KAY BAXTER, founding member and Managing Director of the Koanga Institute (NZ Heirloom seed producers) will be in store at Michelle’s Health & Nutrition on Wed 28th Oct from 10am to 3pm. Books for sale are:
- Koanga Garden Guide -A complete guide to gardening organically and sustainably
- Change of Heart - The ecology of nourishing food
- Design Your Own Orchard - Bring permaculture design to the ground in Aotearoa
Each book purchased on the day will receive a Koanga Gift. Kay will be available to sign books even if you have already purchased one and is happy to chat about nutrient dense foods.
GREEN SCREENING at Cinema 5 Thursday 5th November The Age of Stupid. More info...
ENERGY OPTIONS is on its way to the 2009 National Sustainable Business Network Awards. For us sustainability is all about helping people who are cold, vulnerable and at risk, creating jobs, and caring for our environment. PLEASE VOTE FOR US in the People's Choice Award!With your vote, we hope our little company can be a big contributor to a better planet. Read MORE about Energy Options.
Introducing the People's Choice Award where you can vote for your
favourite finalist. Voting closes on November 6. The winner will be
announced at the Awards Event on November 12.
This new award is a great way to gather public support for those
businesses who are making real and positive change. Read about all
these amazing finalists, and pick which one you want to get behind.
Then tell your friends!
GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION SATURDAY 24TH OCTOBER
TAURANGA Saturday Oct 24th 3:50 pm. Here's your opportunity to let the world's politicians know how serious we are about climate change - and it's time they acted. Aerial photos of our event on Mt Maunganui beach (where we plan to form a human 350-shaped outline) will be relayed by 350.org to Times Square, New York, for all the world to see.
350 Aotearoa newsletter #4! Catch up on all the 350 action going on in New Zealand. More info... An excellent animation explaining the campaign and planned GLOBAL action on OCTOBER 24th -350 on YouTube! And a second excellent animation.
CYCLE ACTION WHAKATANE meeting Thursday 22nd October 12.30pm Sport BOP Pavillion. BikeWise 2010 planning.
DIRTY WEEKEND
Why not have a ‘DIRTY WEEKEND’ this October? Have you got some serious weeds at your place? Weedbusters will be launching the new Bay of Plenty Plant Me Instead booklet as part of the national ‘dirty weekend’ weed swap initiative. Find out if any of your weeds are in the Plant Me Instead booklet or the Regional Pest Management Strategy and bring them along and swap them for a native plant. Only one shopping bag of weeds though!
If you can’t make it to swap your bag of weeds, send in a photo of your ‘dirty weekend’ of backyard weedbusting with a story of 200 words or less and be in to win a $100 garden voucher sponsored by Mitre 10 Mega. Send your entry to: Weedbusters Dirty Weekend Competition, PO Box 364, Whakatane 3158 or email dirtyweekend@envbop.govt.nz. Competition closes 6th November 2009. Weed swaps sponsored by: Bay Natives, Mangatawa Nursery, Treeline Native Nursery, Naturally Native, Kereru Gardens, Opotiki Mitre 10, and Ngahere Nurseries.
BIRDFEST 2009 A packed program of events, walks, talks, native plant sales ..... Full program BirdsaPlenty
Kiwi Recovery – from crisis to community crusade
Pim de Monchy will talk about his work on the National Kiwi Recovery Group and his work with kiwi on Kapiti Island, Coromandel and at Maungatautari Ecological Island.
Pim has been involved with the Moehau kiwi sanctuary since it was planned in 1999, where he has helped to create a new kiwi population in the 3400-hectare predator-fenced sanctuary. He has been a member of the Kiwi Recovery Group since 2008. Thursday 22 October 7pm Eastbay REAP
COMMUNITY GARDENING Wairiki Institute, Cutler Crescent on Thursdays. Time to catch up and plant. From 12.30 pm. Please bring spare seed trays if you have any?
Why not have a ‘dirty weekend’ this October? Have you got some serious weeds at your place? Weedbusters will be launching the new Bay of Plenty Plant Me Instead booklet as part of the national ‘dirty weekend’ weed swap initiative. Find out if any of your weeds are in the Plant Me Instead booklet or the Regional Pest Management Strategy and bring them along and swap them for a native plant. Only one shopping bag of weeds though!
If you can’t make it to swap your bag of weeds, send in a photo of your ‘dirty weekend’ of backyard weedbusting with a story of 200 words or less and be in to win a $100 garden voucher sponsored by Mitre 10 Mega. Send your entry to: Weedbusters Dirty Weekend Competition, PO Box 364, Whakatane 3158 or email dirtyweekend@envbop.govt.nz. Competition closes 6th November 2009.
Weed swaps sponsored by: Bay Natives, Mangatawa Nursery, Treeline Native Nursery, Naturally Native, Kereru Gardens, Opotiki Mitre 10, and Ngahere Nurseries.
FOOD,INC the movie: 8 pm Wed 4th Nov at the Rialto Cinema, Tauranga."You'll never look at dinner the same way!" Food, Inc. lifts the veil on the food industry and reveals surprising—and often shocking —truths about what we eat and how it's produced. Sue Kedgley, Green MP, will introduce this excellent documentary. Tickets (limited to 60) cost $12 each and will be available from any of the following shops from Tuesday 20th Oct:
Good Earth Organics, Merivale Rd, Merivale
Trade Aid shop in Devonport Rd.
Tauranga Environment Centre, Elizabeth St
Bethlehem Health and Tea Shop
The world is on the brink of runaway climate change and it’s time to get serious. That’s why this year, Greenpeace is launching the most urgent, most ambitious and most important campaign it has ever run. It’s called Sign On..... read more.
96% of Avaaz members want to go all-out and beat the climate crisis with a giant 'global wake-up call'! More info...
WOW!! AT LAST!! A seriously good campaign for the eradiacation of slavery in the production of Chocolate. Read more. FUNDRAISE with Fairtrade Chocolate from Trade Aid HERE.
NEW!! Fresh Market, Lovelock Street, has started selling Scarborough Fair (Fairtrade) tea and coffee. Plus, I hear the manager is putting up a BIKE STAND!!!
KOANGA INSTITUTE July 2009 Catalogue is now available to members for on-line ordering of Heritage Seed. Koanga Gardens Seeds are also available at Michelle's Health and Nutrition shop on Boon Street.
BAN ENDOSULFAN campaign - Send an online letter calling for the Indian Government to support a global ban on deadly pesticide endosulfan.
NATIONAL CYCLEWAY update.
Bike News - ROTORUA to be Cycle City of NZ http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/local/news/rotorua-to-be-cycle-city-of-nz/3900850/
SAVE ENVIROSCHOOLS - WWF Campaign Speak out now and help us bring back Government funding for Enviroschools.
