CANCELLED – A talk on Earth Grief circles, by Jose G. Cano
Due to unforseen circumstances, the organiser of this event is not able to give this talk. Apologies for any inconveniences.
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Events List
50 events found.
28 April 2023 - 1 May 2023
ACTIVE HOPE – Deep Ecology Retreat
A 4-day immersion into the Work That Reconnects supported by yogic practice and a stunning natural environment.Facilitated by Inna Alex and Swami Karma Karuna.Residential, fully-catered retreat.Find out more: https://www.innaevolution.com/active-hope
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Climate Action 2023 – A community planning workshop
Event is free but registration is required, following this link: REGISTRATION We also want to encourage you to share your trips. For that, do not hesitate to register your offer or your request on the carpooling site here.
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Nelson Seed Library Seed saving working bee and shared lunch
AUTUMN SEED HARVEST - Taking action for food resiliency Bring : your well labeled seeds for processing. There are plenty to share if you do not have your own seeds. For UNKNOWN Seeds, write as much information as you can e.g. family, variety, growing habit, taste,... Simple food to share for …
Seed Saving Talk at the Marybank Garden Club, by Ami Kennedy
From October to March Marybank garden club members visit members' gardens and other gardens prior to meeting. This is a wonderful place to share and learn from other gardeners. Ami Kennedy, from the Nelson Seed Library, will be speaking at one of their next meeting, on the 2nd of May.
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POSTPONED!! Safer Biking and Walking around Nelson – Rally for Travel Justice
Attention please!! Rally for Travel Justice date change! Because of the bad weather forecast we have changed the date of the Rally for Travel Justice to Sunday May 28th (from May 7th). We look forward to seeing you then, 1 pm, at Millers Acre car park and later at the …
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Inaugural meeting of the Climate and Social Equity group of the Forum
This new group of the Forum will have its inaugural meeting on May 9th, 5-7pm. It will be both in person and online. To attend in person, go to the Quaker Meeting house, 30 Nile St., Nelson. To attend online, go to https://us06web.zoom.us/j/2271491771?pwd=YnlvdThEWDBsWDZKbHlsMEdiV2VuQT09 Meeting ID : …
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Maire Stream Working Bee
We’re working to keep noxious weeds out of Maire Stream and working on a hillside Restoration Project. All volunteers are very much appreciated.
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Maire Stream Guardians/Nurturers monthly Working Bee
Community supporting nature, supporting this Earth
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Our Regenerative Future, by Greg Hart
Hawkes Bay Sheep and Beef farmer, Greg Hart, will outline his transition from traditional sheep and cattle farming to a more economic and biologically resilient farm. Greg grew up on a family farm near Methven, Mid-Canterbury. After gaining a Bachelor of Agriculture from Massey University and working in the agriculture …
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Support our youth during their School Strike for Climate
Come and join our younger generation during this Strike. "Whakatū, Nelson - Join us! We will meet in 1903 Square at 1.30pm, for an hour of speeches and music from local youth bands, before marching down Trafalgar Street to Nelson City Council buildings at 2.30pm This strike is …
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Roots – Plant based Food Contest and Fashion Show
AWARD CRITERIA FOR THE FOOD COMPETITION - GUIDELINES FOR THE FASHION SHOW See other Climate Action Week events HERE or on the Event section of the website.
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Repair Cafe session
Come and be part of a Repair Movement! A FREE monthly event helping you to repair your items, save resources and build community. For the months of April & May at Victory Community Center brought to you by the Nelson Tasman Climate Forum. We're fixing items and building community. Come …
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A dream for Nelson – Come and share your ideas
The Plan: A bed enclosed by bamboo in a parking space as an invitation to sit and talk about Nelson’s future John-Paul Pochin, initiator of the project, explains: “This started as an idea several years ago. I bought a hospital bed and it’s been sitting taking up space ever since …
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Ben & bEartha: A Community’s Compost Love Story
Join us for the world premiere of a new documentary filmed by Happen Film right here in Whakatū Nelson! Please register following the link below Ben & bEartha: A Community's Compost Love Story showcases the incredible mahi of Ben Bushell and the team of volunteers at Whakatū Nelson's Community Compost …
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Join the first planting session of the year for the Banded Rail!
Battle for the Banded Rail is a project working with local communities to increase the number of banded rail and other estuarine birds on the margins of the Waimea Inlet by restoring habitat and trapping predators. Their first planting on 28th May at Estuary Place in Richmond coincides with Climate …
Safer Biking and Walking around Nelson – Rally for Travel Justice
Are you disgruntled, dismayed or downright disgusted that, despite all our knowledge about global warming and the distressing evidence it presents before our eyes, cars still rule the roost in Nelson? Empty cars are still given the kerbside space that cyclists could better use; and every one of them could …
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Maire Stream Guardians/Nurturers working bee
Come and help the Maire Stream Guardians/Nurtururs during their next working bee. The Maire Stream project is about Earths nature. Flora and Fauna. Being good ancestors for future generations. It is about a monitoring, but also restoration project of a stream which though it does have Kokopu fish and eels, …
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Paul Winton and the 1.5° Project – How to decarbonise our Transport system? Webinar
New Zealand can deliver on a 1.5ºC future To achieve this, transportation in New Zealand must be largely decarbonised by 2030. Our current transport system no longer meets our needs. By 2030 our transport system will be safe, healthy, accessible to all, resilient and decarbonised. Join us during this …
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Golden Bay Sustainability Tour
A chance for locals to visit businesses in Golden Bay who are on the sustainable business journey. We’ll see their initiatives in action, and hear their stories. Join the Mohua 2042 Trsut for this full day of visits. A bus will drive us throughout the day to the different places. …
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Stitch-it-don’t-ditch-it Whakatū Nelson
We would like to highlight, during this Climate Action Week, the regular presence of Stitch-it-don't-ditch-it Whakatū Nelson in our community. Stitch-it-don't-ditch-it Whakatū Nelson is part of the larger movement of Street Stiching, which is "an act of gentle disruption that demonstrates the pleasure and necessity of garment repair in areas …
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Waimarama Community garden working bee
Join the Waimarama Organic Community Garden for its weekly gardening session and the garden tour they are offering us to the occasion of the Climate Action Week. Bring: weather suitable clothes, sturdy footwear, insect repellent and a drink bottle Contact call or txt 027 3577998 More information on the ongoing …
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E-bike Expo and Test riding
Have you been thinking about buying an e-bike or are you curious about trying one? Would you like to explore options in a no-pressure atmosphere with a diversity of choices present? If so, come along to the Nelson E-bike Expo on Wednesday 31st of May 10 am – 2 pm at …
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Our Human Rights: How to Use them for Climate Action and a Just Transition?
Join the Forum as we view a talk by Josephine Grey, a long-time advocate and community organizer for healthy food security, human rights, climate action and basic income in Canada. In the talk, Josephine walks us through the UN Human Rights Framework and how it can be used to advocate …
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From rags to bags
Come and turn rags into bags. Bring old t-shirts, pillow cases or that stash of fabric you don't know what to do with and turn them into vege bags, handbags even. Sewing machines etc provided.
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Gold coin donation
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Take the Jump Webinar – Become an actor of change into your community
If you are concerned about climate change but don't know what you can do to make a difference, then this webinar is for you! Sign up and come along to this Climate Action Week online event to find out more about "Take the Jump", a campaign that focuses on the …
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Motueka Community Garden Working bee
Join the working bee crew at the Motueka Community Garden. You'll be welcomed by Helen, who will give a quick tour of the garden for newcomers, before getting to work on some gardening tasks. An opportunity to learn about this garden and join the team working there! More info on …
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Victory Community Garden working bees
A dedicated volunteer team has made the Victory Community Garden a beautiful and productive space. At the occasion of Climate Action Week, Nadia, Community Kai Coordinator, is organising a Garden Tour to take place on Monday afternoon from 1.30pm to 2.30pm. The tour will be followed by the …
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Urban Regeneration – Online webinar
Join us for an engaging and insightful online event - "Introduction to Urban Regeneration" Discover the transformative power of urban regeneration and how it can shape the future of the Nelson Tasman Region. This 'lightly interactive' session is designed to provide you with a comprehensive overview of regenerative development, highlighting …
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Friday plant care session with Friends of the Matai
Come along on Friday afternoons for Plant Care Sessions with the Friends of the Maitai. We will be at Groom Creek just before the Maitai Campground. Park and cross the river, you will see a beautiful field of trees. We will carry on mulching and weeding of existing plants, and …
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Learn how to make compost!
The Nelson Tasman Climate Forum is offering a 2 hour workshop on planning and building a compost heap on site. The Tutor is Rex Hunt who has run an organic plant nursery since 1980 and has focussed on making his own compost. Rex has both 1 and 3 year old …
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Electric Vehicle Tradeshow/test drive – Climate Action Week
Following the success of last year's EV tradeshow during Climate Action Week, we are please to announce that an Electric Vehicle (EV) tradeshow and test drive session will be organised again this year. Learn and explore what electric vehicles and PHEV models are available in the NZ market. This is …
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Contemplative Nature Photography Workshop
In the workshop, you will explore practices to enhance sensory awareness, and to develop your skills of attentiveness and focus. You will be inspired to re-examine your own ways of perceiving, thinking about, and connecting with the natural world. There will be ample space and opportunity to nurture mindfulness, and …
$80
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Edible Weed Walk with Sally Rees
Join Sally Rees, the 'Clean Green Queen', and founder of Natural Nosh, for a 2h ramble through the Waimarama Community Garden. Let's discover, with her, some of our more common edible weeds. Because eating healthy and respectful of the planet also means reconnecting with nature and the abundant and freely …
$20
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Waimarama Community Gardens Crop Swap
Bring surplus crops and produce to share/swap :-) This event is subject to weather conditions. So please call Sally (number below) if the weather looks uncertain. See other Climate Action Week events HERE or on the Event section of the website.
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Nelson Seed Library working bee
Come and help store and label the seeds for the Nelson Seed Library project and learn, at the same time, how to save your own seeds for next year. Indeed, this session will include one hour introduction to Seed Saving. An occasion not to be missed! Bring: weather suitable clothes, …
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Online Premiere of Ben and bEartha
For those of you who missed the Premiere and launch of Climate Action week, or who aren’t local to Whakatū Nelson, the team of Happen Film is organising the Online Preamiere this Sunday! This will be a live-streamed screening of the 40-minute documentary followed by a Q&A with Antoinette and …
$15
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Social Equity and Climate Change – group meeting
This new group will hold its second meeting by Zoom at 7pm on Tuesday It will address the vital and increasingly urgent subject of the ways in which climate change is exacerbating social inequality. Feel free to join if you want to join the forum members working on this topic, …
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Doughnuts and Degrowth – Imagining a New Future
Join Gareth Hughes and Jack Santa Barbara in a discussion of the most important mission facing the world right now - re-designing our economic paradigm to ensure collective wellbeing on a healthy planet. The Local Matters team invites you to their next event on Wednesday the 7th June, 7.30 …
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NEW DATE!! Food, Water, the Climate and You- A talk by James Renwick and Paul White
Join us for a presentation from Professor James Renwick, Victoria University of Wellington professor of physical geography, and member of New Zealand’s Climate Change Commission. James was one of the authors of the latest IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report, and will be providing an overview of that report’s main findings. …
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Maire Stream Guardians/Nurturers monthly Working Bee
Walk beneath this forest canopy, in this peaceful Maire Stream gully and it's like you've entered a hushed green world where time seems to slow.
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How Regular People Can Change Everything with Chlöe Swarbrick
A public talk with Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick who will discuss the power of everyday people, and how we can all take steps towards change in our own communities and beyond. All welcome. This a rare opportunity for us to hear one of the country’s brightest and best MPs.
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Tom Kay on Making Room for Rivers – Nelson
In the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle, the way we live with our rivers is at the front of many people's minds. While it is difficult to discuss for many people, having a conversation now about the future of river management and flood protection in our region is the only way …
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Nature and Climate Group meeting
The Nature and Climate group of the NTCF has been invited to make a submission to the Right Tree, Right Place Task Force that Nelson's mayor has established to advise Council on the future of NCC's forestry estate. More info on the Task Force here. This is a once in …
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Thomas Cawthron Memorial Lecture – Ice and Us : Adapting to sea level rise
Keynote address by Professor Tim Naish and Professor Richard Levy. With supporting presentation by Cawthron's Dr Anna Berthelsen and Jacqui Stuart Melting land ice is now the single largest driver of global sea-level rise. The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated “2m by 2100 cannot be …
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Advancing Aotearoa-New Zealand’s Vital Interests in a Turbulent World
As the world grapples with big power transitions, shifting economic hierarchies, climate change, pandemics and severe challenges to international and regional balances, New Zealand finds itself navigating increasingly hazardous waters, yet with many constructive opportunities. Join our thought-provoking forum as our panel of experts share their ideas and explore potential …
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Battle for the Banded Rail – Community Planting Day
Battle for the Banded Rail is a project working with local communities to increase the number of banded rail and other estuarine birds on the margins of the Waimea Inlet by restoring habitat and trapping predators. We have an upcoming community planting day at Manuka Island! Please bring gloves, spade …