Grey Lynn 2030

For our September public meeting Transition Timaru will be showing two insirational, positive short films:

- Carving the Future – an award-winning new NZ film showcasing amazing young New Zealanders working to protect our environment and build community.

Transition Timaru will be hosting a meet the candidates night – we will be inviting all Timaru Ward Council and Mayoral candidates along for a question and answer session based around environmental and community building issues. Come along, meet the candidates and see where they stand on these important policy areas.  This is also a great opportunity to inform the candidates of ouir views and priorities.  Most of the candidates have already confirmed that they will be attending.

Four years ago Al Gore released his documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth´ in which he shows the dire consequences that could result if the Arctic Ice melts – dramatic flooding of densely populated coastal areas around the world, and warned that climate change was causing more extreme weather patterns leading to more flooding, with droughts and hurricanes also becoming stronger. 

I read the governments Draft Energy Strategy  and discovered that apart from a bland statement that oil prices will rise and be volatile, it fails to identify the risks to New Zealand’s energy security. There is no discussion in the DES about the threats to New Zealand of oil scarcity arising from global oil depletion and no analysis of the potentially devastating impacts on the New Zealand economy from scarcity and/or higher oil prices. Nor does it discuss how soon these threats might arise. For example could they occur within one year, five years, 10 years, or longer?

There are 2 more Sunday working bees before daylight saving returns. We will be watering and feeding the trees, weed eating the grass, sowing wildflower seed and getting our berry beds ready.

We would love to see you if you are able to help out on Sunday: 12th and/ or 26th September. 

Bring tools if you have them – trowel, rake, fork…

Look forward to seeing you

Mel and Kelda

To find out more contact kelda.hains [at] clear.net.nz

Here’s an idea that combines the Transition movement’s drive to rebuild our local foodsheds with its drive to build new economic structures. In our local neighborhood in Los Angeles, for the third year running, we are hosting a group purchase of bare root fruit trees.

It started on a whim. I was ordering bare root fruit trees for my own yard, and thought perhaps a few others might wish to piggyback on my order.

“the climate-change bill, for which President Barack Obama had pushed so hard, will not even be presented to the US Senate, because it stands no chance of passage”.

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New Brighton Project is currently working on establishing NZ´s first weekly Eco Market in New Brighton

which will be launched on the 31st of October, 10am-2pm.

We are still looking for stallholders, workshop presenters and non-profit organisations who would like to be part of this exciting venture.

Here some examples of what we are looking for:

 

Hi,

I’ve just uploaded an event on 10/10/10 on behalf of 350 Aotearoa who I have links with.

I thought some others here would be interested to hear about the 10/10/10 Global Climate Working Bee which we’d love more people to get involved with.  It urges people at grass roots, community level to get active on 10/10/10 – a great opportunity for Transition Towns groups around the country to organise an event, show their support for science, and recruit for the future.