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Crow's Nest to soon have an
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- Building donated for re-use
The Trust may run a public fundraising campaign once EcoCentre build heads into Phase 2. This timber clubhouse building from Highfield (see photo below) would otherwise have been demolished, and we shall re-use it. Many thanks To Kevin Pateman for this generous support to get our project started. Since then we have raised $250,000 from grants and gifts.
Ross Wells is our treasurer: potential donors can discuss ideas privately with him at: rosswells@xtra.co.nz The fit-out follows recent re-connection of the two timber building halves, adding a central foyer, on new foundations suited to the site. It's also been re-roofed, thanks to a donation from NZ Steel. If you or your business would like to help, and thus have your products or services featured in the EcoCentre , please make contact now: email trustees@ecocentretimaru.org or phone Syd on 0276869091 or Rhys on text 021462260 |
Festival in Geraldine, Sept 2018
A weekend Sustainability Festival of Adult Learning in September 2018 began with a coach visit to the TDC Resource Recovery Park at Redruth
We held a session on Urban Pest Control and one on Warm Homes for Geraldine, a Future Living Skills brunch, an afternoon sewing to Pimp my jacket, and screened two films on Sustainability at Geraldine Cinema: Edible Paradise and Living the Change. Programme from 2018 Festival available as PDF here. Enquiries about 2019 mini-Festival in Timaru to Rhys Taylor, text 021462260 |
Next steps
We took part in the national hui of environment centres held in Christchurch, October 2017 and again in Hutt Valley in October 2018 - a source of more ideas and encouragement. To read more about environment centres & hubs in other parts of NZ see: www.environmenthubs.nz/members
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More news follows. Do visit us again! To make contact, email us on trustees@ecocentretimaru.org or text 021462260
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