REGULAR LINKS
Eastbay REAP now holds the Green Screening email address list. They communicate via a monthly e-newsletter which will include information on a variety of topics. Contact http://www.eastbayreap.org.nz/ to be added to their e-mail list, or to contribute news/events for the Eco-Community.
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. Contact rosemarytully@clear.net.nz for more information. Future dates are August 7th, September 4th, October 2nd.
BIRD RESCUE Read Rosemary's Bird Rescue Newsletter from the NZ Birds website.
KOANGA INSTITUTE We've now been collecting and growing old fruit trees, vegetables, and flowers for 25 years, and from July 2009 offers on-line shopping to members! Become a member of Koanga Institute and support the work they are doing to maintain the viability of our Heritage Plant material.
DOC NEWSLETTER Newsletter January 2010 HERE..
ECO VILLAGE A group of people in Transition Town Opotiki & TT Whakatane held a meeting on Sunday May 10th to explore the options of establishing a EcoVillage or Community Land Trust in the area. There is now an Ecoliving WIKI to continue these discussions on http://ecoliving.wikispaces.com/
REAF in OPOTIKI is the organisational home of varied Marine ventures. We offer many options for you to get involved in this win-win marine adventure no matter where you might live. Marine Life Tours, Eco-Fishing Trips, Reef Building and Memory Reefs are just some of our ventures.
OPOTIKI COMMUNITY MARKETPLACE The marketplace is designed to be an outlet for local home-gardeners, craftspeople and farmers... more information at http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/node/1437
OPOTIKI TRANSITION TOWN FOOD CO-OP Find out more. http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/node/451
The Bay of Plenty Region is one of SBN's most established, innovative and active branches. The region is led by Jo Wills, Regional Manager, and Andrea Oliphant, Regional Coordinator. We run training programmes, networking events and the annual sustainable business awards. 2010 Events Calendar HERE
SUSTAINABLE LIVING is back in action for 2010! Our courses listings by region are HERE..
Register now for newsletter and information on courses.
ORGANIC EXPLORER - New Zealand’s first green travel guide - has facilitating an American TV company to make a seven episode tour of this country’s gourmet organic delights. The hit TV show "The Hippy Gourmet" has already filmed gourmet excursions in over 40 countries and the programmes reach over 34 million homes each week through Google and YouTube. PRESS RELEASE on this successful Whakatane-based project.
PLASTIC BAGS slide show Excellent and scary.
NZ CAMPAIGN http://plasticshoppingbagfree.org.nz/what-you-can-do
ART & CRAFT http://www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/138/1/Recycled-plastic-bag-crafts.html
EARTH CLOCK http://www.sustainabledesign.co.nz/earthclock.php Even scarier than plastic bags.
GLOBAL FOCUS (formerly DevZone) JOBS in Development/Social Justice here and overseas http://www.dev-zone.org/jobs/. Also great source of Educational FILMS to borrow FREE.
