, 7120
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 there!

Take the Jump Ambassador Training
2024-02-21 19:30 - 21:00 | zoom
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 motu by signing up to our free Ambassador training course.
The course consists of five x one hour and 15 minute sessions, and will take place over Zoom every Wednesday evening at 7.30pm, from February 21st until March 20th. The course will give you all the tools you need to communicate about making sustainable changes, and Taking the Jump, in a way that will avoid conflict, inspire people, and lead to positive outcomes. The course includes an array of learning materials and plenty of chances to practice communicating.
The sessions will cover:

Connecting with others – Exploring the barriers to making a change
Change through inspiration – Exciting others about what’s possible
Communication Toolkit – Principles and steps for communicating, plus practice sessions.
Deepening – Recaps, practice and FAQ’s
Becoming an Ambassador: groups, workshops, resources – and next steps in Aotearoa

Registerations for the free Ambassador training are now closed, but please register your interest for the next round, later in the year, by sending an email to team.ttj@ntcf.nz
Use the same address if you want to drop us a message or if you have any questions.

Nelson Repair Cafe
2024-02-23 10:00 - 2024-02-24 13:00
A monthly event helping you to repair your household items, save resources and build community – brought to you by the Nelson Tasman Climate Forum, held at the Habitat Hub (Restore), 166 Tahunanui Drive.
You will be able to bring items for smaller repairs – examples include:
– Electrical items (no large appliances)
– Clothing and textiles
– Small furniture
– Household items
– Bicycles
– Toys
One item will be accepted per household, although if it’s not too busy, additional items may be repaired.
– It will be at the discretion of the Repair Café and the volunteers as to whether an item is suitable for repair.
– We encourage you to observe and engage so that you can pick up new skills too.
– No charge but koha appreciated.
More information or questions: email: ntcf.resources.waste@gmail.com or find us on Facebook: Nelson Repair Cafe.
Run with the support of the Nelson City Council and the Rethink Waste initiative.

Nelson Tasman Climate Forum's 4th Anniversary!!
2024-02-29 16:30 - 18:30 | 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 during the weekend.
We’ll bring some snacks to share and begin a joyful evening. Bring your chairs if you have.
Find us under the Forum’s flag from 4.30pm (till 6.30pm).
Looking forward to see you there!
Note that this event is subject to cancellation in case of heavy rain. Check this website for any last minute update in case of doubts.

Maire Stream Guardians/Nurturers monthly Working Bee
2024-03-03 09:30 - 12:30 | 43 Highview Drive, Tahunanui
Snuggled into the hills of Tahuna is the peaceful valley of Maire Stream.
Along one sides, lower bank are the native planting done 2020 and further along is the Wee Food Forest started 2021. These areas need weeding of blackberry, oldmans beard vine, climbing doc and some gorse so the trees can get big enough to take care of themselves and prosper. Giving cool and green for native animals and the ecosystems to recover and thrive.
Come join Us for the betterment of this natural ecosystem to support this Planet and in the long run for humans to flourish.
Venue: Maire Stream Restoration Area, Upper Maire Stream. Meet on grass area above 41 Highview Drive, Tahunanui

Together We Grow FREE film screening
2024-03-21 17:00 | Greenmeadows community centre, Cnr Main Road and Songer Street, Stoke, Nelson, 7011, New Zealand
Join us at Greenmeadows Centre in the Tui Room on March 21st at 6 pm for a special screening of Together We Grow in celebration of Unity Week 2024.
Doors open at 5pm.
Bring your friends, whanau, neighbours and loved ones to discover the incredible community-led work happening across the region.
Dive into our resource market of community stalls, and find ways to make a positive impact in your community.
Together We Grow is a 40-minute documentary sharing the story of a thriving hub in Aotearoa New Zealand that is helping to build resilience into it’s local community by growing, sewing, repairing, sharing – you name it, Common Unity is doing it!
Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of something meaningful!
See you there for an evening of inspiration and connection.
Register here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx…
Facebook page of the Event HERE.

Nelson Repair Cafe
2024-03-23 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-20 10:00 - 13:00 | The Habitat Hub, 166 Tahunanui Drive, Nelson, New Zealand

WEBINAR - A Degrowth Approach to Climate Change
2024-03-27 19:30 - 21:00
This webinar will challenge the mainstream response to the climate crisis and outline a radically different approach.
Sahra Kress has a long term interest in complexity theory and how everything fits together. She divides her time between a career as a midwife in the Kapiti coast and re-localization, restoration efforts and degrowth advocacy.
Jack Santa Barbara is a retired psychologist, CEO and academic, and has been involved with a variety of environmental and social justice NGO as the national and international level.
Both Sahra and Jack are founding members of Degrowth Aotearoa New Zealand ( www.degrowth.nz)
For registration, follow this link: WEBINAR – A Degrowth Approach to Climate Change

WEBINAR - Building Alternatives: Are Efforts to Reform the System Misplaced? with Ted Trainer
2024-04-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Online (Zoom)
Ted Trainer Ph.D is a retired Australian academic best know for his development of The Simpler Way, an alternative lifestyle that embodies deep sustainability and degrowth principles. He has written several books and numerous articles on these topics, and developed an educational site at his home near Sydney, Australia to demonstrate what a sustainable lifestyle looks like.
In this webinar Ted will argue that attempts to reform the current economic system are futile, and that efforts should focus on building a new system, providing examples from The Simpler Way.
This webinar is sponsored by DANZ (Degrowth Aotearoa New Zealand), Wise Response, Our Climate Declaration and Engineers for Social Responsibility.
Background Reading
thesimplerway.info/. The first item in the summary list is an overview,
https://thesimplerway.info/TSWMain.htm
https://thesimplerway.info/DEGROWTHCRIT.pdf – This is a constructive critique of degrowth in which Ted outlines his argument for building an alternative system
Webinar link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87318666199?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 873 1866 6199
Passcode: [REDACTED]

School Strike for Climate
2024-04-05 14:00 | trafalgare center carpark
Meet at the Trafalgar Centre carpark and march down Rutherford, Hardy and Trafalgar Street to gather at Trafalgar and Halifax Intersection.
More info here: https://www.facebook.com/schoolstrike4climatenz

Positive Ageing Expo
2024-04-06 10:00 - 14:00 | Headingly center, Richmond
The Positive Ageing Expo showcases the recreational, health and social services available in Nelson-Tasman to make ageing a positive experience.
The Positive Ageing Expo has been running since 2008 and attracts about 2,000 people each year.
The purpose of the Expo is to bring people together, find ways to engage and connect with community groups and discover new ways to help each other. The overall aim is for everyone to improve their personal well-being. The Expo offers the chance to make contact with groups, organisations and service providers.
Throughout the day there will also be opportunities to try your hand at new activities and take part in demonstrations.
Positive Ageing Expo Poster

Outgrow the System - Movie projection@The Gecko
2024-04-12 19:00 - 21:00 | The Gecko Motueka, 23B Wallace Street, Motueka, New Zealand
A documentary about transitioning to a sustainable economic system. “Change the system, not the climate” is a common demand in the climate movement. But what kind of system do we actually want? In the midst of humanity’s worst crisis, the pioneers stand ready.
We thank The Gecko to have programmed it in Motueka, and we’d like to take this opportunity to watch it together and discuss it just afterwards, under the lead of Joanna Santa Barbara (Nelson Tasman Climate Forum Co-Chair) and Jack Santa Barbara (founding member of Degrotwh Aotearoa New Zealand).
Interested? Book your ticket directly at The Gecko by email : gecko.theatre@xtra.co.nz
Note that if you can’t make it on the 12th, this movie is also screened on the 11th of April.

Awestruck by Nature
2024-04-18 17:30 | the Boathouse

Rural Resilience Expo
2024-04-21 10:00 - 16:00 | Higgins Park, Wakefield, New Zealand

Active Hope: Deep Ecology & Yoga Retreat
2024-04-25 - 2024-04-28
Anahata Yoga Retreat is delighted to welcome Inna Alex who will be hosting the Active Hope – Deep Ecology & Yoga Retreat gathering at our Golden Bay Retreat. Kindly note that the teachings included in this gathering may not reflect Anahata’s tradition and philosophy.

Join us for an extraordinary, heart-felt journey into enhanced connection and empowerment through Deep Ecology & Yoga
Why join this Deep Ecology retreat?
We are alive at an extraordinary moment in time. It is a time of growing uncertainty, yet also time of great possibility when creativity, courage and collective action can help cultivate change. This is a time when many of us are seeking ways to reconnect to one another and to the living Earth.
Deep ecology is a holistic approach to facing the current challenges on Earth that brings together thinking, feeling, spirituality and action. It involves moving beyond the individualism of Western culture also seeing ourselves as part of the Earth. This leads to a deeper connection with life, where Ecology is not just seen as something ‘out there’, but something we are a part of and have a role to play in.
In this retreat, we will draw on the work of Joanna Macy, John Seed and Arne Naess. We will use theories and interactive practices from The Work That Reconnects to reconnect to out own true nature, the web of life, and to our human community.
This work supports us to experience first hand that we are larger, stronger, deeper, and more creative than we have been brought up to believe. Opening our hearts and our minds to the love, the grief we feel for our world, empowers us to act on behalf of the Earth.
More info on this retreat here: Active Hope: Deep Ecology & Yoga Retreat – Anahata Yoga Retreat (anahata-retreat.org.nz)

Six Inches of Soil in our local cinemas
2024-05-02 19:30 - 2024-05-19 17:00
The inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food – to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities.
Find the projection times in Motueka, Nelson and Takaka (from the 2nd till the 19th of May) here: https://www.flicks.co.nz/movie/six-inches-of-soil/

Textile ResQ Collective Launch
2024-05-04 09:30 - 15:00 | Hospice Opportunity shop on Saxton, 3 Elms Street, Stoke
Mark your calendars! The long awaited launch of Textile ResQ Collective

4th May 9:30-3:00 – Hospice Op Shop on Saxton!

May the Fourth Be With You!

More info on this Facebook page.

Six Inches of Soil - film screening & panel discussion
2024-05-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Mahakaruna Organic Farm, 75 Thorpe-Orinoco Road, Ngatimoti, 7196, New Zealand
The inspiring story of young British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food.
Its Organics Week! To celebrate, The HEI Organic Education Centre is excited to present the eagerly anticipated documentary, Six Inches of Soil.
The film starts at 7pm so arrive early to find a seat. The film will be followed by a 30 minute panel discussion with local food producers and retailers (GoodFor, Veda Organics, BearLion, Ferretti Growers).
The film follows three new farmers on the first year of their regenerative journey -A
Anna Jackson, a Lincolnshire 11th generation arable and sheep farmer; Adrienne Gordon, a Cambridgeshire small-scale vegetable farmer; and Ben Thomas, who rears pasture fed beeft catle in Cornwall. As the trio strive to adopt regenerative practices and create viable businesses, they meet seasoned mentors who help them on their journey. They’re joined by other experts providing wisdom and solutions from a growing movement of people who ared edicated to changing the trajectory for food, farming and the planet.

Composting Workshops in Tasman District
2024-05-08 16:00 - 2024-05-11 17:00
Composting at home is an easy and environmentally friendly way to manage food scraps and garden waste while also saving money on waste disposal fees.
Whether you’re just getting started, or need a little help troubleshooting, there’s something for you in these
workshops. Plus, there are giveaways and prizes to be won.
No registration is required for the Richmond and Motueka workshops, just show up. For the Golden Bay theory and
practical workshop with local specialist Sol Margan, please register by emailing gbsustain@gmail.com.
Composting workshops

Wednesday 8 May, 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm, Richmond Library.
Thursday 9 May, 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm, Motueka Library.
Saturday 11 May, 1.00 pm – 5.00 pm, Tākaka Cohousing.

Nelson Repair Cafe
2024-05-22 10:00 - 13:00 | Habitat Hub (Buzz Room – behind ReStore), 166 Tahunanui Drive, Tahunanui - Nelson, New Zealand
A monthly event helping you to repair your household items, save resources and build community – brought to you by the Nelson Tasman Climate Forum..
Come and visit us in the Buzz Room, behind Restore.
You will be able to bring items for smaller repairs – examples include:– Electrical items (no large appliances)– Clothing and textiles– Small furniture– Household items– Bicycles– Toys
One item will be accepted per household, although if it’s not too busy, additional items may be repaired.– It will be at the discretion of the Repair Café and the volunteers as to whether an item is suitable for repair.– We encourage you to observe and engage so that you can pick up new skills too.– No charge but koha appreciated.
To stay updated about the latest news (and repairs), follow the Nelson Repair Cafe on Facebook.
Run with the support of the Nelson City Council and the Rethink Waste initiative.

Common Ground Film screening
2024-05-24 17:45 - 20:30 | The Suter – Nelson, Bridge Street, 208, Nelson, New Zealand
Hollywood comes to the party in this star-studded, fact-filled documentary about how we produce food.
Common Ground examines how our food system has impacted the state of soil in the United States and around the world.
Screened at The Suter Art Gallery, the film will be followed by a “Back to Earth” panel discussion about its relevance for us here in New Zealand.

!! Event nearly Sold out!!

Registrations required and available HERE. Doors open at 5.30pm, movie begins at 6.15 pm sharp.
We want to encourage carpooling, so please use this link if you want to share your car or if you need a ride.

This event is part of Climate Action Festival. See the full program here.

Nelson Compost Club working bees - The Brook
2024-05-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Waimarama Organic Community Garden, Tantragee Road, The Brook, Nelson, New Zealand
Join the community compost during Climate Action Festival and, if you want, every Saturday morning. Indeed, it is a ongoing working session, which takes place throughout the year.
No prior registration required. The compost club is located at the Waimarama Community Gardens (Tantragree Rd, The Brook). if you’ve got any question, please email info@communitycompost.co.nz, or connect via the ‘Compost Club Facebook page‘

Please bring appropriate shoes and gardening clothes suitable for the weather, gloves, and your smile 🙂
There’s shared kai, contributed by both the community garden (which attendees maintain also during the workshops), and by what people bring on site as well.
Learn more about the Community Compost Whakatu Nelson on their website and grab a quick idea of the Compost Club with this video:

Learn more about how “composting” can regenerate our planet here: Compost I Project Regeneration

This event is part of Climate Action Festival. See the full program here.

Empowering Soil 1.0 - Motueka
2024-05-25 10:00 - 16:00 | TBC
Empowering Soil 1.0 will equip participants with simple tools and strategies to care for and regenerate soil to bring abundance to your garden.
Elliot Cleland will demonstrate natural farming techniques for making your own mineral and biological inputs and then try out some different planting strategies to accelerate the improvement of soil health.
Registrations details HERE. This workshop is also organised on the 1st of June in Takaka and on the 2nd in Nelson. See the full program for registrations details for those workshops.

This event is part of Climate Action Festival. See the full program here.

Repair with Flair Student Fashion Show
2024-05-25 12:00 - 14:30 | Greenmeadows community centre, Cnr Main Road and Songer Street, Stoke, Nelson, 7011, New Zealand
Join us to celebrate retro and restyled fashion creations made by local students! Every year heaps of clothing goes to landfill and by recycling and refashioning old items we can reduce our impact on the environment while having fun.
Starting from noon there will be short talks and interactive workshops by local community groups who focus on reducing, reusing and repurposing clothing waste. Then at 1pm the ‘Repair with Flair’ fashion show begins. Prizes will be given for the most creative, best background story, and best handywork. Students who are keen to enter can register here.
Entry to the event is free, and light refreshments will be available for a small charge. The event is being organised by the Waimea and Nelson Soroptimists clubs and is a follow-on from the 2023 ‘Clothing Revolution’ event.
By preventing clothing to landfill we are helping to reduce carbon emissions. Fashion (mostly women’s clothing) is responsible for at least 2-8% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Learn how acting on “Clothing” can regenerate our planet here: Clothing I Project Regeneration

This event is part of Climate Action Festival. See the full program here.

Weed Eating - the nourishing kind
2024-05-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Waimarama Organic Community Garden, Tantragee Road, The Brook, Nelson, New Zealand
Join Sally Rees of Natural Nosh during her Edible Weed walk. We will look at the 10 most common edible weeds learning about their nutritional value, growing habits, properties, and how to use them in your kitchen. Knowing about and eating more nutritious weeds reduces food costs and waste in the kitchen.
A few tasters will be available for sampling. Please bring along a camera, notepad, and pen.
Workshop costs are sliding-scale from $10-25 and you can register at the link below.
Registration details HERE.

This event is part of Climate Action Festival. See the full program here.
