SBN in conjunction with Intersect, The Sustainability Trust and NZAEE are delighted to invite you to attend Green Drinks in the Capital. Come along to Southern Cross Garden Bar and Restaurant to hear the finalists of the 2008 Get Sustainable Awards being announced! Enjoy good company and a drink in a relaxed and informal environment. Nibbles will also be provided and are kindly sponsored by the venue.

Venue: The Lodge, Southern Cross Garden Bar and Restaurant, 39 Abel Smith Street, Wellington

Peak Oil Public Presentation - 2nd August

• Why has the price of petrol gone up so much?

• How can we adapt to make Aro Valley resilient to rising food and transport costs?

• Bring your ideas and enthusiasm!

Meet with us: Saturday 2nd August

Time: 7.30 - 9pm

Venue: Aro Valley Community Centre, Aro Valley » Read more

If you intend to come to the meeting, please add agenda items below!

 

Ideas: Start the meeting in groups, defining TT and what its role is (come up with our own plan and ideas)

Come up with a possitive vision of the future and how it could be better than it is today

Go round each person and each say one thing we want to do personally

Come up with some positive action we can take as a group. like the idea of permablitz on willing peoples back yards. » Read more

Steering group: present—Barbara, Belinda, Tom; apologies—Dawn; absent—Edwina; notes—Tom.

Belinda gave an intro on Transition Towns, Barbara introduced and then played End of Suburbia, followed by a short discussion.

18 people plus 5 TT people attended, most of who had been before. 9 people had registered their names through the website. National MP Stephen Franks and CityLife News reporter Christa Smalligan were there. 2 people were interested in joining the transport group, and 2 more for the food group.

At the last wellington hub meeting there was some discussion about where the hub fits in with the local groups, and some confusion over what things are called. This diagram is the result of some of the things that were said. It is a suggestion for how things might work, nothing is set in stone. Your comments on this would be great! :) » Read more

About 55 people turned up on a very chilly Tuesday evening to watch 'A Crude Awakening'.

The discussion afterwards easily surpassed my expectations, I thought everyone would be pretty knocked out after 1.5 hours of sedentary film watching... I expect there will be even more at the next public meeting.

Huge thanks to Patrick for facilitation and the rest of the steering committee for the parts they played in pulling everything together!

10 people used the website to registere their interest in attending.

Guest Speaker Betsy Kettle will present practical advice on starting your own back (or front) garden vege patch and other neighbourhood initiatives.

Transition Town Brooklyn invites you, friends & neighbours to:

MEET WITH US: Wednesday 18 June 7- 9pm

VENUE: Brooklyn Community Centre, 18 Harrison Street

SPEAKER: Betsy Kettle is an urban permaculture facilitator, ex-landscape architect, horticulture tutor and member of Sustainable North Trust based in Auckland » Read more

Notes—Tom

We introduced ourselves to city councillor Iona Pannett

TT meeting about the upcoming public meeting on 23rd

Penthouse Manager

We met with Ian the manager of the Penthouse. Their rate for community groups is: » Read more