Christchurch Past Events - 2008

Dec 2008 - Festive afternoon tea.

Nov 2008 - Meeting. There was a lot of interest in sustainable energy last meeting, so this was a chance to throw some ideas around, particularly about the Mokihinui dam on the West Coast, which some people think is a great idea and others think is an environmental disaster. For more information about the proposed dam, see the Meridian website, and follow the link to a fact sheet.

Nov 2008 - Walk at Travis Wetland. Not everyone wants to sit in a room and talk, so this was an opportunity to go for a stroll and connect with other members of the group, as well as look at a very positive environmental restoration project in Christchurch that will hopefully inspire us in the projects we are doing or will do in the future.

Nov 2008 - "Sustainable Transport". A talk by Steven Muir and Simon Kingham at St Barnabas (Fendalton Rd)

Nov 2008 - Okains bay camping.

Nov 2008 - Possum run.

Oct 2008 - Monthly meeting. Topic: A brief catchup on the interesting things group members are doing, as well as some strategic planning - who we are and what we wish to achieve.

Oct 2008 - "The Greening of Christianity". Workshop led by retired Methodist minister Bill Wallace. A look at Christian Spirituality from an ecological point of view, using some of Bill's own hymns as illustration.

July 2008 - Monthly meeting. Topic: carbon trading - Is this a useful way of reducing emissions, or an expensive, ineffective bureaucracy that will just result in business as usual?

July 2008 - "How green is God?" Steven Muir and Simon Kingham talked to this topic at Lyttleton Union Chapel.

July 2008 - Possum run.

July 2008 - Discussion. Steven Muir and Simon Kingham talking about sustainable transport and faith things, similar to their talks at Canterbury Uni.

June 2008 - Mark Gibson from our group was one of the speakers at the seminar on ‘Are there wiser ways of living?’ Five people representing five differing world views – Christian, Buddhist, Mãori, Scientific, and Deep Ecology - shared their perspectives.

June 2008 - Monthly Meeting.  Feedback from Jan who has been in Korea for an ecumenical gathering on environmental issues, and from Steven who was at the A Rocha conference in Raglan, as well as opportunity for others to talk about their environmental musings of the last month or two.

May 2008 - "Autumn release of trees" - tidy up of grass/weeds around recently planted trees.

June 2008, "The story of A Rocha - an international Christian conservation organisation (application/pdf, 82.8 kB, info)".

Guest speaker Marie Connett Porceddu (International director and CEO of A Rocha) spoke at the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church Lounge, cnr Madras St and Oxford Tce, Christchurch.