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Paenga-whāwhā Pānui | April Newsletter 2024

Kia ora tātou,

Thank you for taking the time to read our pānui! 🌿

This month you will find:
♻️ Time to #justakeithome: What happens to the abandoned picnic blankets?
🎉 Exciting announcements for Sustainable Trails 2024!
🌿Scholarships available for organic produce growing!
🌱 FREE ‘Let’s Compost’ workshops
🎙️
Talking Taiao: a new episode for our podcast
📺 Watch our DIY videos on Youtube
📆 Our Events Calendar to make sure you won’t miss any sustainable events in Taranaki!

🏆 Our top 3 most-read articles this month:
1. Local Taranaki Markets in 2024
2. How And Why To Recycle Your Soft Plastics
3. Spotswood College: The big dive into sustainable initiatives

Happy reading! 🌿

Ngā mihi,

The Sustainable Taranaki tīma ☀️

 

♻️ Time to #justakeithome!

We’ve all heard about the problem of single use tents at festivals, even in NZ, but what about single use picnic blankets? The Zero Waste Volunteers team discovered 104kgs of reusable items during the cleanup of the Matchbox20 concert last month!

Lucky for these blankets, our amazing Zero Waste Events Coordinators, Lexi and Suzy, (pictured below with some of the items abandoned following the concert), have taken on cleaning and preparing them for new homes.

Read more about our plans for the blankets and some tips on how to reduce your waste at music events here

Learn more about the Sustainable Taranaki Volunteers programme here.

Stay connected and informed by joining our Facebook group ‘Taranaki’s Waste Warriors’! ☀️

You can see our Volunteering Calendar here!

 Read the full article here 
 

Sustainable Trails - One Anniversary, two births and a collaboration!

It’s official, the dates are out and you can lock in 1 - 10 November 2024 for this year’s Sustainable Backyards Trail. It’s also the 10 year anniversary of the Trail so there’s some celebrations to be had! Sign up to the Trails Kōrero and keep an eye on socials to be first to find out.

We’re expanding! This year will also see the start of the Sustainable Builds and Farms Trail. This will run from 11 - 17 November and focuses on local farms and producers, and building and renovating across Taranaki.

The collaboration! The final weekend of the Backyards Trail (10 -11 November) will see the Backyards Trail joining up with Permaculture in New Zealand (PiNZ). They’ll be holding their national hui in New Plymouth and together we’ll be attracting some exciting keynote speakers! Watch this space!

**The Backyards Trail shares dates with the Centuria Garden Festival and the Taranaki Arts Trail so spread the word and book accommodation before it fills up!

➡️ Join the Sustainable Trails Kōrero here

 Find out more about Sustainable Trails 2024 here 
 

Growing Organically - WITT offers new scholarships

New scholarships offered by WITT will fund the study of organic produce growing with the aim to transform the food landscape in Taranaki. Five scholarships, valued at $3000 each, are available for people interested in learning about organic primary production.

Course tutor Carl Freeman says the financial support for organics training is a welcome boost on the path to transforming Taranaki into a future food bowl.

The course, which is one day a week on Thursdays for 30 weeks, is for anyone seeking a new direction and lifestyle, whether to fulfil personal goals with their own garden, or with business aspirations in the science of organic growing for community or commercial gardening.

Keen to learn more? Contact: C.Freeman@witt.ac.nz

 Find out more here! 
 

🌱 FREE Let’s Compost workshops

Come learn about everything composting, including ratios, what materials can be used, lasagna layering, raised beds and MORE! 🌱We also offer advanced composting workshops for all the science geeks out there. Watch this space!

Next Let’s Compost workshop:
🌱 Tariki, Sat. 4 May 10am to 12pm - Book your FREE tickets here*
After the workshop, you’ll get $40 off a system of your choice!
*Limited numbers for each event.


➡️ Keep up to date with upcoming workshops here

 🎟️ Book your FREE tickets here  
 

🎙️ Talking Taiao: new episode just out!


♻️ EnviroNZ episode! - Our Zero Waste Educator, Dave Malcom talks to Yana from EnvrioNZ about recycling in Taranaki and what happens at our local material recovery facility: listen to the episode here

Our podcast for 2024 now has 5 episodes for your listening pleasure! As always we try our very best to inspire and support people, businesses, and communities to value our local taiao (environment), and act to prioritise sustainability! 🌿

Listen to more episodes of Talking Taiao here:
💻 Online on www.accessradiotaranaki.com/shows/talking-taiao
📻 Every Sunday at 5:30pm on Access Radio Taranaki 104.4FM
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On Spotify & Apple Podcasts: search for 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐚𝐨

 Listen to Talking Taiao Podcasts 
 

📺 Watch our DIY videos on our YouTube channel! 💧

Learn simple tips to grow your own food with our DIY videos! 🧑‍🌾☀️

Rainwater Collection 💧, Seed Propagation & Cold Frame 🌱, and Lasagna Layering 🌶️: watch our other short videos here!

 📺 Watch our videos here! 
 

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