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More important even than oil: The uses and benefits of water: Canterbury water under the spotlight. A Canterbury wide series of meetings starts this month. see here (10 July, Scoop).
For further information and/or to register your community group to take part: http://www.canterburywater.org.nz/

Maori Language Week: - Keynote Lecture: Te Reo Maori (& see events dairy). (10 July, CCC).
... a, hei whakanuia te wiki o te reo maori 2008, haere mai ki konei:
Maori language week homepage: http://www.korero.maori.nz/news/mlw.
And an announcement to coincide with the celebration here: (see also events diary).

Mt Cass Ridge Protection Society wants MainPower to move wind farm proposal to another site. (17 July, Stuff).


Dr Mathis Wackernagel to talk in Christchurch on Monday: one of the originators of the term ecological footprint and a director of California based Global Footprint Network. The ecological footprint is a resource management tool that measures how much land and water area a human population requires to produce the resources it consumes and to absorb its wastes under prevailing technology. (see events diary)

Carter Holt Harvey: $8000 for last year's contaminant into Saltwater Creek. (ECan, 11 July).

Christchurch people asked: to confirm proposals outlined in the Mid Heathcote River/Ōpawaho Linear Park Masterplan (15 July, CCC).

Nelson botanist wins NZ's premier conservation award (Beehive, 15 July)

Royal Society of New Zealand: Climate change statement (10 July, rsnz.org)

Another glorious signpost for clean and green (or should that be yellow!?): NZ town looks at using wastewater for drinking A priori: how disgraceful. (14 July, NZ Herald).

Cora Fabros: denied entry to Tangimoana base. ( 17 July, Manawatu Standard/Stuff)

Full credit to the environment (Good article on carbon credits, from Otago University's student rag Critic, by Megan Anderson).

Poll looks at attitudes to Emissions Trading Scheme ( 10 July, National Business Review)

$12 million Govt grant to make biogas from factory flues (NZ Herald, 17 July)

Households drive NZ energy demand (25 June, Scoop).

Petrol to hit $10 a litre within a decade - Oz report. (another version under from there). (11 July, NZ Herald).

Prices fuelling big changes: Pity the NI's East Cape (5 July, NZ Herald).

Cheaper Power: a mouse click away (NZ Herald, 12 July). Think you might be paying too much? Want to compare prices? Click here: PowerSwitch. (consumer.org.nz)

Vector gets green light to sell power lines network to Chinese. Decision blasted as 'hypocrisy' (17 July, NZ Herald)

Southern right whale off the coast ( 9 July, DOC).

Warming threatens migratory whales' feeding grounds (14 July, NZ Herald)

Ocean's low-oxygen areas a growing threat for sea life (June, NZ Herald)

Wellington's Percy: one lucky penguin. (15 July, Forest and Bird).
see also: the march of the little blue penguins (16 June, Forest and Bird).

As frog populations die off around the world researchers (including one from Lincoln) have identified certain genes that can help. ( 15 July, Lincoln University). (see also: events diary EARTHWISE).

tuatara: climate change will turn them all into males. (Times online, 2 July).

Kauri trees in danger in the Waitakeres. (17 July, NZ Herald).

Finance Bigwigs get share in Coromandel kauri trees (NZ Herald, 14 July)

Environment enhancement fund (1 June - 31 August) (from Awards and Funding, ECan)

Outdoor recreation: discussion document launched (Beehive, 2 July)

Don't forget Eco films at this years' film festival. They may not all show in Christchurch - check here for the local programme. (from EcoBob).

Blog: rubbish free year: week 23

Job offer: Want to work in Auckland? - interesting, challenging, full-time (after a while) position working with the community in transport, health and recreation areas. Living Streets Aotearoa is a national organisation promoting the development of walking- friendly communities throughout New Zealand. Full job description at: http://www.livingstreets.org.nz/. Closing date Friday 25th July 2008.
Interviews in Auckland, 6 -7 August. Applications and further info: liz.thomas@livingstreets.org.nz.

Speaking of Kids' Edible Gardens (ecoNet last week), take a leisurely gander at this site. They won gold at the Chelsea Flower Show and that's not all - from our Pommie bros: edibleplaygrounds.co.uk

...and speaking of CAFCA (as we were last week) a reminder that nominations are now open (till end of October) for this year's Roger Award: more here.

Blueprints and footprints: NZ national secondary students design competition August 2008. Register by Friday, 1 August. (University of Otago).

HURRY, LAST DAYS!: Garden bird survey 2008. Spend an hour counting birds in your home garden, local park, or school ground during the survey period and contribute to a national survey of common garden birds. Survey period: Saturday, 12 July - Sunday, 20 July 2008
Time: between 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. details here. Last year's survey results here (Landcare Research).

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Diary of Events
Week Begining Fri 18 July 2008

 

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