Tag: Permaculture

Canterbury Permaculture Institute

Our aim is to elevate permaculture knowledge & design further into common understanding and discussions. To share valuable design systems, and tools that can be used to help our society transition into a future with clean water, safe and abundant food, renewable energy and resources, healthy watersheds, and prosperous people and ecosystems. https://www.canterburypermacultureinstitute.co.nz https://www.facebook.com/CPI16 info@canterburypermacultureinstitute.co.nz

Christchurch Community Gardens Association

“Strengthen and nurture existing community gardens, and support new initiatives, in order to build strong communities and encourage these by respecting and fostering human and environmental diversity.” The Canterbury Community Gardens Association is a networking organisation for community gardens, promoting the growth of new and existing initiatives. CCGA is a group of community gardeners and supportive…

Germinate Collective

We are a collaborative force in Christchurch and Nelson with a passion for permaculture design, edible landscape and community based learning. We are publishing The Germinate Workbook – a growing guide for beginner gardeners and facilitators. Available after the launch, 4th of March 2022. Check back here for a link to the book! The founders,…

Food Talks – Happen Films

At our Food Talks gathering on April 18th we were lucky enough to be hosted by Antoinette and Jordan @ Happen Films. Antoinette and Jordan create amazing digital content telling the stories of inspirational people around New Zealand and Australia that are striving to make a difference in our world. Happen Films create “Documentary films…

Food Talks – Manaaki Whenua

On March 18th Food Talks hosted Severine Von Tscharner Fleming and Wendy McWilliam to share their experience, knowledge and thoughts about how we can hold a relationship with our whenua that invites wellbeing at an ecosystem level, and what change that might invite into our lives. Wendy McWilliam is a landscape ecologist, landscape architect and…

Food Talks – Permaculture

In February we gathered again, this time for our first official Food Talks event, around the idea of Permaculture. We were lucky enough to have Hamish Duff (Educator, Futurist and Food Resilience Network Committee member) join us to tell us the story of the continuing journey to create a permaculture system on the land that…

Ōtākaro Orchard

Ōtākaro Orchard has been part of the rebuild vision from the first public consultation, and is the only community led anchor project. Co-created through community consultation, Ōtākaro Orchard will be a living learning hub for growing food, a local food information centre, with café, office and event spaces, and HQ for the Food Resilience Network….