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Are you: A corporate group looking for a community project?, A group of fit Gold Carders wanting to make the most of your wanderlust?, A club or group of friends who want to do a bit of teambuilding?, A hen or stag party who want to do something completely different?
Planting native trees is fun, gives Nature a helping hand, and improves the habitat for birds and wildlife! Once again, KAIPATIKI PROJECT, the Environment Centre of the North Shore, invites the local community to help plant trees in beautiful Eskdale Reserve Network in Birkdale/Glenfield.
At Ranui Community Garden - Come and gain a practical experience in pruning fruit trees.
Want healthy food that’s locally grown or produced? The Auckland Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market is a community-owned and operated produce market that provides fresh, locally grown goods that come from within a 200km radius of the Grey Lynn suburb. With 30-plus stallholders, and growing, there’s plenty of choice to do your weekly shop. From vegetables and fruit, to fish, salad dressing, cheese, olive oils, jams, strawberries and more, there is a story behind every product you buy.
By ignoring the grim weather forecasts for Queen's Birthday weekend, TOSSI members, park supporters, and a hundred Sea Scouts planted over five thousand new trees in the Twin Hills area of Tawharanui Regional Park on Saturday and Sunday. Each day, they enjoyed a barbeque lunch in support of their efforts. The recent rain has made the ground soft enough for good planting and will be ideal for tree survival this winter.
Volunteer to help with the nursery, general maintenance and other projects around the Long Bay Regional Park every Tuesday from 9am - 12pm.
Volunteer to help with the general maintenance and other projects around Shakespear Regional Park. Every Tuesday from 9am - 12.30pm.
Healthy Child, Healthy Planet is a Playgroup and Parenting Course in ONE!
Stay warm! Live healthier! SAVE MONEY!
Jennifer Kerr is a qualified Chartered Accountant who more recently, following her passion for sustainability, contracted to the Sustainable Living Education Trust as the North Island Coordinator. Sustainable Living offers independent practical information and courses on how to trim carbon emissions, save money and create a healthier lifestyle.
Find out how to be a super-spy and save the world with Agent Ani! Learn top-secret codes, sneaky spy moves, make your own secret agent ID badge and more!
Colin Walker will be holding an introduction to growing good food/ seed saving. Please book ASAP as places are limited. To view more info click here.
Date: 10 July 2010
Time: 10am - 4pm
Cost: $15
Want healthy food that’s locally grown or produced? The Auckland Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market is a community-owned and operated produce market that provides fresh, locally grown goods that come from within a 200km radius of the Grey Lynn suburb. With 30-plus stallholders, and growing, there’s plenty of choice to do your weekly shop. From vegetables and fruit, to fish, salad dressing, cheese, olive oils, jams, strawberries and more, there is a story behind every product you buy.
Join local Riverside residents for the first of many community tree planting days to be held at Flat Rock Reserve. The purpose of this planting day is to transform grassed areas around the children's playground into rich native garden beds.
Join local Waterview residents at Heron Park for a morning of tree planting. Help continue creating extensive areas of healthy native bush along the creeks which meander through the park toward the Waitemata Harbour (Pollen Island Marine Reserve).
HEAT By Lynda Chanwai-Earle - Unlike other conventional theatre shows HEAT uses self-sustainable energy means - powered off-grid with lights, sound and electronics from low drain and/or renewable energy. This unique Spacewise energy installation on site at the theatre is a world first.
Volunteer to help with the general maintenance and other projects around Shakespear Regional Park. Every Tuesday from 9am - 12.30pm.
Volunteer to help with the nursery, general maintenance and other projects around the Long Bay Regional Park every Tuesday from 9am - 12pm.
HEAT By Lynda Chanwai-Earle - Unlike other conventional theatre shows HEAT uses self-sustainable energy means - powered off-grid with lights, sound and electronics from low drain and/or renewable energy. This unique Spacewise energy installation on site at the theatre is a world first.
Find out how to be a super-spy and save the world with Agent Ani! Learn top-secret codes, sneaky spy moves, make your own secret agent ID badge and more!
HEAT By Lynda Chanwai-Earle - Unlike other conventional theatre shows HEAT uses self-sustainable energy means - powered off-grid with lights, sound and electronics from low drain and/or renewable energy. This unique Spacewise energy installation on site at the theatre is a world first.
Artist Jonathan Bowman's outdoor sculptures use steel, stone and timber to explore and satisfy his interest in texture, form and colour. He has recently been working on indoor sculptures in various media, and creating and gathering articles and photographs sourced from the natural environment.
A video presentation and commentary on Arctic wildlife through the eyes of a NZ conservationist.
Ken Catt, a Life Member of ‘Forest & Bird’ and former Branch President and Secretary of the Waitakere Branch recently returned from Spitzbergen, Norway after an 11 day Arctic cruise.
HEAT By Lynda Chanwai-Earle - Unlike other conventional theatre shows HEAT uses self-sustainable energy means - powered off-grid with lights, sound and electronics from low drain and/or renewable energy. This unique Spacewise energy installation on site at the theatre is a world first.
Join our park ranger to discover the history of Hampton Park. This is an opportunity to learn about this fascinating historic volcanic reserve.
Learn about its extensive Maori and European cultural heritage and increase your understanding of the volcanic and geological history of the reserve.
The Ranui Community House hosts a fun friendly farmers market every friday evening from 3.30pm to 6.30pm winter and 4.30pm to 7.30pm in the summer.
HEAT By Lynda Chanwai-Earle - Unlike other conventional theatre shows HEAT uses self-sustainable energy means - powered off-grid with lights, sound and electronics from low drain and/or renewable energy. This unique Spacewise energy installation on site at the theatre is a world first.
Harakeke is the art of flax weaving and has been used by Maori for hundreds of years. Come along and learn how to weave using this versatile natural material.
The HazMobile is a free service for householders who want to dispose of their unwanted hazardous materials safely and responsibly.
In some areas of New Zealand, the HazMobile visits a public car park on specific dates to receive household and garden chemicals, waste oil, batteries, lead based paints and other products that can potentially harm people or the environment.
Help protect the beautiful Whangateau Harbour - Community wetland planting day
Family fun for everyone! Bring a friend!
You are invited to a wetland planting day... Come and have some fun planting and
learning about how wetlands can help improve water quality in the Whangateau harbour.
Tim Smit always wanted Eden to be a place to showcase the "Plants that Changed the World," a place where science meets art. Sue Hill and Peter Hample, artistic directors of Eden, commissioned various sculptors and artists to produce work that would tell some of the stories.
HEAT By Lynda Chanwai-Earle - Unlike other conventional theatre shows HEAT uses self-sustainable energy means - powered off-grid with lights, sound and electronics from low drain and/or renewable energy. This unique Spacewise energy installation on site at the theatre is a world first.
Simon has been a keen photographer for nearly 30 years, specialising in
wildlife photography since his first visit to Tiritiri Matangi island 17 years ago.
He is a former chairman of the Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi and now
Want healthy food that’s locally grown or produced? The Auckland Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market is a community-owned and operated produce market that provides fresh, locally grown goods that come from within a 200km radius of the Grey Lynn suburb. With 30-plus stallholders, and growing, there’s plenty of choice to do your weekly shop. From vegetables and fruit, to fish, salad dressing, cheese, olive oils, jams, strawberries and more, there is a story behind every product you buy.
NSCC community planting days are in full swing but there’s still plenty of opportunity for you to help out during July and August. The voluntary events are proving an inter-generational activity, attracting preschoolers through to grandparents, demonstrating to all ages the importance of looking after our environment for the future.
The local residents need your help to ward off strangling effectives of weeds on existing native plants, and return native trees to the Cox's Bay Reserve park. Come along to a morning of tree planting.
Join members of the St. Lukes Environmental Protection Society (STEPs) and Morphum for last community planting day this winter at Meola Creek. The day aims form a medicinal garden with native plant species.
Volunteer to help with the nursery, general maintenance and other projects around the Long Bay Regional Park every Tuesday from 9am - 12pm.
Volunteer to help with the general maintenance and other projects around Shakespear Regional Park. Every Tuesday from 9am - 12.30pm.
See Totara Park as you’ve never seen it before with the Glow Worm Night Trail. Keep an eye out for eels in the ponds alongside the trail and observe clusters of glow worms in the bush.
This worshop is run by the Sustainable Business Network in conjunction with EcoBiz.
The Emissions Trading Scheme is looming on the horizon. Your business could be caught unawares by it, or alternatively, take the opportunity to surge ahead of the competition. The key is preparation.
The Ranui Community House hosts a fun friendly farmers market every friday evening from 3.30pm to 6.30pm winter and 4.30pm to 7.30pm in the summer.
Join caretaker Malcolm Fisher (son of Muriel Fisher) at 38 Kauri Rd, Birkenhead, for a walk around Fernglen gardens and the surrounding bush.
Join the Friends of the Whau at Arawhata Reserve for a morning of tree planting along the banks of the Whau Reserve. This is the second year of planting involving local residents, and the aim on this occasion, is to fill in any gaps remaining from last year.
Join members of the Waiatarua Reserve Protection Society for their annual community planting day in the park. The day aims expand on areas planted last year adding more native plant species to the overall mix. In future years there should be sufficient food available to native birds year-round.
Want healthy food that’s locally grown or produced? The Auckland Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market is a community-owned and operated produce market that provides fresh, locally grown goods that come from within a 200km radius of the Grey Lynn suburb. With 30-plus stallholders, and growing, there’s plenty of choice to do your weekly shop. From vegetables and fruit, to fish, salad dressing, cheese, olive oils, jams, strawberries and more, there is a story behind every product you buy.
NSCC community planting days are in full swing but there’s still plenty of opportunity for you to help out during July and August. The voluntary events are proving an inter-generational activity, attracting preschoolers through to grandparents, demonstrating to all ages the importance of looking after our environment for the future.
Start something - Bring your family and friends and plant trees on your region's parks!
Where: Mahurangi Regional Park follow the signs from the park entrance.
Sunday 25 July Native Fish Field Trip - Paul Woodard, a native fish expert, will show us fresh water native stream creatures.
Join local Glendowie residents at Churchill Park to help kick-off the 2nd community tree planting day. Following on from last year, local residents are helping transform existing weed infested areas of the park into rich areas of various native habitats including forests and wetlands.
Volunteer to help with the general maintenance and other projects around Shakespear Regional Park. Every Tuesday from 9am - 12.30pm.
Volunteer to help with the nursery, general maintenance and other projects around the Long Bay Regional Park every Tuesday from 9am - 12pm.
This workshop will cover many aspects of runnng a successful event:
An opportunity to explore the natural forest landscape and estuary of this beautiful diverse valley situated at the edge of urban Manukau.
Learn about its cultural heritage, increase your understanding of the valley’s ecosystems, and develop an awareness of the environmental issues that face the area today.
The Ranui Community House hosts a fun friendly farmers market every friday evening from 3.30pm to 6.30pm winter and 4.30pm to 7.30pm in the summer.
The HazMobile is a free service for householders who want to dispose of their unwanted hazardous materials safely and responsibly.
In some areas of New Zealand, the HazMobile visits a public car park on specific dates to receive household and garden chemicals, waste oil, batteries, lead based paints and other products that can potentially harm people or the environment.
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