Grey Lynn 2030 Transition Community

It is proposed that for Grey Lynn 2030 week next year, the streets be transformed into the site of an art exhibition.

I Heart Grey Lynn

This new initiative would see local artists creating original artworks in the windows of shops across the suburb. It is envisaged that this showcase of
site-specific artwork would include both emerging and established artists, and would help establish Grey Lynn as Auckland’s creative centre.

The Exhibitions
Each shop would be teamed with an artist who would be responsible for
curating a show of their work, then returning the space to its original condition.

Publicity
A viral marketing campaign of ‘clean’ graffiti (using a water-blaster to wash our message onto pavements) will be combined with PR through Grey Lynn 2030 networks to draw attention to the event.

Expressions of Interest
I am asking for expressions of interest from shop owners to assess the viability of the project. If this is something you would like to be involved in,
please let me know.
Isla Osborne
For more information, please contact Isla Osborne on 021 027 22005,
or at isla.osborne@gmail.com

www.isla.co.nz

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

New Zealand Jewellery Show
1-4 July, 2010
Sky City, Auckland

Sphere
6-25 July, 2010
The Lakehouse Gallery, Takapuna, Auckland

We have received overwhelming feedback that the inaugural Street Party & Twilight Market was a big success and a whole lot of fun.  We really enjoyed decorating West Lynn to create a traffic calming people – space for the evening which provided the opportunity to have a great time at our local shopping area with neighbours and friends.  The event was made possible with the enthusiastic support of local businesses, community groups and individuals who are all keen to see it happen again.

Our thanks go to:

Paul & Mira from Montery Coffee Lounge  who provided groovy tunes by DJ Andy with cocktails by Hakanoa Handmade (a locally made ginger beer available at Monterey)

Susan Duckworth & team at Vanilla Ink

Mr H who was kept busy serving up his gourmet sausages from the West Lynn Organic Butcher

Dear Reader bookshop  sponsors of the Phineas Phrog story telling

Malt Bar with DJ Ria from Base FM

SBF Hair Artists

Richmond Road Pharmacy

Richmond Road Medical Practice

Savour & Devour who were very generous with their free coffee and dessert samples

Raw Essentials who provided free samples for  lucky pets

Monique & Jules at Dalston showed off their new winter range on the night with nibbles and wine (our beautiful bunting is also made with donated Dalston fabric)

The Wine Vault for the free wine tasting

Gypsy Tea Room

Caravan Clothing the newest boutique in West Lynn

Nature Baby

The team at  Moa with a special mention to Julie for being one of the first West Lynners to support the idea of a street party

Havest Wholefoods and their suppliers Nature’s Gold chocolate , Pacific Harvest seaweeds, Kohu Road ice-cream, Nutz roasted nuts that were offering samples and tastings. Also Ceres Organics who provided free crackers and Revive  free Frooze balls plus thanks to Amber for creating the Park(ing) picnic zone.

West Lynn Superette – their homemade samosas are available from the freezer

428 Richmond Road – mens clothing

Delicious

The Little Grocer who brought their bbq along

B.E.E cleaning products

Hayjay’s Superette

Rosanna, Mind Body Institute, Zee Sharif Return to Form and all those operating from the villa at 412 Richmond Road

Neal’s superette

Tom’s Roast

Mamata Bakery

City Liquor Centre

Wellpark College

Gareth Chitty

Plus thanks to the community groups who supported the event:

Grey Lynn Neighbourhood Law Centre & Litaracy Aotearoa who held a bbq and raffle with proceeds going to the Child Cancer Foundation. Congratulations to Maxine Wooldridge who won the raffle and thanks to our local Countdown (Richmond Rd) for contributing the eggs for the kids Easter Egg hunt.

Living Streets Aotearoa thanks to Vinnie for organising the film of the party

Green Party with a stop mining petition

Wilton Street Community Garden was decorated for the evening with the Gardeners holding a picnic

Oxfam Wellpark Walkers who raised $256 at the Street Party

Grey Lynn RSC who are keen for new members

Grey Lynn Community Centre - thank you to the Manager Tania Miller who made the tables available for the street stalls

Thanks to the Grey Lynn 2030 Waste Away team who ensured that there were plenty of recycling bins available on the street for party goers to dispose of their glass, plastic, paper and cans.  They also had a bokashi bin available for food waste – although they found most people enjoyed the fabulous food on offer so much that there wasn’t much in the way of scraps!

The Street Stalls you can also find at the Grey Lynn Farmers Market each Sunday:

• Silwoods’s market veges & herbs
• Ooooby
• Heirloom Organix
• Grey Lynn Honey & Bokashi Bins
• Blackwoods Gourmet Breads
• Muleez smoked fish
• Colchis cheese

A big thank you to Paul Dalton, GLFM Manager for coordinating the Twilight Market and single-handedly returning all the tables to the GL Community Centre.

You can check out a vid of Sam Benge who plays with the Longdrops and coordinated the music here. Thanks to Sam and the musicians who performed:

The Longdrops

French Toast

The Ukeladies.

Thanks to all the volunteers who showed up to decorate West Lynn and help with cleaning up: Katie, Caroline, Barbara, Sharon, Dani, Sam, Olwyn, Amber, Neha, Paul S, Peter Claire,  Paul D and the Grey Lynn 2030 Wasters

Diya Welland for taking so many fab photos. More can be seen here

Pascal for his vid of the Street Party

Cat Charm designer of the poster for both the Street Party and the Grey Lynn 2030 Week

Martin Leach from Ponsonby News who supported the event by publishing the Street Party poster for free

Hopefully that’s covers everyone from our lovely commmunity who helped make the West Lynn Street Party & Twilight Market happen but let me know if I’ve missed anyone.

Pippa Coom, Street Party organiser for the Grey Lynn 2030 Steering Committee

We were very fortunate that EcoMatters Environmental Trust, Oxfam and TAPAC all came on board at late notice to ensure were were able to screen Tapped on World Water Day. As an introduction to the movie, Katherine Mason from Oxfam gave a moving presentation about Rosita and her family in East Timor whose lives have been transformed through the introduction of a clean, regular water supply made possible from donations to Oxfam’s Water for survival programme.

Grey Lynn 2030 and EcoMatters  have been able to make a modest donation to Oxfam from the ticket sale proceeds.  However, our supporters may wish to do more especially if you missed World Water Day on 22 March. Please consider making a donation  online to the Oxfam Water Appeal or by calling 0800 400 666.

Tapped the movie was exceedingly thought provoking, resulting in many of the movie goers wondering what we can follow up with locally to get the message across that bottled water is damaging to the environment (from production through to disposal) and individual health, and except in an emergency completely unnecessary. A few facts from the movie that may be of interest:

• 40% of bottled water is filtered tap water
• bottled water companies receive approx 1600% profit on the cost of producing a bottle of water
• independent tests rank the purity of bottled water third behind tap water and filted tap water (the industry is self -regulated so not subject to a transparent testing regime)
• only 20% of bottles are recycled
• in parts of the ocean there are more plastic particles than plankton (to find out more about the sea of plastic discovered by Capt Charles Moore click here )
• we are potentially exposing ourselves to harmful levels of Bisphenol-A (BPA) by drinking from plastic bottles

Tapped can be rented from EcoMatters. Check out the preview here. Find Tapped on Facebook with regular updates from the movie’s director Stephanie Soechtig.

The Story of Bottled Water is also worth sharing around to get the message out that the best thing we can do immediately is to stop buying bottled water.

Grey Lynn 2030 is considering how we are going to act locally to achieve a dream of a bottle water-free NZ starting with our community. For example what about we work to install public water fountains (the village pump!) so that we can refill bottles bought locally? If you are interested in getting involved with the Grey Lynn 2030 water group please email greylynn2030@gmail.com.

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