The Whaingaroa Seed Bank is back.

Now on Thursdays 1-3pm

Come in and talk to our knowledgable volunteers.

You can also pop into WEC anytime and pick up some of our ready made packets or check out our seed list and place an order.

Sustainable September is here! 

Click on the calendar or download from the link below... Check out workshops on all topics...

This week -

Thursday Sept 29 - Make your own produce and shopping bags with Stitch Ministry @ 7 - 10pm - Union Church Hall, Stewart Street (koha)

Sunday Sept 1st - Food Forest Working bee @ 10am - Oram Park, Raglan West (free)

Wednesday Sept 4th - Make your own Rag Rug workshop with Jenny @ 7pm - Register for location (koha or Timebank credit)

Sust Sept flyer_email.pdf

WEC needs fruit trees. You can help! Donate a raffle ticket to WEC, and support fruit trees in Raglan as well as a local surfer!

Belinda Goodwin's fruit tree raffle seeks to raise funds towards travel expenses to represent NZ and compete at the ISA World Longboard Championships.

Raffle tickets are available at Trade Aid and Raglan Surf Emporium to be drawn this Saturday, August 31st.

WEC needs trees for our Backyard Bounty Project, the long term aim of which is to provide the Raglan community with a sustainable backyard supply of fresh, organic and healthy food- all for free. WEC currently is sourcing fruit tree donations to be planted in public areas and are in the process of confirming Snowden Place and the Rugby Grounds as potential sites.These trees along with the Food Forests will provide locals with a lasting source of fruit and vegetables so that no one has to go without!

So buy a raffle ticket for WEC, just $5, or buy one for yourself. We can take whatever trees you don't want.

Get into your community garden...

Working bee @ Police Community Gardens

Wednesday 10am - 12pm

Raglan Police Station - Wi Neera Street

The Sustainable September calendar is coming out this week in the Raglan Chronicle. Make sure you get a copy, clip and keep in on your fridge. More info about Sustainable September events is available at WEC

Jess & Nathan are Kiwis (east Waikato) new to Raglan who have just bought some rural land. It's a blank canvas with no buildings or trees. They would like to invite Permaculturalists, Homesteaders & people interested in Sustainability etc to a dream-day @ 1pm on Sunday the 18th of August.

Please RSVP to Nathan - lomuland@gmail.com

Message from the Friends of Wainui...

The 125 trees we planted earlier in the week are about to get watered. At present the forecast looks driest for Monday morning, so I hope we can get some planting done from 9am. Can you come and bring a spade? Enid has talked to Fred at Harbour Care, who has said we can have all the large trees at their nursery. They need at least 2 people to lift them and will need large holes dug for them. Do you have a luggage trolley, or similar wheels which might be useful for moving them please? Please pass this email on if you know of others who might be able to help.

Last Day of the Plastic Free July Challenge!
Thanks to everyone who rose to the occasion. Plastic is everywhere huh?!

Let us know how you found the month.

"When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves." - Viktor E. Frankl 

Raglan has been great at coming together, taking up the challenge and working to solve our plastic dilemmas. Ka rawe! So cool to see.

Keep following Merren's plastic free YEARhttp://1yearnoplastic.blogspot.co.nz/ and keep making small changes to eliminate plastic from your life. 
Look out for a WEC Plastic Free celebration coming in a few weeks time!!

Join the Raglan Ramblers as they climb Mt Karioi from the Te Toto Gorge tomorrow. The Ramblers will be checking traps along the way for the Karioi Maunga te Moana project. Thanks guys!

Meet at 9am tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Wainui Road car park (next to the fire station).. Bring a lunch and your tramping gear. There will be some muddy bits and some climbing bits. Good fun!

Raglan Ramblers meet every Wednesday. Join them on Facebook "Raglan Ramblers" to find out more...