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- Building donated for re-use
The Trust may run a public fundraising campaign once the Eco Centre opens. This timber former sports clubhouse building from Highfield (see photo below) would otherwise have been demolished, and we are re-using it. Many thanks To Kevin Pateman for this generous support to get our project started. Since then we have raised nearly a million dollars from grants, legacies and gifts.
Ross Wells is our treasurer: potential donors can discuss ideas privately with him at: rosswells@xtra.co.nz The fit-out follows 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 (as Interface carpets, Warmth NZ heat pumps, RX rainwater tanks, Natural Flow waste treatment, TerraLana wool insulation and others will be) please make contact now: email ecocentrefriends@gmail.com or phone/text Rhys on 021462260 2022 Working bees
Our next working bee is outdoors on Sunday 10th April (forecast looks OK) from 1pm until about 4pm. Bring gloves and garden tools, wheelbarrow or bucket if available. We are weeding and re-mulching the native pant collection which has been establishing over the past three years |
An evening class series on 'Future Living Skills' ran in Timaru this with trustee Rhys Taylor and ECan educator Debbie Eddington. Further series will be hosted at the Eco Centre, once open. Enquiries about classes to 021462260.
Previous Festival - Oct 2019
Our second Sustainability Festival began in 2019 with a preview of the Ecocentre building and planting native shrubs outside, on 13 Oct. On the 15th we had a movie screening Woman at War in Timaru (Comedy-Thriller, photo above), and on Wednesday evening 16th two documentaries at Geraldine Cinema: 2040 and Fools&Dreamers.
On Friday evening, at ARA, guest speaker Tony Moore looked at Climate change - the challenge and how councils can respond. And on Saturday there was a car boot sale at the Crow's Nest plus displays and events and music in Redruth Park, 10 minutes walk away along the Creek. Environment Canterbury is a main Festival sponsor, plus help from ARA Institute. Download the 2019 programme PDF here. We plan future festival weeks - do make contact if you'd like to be involved in planning. 
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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. Zoom conferencing was used for subsequent AGMs in the Covid era. 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 via ecocentrefriends@gmail.com or text 021462260
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