Dear Members,

Welcome to the longest night / shortest day. While the dark draws you to the couch with a hot chocolate and a roaring fire, there is so much on in the next fortnight that you just won’t have time.

Read on!

1. Upcoming SDC Events and Projects

i) THIS Thursday, June 24 from 5.30pm, GREENDRINKS Dunedin, Front Room of Filadelfios at the Gardens

ii) Nick Holmes World of Difference June Update

2. Upcoming Sustainability Events and Courses

i) TOMORROW! Monday June 21, 10am – 3pm – Warm Up A Tree, the Octagon

ii) THIS Thursday, June 24 - End of the Line, Rialto Cinema

iii) THIS Saturday, June 26, 5.30pm - Dunedin Midwinter Carnival, the Octagon

iv) Monday, July 5, 7pm – Screening of The Cove by Dunedin Sea Shepherd, Bill Fraser Lounge, Macandrew Road

v) July 6 – 11 - New Zealand International Science Festival, Dunedin

vi) Monday, July 12, 5am – 5pm – Harbour Cone Open Day

vii) August - Sustainable Living Classes

viii) 12 - 13 November 2010 - Signs of Change National e-Conference

3. Food for Thought

- Environmental Defence Society have released a recent e-book - Managing the Coastal Environment: An EDS Community Guide

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1. Upcoming SDC Events and Projects

SDC is driven by member ideas and volunteer man-power, so if you have an idea for an event or project you’d like SDC to run, or you’d like to run under the SDC umbrella, please let us know secretary@sustainabledunedincity.org.nz. This section also signposts who to contact if you’re keen to help out with a particular event/project.

i) THIS Thursday, June 24 from 5.30pm, GreenDrinks Dunedin, Front Room of Filadelfios at the Gardens

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.

We meet on the last Thursday of each month from 5.30pm at Filadelfios. Each month a different community group hosts a theme. Everyone interested very welcome. Please bring a friend!

THEME THIS MONTH: Low-cost retrofits in homes and flats!

GreenDrinks Dunedin is hosted this month by Solar Action, who will host a discussion about experiences of these low-cost retrofits and the improvements they make to temperature and energy efficiency. Bring your own experiences and ideas to share, or come ready to be a sponge!

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About Solar Action

Solar Action is the New Zealand Renewable Energy Society. Solar Action promotes sustainable use of energy, including reducing the need for energy. Solar Action was founded as a volunteer society in Wellington in 1979. Download past issues of the Solar Action Bulletin at www.solaraction.org.nz .

About GreenDrinks Dunedin

GreenDrinks is an international movement to support informal networking among people who work in the environmental field. To find out more about GreenDrinks International go to www.greendrinks.org.

About Sustainable Dunedin City

GreenDrinks Dunedin is organised by Sustainable Dunedin City. SDC 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 in the face of challenges posed by climate change, declining energy security, and unsustainable resource use.

For more information or to join go to www.sustainabledunedincity.org.nz or email secretary@sustainabledunedincity.org.nz. To get on the GreenDrinks Dunedin elist - or to host a GreenDrinks - please contact Jinty on jintymactavish@gmail.com.

ii) Nick Holmes’ World of Difference June update

“There ought to be a word for that very real feeling of satisfaction, achievement and self-worth that comes from doing. Be it baking a tasty multigrain loaf, fixing that wonky kitchen draw, climbing to the top of a mountain, or watching a crimson sunset fade with some friends. There is a word for it, though not likely one you’d expect”.

Read more at http://foundation.vodafone.co.nz/richy-filth

2. Upcoming Sustainability Events and Courses

Another good calendar for sustainability-related events around Dunedin can be found at http://dect.org.nz/modules/extcal/calendar.php. We’d love to advertise your sustainability-related event or course - please send contributions in to dk.sk@xtra.co.nz.

i) TOMORROW Monday June 21, 10am – 3pm – Warm Up A Tree, the Octagon

Donated wool squares will be joined together and used to wrap the plane trees in the Octagon during the morning of June 21st as a colourful, fun-filled, guerrilla knitting project. The serious purpose behind the event is to raise awareness of biodiversity and the council’s Let’s Grow Native programme by warming up some trees on the shortest and probably coldest day of winter. The blanket wraps will be taken down at the end of the day, deconstructed back to squares and re-sewn into proper wool blankets and donated back to the community.

People are also needed to help us sew the blankets up and wrap the trees up as quickly as possible to make a big creative arty splash! Please contact either Renee Gordon rgordon@dcc.govt.nz or Debbie Hogan dhogan@dcc.govt.nz Ph 477 4000.

The Warm up a Tree project is one of the many events happening during 2010 as part of the Dunedin City Council’s Let’s Grow Native programme. Booklets outlining the full programme can be collected from DCC Customer Service Centre and DOC, and are downloadable from www.dunedin.govt.nz/biodiversity.

ii) Thursday, June 24 - End of the Line, Rialto Cinema

The world’s first major documentary about the devastating effect of overfishing premiered at Sundance Film Festival

Imagine an ocean without fish. Imagine your meals without seafood. Imagine the global consequences. This is the future if we do not stop, think and act.

Filmed across the world – from the Straits of Gibraltar to the coasts of Senegal and Alaska to the Tokyo fish market – featuring top scientists, indigenous fishermen and fisheries enforcement officials, The End of the Line is a wake-up call to the world.

Also see screenings as part of the NZ International Science Festival (http://www.scifest.org.nz/).

iii) Saturday, June 26, 5.30pm - Dunedin Midwinter Carnival, the Octagon

Over 5,000 spectators will swarm Dunedin’s city centre to watch a spectacular Lantern Procession to celebrate the longest night and shortest day. The lanterns are a symbol of the returning light, of creativity and of community.

This year the Lantern Procession has a ‘Creatures of the Sea’ theme. Spectators will be enchanted by a glowing stream of over 700 people, 250 hand-made lanterns, 10 giant lanterns, costumed dancers, stilt walkers, musicians, and fire-works.

iv) Monday, July 5, 7pm – Screening of The Cove by Dunedin Sea Shepherd, Bill Fraser Lounge, Macandrew Road

Please find attached a flyer regarding the screening of the Sea Shepherd film ‘The Cove’. Someone from the Sea Shepherd will be there to answer questions and we will have tea and coffee. BYO popcorn!

v) July 6 - 11- New Zealand International Science Festival, Dunedin

The 2010 festival, themed “food for thought” will stimulate your senses, inspiring discussion on the intersection between food and science. From farm to fork, topics such as food production, nutrition and consumption will be on the menu. Be prepared to be challenged.

Orokonui Ecosanctuary are one of the hosts of ISF events – see what they have on at - http://www.orokonui.org.nz/content/seminars.php

ODT carried a story about keynote speaker Tim Jarvis last Saturday - http://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/110166/man-mission - check out the Festival’s website for their programme - http://www.scifest.org.nz/.

vi) Monday, July 12, 5am – 5pm – Harbour Cone Open Day

Explore the Hereweka Harbour Cone property and learn how it contributes to the Otago Peninsula now and in the future.

http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/events/garden-and-environment/harbour-cone-open-day

vii) Enrol now for August - Sustainable Living Classes

Enrol now for ADULT COMMUNITY SUSTAINABLE LIVING CLASSES in NORTH EAST VALLEY, PORT CHALMERS and the CITY: This interactive eight-week course will assist you to learn and share practical tips that make a difference and can save you money, meet others in your community who are interested in living more sustainably, gain support for introducing lifestyle changes you want to make. Facilitated by Dr Maureen Howard, c/o Water and Waste Services, Dunedin City Council.

COURSE CONTENT: Introduction - Sustainability in the home. Making changes; Energy - Efficiency and conservation, Renewables; Waste - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle; Composting Shopping - Making better choices. Making your own cleaners; Gardening - Attracting wildlife. Growing your own veggies; Water - Conservation, collection, reuse and keeping waterways clean; Transport - Traveling more sustainably; Final - Community Focus

UPCOMING COURSES:

PORT CHALMERS - Evening Course (8 Weeks)

Start Date: Tue 3rd August; Each Tuesday: 6.30-8.30pm

Venue: Port Chalmers School

NORTH EAST VALLEY - Daytime Course (8 Weeks)

Start Date: Wednesday 4th August; Each Wednesday: 10am-12 noon

Venue: 248 North Road, NEV Community Development Project

CITY - Evening Course (8 Weeks)

Start Date: Wed 4th August; Each Wednesday: 7-9pm

Venue: Space2B, corner Filluel and St Andrews Sts

All courses are free but a Donation is requested ($30 recommended). Courses are restricted to a maximum of 14 people. Registration is essential: Registration or enquiries before 17 June to Maureen 4739967 or Email mhoward@slingshot.co.nz . After this date please register with the Dunedin City Council 4774000. Your place on the course will be confirmed during the week beginning July 26th.

The Sustainable Living Programme is brought to you locally by the Dunedin City Council.

viii) 12-13 November 2010 - Signs of Change National e-Conference, Christchurch, with local live connections to venues in: Dunedin, Wellington, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Auckland

This Call for Signs of Change is going out to networks of people who might want to join together and have a discussion about new directions. I am pleased to announce a first-of-a-kind national conference that will feature evidence from all walks of life that there is a choice about the future and that some are making it.

We are launching our conference website www.signsofchange.org.nz and invite you to visit and consider if you would like to attend your closest local node, or if you could report on change you have seen or been a part of that provides a model of what the future we hope for might look like. Please pass on to anyone you think might be interested.

Best Regards,

Susan

Dr. Susan Krumdieck

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

University of Canterbury

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4. Food for Thought

Do you know of an amazing podcast everyone should listen to? An article or a blog or a site that would be of interest to all SDC members? Send me a short explanation and the link (dk.sk@xtra.co.nz), and we’ll add it in here. Links preferable to attachments, because they tend to fill up everyone’s inboxes.

Kia ora koutou,

For those of you who were unaware, the EDS have a recent e-book ‘Managing the Coastal Environment: An EDS community Guide’ by Raewyn Peart and Kate Mulcahy.

This resource is available on-line and will be useful for groups and individuals who are engaging in coastal conservation projects.

http://www.eds.org.nz/eresources/e-books.cfm

Jim Fyfe
Coastal/Marine Ranger
Coastal Otago Area, Department of Conservation

If you’d like to learn more about the Environmental Defence Society please go to http://www.eds.org.nz/

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Tēnā koutou katoa,

Suze Keith (SDC’s newsletter compiler)

dk.sk@xtra.co.nz

Janet Brady (SDC’s secretary)

secretary@sustainabledunedincity.org.nz

Sustainable Dunedin City Inc.

PO Box 8061, North East Valley, Dunedin