Finding allies and building bridges to strengthen environment action The Star, Thursday May 16 2024 p 17 – by Dylan Smits Taking on environmental challenges can seem daunting alone, but there is hope when many green hands work together. Reporter Dylan Smits found out how Christchurch Envirohub is connecting sustainability groups for a more cooperative Read more…
Canterbury Horticultural Society – The art of beauty, science and food Growing plants is an artform for some people, a science for others and, for a growing number of individuals and families, a practical way of supplying themselves with food, comments Canterbury Horticultural Society interim manager Sonja Tschepp. “A lot of people are starting to Read more…
Forest & Bird Youth (Christchurch Hub) – Working locally helps combat anxiety and global problems An antidote to anxiety about climate change and environmental degradation is to work collectively and locally, according to Jess Lamb, one of the leaders of Christchurch’s Forest & Bird Youth Hub and voluntary Youth Director of the nationwide conservation organisation. “‘You can Read more…
Life in Vacant Spaces – The Future is a Mystery Non-profit organisation Life in Vacant Spaces (LiVS) is changing itself alongside the cityscape it has been helping to beautify and transform for more than a decade. Since 2012, LiVS has facilitated creative projects and installations around the city, by brokering relationships between imaginative, ideas people Read more…
