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| Lincoln Envirotown 2010 Writing Competition | |||
We hope to make the best poems into a book to be available locally, as we did with the previous Lincoln stories. The National Library has asked for a copy of our other books – so your poems might be there too! |
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| Latest Liffey Stream Test Results | |||
The indicator invertebrates showed the lowest number of species we had ever seen (only 2). |
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| NEXT Energy Efficient Homes Bus tour | |||
LINCOLN ENVIROTOWN is running yet another tour of homes due to popular demand! This will to enable you to learn and experience from the owners, the benefits, advantages, pitfalls, costs and savings achieved, by adding these factors into their home design and their living environment. The Energy Efficient home owners, will showcase the features and discuss the success or otherwise with those who want to gain the knowledge – our bus tour guests will be on site at these homes anywhere from 15 -30 minutes to look around and have the opportunity to listen and talk to these home owners about any features of interest, in an informal casual setting... beats getting the “sales pitch” from the sales person. There will be a stop for afternoon tea, which will be included in the price. You will need to let us know of any special dietary requirements. Tour date: Sunday 27th June 2010 – leaving from Lincoln – a newsletter will be sent to confirm reservations - how to prepay for the seats reserved, start finish times and other relevant details Seats are limited and $10.00 per person. Please register by filling in the Online Booking Form Or Contact Rose Spijkerman at rose@lincolnenvirotown.org.nz |
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| Arbour Day - Planting Day | |||
If you can help, at any time, please ring Denis on 325 2806. He needs all the help he can get! Just an hour of your time would make a difference to this community asset. |
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| ECO Conference 2010 - Registration now open | |||
Friday 2 - Sunday 4 July, Living Springs Conference Centre, Christchurch The ECO Conference will bring together a wide range of environmental groups and individuals to focus on the theme Environment, Conservation & Economy: Foundations for the Future. A range of local and national speakers will share their knowledge in a series of presentations, discussions and interactive workshops. The ECO Conference is a great way that people who care about the environment and conservation can gather to learn from each other, gain new skills and become energised and inspired. Early bird registrations close on 11 June. For programme and registration information visit www.eco.org.nz, or contact the ECO Office 04 385 7545 or email eco@eco.org.nz |
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| Job opportunities | |||
we are looking for:
For further information on any of these positions please ring Sue on 329 5858 |
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| Energy Efficient Homes Bus tour 2010 | |||
For more info contact: Rose Spijkerman. rose@lincolnenvirotown.org.nz |
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| Earth Hour Events | |||
The Lincoln Envirotown Trust and its sister
“Enviro” towns are supporting Earth Hour 27th March
8.30-9.30. Check this web site soon for details of events for the
22nd – 27th March 2010 Here is a list of Earth Hour Events. 8.30-9.30, 27th March - – Turn off! Come to Coffee by Candle Light at Lincoln Coffee Culture |
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| Earth Hour Barn Dance | |||
27th March: Earth Hour barn dance – pick up your dancing shoes, turn off your lights and come along! Great band- Bantam Opera. Where: Lincoln Community Centre Gerald St When: 27th March, 8.00 pm Who: the whole family Cost: $10 a ticket, children under 14 with parents free. Tickets from us or Lincoln Library. What to bring: Please bring a plate of finger food to share for supper, whatever you wish to drink and your own glass Why: To celebrate Earth hour and energy savings (turn off your lights and everything on standby and come out and have fun) |
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| Turn out your lights, look at the stars. | |||
22nd – 27th March: Turn out your lights, look at the stars. The F.Joyce Memorial Observatory in Bells Rd, West Melton, will be open from 7.30pm each night of the week, weather permitting. They will forgo our standard charge of $6, and request only a gold coin donation from those attending. Map on their web site: www.cas.org.nz |
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| LET AGM | |||
Ever thought about converting your car to run without petrol? Mike Evans from Voltmotive Ltd will tell us how they do this on Monday 1st March at 7.30 pm in the supper room of Lincoln Community centre. The presentation will be followed by the Lincoln Envirotown Trust AGM and the regular meeting. Everyone welcome. For more information ring Sue on 329 5858. Change of meeting dates: because two of our meetings fall on public holidays we need to change the meeting dates. Our meetings are held on the first Monday of the month, except for the April meeting (falls on Easter Monday) which will be held on the 29th March and the June meeting (falls on Queen’s birthday) which will be held on the 31st May. |
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| More sustainability happening in Lincoln! | |||
Not only do we have a new supermarket that is the first in NZ to have wind turbines generating energy in its car park, but we also have many more businesses doing their bit. The second Lincoln Envirotown Responsible Business Awards ceremony was held on the 24th September with the awards being presented by local Councillor, Lindsay Philps. Forty businesses have gained awards (6 more than last year), 2 gaining platinum, and 18 gold. Last year we decided that we needed something more for the gold businesses to aim for, so this year we not only have platinum awards, but also have a Lincoln Envirotown Trophy gifted by Lincoln University and Ngai Tahu Property. This was presented to the top business by John Clark (financial director, Lincoln University) and David Schwartfeger (Development Manager, Ngai Tahu Property). The inaugural winner of the trophy was Landcare Research (head office, Lincoln). Congratulations! The Responsible Business Award survey is available in our resources section. Every business gaining an award received a certificate, which they can display in their business premises. They also got an assessment outlining the main things they are doing well and suggestions they can work on. We are very pleased to see the improvements made by business since last year. The aim is to not only encourage and support environmentally sustainable practices by businesses, but to also promote Lincoln Businesses and encourage people to support their local community. The businesses gaining platinum are Lincoln Physiotherapy and Landcare Research – exceedingly well done! In 2009 Prebbleton held their first Responsible
Business Awards. 36 businesses took part, all gaining an award with
10 businesses gaining gold. Well Done!
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| 2010 Native Biodiversity Calendar NOW AVAILABLE. | |||
Available from the lincoln township library, LET caravan (Saturday mornings), Lincoln University book shop and many other outlets in Lincoln or by phoning or emailing Sue on (03) 329 5858, sue.jarvis@lincoln.ac.nz Only $10.00 |
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| Story writing Competition Results | |||
Congratulations to all the winners! For all the details... CLICK
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| Spring Fundraiser– Garden Composter. | |||
• A great fundraiser for your garden. $10 per composter is donated to Lincoln Envirotown Trust. • Get your garden organized, help your plants grow and help the planet too. • The Earthmaker composter is so easy to use. Add kitchen and garden waste in the top at anytime and take compost out of the bottom. • No need for heavy lifting or turning, no need for three compost heaps. • 30 day money back plus usual guarantees. • Very popular, great 466 litre size and Made in New Zealand. • Free delivery direct to your door if you are within 75km of Christchurch (this includes Ashburton, Waikari and past Oxford). • The RRP is $200, but you pay only $175 as the special fundraiser price. • The Earthmaker composter can be viewed at www.earthmaker.co.nz or you can see our one at the Lincoln Community Garden. • Get your order form here!. |
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| September LET Meeting | |||
Please note the change to the 1st Monday of the month. |
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| August LET Meeting. | |||
Next LET meeting Tuesday August 11th in the supper room at the community Centre, 7.30pm. There will be an update from Lincoln Land Developments on their Stage1 and Stage 2 development of the dairy farm site. All welcome. |
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| Hot off the press!... | |||
Check it out, I'm sure you won't be dissapointed. |
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| Friends of Mahoe Reserve | |||
Friends of Mahoe Reserve have a working bee every 1st Sunday of the month at 2.00pm Please join us. Bring your own tools such as spades. For more information ring Denis on 325 2806 |
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| 2009 Story writing competition. | |||
| The competition this year
will be on sustainability ideas that were used in the past, are no
longer commonly used now, but may be again in the future - such as
milk used to be sold in reusable glass bottles. Interview your grandparents,
parents, older neighbours etc and get their ideas about what life
was like when they were young and things they used to do. Then write
the ideas into a story including how some of these ideas might come
back into use and why and perhaps add some good ideas of your own
that might be used in the future. It will be a good idea to do a bit
of research about why we might need to change how we do things such
as producing less waste, using less energy. The deadline will be Friday 24 July to tie in with the LET kidsfest holiday activity of “Past and Future” held on Tuesday July 14th in the Lincoln Community Centre. For more details download this years entry
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| Mahoe Reserve
Community Planting Day. Sunday June 14th 10.30am onwards. |
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Come and do your bit for the environment, biodiversity and Lincoln’s very own native planting project. Native plants provide habitats and food for native animals such as native insects, skinks and birds. Please bring tools, a cup (we hope to provide hot soup) and your muscle power. We will provide the plants. For more info please contact Sue on
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| LET meeting (Everyone welcome.) | |||
The Lincoln Envirotown Committee meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month in the supper room of the Lincoln Community centre in Gerald Street at 7.30pm. The next meeting is on the 14th July. |
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| BIOBLITZ a great success! | |||
Hundreds if not thousands of people headed towards the Liffey domain in Lincoln. A number of scientists including the famous TV “Bugman” (Ruud Kleinpaste) set the scene for Lincoln Primary kids with talks at the school on Friday afternoon, so by after school when the event started at 3.15 on the 3rd April, large numbers of school children and many of their parents were ready to follow Ruud along the stream to collect bugs. Over the 24 hours the large team of scientists, most from Lincoln University and Landcare Research, took groups of people to look for specific types of living things as well as manned the microscopes to identify the samples that the public brought in. A full report of the days happenings is available in the April newsletter. |
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| BIOBLITZ - Liffey
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| Mahoe Reserve Celebration | |||
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Click here for more pictures of what was a very successful and fun filled day. |
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| Lincoln Envirotown Committee meeting. | |||
The Lincoln Envirotown Committee meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month in the supper room of the Lincoln Community centre in Gerald Street at 7.30pm. The next meeting is on the 10th February. Lyall Matchett will update us on the new Lincoln Community Centre Project including the car park design, proposed energy efficiency aspects of the building design and general sustainability. Any suggestions from the meeting will be taken to the Steering committee. Everyone welcome! |
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| TVNZ recognizes that Lincoln locals are getting green-fingered | |||
High prices and concerns about what we are eating is prompting more and more Kiwis to grow their own vegetables. Interest in the new community garden at Lincoln, near Christchurch, is growing fast as people follow a national trend and switch to growing their own. "They're becoming more aware of food security, more aware of health and they're certainly aware of the cost," says Cello Robertson, Lincoln Community Gardens. And cost is exactly why Sue Jones started her first veggie patch. "We've got a young family. We eat a lot and finding the food bills huge," says Jones. Seed companies say that growing your own vegetables is becoming quite popular with sale of packets of seeds has increased by 30% to 40% this year alone. Retailers are also saying that vegetable plants are just about walking out the door. The main idea behind the community garden is to learn from the experts then take that knowledge home. "There's a feeling of people wanting to garden. But they don't know where to start so what we're trying to say here is - start," says Cello. They are expecting this trend will keep on
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| LET Calendar Launch
The launch for the 2009 calendar will be held at The Famous Grouse Hotel, Tuesday 7 October at 5.30 pm. Everyone is welcome! Calendars will be on sale for $14.99 and there will be a discount price of $12.99, if you purchase 5 or more at the launch. Purchasing the calendar will enable you to support the work of the Lincoln Envirotown Trust to help Lincoln and other communities move towards sustainability. The calendar will be printed on recycled paper and will be wrapped in biodegradable plastic. |
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After the launch calendars will be available from Lincoln Four Square Supermarket, The Gift Box, Lincoln CRT Real Estate, Lincoln Hair Design, Lincoln University Book Shop, Lincoln Post Shop, Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln Library and many other places. Direct orders may be placed through Sue 329 5858 |
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Springs Road Planting Here's your chance to make a real difference to the entrance to Lincoln! Native Planting for Springs Road/Gerald Street corner is organised by the Lincoln Envirotown Trust and the Lincoln Organisations Network. Following lots of consultation, negotiation
and hard work by Derek Hayes, landscape designer for the SDC, Colin
Meurk of Landcare Research, and Crop & Food Research, the plans
and the native plants are all organised for a planting event at
2 pm Saturday September 20th. If too wet, backup day is Saturday
27th September at the same time. |
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HIREQUIP are lending a post hole digger, which will take all the hard work out of things, but please come along with your spades and make your mark on Lincoln and its future! If you need more information, please contact
Ralph Scott: |
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Lincoln Community Garden Our Community Garden would promote sustainability with a supportive and inclusive community food-growing project - very important with rising fuel and food costs. It will also provide educational opportunities for local people, both children and adults. We are planning to work with the Lincoln Kidsfirst Kindergarten as part of their Gold Enviroschools project. There will provision for personal allotments, communal growing space and demonstration areas for educational purposes. We are hoping to have a part time manager to set up and manage the gardens. |
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A community garden was one of the actions suggested by the community for our Lincoln Sustainable Action Plan. We will be very grateful for any help, donation of tools, supplies, timber for boxing for raised gardens etc. If you are interested in becoming involved contact Sue Jarvis 3295858 |
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Lincoln Envirotown launches its Responsible Business Certificate
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To gain a certificate a business will complete a survey about their practices in the area of environmental sustainability and then receive a visit by consultant Chris Hawkins. Each business will then receive a Bronze, Silver, or Gold level framed certificate to demonstrate their level of achievement and their commitment to the sustainable future of the Lincoln community. Businesses can then upgrade to a higher-level certificate as soon as their sustainable practices have improved further. Lincoln Envirotown Trust will publicise those businesses that participate and will encourage people to support them. Chris will be contacting business from 17 April 2008. Please give Chris and the Trust your full support. This will be a totally FREE service to Lincoln Businesses - while our money lasts! If you would like further information or to be the first to sign up, please contact Sue Jarvis on 329 5858 or 325 2121. |
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The Lincoln Envirotown Trust meets every second Tuesday at the Lincoln Community Centre Supper Room at 7.30pm. All welcome. |
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| Archived Events
Details of past events are available here. |
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