July
Thursday July 1: Science Café @ Te Manawa - Living with Volcanic Risk
Living in New Zealand means living with the threat of volcanoes. How can we adapt to the risk?
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Speaker: Professor Shane Cronin, Earth Sciences, Massey University
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Time: 6.30pm
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Venue: Te Manawa Art Gallery
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All welcome; join the debate, share your opinion, or just sit back and listen to the discussion.
Friday July 2 (1st Friday every month): household cleaners and eco garden sprays
Learn to make the natural recipes our great grandmothers used to clean everything! It’s easy, fun, and good for your skin and for the environment.
Tuesday July 6: The Tower and the Town: Community Lectures from Massey “Local Government Reform Rodney Hide Style!”
During the past 18 months significant legislation has been passed and other bills introduced to Parliament that will subtly and not-so-subtly change local government in this country.
Massey local government specialist Associate Professor Christine Cheyne will provide a brief synopsis of recent developments and consider their wider implications. See flier for more info 
cls_cheyne3.pdf(250.40 KB)
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Venue: Central Library, Palmerston North, Sound & Vision Zone on the Ground Floor
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Time: 12.30—1.30 pm. A 30 minute lecture, followed by a 15 minute Q&A session. Refreshments available afterwards.
Friday July 9 (2nd Friday every month): Workshop: Skin care from your pantry and garden
Learn to make the natural recipes our great grandmothers used to clean everything! It’s easy, fun, and good for your skin and for the environment.
Tuesday July 13: Green Drinks with Steve Henry - Queenstown Lakes Sustainable Business programme
Steve will be talking about how the programme works with businesses to bring sustainable practices into their daily routines. This is a "must-see" for those considering implementing sustainable practices.
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Time: from 5.30pm
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Venue: Convention Centre, 354 Main St, Palmerston North
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Free entry, nibbles provided, bar available
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Tuesday July 13: Climate Change - what price the yet unborn?
The speaker, Dr Kevin Tate, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. and an international expert on climate change. Kevin’s illustrated talk will identify several ominous reminders that we live on the planet with finite resources that are already under great and increasing stress. He will present the most recent evidence on climate change and outline our recent responses, both globally and in New Zealand, including comment on the failed Copenhagen meeting last December and on our ETS. Kevin will end with some examples where real progress is evidence of change.
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Forest & Bird Manawatu public meeting
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Starts 7:30 pm
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Te Manawa ART, Palmerston North
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Entry by gold coin donation. All welcome!
Saturday July 17: Forest & Bird Trip - Mystery Bush Walk!
Meet opposite the Centrepoint Theatre on Church Street (PNth) for carpooling purposes - ready to leave for your adventure at 9am!
Participants who live in the Feilding area can join the group at the Feilding Railway Station at 9.30 a.m.
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Please bring wet weather gear (just in case) and your lunch, water etc.
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Walk will be easy, and suitable for all ages.
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Return to PNth approximately 3.30pm
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Please phone Alan Hawkins on 323-0583 to confirm your attendance
Saturday, 17th July - Arthritis New Zealand Fundraiser - MONSTOR GARAGE SALE & more!
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Plants, electrical, miscellaneous, books etc.
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8.00am start! Morning tea available.
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Hearing House Hall, 435 Church St, Palmerston North. Ph (05) 355 0435.
Sunday July 18: Pit Park People and A Rocha Working party
The Pit Park is at the Vogel Street end of Featherston Street (PN), with entry just before Tweed Street. Working parties are regularly held every third Sunday afternoon of the month - starting at 1.30pm and finishing around 3pm with a cup of tea.
This Sunday A Rocha PN will be joining the Pit Park People to do some planting. All are welcome to come along and help out.
For more info on activities: contact Malcolm on 357 5570, or Marise on 354 0062. More on the Pit Park Project: http://www.environmentnetwork.org.nz/106.html
Tuesday 20th July: Dinner and Debate - "Food, Forestry and Land Use"
Organised by the Middle Districts Farm Forestry Association, the debate/discussion will feature Professor Jacqueline Rowarth of Massey University and NZ Farm Forestry Association patron Dr Wink Sutton.
Will New Zealand's future role will be feeding an increasingly hungry world or growing wood? How much of New Zealand's land is really suited to producing food? And how much needs forest cover? Much food for thought and thought for food in this subject. (And of course food for sustenance will be provided by the evening dinner).
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Time: Gather around 6.30-7.00 p.m.
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Venue: Feilding Golf Club, Aorangi Road, Feilding.
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Cost: $30 per head, can pay on the evening. Booking is essential - by Tuesday 14th July.
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Saturday July 24: Habitat Restoration - Keebles Bush
Here is an opportunity to visit Keebles Bush, situated on private land, and known as the best lowland podocarp remnant in the Manawatu, with one of the oldest recorded restoration plantings.
Volunteers are needed to help with planting (kahikatea) and weeding. Bring a spade and gumboots! Following the planting and weeding, Gill Rapson will lead volunteers on a tour of the area - it should be an interesting experience!
Meet at 9.00am opposite the Centrepoint Theatre on Church Street, or at the Keebles Farm Wool Shed at 9.15am. If you require further information - please telephone Gill on 358-9088
Thursday July 29 : Turn your organisation into a Volunteer Magnet!
Join international volunteerism expert Andy Fryar in this interactive half day workshop in which he will share information on how to get the right volunteers, how to encourage them to stay and how to measure success.
By thinking about our programs, our roles and ourselves differently we can begin to create an organisational culture which is conductive to attracting and keeping more volunteers. 
Andyfryarworkshop.rtf(325.18 KB) 
Turn Your Organisation Into a Volunteer Magnet.doc(34.00 KB)
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Time: 9 am to 1 pm
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Venue: Wakefield Conference Room, 53a Ridgway Street, Wanganui
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Registrations close July 15
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You have until July 31: Segue Awards - Arts and Recycling Challenge!
You are invited to enter creations made with ‘re-usable’ materials into any of the following categories:
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Sound: These entries should make noise. Explore the possibilities of sound and the extremes of instruments with these creations.
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Movement: Entries in this section should have an action. Your creations should have moving parts, which can be moved in interesting ways.
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Still: From collage to sculpture… Entries should be anything fixed, of aesthetic appeal, or a theme such as an environmental message.
See Arts Recycling Challenge 2010.doc(925.00 KB)
For further information contact:
Coming up
Wednesday August 4: Latin American Film "When Clouds Clear".
To be screened as part of the Massey University School of English and Media Studies Arts on Wednesday series: “this award winning documentary, located in Ecuador, delves into one remote community’s radical resistance to a proposed copper mine that would level and destroy their way of life forever.”
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Venue: Auditorium (SGP2.17) in the Sir Geoffrey Peren Building (formerly Old Main Building)
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Turitea Site, Manawatu Campus, Massey University
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From 12:00 noon -1:30 pm (77 mins).
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Gold Coin Entry
Saturday August 7: Organic Gardening Workshop
Free! Duration: 3 hours. Registration prior to workshop is essential. To register or find out more phone Debs at SuperGrans (mornings only) on 354 3804.
Tuesday August 10: Carlos Lehnebach on Te Papa's Botanical Collections and Research
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Forest & Bird public meeting
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Starts 7:30 pm
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Te Manawa ART, Palmerston North
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Entry by gold coin donation. All welcome!
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