Trust, Science and Climate Change Climate scientists tell us that we’re heading for a world so warm that our grandchildren’s lives will be miserable. Industry tells us to keep consuming fossil fuels or even constructs misinformation to ensure that we’ll do so. People elect politicians that assign low priority to acting on this information, or…
The Nelson Tasman Climate Forum welcomes you to take part in a conversation about navigating bicultural relationships in restoration work with Hina Moses-Te Kani (Ngāti Kuia) and Ian Shapcott, facilitated by Peter Lawless of Phoenix Facilitation. Please let us know here if you plan to come.
Join us on 1st of December to hear about the Forums activities over the last year and plan for the year ahead. Well celebrate all we've achieved, discuss how to nurture and support our wonderful volunteers as we go forward, and appoint our new Leadership Group. A delicious morning tea and vegetarian (with GF and…
The Nelson Tasman Climate Forum welcomes you to take part in a conversation about navigating bicultural relationships in restoration work with Hina Moses-Te Kani (Ngāti Kuia) and Ian Shapcott, facilitated by Peter Lawless of Phoenix Facilitation.
Energy, transport and climate: discussions we're not having', will be joining the dots between deep ocean circulation and Nelson traffic and the nonsense of trying to build our way out of congestion. Lindsay Wood runs climate strategy company Resilienz Ltd. and "specialises in being a generalist" as he engages with climate initiatives across a wide…
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 kit to undertake systemic diagnosis,…
An event looking at how we can reduce the tonnes of clothing going to landfill. This is a "follow on" from The Clothing Revolution put on by the Waimea Soroptimist club last year. This year it is aimed at school students from year 7 up challenging them how to reuse, repair and restyle their clothes before discarding them to landfill. How to look at good quality materials rather than cheap online alternatives. Encourage utilising good op-shops in the area. A parade with prizes will be held. Other repair groups will be present. The Nelson/Tasman Climate Forum will have displays and a video. Entry is free, and light refreshments will be available at a small charge.
Join us at Greenmeadows Centre in the Tui Room on March 21st at 6 pm for a special screening of Together We Grow in celebration of Unity Week 2024. Doors open at 5pm. Bring your friends, whanau, neighbours and loved ones to discover the incredible community-led work happening across the region. Dive into our resource…
Register for our soon to be face to face annual gathering. We're planning a day of sharing, learning and reflecting on our work, especially following the election results in Stoke on December 9. The day will be divided into 3 parts: - Deepening our knowledge of the Tiriti of Waitangi (by Harvey Ruru) while discovering…
Tord Kjellstrom and his team will be showing a movie called 'Too Hot to Work'. A new global investigation on the impacts of climate change on worker's health and productivity, titled "Trop chaud pour travailler" (Too Hot To Work), was shot in Italy, France, Qatar, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Nepal, the United States, and India. The film…
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.
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. His particular inputs focused on the…
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.
Our Hui are important moments in the life of the Forum. We invite you to join us for this special Hui, which will be held face-to-face this time. In addition to the opportunity to meet face to face and strengthen our ties after the difficult period we have been through, this Hui will also be…
Join Green Party Co-Leader James Shaw for this free talk which explores the issue of how we can bolster our communities to deal with and live with the effects of climate change.
