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New ZeaLAND Day
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New Zealand Leadership
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350 Aotearoa - Climate...
224 members
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Beyond Left or Right
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Fair Trade Dunedin
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Application Form - Antarctic Youth Ambassador
Started May 26
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Never sure where to put things!
The Tällberg Forum in Sweden have been using the climate change simulation tool to help people understand what the reductions now will mean in the future. Check it out if you that way inclined!
http://www.climateint...
Leadership Week - World Cafe's at Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, CHristchurch and Dunedin
June 26, 2009 at 12am to July 3, 2009 at 11pm
Excelerator: New Zealand Leadership Institute and friends have joined forces to bring you a series of World Cafe forums across New Zealand during New Zealand Leadership Week.
Come along to one of our world cafes to chat about, debate and consider...
Seeding the idea of re-appropriating the meaning of the Queen's Birthday Weekend Holiday to a day that celebrates our treasured land - in its true form - as a gift.
This groups looks to debate and consider the key leadership challenges that New Zealand is facing with a really diverse bunch of people.
Dear Green Drinks Supporter,
On the 28th of May the Government announced in the 2009 Budget significant cuts to environmental education and sustainability initiatives funded by both the Ministry of Education and the Ministry for the Environment. ...
Interested in Antarctica???
http://www.sirpeterblaketrust.org/environment/antarctic_youth_ambassador/
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
• 18-25 years of age at time of application;
• A New Zealand citizen or a New Zealand resident;
• Able to demonstrate a pa...
From Guy Ryan
Dunedin
I'm sending you this because I'm a passionate young kiwi, extremely concerned about our future.
Today, world renowned Climate Change guru Bill McKibben's (founder of 350.org) gave an open lecture at Otago University & we re...
350.org.nz launches the NZ conversation to meet the challenge of stabilising atmospheric GHG concentrations at 350ppm...inviting New Zealander's to get involved in the international effort to protect our climate.
Profile Information
- Date of Birth
- January 3, 1982
- About Me:
- Raised on a small farm in Ramarama, South Auckland my connection and understanding of ‘place’ and my relationship with the natural environment flourished. However, understanding and empathising how others fit into the system has taken me considerably longer.
An interesting and colourful youth in Papakura left me with unwavering ‘wanderlust’ which has since taken me to all corners of the earth – in search of what I am not entirely sure, but what I have found has been passion, determination and a deep sense of obligation to help other individuals do the same.
Fortunate to be engaged with a range of networks internationally, my vision is to return to New Zealand in October 2008 to put into practice a reasonably long list of academic know how – in the expectation of embarking on a huge learning curve, making some mistakes but in the end, substantially contributing to New Zealand’s part in moving society towards sustainability.
My bets are fully hedged on the people in this network being the key ‘firesouls’ that New Zealand needs right now to ‘become the first truly sustainable nation’ … (whatever that may mean!) Although I greatly appreciate all of the amazing work that has gone before us, we need more passion, more energy and more strategic thinking to ensure that we are moving in the ‘right direction’ to meet our sustainability vision.
I think the Intersect Young Professionals group are the Kiwis that can do it, as long as we move forward together.
I hope to explore these ideas and more during my three month journey home where I am continuing to expand both my professional and personal networks in Brussels, Dublin, New York, San Francisco, Nevada (Burning Man!), Vancouver and Melbourne.
See you all in October, tack så mycket.
- Areas of interest and expertise
- Recently I completed a Masters in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability at the Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden. My thesis group (of 3) looked at 'Co-creating Communities with a Needs Based approach to Urban Design and Development'. As a result we created an approach, a framework and method for implementing and practically applying our theory.
Upon my return to NZ in October I will start a teaching / facilitation / management position with The Centre for Sustainable Practice with Otago Polytechnic. The centre works with SMEs in the Otago region that are ready to become sustainability leaders in their field.
Prior to leaving NZ I was co-leading Project 2058 www.2058.net.nz, researching NZ's commitments to Agenda 21, undertaking a sustainability audit of the NZ government and questioning why NZ has not yet created a National Sustainable Development Strategy.
My background as an undergraduate is in law and ecology at Otago University 00-05
Graduate Certificate in Antarctic Studies (GCAS) at Canterbury Univeristy 06-07
International Law @ Helsinki University, Finland 03
Future Leaders Programme Participant 05-06
- Website:
- http://www.bth.se/msls
Comment Wall (17 comments)
- At 10:43am on September 28, 2009,
Megan Hosking said… - Hi Ella
I just did a search on Intersect to find people in Dunedin because
I wanted to invite you to a 350 Climate Action Group's FUN raiser, this coming Friday at the Regent Theatre.
My band - the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra are doing a gig as part of our National Tour, and we want to pack out the Regent Theatre. $5 from each ticket purchased through the '350 Climate Action Group' (not the box office) go straight to funding their important climate action activities.
You can find out more about it here:
http://intersect.ning.com/events/350-climate-actions-funraiser
Hope to see you there! If you can't make it, please let your friends know.
http://intersect.ning.com/events/350-climate-actions-funraiser
Cheerio!
Megan
- At 4:39pm on September 1, 2009,
Eden Orwell Cornelius said… - Hey Ella, Eden here... been out of the frame for a while. I have moved down in Dunedin to finish my Sustainable Design Enterprise masters ( four months to go). You know anyone who's in the loop who knows anything about closed -loop/natural capitaism/ biomimcry? It's very beautiful this way. Any way enough blah...hope your well.
- At 2:22pm on May 14, 2009,
Mr Freeze said… - Hi Ella
Do you know of anyone in Dunedin who could lend a hand with this...
http://freezenz.wordpress.com/locations/
Let me know if you do!
Mr Freeze
PS - This is not officially launched yet, so keep it hush for now...
- At 7:23am on March 21, 2009,
Carla Braun-Elwert said… - Hi Ella, thanks for the message,
Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you. I see I am replying just above Jinty who has just done the course I'm doing :) (Natural History Filmmaking). Your position sounds interesting...we should meet up for (fair trade) coffee sometime! I am in Dunedin for this year and then I have no idea where life will take me.
- At 9:01pm on February 23, 2009,
Jinty MacTavish said… - Hi Ella,
Thanks for your message - great to see so much enthusiasm! Unfortunately I'm not in Dunedin to match it with some action. As of a month ago I'm actually living and working in Raglan/Hamilton with Enviroschools, on a project called ReGeneration. There are some great people in Dunedin that you might like to get in contact with though. If you'd like me to put you in touch with the network, fire me an email on jintymactavish@gmail.com.
All the best!
Jinty
- At 2:03pm on February 22, 2009,
Stephanie Fill said… - No worries Ella - yea had asked about you through the grapevine - sounds absolutely awesome what you guys are doing down there!! Catch up sometime.
Cheers
Steph
- At 2:28pm on February 19, 2009,
Dave Butler-Peck said… - Perfect, except that we're having a baby on the 5th, with pre-admission the day before!
Can try and squeeze something in before then and if not, maybe towards the end of March when I'm back on board?
- At 11:51am on February 19, 2009,
heather anderson said… - Hi Ella,
Yes I would be interested in getting heads together for sure.
I have just moved to Dunedin too so would be cool to meet up.
Best,
Heather
- At 11:39am on February 19, 2009,
Dave Butler-Peck said…
- Great to hear from you, Ella.
I work for Trade Aid on George Stree in Dunedin, so pop in to say hi and have a chinwag any Thursday, Friday or Saturday. We're also trying hard to make Dunedin the 1st Fair Trade City in New Zealand, so join our group on here (Fair Trade Dunedin) and on Facebook (Trade Aid Dunedin) if you're keen to help?
My email's david_a_peck@hotmail.com if you want to be added to our network, as really keen to build a sustainable city with so many like-minded living here!
Cheers again,
Dave
- At 10:39am on February 19, 2009,
Guy Ryan said… - hey ella - chea for the intro and getting in touch, yea I be keen for a conversation around that intersect network - I'm up north doing some work with EnviroSchools until the 28th of Feb so will sus you then when I'm back in Dud's.... Peace
Guy
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