Does it feel like every second person you know is now keeping a hive? Cenna Lloyd is beekeeper for her own business and also helps everyone else to keep their bees too. So why is Wellington becoming a mecca for bees, and why would urban honey be better?
We are always told that planting a food garden could save us money, But now I am hearing that gardening could save our world? Really?
So in this interview we talk to three of Welly’s most well known gardeners,Linnea Lindstroem of and , Mel Beirne from Brooklyn Orchard and Garden trainer for , and Tim Packer of the who discuss how gardening just might do that.
Founder of , Erin Leigh would describe her business as a wellness revolution, but not only is she taking our office workers health by storm, she has now paired up with permaculture activist Linnea Lindstroem to connect with the growing “edible city” movement! They are starting a series of urban farm sites throughout Wellington, with the first one right here in Newtown called .
“…if we can have a fast food restaurant on every corner then we can have urban farms in every city.” Nice vision.
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These are the Mum’s from The Sew Good Cooperative at Epuni School in Lower Hutt. Of all the stories has done, this one is possibly the most powerful, Why? Because their story is a community led response to the economic and social pressures facing a huge percentage of our country. These women are doing it for themselves.
After founder Julia Milne has taken a few awards this year as the Overall Winner at the Wellington Airport Community Awards and the Sustainable Champion at the NZI Sustainable Business Awards for her work and vision on the project, we thought we’d go and have a chat with the Mums to see what the best things about the year were for them…..and it wasn’t what we thought.
If you think these women were doing an awesome thing please vote here as they are in the running for a grant that will really help their Koha Kitchen come to life.Closes Dec 11 so please do it today. It takes two clicks.
http://mcfgrantsvoting.com.au/
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Aro Valley is quickly taking the title of Eco Valley, as recently resident Julia Stace, Te Aro School and the Aro Valley Community Center have all had solar panels installed, which will produce their own renewable power. This will add to the valley’s legacy of already being a leader in community action.
In this two part series these Aro Valley initiators talk about what they think contributes to Aro Valleys constant action towards positive environmental change.
In part 1 resident Julia Stace ( far left) on why she installed photo Voltaic cells on her home and Charles Barrie (centre) from Aro Valley’s community gardens on the surprising benefits of the community gardens and his idea on a vision for Aro Valley.
In Part two Louise Sherrell of , (represented by other Aro Solar project team members Miranda Voke 2nd right and Ollie 2nd left), resident Karen MacIntyre ( centre back) on some valley history that changed it forever and community coordinator Kelvin Aris talks about community resilience.
A must listen for all communities and neighborhoods trying to kick start change.
Part 1
Part 2
Thanks to Virginia Woods Jack for the photo.