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Are you building a sustainable business and trying to figure out how to reach more people about it? These days there are an overwhelming amount of ways to communicate with people about your mahi, but simple is good. You only need a handful of tools and the key is to build positive, trusting relationships. Download …
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An architect’s impression of a three-bedroom dwelling in the Tākaka co-housing neighbourhood. The Takaka co-housing team are coming to the Earth Hub to invite people to hear about their project and buy into their new neighbourhood in Golden Bay. They are building two sustainable 34-home neighbourhoodss on the edge of the Tākaka township. While the …
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I mean come on! Yum! Kia Ora, Charlotte here, Climate Love girl! I am passionate about local food. The Nelson Farmers Market, who supply 100% local Kai (food) supplied this gorgeous recipe using four big fat duck eggs. Climate Love founder Charlotte Squire This light, golden sponge cake is made with duck eggs for a …
Repair Café spares landfill, connects people A kitchen blender, broken bike lights and button-less pants were given new life at Nelson’s latest Repair Café.
Kia Ora from Charlotte on a balmy spring day in Golden Bay. Thomas the dog is at my feet and the Takaka Village Market is in full swing just down the road, this Queens Birthday weekend. Do you know what a seed library is? Did you know it’s different from a seed bank? I certainly …
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The team behind the new local food shop - from left Sukie Conley, Elliot Cleland and Charlotte Squire. People in Golden Bay will soon be able to source 100% locally grown fruit and veggies from one shop, near town, twice a week. The Local Food Shop, a new shop based at ‘the Kiosk’ at the …
A friend I know, who works in the sustainability sector as I do, recently emailed me and asked ‘How do you do it? How do you stay ‘up’ through these times with Covid, climate change, and uncertainty?’ I love this question because I put heaps of effort into staying up and I think many people …
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A new, free programme at the Golden Bay Sustainable Living Centre will teach participants organic growing and more, introducing them to regenerative horticulture.
Eco-councillor Celia Butler's first term in local government - learning curves, climate policy and downtime. When Celia Butler retired from her midwifery career she decided she still had “some life left” in her, so she followed her interest in local politics. Tasman District Councillor Celia Butler “I felt I was in a position where I …
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Since moving to Tahunanui Drive eight months ago, Nelson ReStore has stepped up to a whole new level of community supported action. Nelson ReStore manager manager Becky Wyatt Around 100 volunteers help the enormous op shop tick along each day, raising funds that go towards easing the housing shortage in Nelson. Nelson ReStore manager Becky Wyatt says, …
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Early potatoes popping through soil in September Blossoms herald the shift into spring and the beginning of the main growing season. Garden bed preparation A busy time for the keen gardener, as bed preparation tops the list in the vegetable garden. Go over beds with a fork, weeding dock, buttercup and couch especially, followed by …
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Lindsay and Genie Bradley of Promote You are thinking of their children’s futures in going climate positive. A Wakefield printing business is going above and beyond in their efforts to operate sustainably, running on solar as much as they can, and asking suppliers to stop sending plastic. Lindsay Bradley from Promote You says he and partner Genie’s …
Golden Bay librarian Suse Toder says we don’t need to leave our cars running anymore. Golden Bay resident Suse Toder would like people to think about not idling their cars, both to save on fuel costs and to reduce greenhouse emissions. Suse says that in the UK, Canada, US, and Germany it’s illegal to leave your car running to …
Anita Peters with a wild basket she made using willow and other “random branches” from trees that were washed up on Pohara Beach after a recent storm. East Takaka resident Anita Peters delights in making baskets from material she finds in her environment. She uses plants such as banana passion vine, harakeke, muehlenbeckia, wild riverside …
Community Compost organiser Ben Bushell in front of Big Bertha Community Compost is going from strength to strength in Nelson, diverting tonnes of food waste from landfills. Community Compost organiser Ben Bushell says biking around town to collect the compost from homes and businesses has been a great way to promote their project. Ben is …
“In this modern age, I think that people have kind of lost some of those stories that used to be passed on from grandmother or grandfather down to their grandchildren. That seems to be my role, to tell the stories about plants,” says John.
Charlotte Squire 