Category: Impact Stories

Canterbury Horticultural Society

Canterbury Horticultural Society –  The art of beauty, science and food Growing plants is an artform for some people, a science for others and, for a growing number of individuals and families, a practical way of supplying themselves with food, comments Canterbury Horticultural Society interim manager Sonja Tschepp. “A lot of people are starting to Read more…

Forest & Bird Youth

Forest & Bird Youth (Christchurch Hub) – Working locally helps combat anxiety and global problems An antidote to anxiety about climate change and environmental degradation is to work collectively and locally, according to Jess Lamb, one of the leaders of Christchurch’s Forest & Bird Youth Hub and voluntary Youth Director of the nationwide conservation organisation. “‘You can Read more…

Life in Vacant Spaces

Life in Vacant Spaces – The Future is a Mystery Non-profit organisation Life in Vacant Spaces (LiVS) is changing itself alongside the cityscape it has been helping to beautify and transform for more than a decade.  Since 2012, LiVS has facilitated creative projects and installations around the city, by brokering relationships between imaginative, ideas people Read more…

Birds New Zealand

Birds New Zealand – Ambitious nationwide project for the wonder of birds Locals are contributing to an ambitious nationwide science project that celebrates the “wonder and joy” of birds, says Anita Spencer, Canterbury and West Coast Regional Representative of Birds New Zealand. The Bird Atlas Scheme is designed to collate accurate information on bird numbers Read more…