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News: tagged with "environment"

• The godwits have returned, heralding spring

  Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 18th September 2023 The bar-tailed godwits have touched down on the Avon-Heathcote Ihutai Estuary – landing earlier than usual this year

• UC Connect lecture: Change our politics, not the climate

  Posted: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: Lectures, seminar, environment, Climate Change, politics
  Award-winning international expert on sustainability and climate change, Professor Bronwyn Hayward will discuss why climate issues matter now more than ever in her upcoming FREE public talk at the University of Canterbury

• Green Drinks at Nifty: Exploring slow fashion

  Posted: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: sustainability, seminar, environment
  Join us for a FREE night of mingling and learn slow fashion at Green Drinks. Founder of Nifty second-hand store Rosie Carroll, will discuss the importance of embracing sustainable fashion habits

• Spring clean urged as bustling Central City gears up for busy summer

  Posted: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: business, urban, built environment, recovery
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 4th September 2023 The Council is urging Central City property owners to continue the good work underway to improve the appearance of vacant land

• Go green at the Sustainable Living Series

  Posted: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: sustainability, environment, recycling, waste, event, workshop, seminar
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 4th September 2023 The Sustainable Living Series is back for 2023 - with the return of two favourite events

• Magazine Bay Marina demolition work to begin

  Posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: built environment, development
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 29th August 2023 Work to remove Lyttelton’s Magazine Bay Marina begins in September

• Join volunteering community planting days in September

  Posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 in: Vacancies With tags: volunteers, environment, conservation, planting, restoration
  Want to help create a living legacy for our city? Join an upcoming planting event with either Conservation Volunteers NZ in Amelia Rogers Reserve, Greendots with Te Ara Kakariki or CCC Park Rangers in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor

• The messy business of ecological restoration

  Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: restoration, environment, waterways, volunteering, planting
  Chrischurch City Council Newsline: 23rd August 2023 Ecological restoration can look untidy, but that’s just nature doing its job

• Sponge Cities: Can they help us survive more intense rainfall?

  Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: Climate Change, research, Report, environmental health, water, emergencies
  A major new research report from the Helen Clark Foundation and WSP in New Zealand is recommending a series of actions to respond to the escalating impacts of climate change-induced extreme rainfall events

• Council approves changes that simplify rules to manage water quality

  Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water management, water, environmental health, policy, planning
  Environment Canterbury media release: 21st August 2023 Council has approved new rules that will streamline the consents process and strengthen restrictions on some activities to improve water quality across significant parts of the region

• Leading the way to build a Canterbury Inter-School Enviro Network

  Posted: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: young people, environment, sustainability
  Environment Canterbury media release: 1st August 2023 Our Youth Rōpū members are leading the way in building an inter-school enviro network for high school students in Christchurch

• Funding boost for local projects and the launch of new environmental awards

  Posted: Wednesday, July 5, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environmental health
  Environment Canterbury media release: 4th July 2023 What's happening in the Waimakariri water zone Firstly, we are delighted to tell you about the innovative projects we have recommended for funding from the zone committee Action Plan Fund

• New programme connects people over sustainable kai

  Posted: Thursday, June 22, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: Food, awareness, waste, children, families, business, environment, gardens
  Keep New Zealand beautiful media release: 21st June 2023 Iconic charity Keep New Zealand Beautiful is launching their new Kai Connections programme - a fun, easy and educational way for students, whānau and friends to demonstrate commitment to kai pai (go

• Land purchase could pave way for future wetland and recreation reserve

  Posted: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: land, environment, recreation
  The Waimakariri District Council is excited to announce it has purchased a property with significant potential for ecological and recreational development between Kaiapoi and Rangiora

• Green waste putting waterways at risk

  Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, management, environmental health
  Environment Canterbury media release: 16th May 2023 Illegal dumping is rife across the region and it’s not just the inorganic items that are putting our flood protection, biodiversity, and water health at risk

• Changes to building consent applications

  Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: built environment, property
  Selwyn District Council media release: 15th May 2023 Change is coming up for those homeowners who are applying for a consent to build on land that is still going through subdivision consent process

• Help us protect the Avon River/Ōtākaro

  Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, harm
  Environment Canterbury media release: 10th May 2023 Could you or your business be accidentally leaking oil into the river/ awa? On Saturday 29th April we were notified of oil spilling into the Avon River/Ōtākaro from a drain opposite the Antigua Boat Shed

• Patience requested as leaves fill the streets

  Posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, abuse
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 9th May 2023 The Garden City is renowned for its beautiful deciduous trees – and that comes at a price during the autumn leaf fall season

• Ailing willow trees to be removed

  Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recreation, environment, waterways
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 12th April 2023 Up to 40 ailing willow trees along the banks of Kā Pūtahi Creek in Englefield Reserve will be removed and replaced with native trees, helping to stabilise the banks and reduce sediment build-up

• Drummonds Jetty to be renewed

  Posted: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: repair, built environment, recreation
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 28th March 2023 Drummonds Jetty in Akaroa will be rebuilt as part of Christchurch City Council’s Marine Structures Renewal Programme. The 33m jetty is situated off Beach Road, Akaroa, near the main Akaroa Wharf

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