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Coming to Eastbourne
Dr Mike Joy will be speaking onThe Future of Food & Energy - Sunday August 13th 3pm at St Ronan's Church, 234 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt 5013 -details and updates will be posted on Eastbourne.nz
AI Forum NZ | AI for the Environment Hackathon 2023 14th - 15th August (Wellington). Combining 2 of the hottest issues today. This year our problems to solve are based on the five key environmental outcomes (AI for the Environment Report 2022). We have expanded these to make them more relevant to all participants in 2023. More info and registration
Be. Lab: Building a more accessible future for all. Be. Lab joins us at our Te Aro campus for a conversation on how we can make Aotearoa the most accessible nation in the world. More details. Monday 14 August, 5pm Lecture Theatre 1 Ground floor, Te Aro Campus, 139 Vivian Street.
Big Blue Future - Inspiring the next generation Join us (in person or online) for a hui as we look at the future of our ocean and sustainable fishing, with your chance to ask us your toughest questions! Joining us overseas from the Marine Stewardship Council will be Rohan Currey, Chief Science and Standards Officer; Polly Burns, Head of Fisheries Standards Policy; Matt Watson, Senior Fisheries Program Manager, Asia Pacific, accompanied from Aotearoa New Zealand; Perya Short, Strategic Partnerships Manager and Rika Milne, Learning Designer. Details, including online joining. 14 August 4-5:30pm, Mokopuna Room, Wharewaka Function Centre, 1 Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington.
Behind the scenes: Te Papa Cyclone Gabrielle response. A talk by Victoria Esson and Migoto Eria.Join us for a rare opportunity to hear from Te Papa’s National Services Head of Sector Victoria Esson and Head of Maturanga Maori Migoto Eria as they give us a moving firsthand account of Te Papa’s response to taonga recovery in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle. Monday 21 August, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm $25.00 – $30.00
Petone Beach Litter Intelligence Survey & Audit Workshop - 19th August 12:30 to 3:00pm, Petone Beach Ski Club. A training workshop for Litter Intelligence: a citizen science platform to enable community groups to contribute to a growing national litter database by monitoring their local beaches & auditing the rubbish. Information and registration
Flourishing futures: Conversations on important issues – It's the end of the world as we know it. This week's discussion, “It’s the end of the world as we know it”, will focus on the climate crisis – civilisation collapse? A post-carbon sustainable future? Tuesday, 29 August 2023, 5:30pm - 6:30pm, Wellington Cathedral of Saint Paul | Te Wharekarakianui o Paora Tapu ki te Whanganui-a-Tara, 2 Hill Street, Wellington
Online
Introducing 'A guide to just transitions for communities in Aotearoa NZ'. The idea of 'just transitions' has been around for decades. Responses to major challenges including climate change are amplifying its importance to communities. 12.30pm, 7 August 2023 via Zoom (link to be provided) Register here.
Pump Storage - options for Wellington - Australian National University (ANU) have done a global analysis of possible closed loop pump storage locations. Wellington has some interesting candidates :-) https://re100.anu.edu.au/#share=g-f40e4047e8a3df6776536a91de532c41
CLIMATE FICTION AND CLIMATE FUTURES Climate change is here and it’s real. What are the challenges and responsibilities of writers to tell stories in a climate-changed world? MahMah Timoteo, Bronwyn Hayward and Erik Kennedy discuss the role of writers in the face of climate change with Melanie Dixon. What stories should we be telling and why? How can we strike a balance between hope and disaster? And how can writers make a positive impact in a world with an increasingly gloomy future? Thursday 24th August 5:30-6:30
Registrations are open for Clean Up Week 2023 16-22 September. Registered community groups receive free kits and badges and disposal of the litter collected is free. https://www.knzb.org.nz/programmes/clean-new-zealand-beautiful/clean-up-week/
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