Grey Lynn 2030 Transition Community

Walking tour of backgarden chooks

On the last day of the Grey Lynn 2030 Week  Susie Thomas from Chickens at Home & Mandy McMullin from Wilton Street Community Garden will be taking a leisurely walking tour of gardens in Grey Lynn where chickens are being happily raised as pets and for fabulous eggs.

The tour is now fully booked but if you missed out please email SusieThomas@xtra.co.nz as there are plans underway to organise more tours.

The Grey Lynn 2030 Week officially ends this evening with Earth Hour 2010 at 8.30pm

Grey Lynn 2030 joins the global call to action to show our leadership that we are responsible for our future. Celebrate the end of a big week of community  events at Malt Bar , Richmond Road our local supporting Earth Hour or switch the lights out at home.

You can also celebrate Earth Hour, at an event hosted by Heart of the City along with Britomart, Auckland City Council, MORE FM and WWF  at Takutai Lawn in Britomart.

The free event will have live entertainment and will be a gathering point in Auckland City to view the Sky Tower lighting display and watch Auckland plunge into darkness

Tour of Kelmarna Organic City Farm
A fantastic opportunity to experience first hand a local centre of organic vegetable and fruit production which has been tucked away in a stunning spot between Grey Lynn and Herne Bay since 1981 . Bring the kids to check out the chooks at the farm and meet local bee keeper Carol Downer.
When: 3.15pm – 5pm
Where: 12 Hukanui Cres, Herne Bay

West Lynn Street Party & Twilight Market- on tonight

Join us on a tour to discover the amazing art being created locally in a number of artist’s studios tucked away in Grey Lynn, Westmere & Ponsonby. Artists are in residence and the visits are interactive.  Meet each of the artists in their studio while you are surrounded by their creative pieces.On both the morning and  the afternoon tours you will visit 3-4 different artists. Reserve your place for either the morning or afternoon tour or both for “total artistic immersion”and join us for a lunch stop at one of our local cafes: Monterey, Savour & Devour, Jafa, or the Richmond Road Cafe.

Morning Tour: 9.30 -11.50am (Meet outside Harvest Wholefoods at 9.25am) Visiting Jude Graveson, Annette Isbey, Louise Rive & Chuck Joseph and Karl Maughan
Afternoon Tour: 12.30 -2.50pm (Meet outside Harvest Wholefoods at 12.25pm ) Visiting Peter Viesnik, Karen Chan & Ronald Andreassend, and Garry Nash

This is a repeat of the Art Tour offered on Tuesday

Reservations essential: Contact Tour Leader Jan-Claire Hughes with your tour preference: email: janclaire.hughes@gmail.com. or mobile 021 1055 295

Tour transport: A leisurely bike ride or for those who don’t cycle car pooling will be arranged. Koha to driver to cover car pool costs.

Plus Introduction to Meditation classes
Drop in for a free 20 minute introduction to meditation on the hour between 10 and 2pm. There will also be someone at the Centre during the day (10.30am to 4pm) through out the week to welcome visitors with refreshments.
Where : The Auckland Buddhist Centre (381 Richmond Rd – opposite Harvest)
When: On the hour between 10 am and 2pm

Tour of Lynda Hallinan’s Urban Garden

It was a full garden at Lynda Hallinan’s place this afternoon as she took a large group on a tour of her urban plot.  Lynda was amazingly generous with her time and keen to offer lots of advice and answer questions. Lynda was concerned her garden was not looking its best after a long, dry summer but the results of what she has been able to grow in a very urban environment are impressive.   You can regularly find Lynda at the Grey Lynn Farmers Market selling the surplus from her garden.

Thanks to Lynda for her support of the Grey Lynn 2030 Week and to everyone who came along . We received $110 in koha which will go towards more community planting by Grey Lynn 2030.  Our next monthly meeting on April 14th is on the theme of Community Gardens and will be a good opportunity to share more details about some of the plans under way.

Art Studios Tour

The tour of artist studios was an absolute delight today with the artists involved generously inviting us into their work places to see firsthand  an impressive range of creative styles with the opportunity to ask questions and interact with the artists.

The morning tour took us to visit Jude Graveson’s studio where she creates membrane sculpture using animal gut, Annette Isbey, oil painter who has a huge studio set in lush gardens overlooking the zoo and to long established Westmere artists Louise Rive and Chuck Joseph studio/shop Edge City (Old Mill Road). The tour finished at Karl Maughan’s studio tucked away in Grey Lynn.

The afternoon tour provided an opportunity to see glass artists Garry Nash and Peter Viesnik at work as well as a visit to Karen Chan and Roland Andreassend who gave a personal tour of their contemporary object designs at their studio on Rose Road.

The tour provided a fabulous opportunity to experience just how many creative people there are in our community at places we don’t usually get a chance to visit. The tours were also perfectly suited to cycling between the studios.

The tour is going to be repeated on Thursday. You can choose to do either morning or afternoon tours or both for a total artistic immersion, with time for lunch in between. You can see more photos from the tour here.

Art Studios Tour: Thursday 25 March

Morning Tour: 9.30 -11.50am (meet outside Harvest Wholefoods at 9.25am) Visiting Jude Graveson, Annette Isbey, Louise Rive & Chuck Joseph and Karl Maughan

Afternoon Tour: 12.30 -2.50pm (meet outside Il Forno, 55 MacKelvie Street at 12.25pm) Visiting Peter Viesnik, Karen Chan & Ronald Andreassend, and Garry Nash

Space is limited so please contact tour Leader Jan-Claire Hughes to confirm your attendance

email: janclaire.hughes@gmail.com or mobile 021 1055 295

Tour transport: A leisurely bike ride or for those who don’t cycle car pooling will be arranged. Koha to driver to cover car pool costs.

Tapped the Movie on tonight

In recognition of World Water Day, Grey Lynn 2030 together with EcoMatters Environment Trust and the support of Oxfam and TAPAC are pleased to present an exclusive screening of Tapped the Movie . From the producers of Who Killed the Electric Car this timely documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of the water industry.

“With style and nerve and righteous anger, the film exposes the bottled water industry’s role in suckering the public, harming our health, accelerating climate change, contributing to overall pollution, and increasing America’s dependence on fossil fuels. All while gouging consumers with exorbitant and indefensible prices”

Check out the movie preview at www.tappedthemovie.com.

Date: Monday 22 March 2010
Time: The Garnet Station bar & cafe at TAPAC will be open from 6.30pm for refreshments. The movie starts at 7:30pm
Where: TAPAC (the Auckland Performing Arts Centre), 100 Motions Road, Western Springs, Auckland

Tickets: $10 unwaged and students. $15 waged. Door sales only. Please come early.

All proceeds from the movie will be donated to Oxfam’s Water for Survival programme in the Pacific.

Also check out what Oxfam are up to for World Water Day with the Corporate Water Challenge. Plus proceeds from a song from the holiwater project (sold on line at Amplifier) will be donated to Oxfam New Zealand.