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Submitted by Pat van Berkel on 17 February 2009 - 8:57pm | Event

7:30pm Wednesday 18 Feb 2009  Public meeting at Hapai Club, 879 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt.  View humourous "History of Oil" video by Robert Newman.  Followed by open discussion, and review current groups, and form new groups.

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Hapai Club, 879 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt
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David Parker, Minister of Energy & Climate change, Upper Hutt

Submitted by Pat van Berkel on 20 July 2008 - 10:23pm | updated 28 May 2009 | Event

David Parker, Minister of Energy and Minister Responsible for Climate Change Issues, will speak in Upper Hutt.

 

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"Farming with Nature" Permaculture - Upper Hutt

Submitted by Anonymous on 9 July 2008 - 12:40pm | updated 11 Jul 2009 | Event

An Upper Hutt Transition Towns public meeting is being held at 7:30pm Monday 14 July, in the Lighthouse Cinema, 8 Miro St, Upper Hutt.

We will show a 35 minute video on Permaculture "Farming with Nature" followed by an introduction and discussion led by Andrew Morrison.  There will also be an update of progress on the UHTT project groups.  Entry is free, koha is welcome.  Supper will be provided.

Permaculture is a holistic approach to organic gardening encompassing soil, compost, water, and energy.

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The First meeting of the Transition Towns group for Upper Hutt at Lighthouse Cinema, 3 March 2008

About 60 enthusiastic people came to our first Upper Hutt meeting on "Embracing Sustainability in Upper Hutt" in the Lighthouse Cinema, on Monday 3 March 2008. They heard about the meeting through an article in the Upper Hutt Leader; email lists held by the UHCC Community Officer; posters in libraries; flyers (see Resources) in cafes and at the Lighthouse Cinema; and through the Cinema’s Documentary Club. » Read more

Minutes of a meeting of the Upper Hutt Transition Towns group at Lighthouse Cinema, 18 March 2008

About 30 people attended the second Transition Towns meeting in the Lighthouse Cinema, on Tuesday 18 March 2008. This followed the inaugural meeting on 3 March.

1. Don Northcott reported on his recent visit to Waiheke Island to meet James Samuel, Jan Baquelet, and others. Waiheke Island was the first Transition Town in New Zealand and the people there have been moving to a more sustainable way of living for some time.

2. Ewan Cole outlined the components of a vision for a sustainable Upper Hutt encompassing energy, transport, housing, waste, etc. » Read more

Upper Hutt

updated 01 May 2011

The first meeting of this group was on 3 March 2008 when 60 enthusiastic people watched the Jo Duff movie on Transition Towns, and discussed what next.

To receive occasional emails from this group (and to send them yourself) join the Transition Upper Hutt mail list at http://transitiontowns.org.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/upperhutt .

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