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Compost Club Get Together – Washing up party

Compost Club is our fun and social space where we expertly craft living compost together and wash the buckets from the food waste collection service. Our team and volunteers gather to connect, learn and share our collective knowledge at "The Yard" behind Tim's Garden, Nelson Whakatū. …
free
28 May 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 2 July 2024 @ 7:00 pm

Grow Your Own Food – Organic Gardening & Garden Design Course for Beginners

A six week introduction to organic FOOD gardening & garden design. - raised bed garden method - soil life & compost methods - permaculture principles & thinking - “pests & diseases” - propagation including seed sowing & raising, cuttings - crop rotation & companion planting Build your knowledge & confidence …
$72 – $90
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Once You Know – Film screening

Join us for this screening of Once You Know, a cinematic journey with Emmanuel Cappellin on his earnest and visually stunning quest to learn how mankind must adapt for a sustainable future. Winner of multiple awards, this film has been chosen to launch Motueka’s new film and discussion club. Places …
$12
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Waimarama Community Garden – working bee

Come and join in! 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 Festival. All tools provided, just bring gloves if you want them. Morning tea around 11am. If you want more information …
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Talk to an Architect and make your project climate friendly

Taking on a new home build or renovation project is a significant journey to embark on - especially when you aspire to make it environmentally friendly! From selecting the ideal site and navigating the "greenwashing" of materials to determining the appropriate size and budget, having guidance from an expert can …
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Activating behaviour change for climate action in business

Behaviour change may be at the heart of climate action in business, but it can be the hardest change to drive, right? This session, organised by Mission Zero, passes on the learnings of a host of experienced change activators who have 'been-there-done-that' to drive climate action in a business setting. …
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Talk to an Architect and make your project climate friendly

Taking on a new home build or renovation project is a significant journey to embark on - especially when you aspire to make it environmentally friendly! From selecting the ideal site and navigating the "greenwashing" of materials to determining the appropriate size and budget, having guidance from an expert can …
free
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Closing the Loop: Understanding and Implementing a Circular Economy

Come and learn about a circular economy. Bluemoth will be running an interactive workshop to help you better understand what a circular economy means for both individuals and businesses. This workshop is organised by Lucy Byrne, from Bluemoth. Please follow the link here to register: Closing the Loop: Understanding and Implementing a Circular Economy …
Free
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Talk to an Architect and make your project climate friendly

Taking on a new home build or renovation project is a significant journey to embark on - especially when you aspire to make it environmentally friendly! From selecting the ideal site and navigating the "greenwashing" of materials to determining the appropriate size and budget, having guidance from an expert can …
free
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Climate Festival Celebration Party

Warm up with a hot drink, nibbles, and conversation as the Climate Action Festival nears its end. The Nelson Tasman Climate Forum is hosting an early evening get-together for our event hosts and members of the public interested in learning more about climate action in our region. Please register here …
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Introduction to Worm Farming

Join us for an immersive experience at the Worm Farm Workshop organised by Nelson Community Compost. Hands on learning experience covering worm health and vitality, starting your own worm farm, feeding your worms, growing the worm population, and how to use the products of worm castings and to fertilise your …
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Nelson Compost Club working bees – The Brook

Join the community compost during Climate Action Festival and, if you want, every Saturday morning. Indeed, it is a ongoing working session, which takes place throughout the year. No prior registration required. The compost club is located at the Waimarama Community Gardens (Tantragree Rd, The Brook). if you've got any …
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Empowering Soil 1.0 – Takaka – CANCELLED

Empowering Soil 1.0 will equip participants with simple tools and strategies to care for and regenerate soil to bring abundance to your garden. Elliot Cleland will demonstrate natural farming techniques for making your own mineral and biological inputs and then try out some different planting strategies to accelerate the …
$40
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Let’s Reconnect to Nature through a Forest bathing experience

Experience the therapeutic and uplifting effects of time in a forest. We’ll walk-about. Sit. Listen. Taste. Touch. Share. All this in the peaceful natural area of upper Maire Stream (43 Highview Drive, Wakatu, Nelson 7011). Led by Maire Stream Guardian Anne Dickinson. Research from the Japanese way of forest bathing, …
Free
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Systems and Change – Interactive workshop with Peter Lawless

This interactive workshop will guide and empower us to make system change in the comple issues we face eg transport, inequality, democracy, resilient communities. Systems and Change will explore the relationship of the individual to the system and how to create collaborative and collegial relationships. It will provide a tool …
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Empowering Soil 1.0 – Nelson

Empowering Soil 1.0 will equip participants with simple tools and strategies to care for and regenerate soil to bring abundance to your garden. Elliot Cleland will demonstrate natural farming techniques for making your own mineral and biological inputs and then try out some different planting strategies to accelerate the …
$40
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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. …
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Planting working bee with Battle for the Banded Rail

Battle for the Banded Rail's has a planting morning this Sunday 9th June from 9am - 1pm at Stringer Reserve. Stringer Reserve is 1.3km up Stringer Road off the Coastal Highway (inland from the estuary). Please park carefully on the roadside. Bring gloves, a spade if you have one and drinking …
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Motueka Repair Cafe

Save the date, and come along to the second Motueka Repair Cafe, at 10am at the Motueka Library (Te Noninga Kumu), and have a cuppa while you learn how to repair your stuff. We’ve assembled a team to deal with repairs to clothes, cushions, kitchen appliances, small furnishings, toys and …
Free
16 June 2024 - 23 June 2024

Touching the Earth – June Solstice Retreat

Touching the Earth – 16th-23rd June Solstice Retreat All the mytho-poets say the same thing – we must leave the village, enter the forest and return with the gift. Touching the Earth is a guided journey into human wholeness inspired by the work of Bill Plotkin and Joanna Macy. This …
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Rythm of the Earth – A Solstice Celebration

This will be a rythm-filled evening with Waiata, tap dance, West African percussion with dancers, spoken poetry, African harp, games and more. Special for kids - a 15-minute guided Percussion Experience. Event is free, but please register here: Rhythm of the Earth, a Solstice Celebration - Nelson - Eventfinda …
free
21 June 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 18 September 2024 @ 9:00 pm

Take the Jump Ambassador Training

Are you concerned about climate change, but not sure how you can help to make a difference? Do you want to play a positive, active role in climate change solutions? Get to know more about the how the global Take the Jump movement is developing in Aotearoa and help to …
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Webinar – Workplace Solutions To The Climate Challenge

Join us for this webinar, where Des Casey will share insights from his new book "Nature's Future Our Future". People from a broad variety of occupations,  including teaching, healthcare, office work and sports, can impact our natural environment through their day-to-day work. "Nature faces a crossroads. What will we, ourselves …
Free
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Takeaways from the Environmental Defence Society Conference

Nature and Climate Group convener Fiona Ede will present a Nelson-Tasman perspective of this year's high-profile EDS Conference, held in Christchurch in June. The recent Environmental Defence Society conference, "The Future is Now" brought together resource managers, conservationists, politicians, rangitahi, iwi, researchers, policy makers and others, to address the twin crises of …
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Nelson Repair Cafe

A monthly event helping you to repair your household items, save resources and build community – brought to you by the Nelson Tasman Climate Forum.. Come and visit us in the Buzz Room, behind Restore. You will be able to bring items for smaller repairs – examples include:– Electrical items …
Free
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Insights from Psychology for Climate Change Communications

International Climate and Resilience webinar series Speaker: Wändi Bruine de Bruin, University of Southern California Abstract: Climate change poses a serious threat to people around the world. Organizations such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are tasked with communicating about climate change with international audiences of policy makers and members …
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Nelson Seed Library SPRING event

Celebrating the return our our new seed stock. Vegetables, flowers, fruits, herbs and even some shrubs & trees. Come and check out what experienced and beginner gardeners have achieved in 2023-24. There will be a short introduction to The Nelson Seed Library and the basics of growing plants from seed …
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Ethical Investing for Collective Wellbeing – connecting money & values

Pathfinder invite you to an evening of empowerment and learning, in collaboration with Blue Moth. Connecting through a shared passion for a world where humanity is in deeper balance with nature, we bring you an evening of kōrero to explore how our financial decisions impact people, planet & animals. Finance as a Force For …
Free
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Horticultural waste composting workshop

This event is open to everyone, not just horticultural people.  But more appropriate for people interested in large scale composting or wanting to learn about it. The speaker is David Hardwick from Soil Land Food | shaping change in Australia’s rural landscapes, farming and food systems …
$50
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Nelson Repair Cafe

A monthly event helping you to repair your household items, save resources and build community – brought to you by the Nelson Tasman Climate Forum.. Come and visit us in the Buzz Room, behind Restore. You will be able to bring items for smaller repairs – examples include:– Electrical items …
Free
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WEBINAR – The Law CAN Help Us Rein in Big Climate Offenders. Here’s How.

A webinar with Jessica Palairet, Lawyers for Climate Action NZ Inc. We will be joined by Lawyers for Climate Action's Executive Director, Jessica Palairet, to discuss the state of play for New Zealand's climate response and legal mechanisms for increasing action in Aotearoa New Zealand. She will also share insights …
1 October 2024 @ 8:00 am - 30 October 2024 @ 5:00 pm

Step Out Festival

Join this annual month-long festival of active events that takes place throughout October in the Tasman District. These activities are put together by groups, clubs and individuals all over the region and promote an active lifestyle and healthy wellbeing. See the full program here, or follow the Facebook page here. …

I am Climate Hope – Nelson

Join Mike King and guest speaker in your local community to discuss the important issues of mental health and climate change. Come along, help create positive change and say hi to Mike as he rides an electric motorbike on a 5,000km journey around Aotearoa!  Click the links to get …
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My Love Affaire With Nature

You loved Awestruck by Nature and Messages from the Matriarchs, now you will be deeply moved by six great communicators telling their stories of wildlife encounters, epic journeys, and personal epiphany, all backed up by brilliant visuals.   Our events have all sold out, so if you wish to be …
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2024 Aotearoa Repair Summit

To celebrate InternationalRepairDay, the RepairNetworkAotearoa and the RighttoRepairCoalitionAotearoa will be offering the 2024 Aotearoa Repair Summit on Thursday 17 October- A FREE Online event 11PM - 12PM- this year hosted by their partner WasteMINZ. With representatives from across the industry, hear what is happening in the repair space from a political, business, community and educational perspective.…
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Green Drinks

Green Drinks will be happening next Thursday 17th from 5.30pm -6.30pm at Two Thumbs Brewery. It has been so great to the community come together, a huge range of people from different industries and backgrounds. If you haven't been before there will be a little sign on the …
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WEBINAR – A Clean Energy Future is Possible

A Clean Energy Future is Possible: A Virtual Fireside Chat with Jace Hobbs and John Michaelis The climate crisis is upon us. Temperature records are being set every month, yet our emissions continue to rise. Fossil fuels have not been replaced despite the measurable damage to our environment. Can we transition …
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Motueka Repair Cafe

More info on the facebook page of the Motueka Repair Cafe. …

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