Interactive workshops and practical opportunities to help you live a more sustainable life.
This Series:
Timing: Monday mornings 10am - 12midday
Venue: Oroua Room at the Palmerston North City Library, George Street entrance. (Gardening 2 -Practical, the venue is to be confirmed)
1st September: Healthy Food Choices made Easy
Food is central to life. We will consider food choices that are healthy for us and our planet.
8th September: Minimizing Waste: reduce, reuse, recycle
Learn about our Council's resource recovery systems and the ways we can reduce, reuse and recycle to keep items out of landfill.
15th September: Gardening 1: growing your own food
The basics of gardening including working with soil and the elements, including a practical demonstration of how to grow from seed.
6th October: Commute Sustainably
Exploring sustainable travel options - looking at active and low carbon travel.
13th October: Gardening 2: growing your own food- practical
Natural ways to fertilize our gardens and maintain healthy crops, with hands on outdoor activities (weather permitting).
20th October: Household Emergency Planning: natural disasters and hazards
First hand tips and insights about the realities of living through a natural disaster and empowering ways to plan and prepare for resilience.
10th November: Protecting our water
Relating to our water and where it comes from, considering how we can contribute to caring for our water sources through our daily choices.
17th November: Healthier Home, healthier you
Tips, info and advice on ways to keep our homes warm, dry and healthy and save on energy sources.
"These were very insightful workshops, would be interested in going further into this area."
- Feedback from our last workshop
The programme is free though koha is appreciated.
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Please email Di Koch at circ.economy@enm.org.nz
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