Category: Christchurch
A guide to making submissions against the Coalgate mine, via the Selwyn District Plan
by Rob Taylor | Dec 7, 2020 | Bathurst Resources, Canterbury Coal Action, Christchurch, Coal Action Canterbury, coal projects, dirty dairying, Fonterra, mining | 0 |
Earlier this year, CANA opposed the granting of resource consents, by Environment Canterbury and...
Read MoreRise for Climate Report: Aotearoa to the World
by tjonescan | Sep 17, 2018 | 350, actions, Aotearoa, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Wellington | 0 |
Saturday 8 September was a wonderful, inspiring moment to be a part of the climate justice movement. An international day “Rise for Climate,” organized by 350.org, resulted in over 250 000 people, 900+ events, in 95+ countries,...
Read MoreRise for Climate on Saturday 8 September
by tjonescan | Aug 29, 2018 | 350, actions, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Nelson, News, Wellington | 0 |
Updated 6/9/18 with Invercargill event details – see below. Mark your calendar – on Saturday 8 September find a Rise for Climate event in a city or town near you (or create one!). Real climate leadership rises from...
Read MoreGood News For Your Health, Bad News For The Coal Industry: Christchurch Hospital Decides To Use Biomass For Heat
Together with friends from OraTaiao: New Zealand Climate and Health Council, I spent a wet, cold...
Read MoreYou are invited to the launch of Our Climate Declaration on Sunday 18 June
by tjonescan | Jun 1, 2017 | Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, News, Our Climate Declaration, Wellington | 0 |
You are invited to the launch of Our Climate Declaration at any of four video-linked locations on Sunday, June 18th, 2017, from 3 to 5pm The aim of our Declaration is to bring people together around a short, simple narrative...
Read MoreMay 5-13: Join The Global Divestment Mobilisation!
by tjonescan | May 2, 2017 | 350, actions, Auckland, banks, Christchurch, Dunedin, News, Wellington, Westpac | 0 |
Are you tired of seeing business as usual all around you in the face of a worsening climate...
Read MoreJoin The New Zealand Marches for Science, Saturday 22 April
by tjonescan | Apr 16, 2017 | actions, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, march, News, Palmerston North, Wellington | 0 |
Science, and the principle that public policy should be informed by evidence based on observable fact, is under attack – not just in Donald Trump’s America, but in New Zealand as well. Two recent local examples: When...
Read MoreGrowth in the dairy industry is resurrecting coal – and killing the climate. Join us in the heart of dairy country to take action.
by tjonescan | Jan 10, 2017 | Christchurch, coal industry, dirty dairying, Fonterra, invitation, News, water | 0 |
Growth in the dairy industry is resurrecting coal – and killing the climate. 95% of Fonterra’s...
Read MoreA hospital that makes people sick?
by tjonescan | Nov 10, 2016 | carbon emissions, Christchurch, Coal, health, News, Wellington | 0 |
by Jeanette Fitzsimons The long-running question of whether the new Christchurch hospital will run on coal or wood waste is still not resolved, but seems to be heading back to coal. See my blog A tale of two hospitals from March...
Read MoreIt’s Time To Break Free From Fossil Fuels
by tjonescan | Apr 20, 2016 | actions, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, fossil fuels, Wellington | 0 |
From May 4-16, 2016, a global wave of mass actions will target the world’s most dangerous fossil...
Read MoreA Tale Of Two Hospitals
by tjonescan | Mar 20, 2016 | carbon emissions, Christchurch, fossil fuels, health, Jeanette Fitzsimons, public health, wood | 0 |
Christchurch is rebuilding two hospitals – the central one and one at Burwood. One is installing...
Read MoreJoin The People’s Climate March
by tjonescan | Nov 12, 2015 | actions, Auckland, Christchurch, climate march, Dunedin, Hamilton, Invercargill, Nelson, Wellington | 0 |
What are you planning to do on Saturday November 28th? Got any plans? You could be part of the global People’s Climate March. In over 160 cities around the world (London, Hong Kong, New York, Sydney to name a few), people will...
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