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Expand your learning with some great climate related content
It’s good to share, and we at the Forum believe that an informed community is a resilient community. The free exchange of ideas and information is vital in the climate conversation and to keep ahead of new developments. At the Forum, we are open to learning, benefit from the wisdom of others and try to impart some wisdom of our own. We’ve made a collection of podcasts, films/documentaries, podcasts, and books that we feel our members would be interested in.
If you have any suggestions, we would love to know them.
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Tackling the twin crises of biodiversity and climate across our region
Tackling the twin crises of biodiversity and climate across our region: Kotahitanga mō te Taiao Alliance (KMTT) and our collective, co-governance approach to restoration whilst ensuring climate resilience. Debs Martin…
Jonathan Boston on Trust, Science and Climate Change – Slides and Recording
Powerpoint of the presentation Recording
Climate Action Festival 2024
What a Festival!! A huge thank you to all who organised events, led workshops, helped out and attended gatherings. A total of 40 events took place over the week, all…
Climate Check 2024 with Jim Salinger
This webinar was an opportunity to take the pulse of climate scientists around New Zealand. We hear one of the country's top presenters on climate change, Dr Jim Salinger, Kiwibank…
Meet the candidates on Climate and Biodiversity – West Coast/Tasman RECORDING
Listen to our candidates.
How much energy is involved in using your computer? by Adrian Cochrane
Adrian Cochrane, one of our tech’ expert amongst our Forum members, specialised in software and programming guided us in this discussion, highlighting how computing is also linked to the environment…
Your money has Eco Power! – Barry Coates – Webinar recording
Your money has Eco Power! Find out about the carbon emissions of your savings and how YOU can make a difference. Are your savings working for the long-term good…
Eco Postcards – Podcasts on Fresh FM
Joanna Santa Barbara presents an Eco Postcard, focusing on sustainability and the environment. Eco Postcard airs Monday afternoons at 3:30 and replaying Saturday morning at 9:45 Click here to access…
Climate Matters – Podcasts on Fresh FM
Climate Matters is an audio version of Resilienz Ltd's Climate Matters newsletter, that gives intriguing insights into climate breakdown and climate recovery. Resilienz Ltd. is a company committed to developing…
James Renwick on the Climate Change Science – slides and articles
Slides of the presentation (by clicking on the image) and audio recording - Article about the talk in Stuff
Climate Action Week 2023 is behind – thanks so much to our community!
Here we are on the other side of Climate Action Week 2023. A huge thank you to all who organised events, led workshops, helped out and attended gatherings. A total of…
How to decarbonise our Transport with Paul Winton
Paul Winton is an engineer and investment advisor, working mostly in the North Island. About 50 attendees were energized by his evidence-backed strategic approach to decarbonizing transport. He ensured…
Conference : Regenerating our Landscape with Native Forest
One of our Members, Katerina Seligman, wants to share the following speeches, made during the 'O Tātou Ngahere' (our Forests) conference 2022. She most particularly highly recommend the short speech…
Climate Adaptation in Action: What are we doing to prepare for the changes ahead? RECORDING
Climate adaptation is one of the three goals of the climate forum, and to be successful it needs to be undertaken in partnership with the other goals; reducing greenhouse gas emissions…
Citizens’ Assemblies and a path forward in New Zealand
Imagine if our prime minister followed recommendations made by citizen assemblies, which would represent everyone in our society? The Nelson Tasman Climate Forum hosted a discussion about citizens' assemblies, also…
Presentation of new Agricultural Emissions Pricing Scheme – RECORDING
Earlier this year, a joint governrement-industry-iwi partnership (He Waka Eke Noa) delivered recommendations to the government on how agriculture emissions could be priced. The Government will deliver a public report…
Tackling climate change through a better understanding of our wastes – RECORDING
This a presentation made by Karen Lee, Nelson City Council and David Stephenson, Tasman District Council, made in order to learn more about our waste streams: what are they, what…
Climate Action Week June 2022 – What a Week! Thanks to everyone who participated
New Friendships, New Experiences and Lots of Climate Action! The People Came Together to Make Climate Action Week to Learn, Connect and to Act! Climate Action Week grew out of…
Wealth and Degradation: The Role of Economic Inequality in the Climate Crisis, with Max Rashbrooke – RECORDING
Wealthier households tend to generate more carbon emissions than poorer ones. And economic inequality, in itself, may lead to higher emissions. In this webinar, writer and public intellectual Max Rashbrooke has taken…
What are our Councils doing around climate crisis? RECORDING
As part of our Climate Action Week, we had the pleasure of hearing what our councils have done so far in response to the climate crisis, what they intend to…
Sea level rise: we have less time to act than we thought, by Tim Naish – RECORDING
Tim Naish is Professor in Earth Sciences, at the Antarctic Research Centre at Victoria University. He has leadership roles on the world climate research programme, the scientific committee on Antarctic…
The future of food and energy with Mike Joy – RECORDING
This webinar, held in March 2022, deeply explores some of the problems we are facing. If you are feeling vulnerable to climate anxiety, you may find this challenging to view…
Climate and Councils podcasts – Weekly podcasts and episodes from 13th June – 3rd October 2022
Local Climate Change Champion and Strategist Lindsay Woods, member of the Forum, interviews. Sixteen experts answer critical climate questions for communities and local bodies ahead of October’s council elections. Resilienz…
Earth Emotions Photography Exhibition
We invite you to view the video version of Earth Emotions, an exhibition of photography from Te Tauihu, the top of New Zealand's South Island. It launched on Earth Day April 22, 2022…