Building a Resilient, Sustainable, and Thriving Community for the Future
Kia ora koutou,
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari kē he toa takitini
My success should not be bestowed onto me alone, it was not individualsuccess but the success of a collective
Ka nui te mihi for your continued work in our shared space. It’s truly flourishing at the moment. What a joy!
Kia ora koutou,
Hope you’re all keeping well on this Tirea moon. At least the sun has been shining to keep our spirits high!
Kicking off with a huge mihi to Matua Rob and Pourewa for achieveing their Hua Parakore verification. This is such a massive achievement and we want to celebrate how much work and care this has taken. Super proud of you Rob <3 thanks to the rōpu from GP that came along to celebrate. We received a kōwhai tree to commemorate the occasion and this will be planted somewhere in the māra soon.
Keen to see a quality Pt Chev streetscape take shape? It’s time to raise your voice! Let Auckland Transport know they should crack on with upgrading our main streets – keeping footpaths free by giving people proper room to ride and scoot. More…
The Albert-Eden Climate Action Plan is available to read and download on the Auckland Council website. Thank you to all who contributed to helping decide on the actions that will build resilience against climate change.
20 May to 20 June 2022
The Government’s Emission Reduction Plan comes out in May 2022 – the first opportunity we’ve had to see and comment on the targets for carbon emission reduction, in three steps to 2035.
This is a crucial stage in Aotearoa’s commitment to play its part in keeping the temperature rise to 1.5C degrees. But there is a real risk that MPs will be distracted by other urgent business, and underestimate the importance of urgent, decisive action now. If we do not seize this opportunity, we and future generations will have to live with the consequences. Please act now, in this old-fashioned but highly effective way, to ensure that our MPs get the message loud and clear, and feel supported to act urgently for a better future.
The National Campaign for Emission Reduction is reaching out to all Climate Aware people in Aotearoa, and asking you to send Postcards of Support to your local MP, Ministers and List MPs during the period from 20th May to 20th June.
Postcards will be seen as representing a greater level of effort than just signing a petition – they will load up the MPs’ in-trays with support, and the best ones will go up on their walls!
The MPs in all political parties need to support the Emission Reduction Plan, and to collaborate and move with urgency to meet the targets for our country to play its part in the global effort to keep Planet Earth liveable.
We have bike stands at last on the Huia Rd side of the Pt Chev mall – to replace the ones removed many years ago and the wobbly one removed recently.
Thanks to our Local Board members and AT.
It’s hard to focus on climate change issues with the consuming dominance of Covid news but really it is so essential to do so now. Please consider supporting the Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) here.
Coming up 2 delicious events at the Community Garden at Dignan Street:
Sunday 25th July 10.30- 12.30
Working bee followed by shared wood fired pizza 12.30-2pm. We’ll supply GF bases, sauce and cheese, so just bring along a topping. Weather dependant.
Wednesday 28th July 12.30-2pm
Di’s famous Yacon Kimchi making workshop.
Bring along a large bowl, a sharp knife, a potato peeler, a colander and $15. Register with Di at bozndi at gmail.com.
Please see a summary of our May events below:
It’ll be great to see some of you at the garden, nau mai, haere mai.
Submissions are due on the draft Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP) this Sunday (2nd May). I outlined what is needed back in February: A Climate-Ready RLTP – No Litigation Required.
The sooner we fix this city’s transport system so that it’s quiet, sustainable and safe so our kids get their freedom to walk, scooter and cycle, the sooner we start to reap the benefits of more socially connected communities and more healthy, active people. There are some good projects in the plan. As usual, it fails to deliver cycling infrastructure at anything like the rate required, and it fails to reduce emissions in line with our commitments.
The plan proposes investments that will increase emissions by 6% by 2031 (or decrease them by 12% if government makes policy changes around biofuels and EV uptake):
Auckland Council, on the other hand, laid out in the Auckland Climate Plan that a 64% reduction in transport emissions is required, and the 1Point5 Project believes Auckland’s transport must be largely decarbonized by 2030.
In this post, I want to explore Auckland Transport’s technical misunderstandings that have contributed to this failure.