Sustainable Dunedin City

The Sustainable Living Course for Communities is an interactive eight-week course which will assist you to learn and share practical tips that make a difference and can save you money, meet others in your local community who are interested in resilience and sustainable living, and gain support for introducing lifestyle changes you want to make. This course is tailored to accommodate your specific interests with facts and opportunities specific to Dunedin provided on each topic. Facilitated by Dr Maureen Howard, c/o Water and Waste Services, Dunedin City Council

Registration is essential – registration or enquiries to Maureen, Phone 4739967, Email mhoward@slingshot.co.nz.

St Clair Community Evening Course
Tuesday 24 July,
7-9 pm for 8 weeks
Venue: Little Wonders St Kilda

City Day Course

Wednesday 25 July

10-12 noon for 8 weeks
Church of Christ Community Hall  (corner Filleul and St Andrew St).

City Evening Course, Start Date

Wednesday 25 July
7-9 pm for 8 weeks
Church of Christ Community Hall (corner Filleul and St Andrew St).

Dunedin’s Economic Development Unit hosts BA5 –

Meeting Room 2, Municipal Chambers. Access via the Octagon, steps under the clock tower

Is the rebuild of Christchurch the biggest threat or biggest opportunity for Dunedin?

Will competing against, or cooperating with, Christchurch yield the best results for our city?

Come and hear the latest on the rebuild of Christchurch, the challenges this will create for Dunedin and ideas on how we can profit from these.

Meet Graham Williams, who has been employed to find work for Dunedin businesses from the rebuild and discover what he has found four months into his work.

Please RSVP to Shaz Clark sclark@dcc.govt.nz or 474 3409.

Dr Solis Norton

Centre for Sustainability Seminar Room, University of Otago

‘There is now irrefutable evidence that, in broad terms, global growth is peaking…Conservation of global food supply in the face of contraction will become a growing challenge.

New Zealand agriculture is ideally positioned to lead the world in refining its processes to suit a future of contraction rather than growth. There is tremendous scope to enhance our competitive advantage and profitability…’

Castle 1 Lecture Theatre, University of Otago

Hear Otago University’s top debaters argue the topic: “SHOULD THE DRINKING AGE BE RAISED?”

Mayor of Dunedin: Dave Cull

Director of Student Health: Dr Kim Ma’ia’i

OUSA President: Logan Edgar

Dunedin South MP: Clare Curran

Otago Branch President of Hospitality NZ: Mark Scully

Learn about the upcoming law reform and hear a variety of perspectives discussing alcohol issues in NZ.

Sustainable Lens Radio, with Sam Mann, Anton Angelo and Shane Gallagher, which can also be accessed on

http://sustainablelens.org/

GreenDrinks Dunedin: in the Back Room of Filadelfios at the Gardens

TOPIC THIS MONTH:  Money and Oil - How cheap energy has led to a vulnerable currency system and what we can do about it

Is your money secure? How vulnerable is our community’s economy to the impacts of peak oil? What can we do to create strong economic resilience at the community level? Our speaker this month is Professor Bob Lloyd, Director of the Energy Studies Programme at the University of Otago.  Bob will outline how declining easy energy (oil) will impact on our monetary system and what we can do to increase our resilience.

To contact Bob, email bob.lloyd@otago.ac.nz

GREENDRINKS Dunedin provides an opportunity for everyone interested in sustainability and the environment to meet in a relaxed setting. It is organised in Dunedin by the Sustainable Dunedin City Society and is part of GreenDrinks International, a social networking movement. To find out more about GreenDrinks International go to www.greendrinks.org. To get on the GreenDrinks Dunedin elist - or to host a GreenDrinks - please contact Maureen on mhoward@slingshot.co.nz.

Sustainable Dunedin City Society is made up of persons who are interested in the issues of climate change, declining energy security and sustainability, as they affect Dunedin City. The Society is not affiliated with any political party and aims to facilitate a positive, secure and sustainable future for Dunedin City. For more information or to join go to www.sustainabledunedincity.org.nz or email secretary@sustainabledunedincity.org.nz