There are a lot of events coming up
– and don’t forget about the HCC Proposed and EW Draft Annual Plans that we should be putting submissions into – HCC by 22nd April and EW
by 1 May
(10th April HCC Annual Plan consultation day at Celebrating Age 11 - 12.30)
Wednesday 2nd April
Flora in a Frozen Land with Catherine Beard
Waikato Botanical Society Evening
talk and AGM
Some of the
coldest, windiest, driest and highest habitats on earth are found in Antarctica; not the type of environment where
you would expect to find many plants. However, the Antarctic flora includes
some 250 lichens, 100 mosses, 25-30 liverworts, around 700 terrestrial and
aquatic algal species, an unknown number of (mostly microscopic) fungi, and (in
the maritime Antarctic), 2 flowering plants. This presentation will take you on
a photographic tour of the plant life, the delights (and challenges) of field
work in some very remote locations, and will highlight some of the vegetation
research that Catherine was involved in since 1996 with the University of Waikato in continental Antarctica.
Time: 7pm for brief AGM followed
by talk.
Venue: University of Waikato, Room S 1.01, S Block, Gate 8 Hillcrest Rd.
Contact: Liz Grove ph 846 0965 (hm) eg3@waikato.ac.nz
Wednesday, 9 April
2008 - Landcare Networking Field day
2008
Environment Waikato is planning to organise a
"Landcare Networking Field Day", in conjunction with the Mangawara
Landcare Group, at the Hoe O Tainui Hall Community Centre and near the Mangawara River on Wednesday, 9
April 2008 starting at 9.30 am
The primary
objective of this field day is to enable representatives from each landcare
group and other community groups to get together and discuss current issues
affecting their areas and to develop an understanding of each group's
programmes and strategies.
Please give
this invitation wide circulation and encourage as many community groups as
possible to attend this field day.
Please RSVP
by 4 April 2008 to Lyn Clement (lyn.clement@ew.govt.nz).
Sunday April 13 Forest and Bird Trip Nikau Caves, Waikaretu
Come and enjoy a
magical caving experience at Waikaretu in the Nikau Cave. Guided walk takes over 1.5 hours.
You will see stuinning limestone formations
Contact
Maureen 07 889 3968 for more details and booking.
Cost $25.
Tuesday, 15 April 2008 - Climate Change Talk – Forest & Bird Society
AGM and Talk
Alan
Emmerson is a F&B member who saw Inconvenient Truth and was deeply moved by
it.
He
therefore never hesitated when he got the chance to go to Melbourne, meet Al Gore and take part in
training on how to present a new version of the slide show that is the basis of
the film.
Over the
last two years Al Gore has trained 250 Australians as "climate
presenters" but only two New Zealanders!
The talk
will cover what global warming is, what the signs of change due to global
warming are, how these changes will affect the world and what we can do about
it.
Where: Exhibition
Hall, Hamilton Gardens off Cobham Drive Hamilton
East, Hamilton
Contact
Details: Jane Mcleod Phone: 07 856 2505
Cost and
booking details: If you wish to share a light meal ($10) with us beforehand at
6.30 please book with Colleen Brimblecombe at least 5 days prior.
Tuesday, 15 April 2008 - Sustainable Urban
Design programme
How to Buy a Better Home?
Find out
how to choose a property that can be easily brought up to modern standards of
comfort and efficiency, and what features to look for in a house that will make
it cheap to run.
Where:
Centre for Continuing Education, University of Waikato, Building RS6, Ruakura Satellite
Campus, 21 Ruakura Road, Hamilton
When: Each
workshop will start at 7pm
Fee: There
is a small fee of $5 per workshop
To register
or for more information on the workshops please contact the University of Waikato Centre for Continuing Education on 858
5209.
www.hamilton.co.nz/sud
17th and 24th April Gully Restoration Training Days – see March 10 newsletter or our events page on our website
for more details.
Saturday 19th April
Waikato Botanical Society
Hangitiki Wetland, Waitomo
Hangatiki
Scenic Reserve has a mixture of forest types including regenerating scrub, tawa
and rewarewa dominated forest. The wetland lies in the centre of the reserve
and is dominated by manuka and raupo with kahikatea bordering and also contains
Gratiola concinna and G. sexdentata. The forest has a large
healthy population of king fern and Dactylanthus has been recorded here in the past.
This trip
will provide a good opportunity to compile a species list and locate several
threatened plants (as well as the odd weed such as pampas and willow).
Meet: Waitomo Tavern Car park at 10 a.m.
Contact: Thomas 07 878 1055 (wk) or 07 878
3437 (hm)
Monday 21st April – Transition Town Hamilton
5.30pm Meeting
at the Environment Centre, 25 Ward St for anyone interested in being involved in a
Transition Towns group – concerned about Peak Oil, rising energy costs? Help
start planning ways to power down, and promote resilience in our community.
More information contact Katherine 07 839 4452 at the Environment Centre.
Monday, 21 April 2008 - Hamilton Organic Gardeners -
propogation
Venue: Fairfield Community House, 60a Sare Cres.
Gold Coin
donation
7.30pm
Fruit
propogation, how difficult is it to do?
Maxine
Fraser will let us into the secrets of propogating fruit from seeds, cuttings
and by grafting.
Tuesday 22nd April
Engage your
Community Conference 2008: Using blogs, internet, youtube and other cool tools
to Achieve your group’s goals.
Waikato Management School, University of Waikato
Cost: $100
registration, $50 for extra person.
More info –
www.webguide.net.nz/engage-your-community or contact Ted Zorn 07 838 4776
Wednesday 23rd April
Movie – “A Crude Awakening”
Victoria Theatre, Forest and Bird fund raiser, $10 presold,
$15 doorsales.
7pm for cake, coffee and wine (Bring extra cash) Screening
starts 7.30pm.
Saturday, 26 April 2008 - Mangakotukutuku
Stream Care Group
2:30-4:00 pm - Releasing of last year's plantings - Sandford Park weeding:
Meet at Waterford Rd entrance to Sandford Park. More details on www.streamcare.org.nz
Tuesday, 29 April 2008 - Sustainable Urban
Design 2
Green Home Introduction
Whether you
are building or renovating, this workshop will give you an introduction to the
general concepts of 'green house building' looking at environmental impacts,
the goals that you want to achieve and the economics of energy efficiency.
Where:
Centre for Continuing Education, University of Waikato, Building RS6, Ruakura Satellite
Campus,
21 Ruakura Road, Hamilton
When: Each
workshop will start at 7pm
Fee: There
is a small fee of $5 per workshop
To register
or for more information on the workshops please contact the University of Waikato Centre for Continuing Education on 858
5209.
www.hamilton.co.nz/sud
Saturday May 3 Forest and Bird Plant sale
Pac’n’save Mill Street, starts at 8am
Contact
Colleen Brimblecombe 07 855 636 or Jane McLeod 07 856 2505
