Projects of Environment Network Manawatu
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world" (Anne Frank)
Current Projects
The list below shows some of the current projects undertaken by members of the Environment Network Manawatu (ENM):
Previous projects
Joint Projects with ENM Coordination
Ashhurst Murals
 Ashhurst Action Group - Artist Enid Roberts in the Ashhurst Action Group is using her talents to show features of Ashhurst through art on a billboard and walls of the Domain Sportsfield changing rooms, with the assistance of other notable Ashhurst artists. One to go ...
Barber's Bush
Barber's Bush Care neighbourhood group - La Lena Grove neighbourhood restoration project with joint efforts from ENM groups, Forest and Bird and Walkways Advisory Group, PNCC and Horizons Regional Council.
Clean Up September
Urban Care - organises local participation for cleaning up public areas in partnership with the Palmerston North City Council over the whole month of September. The national Clean Up week is organised by Keep New Zealand Beautiful.
Commemorative Tree Scheme
Contact Manawatu Tree Trust by planting a tree to celebrate any family event (e.g. new baby, anniversary).
Competitions
Urban Care holds annual Clean UP NZ competitions in September and Street Pride competitions from November to February. Also watch out for Keep PN Beautiful promotions or Grow a Giant Pumpkin or Sunflower. The Palmerston North City Environmental Trust holds an Green Screen Awards opening in November, closing June 30th.
Critical Mass
Organised by Cycle Aware Palmerston North (CAPN) - a social monthly meeting of any cyclist to let the city residents know that bicycles share the road network. Meet at the Clocktower in the Palmerston North Square at 5pm on the first Friday of the month, except in winter when it is 11am on the first Saturday of the month. See Events.
Esplanade Nature Trail
Manawatu Branch of Forest and Bird have relaunched the pamphlet to guide those wanting to learn about the native plants in the Esplanade.
Exploring the Manawatu Estuary
The Manawatu Estuary Trust commissioned Abigail Allan to develop an educational CD Rom about the various facets of the estuary to help people understand and appreciate its features and values. It is available to the public.
Free Green Garden Waste Days
Urban Care organises this opportunity twice a year for Queen's Birthday Monday and now two days on Labour weekend so that residential gardeners can freely dispose of this green resource at the Awapuni Landfill between the hours of 7am and 4pm.
Green Screen Awards
Palmerston North City Environmental Trust is now into its third year of organising an opportunity for local creators to combine their interest in the environment and artistic talents to make their own audio-visual production to "Tell an Environmental Story".
Keebles Bush: Link planting
Forest and Bird -  Just south of Massey University five acres of riparian land are being planted, by Forest and Bird Manawatu and Keebles Bush Trust, connecting one of the Manawatu Plains best native forest remnants with an earlier planting downstream. The aim is to link up with other green corridors in the area.
Global Volunteer Network
International conservation volunteers are working to enhance some of the areas around the Manawatu by working on ENM group projects for a few days each month. If you are interested in joining a Global conservation programme also visit Earthcorps
Green Screen Awards
The Palmerston North City Environmental Trust holds an annual competition to encourage locals to record their environmental story. These stories can be used for a record of activity or for promotion of the group's goals or to educate but any area of the environment is worth telling a story of.
Pit Park Planting
The Pit Park People Society has started organising public working parties along the Tweed Street side of the Pit now that the Palmerston North City Council has cleared and contoured the site to reserve standard. Working Parties are held every third Sunday afternoon 1.00 - 3pm and every week on Thursday at 10am.
Private Bush Restoration
Forest and Bird are removing Sycamore trees and weeding this fine terrace bush remnant at Te One in the Rangitikei region. The aim is to eventually protect it with a conservation covenant.
Project Crimson
Forest and Bird encourage the national project locally promoting the planting of our regional red-flowering tree, the Northern Rata.
Street Pride
Urban Care - holds a competition in partnership with the Tribune to reward citizens, who take great pride in their properties.
Task Force Green
ENM groups supported a WINZ Task Force Green initiative for a conservation worker to clear "wandering willie" or Tradescantia flumenensis from many of the bush areas affected by the recent flooding.
Trees for Survival
Environment Network Manawatu funding application and Horizons Regional Council organisation enabled schools to be involved in the Trees for Survival Programme so their students can grow native trees from seedlings. The propagated trees will then be planted in areas for erosion protection or enhancement of an indigenous area.
Turitea Stream Green Corridor
Green Corridors has planted over 60,000 seedlings to link the Manawatu River with the Tararua Ranges via Green Corridors the main one of which is along the Turitea Stream.
 Urban Care Projects
Street Pride competition, Zero Waste Days, Free Green Waste landfill days and other ways the Urban Care promote pride in our local environment.
Waitoetoe Park
Manawatu Tree Trust is working in partnership with residents, Ward Committee, PNCC, Horizons and ENM groups to continue the enhancement of Bill's Bush behind Buick Cres.
 Zero Waste Days
Urban Care hold these days twice a year so that residents may drop off items "too good to dump" for other residents to uplift items they can use or restore for a gold coin donation to the Foodbank.
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