whakatane newsletter july 2010
GATHERINGS:
GREEN SCREENING Presents:
GARBAGE WARRIOR
8.15pm Wed 28th July, CINEMA 5,Tickets: $10.50.
This documentary is about a visionary architect, Michael Reynolds, and his 30 year drive to build sustainable "Earthship" housing which involves using discarded tyres, plastic bottles, old beer cans, rammed earth, rain-harvesting, solar power and on-site food production, culminating in his selfless valuable contribution to rebuilding devastated communities in post-tsunami Andaman Islands and later in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. MORE....
See TRAILER..
PUBLIC MEETING - Stop the Oil Drilling - Opotiki College Hall, Opotiki College on Sat July 31st from 2-4 pm. Facebook link HERE.. (Log in as a member to view).
SIGN the GREENPEACE Petition No New Oil or Coal Mining in Pure NZ.
GREEN LUNCH We are usually meeting in Whakatane once a month, in Peace Park, Boon Street if the weather is nice! If your environmentally-friendly future needs connecting to others, then contact us and we'll keep you up to date if we change times or venues. Next event is on Wed 18th Aug. We'll be at Vendor, on Richardson Street, unless it's hot and sunny!
COMMUNITY GARDENING - We are meeting and working at members gardens on a weekly basis, and all work is done through EASTBAY TIMEBANK. Earn Time Credits, work and learn! Next Gardening date Sat 14th Aug . If you'd like more information contact Tina at eastbaytimebank@gmail.com. For more information on TimeBank you can download a brochure here
EASTBAY TIMEBANK - is celebrating its first BIRTHDAY at Pou Whakaaro, 40 Te Tahi Street, Whakatane, on Sun 25 July starting at 11.30am. There are lots of activities for kids of all ages so please bring your family with you. It’s a great opportunity to connect with other members of the TimeBank community. THEME - WHEN IN ROME - come dressed up and earn a time credit. We shall have an ongoing feast (pot luck) and you can earn another credit by bringing a plate to share.
LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
CYCLE ACTION WHAKATANE (CAW) are working quietly behind the scenes! Current News HERE...
TRANSITION TOWN OPOTIKI COAST is now live on Facebook! Link HERE.. Plenty of local information, and updates on campaigns here and beyond!
TAURANGA ENVIRONMENT CENTRE Newsletter - Sign up HERE..
FOREST & BIRD - Local activities and links HERE..
GOVERNMENT BACKS DOWN on Mining the National Parks ... MORE... YAY!!!!
DOC Conservation Korero - Upcoming Events & Info, including an update on the Whakatane Kiwis HERE...
APANUI SALTMARSH Clean-up - Meet at the bottom of McAlister Street by the river, 8am weather permitting, cancellations are put onto 1XX. Please make sure you have your sun hat, boots or strong shoes and warm clothing during winter. Next clean up on August 7th. Contact rosemarytully@clear.net.nz for more information. Future dates on Regular Links page.
GARDENING NEWS
KOANGA INSTITUTE upcoming Workshops
HOME GROWN MARKET Remember this FREE community initiative to assist locals with buying, trading and selling locally produced food or 'stuff' - keep it fresh, and keep it local!
FRUIT & FOOD SHARE MAP "Tonnes of food around NZ goes to waste every year, as trees produce fruit which is never picked or eaten. Use Michael Brenndorfer's interactive GOOGLE map to highlight fruit/nut trees, and other natural urban food/resource sources. This map is open for editing by anyone.
OTHER NEWS
The Story of Bottled Water
In the US alone, 500,000,000 bottles of water are consumed each week. People in Britain spend an average of £25 a year on bottled water. It's a big waste, environmentally and for your pocket. While 1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water worldwide, other people spend billions of dollars on a bottled product that's no cleaner, harms people and the environment and costs up to 2,000 times the price of tap water. The Story of Bottled Water (from Story of Stuff Project) is a new film using simple words and images to explain a complex problem, in this case manufactured demand: how you get people to think they need to spend money on something they don't actually need or already have?
