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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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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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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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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.   …
Gold coin donation
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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 …
$10
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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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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 …
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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 Sandeman Reserve in Richmond! Please bring …
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Maire Stream Guardians/Nurturers monthly Working Bee

Your opportunity to join Us. Our group is passionate about helping restore a healthy environment and would like to give you and others the opportunity to get active and make a difference locally towards the global climate crisis. …
Free
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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 on the Bronte Peninsula! Please bring gloves, …
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Wakapuaka Mouri Matariki/Puanga Community Planting day

Come along and join in with the Matariki/Puanga Community Planting day for Wakapuaka Mouri project on the 16th July at 1pm. All welcome! Just bring gloves, a spade (if you have one) and appropriate footwear. How do you get there? Drive down Cable Bay Road, turn left onto Maori Pa …
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Take the Jump Ambassador Training

Time for a new approach? Ditch the doom and gloom talk. Discover your style of climate talk in a fun and positive atmosphere. The Take The Jump Ambassador Training programme will help you discover your own personal style of talking about climate change. These conversations can be difficult, but when …
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Nelson Repair Cafe

Come and be part of a Repair Movement! A FREE monthly event helping you to repair your items, save resources and build community. Come along, and you might pick up some new fixing skills! …
Free

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