Some exciting projects emerged from the Tai Tokerau Climate Change Conference and now the challenge is to resource them. Carol Peters took the initiative leading the establishment of the Climate Change Tai Tokerau Northland Trust (CCTNT) and is applying for funding to fund two part time positions to progress the work of the trust. The … Continue reading Resourcing change
If we track the development of the primary industries in Northland since colonisation there are three broad phases. The first industries were extractive - mining the land for timber and kauri gum. Commodity production followed with farming and later plantation forestry established. Typically these were (and are) monocultures and extraction continues where farms and forests … Continue reading Totara and climate change
WE, THE PARTICIPANTS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE TE TAI TOKERAU CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION CONFERENCE, WHANGAREI, 8-9 JUNE 2018: a. Believing wholeheartedly that climate crisis is the most serious, potentially existential , threat of our Time for Te Tai Tokerau and all of humanity; b. Deeply appreciating the compelling science demonstrating that climate crisis is man-made, … Continue reading Te Tai Tokerau Climate Action Declaration
In his opening address to the Te Tai Tokerau Climate Change Action conference, Minister James Shaw commented that as people engage with small changes toward saving the environment, they begin initiating their own further changes. I’m experiencing this step-by-step retreat from plastic in my own life. James Shaw addressing the Tai Tokerau Climate Change Conference … Continue reading Plastic Retreat
Last week's Tai Tokerau Climate Change Conference has already generated a response that reflects the urgency with which we collectively have to act. Following a powhiri at Te Puna o Matauranga marae (NorthTec), Minister of Climate Change, James Shaw opened the conference congratulating the attendees for their support for action in Northland. The Minister announced … Continue reading Tai Tokerau Climate Change Conference generates action
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