Conservation Volunteers New Zealand – Wheelbarrows and a willingness to organise logistical help With wheelbarrows and a couple of spare pairs of gumboots at the ready, Conservation Coordinator Donna Lusby is instructing eight people of varying ages on how to have a safe, productive and enjoyable morning planting trees. As the local volunteer coordinator for Read more…
Engineers for Social Responsibility – Offering lifetimes of professional wisdom It’s an unusual interview when the infamous movie character Hannibal Lector – from the cult horror film Silence of the Lambs – gets mentioned in a conversation about professional ethics alongside Aristotle and an 18th century German philosopher, but engineers are a special breed and Read more…
Cacophony Project – a winning strategy of failing faster and giving away information For self-described ‘data geek’ Matthew Hellicar, the strategy of failing faster and giving away intellectual property are shortcuts to finding effective IT-based solutions to New Zealand’s pest-animal problems. Hellicar, a Christchurch-based IT specialist and volunteer pest trapper, is part of a five-person Read more…
Wellbeing Economy Alliance – a radical rethink of how we measure our economyWhat has a donut got to do with the economy and the wellbeing of our local community? Quite a lot, according to an internationally flourishing network that has a local advocate here in Christchurch. Spreydon resident and economics professor Paul Dalziel is a Read more…
