The Karioi Trap Deployment and Meet our Native Fish activities will be postponed to a later date (to be confirmed).

However we still have some great SUSTAINABLE SEPTEMBER activities lined up.

Join us on Sunday 22nd for our popular Wild Food Walks

Rob and Matai will be at the Wainui Reserve this weekend to show you all the edible, medicinal and useful plants lurking in our own backyards.  

Meet 10am at the Wainui Reserve Carpark

Then Monday 23rd learn how to Make Your Own Cleaning Products

You don't have to use expensive chemicals to clean your home or kill bugs in your garden.  We look at cheap, environmentally friendly alternatives.  Save your money!  Come to the workshop and find out more.  

10am - 12 noon at WEC (Town Hall, Bow Street)

Please note: THIS EVENT HAS POSTPONED! We will let you know the make-up date when we have it.

An opportunity has arisen for a gardener - intern  for organic permaculture  gardens based at Solscape eco-backpackers.

The position is unpaid but you will be learning in an idyllic location! http://www.solscape.co.nz/ The role involves 20-25 hours per week and includes accommodation, veges from the garden and the opporunity to learn hands about organic vegetable production from an experienced gardener.

If you're interested or for more information please contact:

Wayne 022 609 0052

or Phil 0800 Solscape

Here's some more events to keep you busy this weekend. Trapping and monitoring in Raglan and further afield....

Karioi Maunga ki te Moana - Trap deploy

NOTE CHANGE OF DATE/TIME

Saturday 21st SeptemberMeeting at 1 pm at WEC
Easy walk - down the coastline - amazing views - were deploying traps to protect Oi / seabird habitat.

Pizza at 5pm after - contact us to register - or email new.zealand@arocha.org

Te Kauri Park Rat Monitoring
Sat 21st and Sun 22nd September
Te Kauri Park Lodge, SH 31

Chris Eams from the Waikato Uni is looking for volunteers to assist with rat monitoring in Te Kauri Park a small DOC reserve on the other side of Karioi, on the road to Kawhia. This is part of the voluntary work the Waikato Junior Naturalists Society (JUNATS) do to help look after the forest. You can help by setting out monitoring cards in tunnels the weekend of the 21st and 22nd of this Month. The cards will be put out on Saturday afternoon and collected on Sunday afternoon. Each card has a small ink pad that the animals walk through, when they exit the tunnel they leave their little footprints behind. Contact Chris ( biol2120@waikato.ac.nz ) for more info or if you wish to volunteer.

http://www.tekauri.org.nz/

Check out the full calendar here.

Tuesday 17th September

Permaculture Farm Open Day

11am @ 4095 Main Road

Bring a plate to share. Call 825 - 7093 the night before to find out what the focus of ths day will be!

Thursday 19 September

"Trashed" film screening at Raglan Film Festival

8pm @ Old School Arts

See the trailer here

Friday 20th September

Green Drinks at Xtreme Waste

5pm @ Xtreme Waste

Enjoy nibbles, wine and a sunset site
tour as well as speakers, music and performance. Meet Xtreme Waste staff and find out about your community-owned recycle centre

Saturday 21st  September

Meet our Native fish!

10am @ Wainui Reserve

Ever wondered what lives in Raglans freshwater streams? Come and meet some of Raglan’s charismatic native freshwater fish and other cool stream critters down at the Wainui stream reserve. Waikato Regional Council freshwater ecologists (who live locally) will do a show and tell and talk through the unique life-history characteristics of these amazing organisms. Fish will be removed from the stream using a special  electric fishing machine (EFM) which is the most commonly used freshwater sampling tool used by fish biologists around the world. A low level electric current temporarily immobilises the fish enabling them to be captured but not hurt. Fish and other organisms will be temporarily removed from the stream and placed in buckets and on white sampling trays so that children and adults can see them up close before we return them back to their home.

All welcome – As a precautionary and procedural measure we will run through a health and safety briefing to ensure people stay well clear of the water while we collect organisms for discussion. Please ensure children (and misbehaving adults) are closely supervised while electric fishing is being conducted

More on the weekend. Check out the full calendar here.

http://www.whaingaroa.org.nz/workshops_events/

We've been having a thriving and fruitful Sustainable September for week one. Check out week 2!

ps. We need jars for our chutney and relish workshop next Monday. Bring your small, clean jars to WEC anytime this week to help our preservers out! We also need oranges and rhubarb!

Monday 9th September

Start a home vege garden

10am @ WEC (Town Hall, Bow Street)

Tuesday 10th September

Permaculture Farm Open Day

11am @ 4095 Main Road

Call 825 - 7093 the night before to find out what the focus of ths day will be!

Wednesday 11th September

Timebank Orientation

11am @ WEC

Come on in and register for Timebank!

Thursday September 12

Timebank Clothes Swap

7pm Contact WEC for location

Swap clothes and share nibbles! Bring some clothes you no longer need and finger food to share.

Whaingaroa Beekeepers Meet

7:30pm @ Valentes

Whaingaroa Beekeepers meet every 2nd Thursday at Valentes. This month they're inviting new members and potential bee enthusiasts.

Friday September 13th

Union Church Gardens Working bee

9am @ Union Church

Open to all! Potter around with the kids and get the gardens growing for spring!

More on the weekend. Check out the full calendar here.

http://www.whaingaroa.org.nz/workshops_events/

Check out our line up of events for this Sustainable September Weekend.  We have workshops on getting your vege garden going, wild food walks, KASM sign making and an info session on running a car on vege oil

Saturday 7th September

Running a Car on Vege Oil

Saturday 7th: 10am @ WEC, Town Hall, Bow Street

Find out all about running a car on recycled vegetable oil. Local man Mark runs his converted car from Hamilton to Raglan, switching to carbon neutral vege oil from the local fish and chip shop at the divy. Come along to the Environment Centre and find out more this Saturday

KASM SIGN MAKING

Saturday 7th: 10am @ 16 Gilmour Street

Kiwis Against Seabed Mining, make a sign - stick one on your front lawn!

Check out their webpage: http://kasm.org.nz/

Like them on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kiwis-Against-Seabed-Mining/240973862607117

Sunday 8th September

Wild Food Walk

10am @Wainui Reserve

Join Rob and Matai for a walk around Wainui Reserve and learn how to spot nutritious wild food.

Monday 9th September

Start a home vege garden

10am @ WEC (Town Hall, Bow Street)

Is that vegetable garden beckoning? Need some tips or help getting started?

Come to be inspired and get ideas on how to make a great garden and plant into good soil. Go away with plants ready to grow and… to eat

*Have an awesome weekend*

Rag Rug workshop... Register now!

Wednesday Sept 4th @ 7pm

Materials provided. Bring some of your own!

Pay by Timebank credit or koha

Register for location

Union Church Working Bee

Every Friday 9am - 11am