Henrik Moller would like to lose the Sustainability word, he would prefer us to use Resilience. Dr Moller spoke at the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education in Dunedin recently. He heads CSAFE, the Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food and Environment at Otago University. His research includes the titi project and was involved […]
February 17, 2008
It must be hard representing a small party in NZ politics. Greens MP Metiria Turei who spoke at the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education is the spokesperson for Biosecurity, Conservation, Disability Issues, Education, incl. Tertiary, Environmental Education, Fisheries, Health (Assoc. Alcohol and Drugs), Local Government, Maori Affairs, Senior Citizens, Tourism, Trade (Associate), Treaty Issues, […]
February 17, 2008
Barry Law from Canterbury University (ex Christchurch Teacher’s College) gave the first keynote at the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education. Barry is the National In-service Coordinator for Education for Sustainability and is also an education adviser to the Enviroschools Foundation so was well known to the conference crowd. Barry gave a history of environmental […]
February 17, 2008
Over the summer I attended the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education in Dunedin (Otago Polytechnic was the major sponsor). Now on this wet Sunday with teaching starting tomorrow, what better opportunity to write up my notes… The opening session was at the Araiteuru Marae. There, after the powhiri and tea we listened to a […]
February 10, 2008
We were in Auckland recently and in a spare day took the ferry over to Waiheke Island (think suburb of Auckland). Walking down the street, who should we bump into but our old friend Logan Muller. His family have lived on the island since the 1930s. Logan pointed us to the Waste Resource Trust. This […]
February 17, 2008
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