Movie Night – Next Friday 27th
Grey Lynn 2030 will be showing the End of Suburbia
Preview below
Friday 27th Feb 7.30
Grey Lynn Community Centre Hall
510 Richmond Rd
Cost $2
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Sustainable Living Centre
Want to learn more about how to live sustainably? The Sustainable Living Centre in New Lynn run excellent courses. While not in Grey Lynn or Ponsonby the course there are not to be missed.
Renewable Energy
Exciting innovations in DIY energy production
Sunday 8 March 3-4pm – free – PART OF ECODAY SEMINAR SERIES AT HALL NEXT TO SLC
Michael Lawley - Renewable Energy Engineer, EcoInnovation
Michael is a renewable energy engineer and inventor based in Taranaki. An opportunity to see working demonstrations of a recycled Smart Drive washing machine generator, a solar hot water system, solar photovoltaic panels, wind and hydro turbines. An interesting and informative workshop and display, valuable for rural properties, baches and anyone interested in going ‘off the grid’.
EcoDay – FREE COMMUNITY EVENT!
Sunday 8 March 10-4pm Held at Olympic Park, New Lynn.
The Sustainable Living Centre will be open all day and there will also be tours of the Trusts EcoHouse. Eco stalls and exhibitions, organic food and drinks, kids zone, music, workshops and seminars, vehicle emissions testing, tours of sustainable homes and gardens. See www.ecoday.org.nz for more info.
<<EcoDay 2009 – Poster.pdf>>
MODULAR PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE (12 modules in total)
Urban Design & Living (Module 5, PDC)
Saturday 14 March 8.45am-5pm $80-$160 (pre-payment required)
Finn Mackesy – Co-chairperson, Permaculture in NZ; Gary Marshall – Landscape Architect, DJ Scott Associates Ltd
NOTE DIFFERENT VENUE: DJ Scott, 21 Graham St, City
NB: Shared lunch optional, bring a plate
This module covers: Applications and examples for urban living (suburban and medium density); engaging with local communities and councils; subdivision and development; layout and integration of urban areas/activities (social and economic diversity, transport and communication networks, energy supply and distribution, waterway corridors and stormwater, zero waste, waste disposal/re-use and sewage treatment, community, health and education facilities and open spaces, etc).
Bring Back Butterflies
How to attract native and exotic butterflies to your garden
Wednesday 18 March 6.30-8.30pm $10
Angela Gibbons – Native butterfly breeder
Wondering where the butterflies have gone? We’re not growing the kinds of plants our native butterflies depend on. Yellow Admirals used to be plentiful in the Auckland region, now you’d be lucky to spot one. Angela is helping to save the day by breeding these butterflies AND growing and propagating the plants they feed on.
MODULAR PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE (12 modules in total)
Climate & Atmosphere (Module 6, PDC)
Saturday 21 March 8.45am-5pm $80-$160(pre-payment required)
Finn Mackesy – Co-chairperson, Permaculture in NZ; Gary Marshall – Landscape Architect, DJ Scott Associates Ltd; Rilke de Vos – Energy Research Engineer, National Institute of Water and Atmosphere (NIWA)
NB: Shared lunch optional, bring a plate
Climatic regions of the world; Global weather patterns; Climate change; Atmospheric conditions; Designing for local climatic conditions – climate responsive design, insulation and heating; Micro-climates – shelter, shade, sun traps, harnessing the wind; Urban weather patterns and atmospheric conditions – acid rain, urban heat sink, wind patterns and tall buildings.
EDIBLE GARDEN CULTURE (8 part series)
1. Edible Garden Planning and Practice BOOKED OUT – SEE BELOW FOR FUTURE WORKSHOPS
Saturday 28 March 10.30am-12.30pm $20
Richard Main – Environmental educator, co-founder Unitec Hortecology Sanctuary
This is the first workshop of a new 8 part edible gardening series for 2009. Richard Main is an enthusiastic and experienced environmental educator and co-founder of the Unitec Hortecology Sanctuary. In this mainly hands-on practical workshop, participants will be introduced to ideas around working with nature, propagation techniques, planting and an abundant summer harvest.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are interested in any of the Edible Garden workshops below, we will pencil you in.
Dates yet to be confirmed, but they will generally be held on the last Saturday of the month.
Edible Garden Culture 2009
Through the seasons of the year
With Richard Main
Explore practical ways to creating edible home gardens for healthy living. This is an eight-part practical series – outlined below.
1. Edible Garden planning and practice – Sat 28 March BOOKED OUT
2. The Living Soil – April
3. Waste to Resource Cycle – May
4. Cultural Practices – June
5. Winter reflection and Inspiration – July
6. Plant Health – August
7. Spring Action – ‘a fine sense of timing’ – September
8. Implementing the summer edible garden - October
About Richard Main
An environmental educator and former Manager and co-founder of the Unitec Hortecology Sanctuary from 1999 to 2009.
Richard has been teaching organic horticulture and sustainability related subjects at Unitec for 10 years. He has chaired the local small growers organic scheme, Organic Farm NZ, and run community based education courses since 1998.
Bike West Fest – Free Entry
Corban Estate, Sat 21 Feb 10am-12midday
Ride on along for prizes, family ride, fun activities, bike maintenance and cycle safety.
Snacks provided, BYO water bottle.
CHEESEMAKING COURSES
26 February 7-9pm Artisan Wines, 99 Parrs Cross Road, Oratia, Waitakere
‘Cutting the Curd’ with Katherine Mowbray
CAMEMBERT & MASCARPONE INTRODUCTION TO CHEESEMAKING
Thursday 26th 7-9pm Cost: $45 pp includes wine & cheese tasting
CONTACT: Maria Lempriere: maria@wheturangi.co.nz or phone 027 232 5554 for more information. Gift Vouchers available.
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Green Grannies
A few weeks ago on Radio NZ, Gareth Morgan spoke about that in a recession people like to ” run home to Mum” . I found this idea for Green Grannies on www.springwise.com and it struck a chord. Wouldn’t it be great to harness the skills of our older folk to get us through these difficult times and also to pass on skills that we used to have. Only my mother has the patience to teach my daughter to knit!
Grandmothers are known for many virtues, not the least of which is their ability to knit spectacular socks. Perhaps even more admirable, however, is the older generation’s ability to make the most of limited resources.
With just that talent in mind, Oxfam recently recruited a team of what it calls Green Grannies to offer advice to the UK public about everything from how to darn socks to how to make delicious food from leftovers. Part of Good Ideas Unltd, Oxfam’s new lifestyles campaign, the service aims not only to help UK consumers save cash, but also to encourage recycling and help tackle climate change, which it notes has a particularly hard impact on the world’s poorest populations. To disseminate the grannies’ advice, Oxfam has launched a YouTube channel—a recent clip describes how to stay warm at night without running the heat, for example—and will soon debut its ‘Ask a Granny’ service on the Oxfam website.
Green Granny Barbara Walmsley explains: “I have always made the most of what I have—it just comes naturally to me. Every granny has her own tricks for saving money, and I’m really glad to have the chance to share them with younger people. Its great to be involved with a campaign which is helping people living in poverty now, and which will also help take care of the world for my grandchildren’s generation.”
“Waste not, want not” is a maxim that works well both from an economic and an environmental perspective, and it’s also one that comes naturally to older generations. Where else could consumers benefit from some elderly advice….?
Website: www.oxfam.org.uk/applications/blogs/goodideasvideo
Contact: rmarsh@oxfam.org.uk
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End of Suburbia – DVD
Note: Grey Lynn 2030 will be showing the End of Suburbia
Friday 27th Feb 7.30
Grey Lynn Community Centre Hall
510 Richmond Rd
Cost $2
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The full title of this film is “End of Suburbia- Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream”
This award winning documentary certainly focusses the mind and it is easy to see how it has been been influential to the Transition Town Movement. Rob Hopkins talks about the film in his book “The Transition Handbook” . TransitionUS cites this film as an important motivator.
If you feel complacent about our endless consumption of oil, watch this film and prepare to wake up! It was made in 2004 and it is interesting to see how the recession/depression that we are entering into now was being predicted in this film.
Here is the promo for the film which will give you a good idea of what it is about and here is the website.
Both the book and the DVD are available from Auckland Library so get them out and get motivated.
If you want to catch up with what some of the commentators from the film are saying more currently here are their websites and blogs.
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Dates for meetings 2009
Please put these in your diary so you can come to our meetings.
Venue: Grey Lynn Community Centre, 510 Richmond Road, Garden Room
Time:7.30pm – 9.30pm
Cost: Entry by Donation/Koha
Some of the evenings will be in format of a Meeting & Update of our focus groups. Others will be a Guest Speaker or Film. Will keep you posted by email so please make sure we have your details – greylynn2030@gmail.com
Dates
Monday 9th February
Monday 9th March
Wednesday 11th March
Wednesday 8th April
Monday 11th May
Wednesday 13th May
Monday 8th June
Wednesday 8th July
Monday 13th July
Monday 10th August
Wednesday 9th September
Monday 14th September
Monday 12th October
Monday 9th November
Wednesday 11th November
Welcome to Grey Lynn 2030
Welcome to the Grey Lynn 2030 blog.
Grey Lynn 2030 formed a year or so again and is part of the Transition Town movement.
Presently we have a few specialised groups who are focussing on:
Urban Food Production – Garden
Waste
Transport
Urban Design
Well Park Stream Project with Westmere Primary
Through this blog we will keep you up to date with what is happening around our community.
Meanwhile if you want contact us please email greylynn2030@gmail.com
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