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Comment by Torfrida Wainwright on November 2, 2009 at 3:52pm

Hi there

Ive updated the www.350.org.nz/christchurch website finally, with brief news of 24 Oct events plus some photos. Sorry it took so long, was at work on the West Coast most of last week and didnt manage to locate the photos on the www.350.org website till I got back.

The whole lot of photos can be found at www.350.org, click on Flickr and it will take you to all the photos round the world. You can locate ones for Christchurch (or Geraldine etc) by typing the placename (or other key word) into the Search box at the top right and clicking on it.

NB this Thursday 5 November 5.30pm - 7pm at the Dux de Lux in Montreal St - social meal, debrief and plotting whats next. Be great to see you there!

Cheers
Torfrida
021-107-3937

Comment by Jo Drysdall on October 4, 2009 at 10:54pm

Heya Torfrida,

Just to add to what you said re the plant giveaway - they're 350 vege seedlings in pots, rather than 350 potplants. Sorry if that disappoints some people [grin].

All the activities sound fabulous!

Cheers, Jo.

Comment by Torfrida Wainwright on October 4, 2009 at 10:40pm

Hi,
Heres a brief update on whats happening:

New Brighton pier - we've decided to do the pier banner action at 12 noon (not 9am). Gives time for Southshore Spit dune planters to come back into New Brighton. Planning's going ahead fast for the banner: "There is no Planet B - Climate Action now!". Several speakers confirmed. We'll gather on the grass outside the library, hear brief speeches, then walk up the pier for the photo.
Saturday 10 Oct 11am-2pm - drop in at New Brighton Union Church in Union St to help us draw the banner outline (and print t-shirts, banners etc - anything with paint etc!)
Sandra McHughs class at South New Brighton School will be helping paint the banner one a couple of mornings 11am-12noon in the week of 12-16 Oct - contact Torfrida if youd like to help with this (382-0580)

Silent vigil - there's shaping up to be a multi-faith/meditation/qi gong silent gathering outside the Cathdral on Saturdaqy 24 October, probably around 3-4pm when the Cathedral bells are rung 350 times - more details soon

350 potplants - someone is growing and potting up 350 potplants to bring along and give away in Victoria Sq on 24 Oct 2pm - 5pm - yay!

I hear Port Hills Greens are organising 10:10 pledges for the festival - write down how you intend to reduce your carbon footprint by 10% in 2010 - and we're asking all the the MPs, city and regional councillors to tell us their 10:10 intentions.

I also hear someone in the Little River area may be interested in finding others to do a 350-inspired walk in the area - let me know if you live in this area and want to get involved in this and Ill pass it on to her (Torfrida 382-0580)

Climate Change Choir on Saturday 24th October
● Bring your friends & join us at Victoria Square 2.15pm for a massed chorus in support of action on climate change....
Place: the pit in front of Crown Plaza Hotel.
We'll have words printed for you of 3 simple songs
● Let our govt. know that 10-20% by 2020 is just too low & that
to make a real difference 40% by 2020 is what's needed
● For more information email Jocelyn: jyc497@gmail.com

Next 350 meeting is at WEA this Thursay 8 October, 7.30pm. We'll finalise the final poster & flier to go out.
Cheers
Torfrida
021-107-3937
382-0580
torfrida@snap.net.nz

Comment by Torfrida Wainwright on September 24, 2009 at 6:10pm

Hi there

The t-shirts have come! Very nice! - organic wholemeal fairtrade cotton, NZ made etc, and cut pretty generously.

Ive put aside as requested for:
Fiona, Jen & Toni - 3 green S, S & M (not enough Ss)
Shane - 1 green M (happy birthday!)
Mary, Mary & Martin - 4 various (Mojos bringing round to Mary H)
Glenda L - 1 XL

I have left 3 x Green S, XL, XL
Blue - M, M, L, L, L

Please let me know if youve alsonasked me to set one aside and I havent named you here, as it's prob on a bit of paper somewhere...

Ill bring the spares along to meetings and events, first in first served. 350Aotearoa is asking $35 for them.
They will also be available (all sizes/green/blue) for $39 on the website www.kowtow.co.nz

The meeting tonight is at 5.30pm at WEA, not at Green Drinks - GD have a speaker talking about water tonite & we figured we need to keep doing serious planning...

Cheers
Torfrida
021-107-3937

Comment by Torfrida Wainwright on September 14, 2009 at 2:09am

Sorry folks, this is a massive comment! - its an update that Ive just put on the Chch page of www.350.org.nz website. Im not sure what to put where at the moment


What’s coming up in Christchurch –

Melissa Clark-Reynolds speaking on Climate Change
Tuesday 15 September 7pm -9pm
Hagley Community College Open Stage Theatre
Melissa is a self-made millionaire entrepreneur and was one of the first two New Zealanders chosen to train as Climate Change Ambassador with former US presidential candidate, Al Gore. Melissa will share newly discovered information that follows on from the movie, An Inconvenient Truth as well as showing how Climate Change is affecting New Zealand.
Contact Rhys Taylor for more info – office ph. 03 960 2656

Petition - Monday 21 September, in City Mall – all day from 9.30am
We’ll be out gathering signatures for the Sign-On petition and telling people about 350. The Sign-On crew are hitting a lot of great places in their search for petition signatures – like the Boys Day Out where 600 people signed up! Contact Dan 021 272 4044 to get involved

Bike promenade for Car Free Day – Tuesday 22 September, 12 noon, Victoria Square
Frocks on Bikes plan a try-out of the bike promenade route for 24 October.
Coming into town on a bike for Car Free Day? Come along to Victoria Square at 12 noon for a half-hour ride round the inner city together.

350 bike stickers – sport a 350 bike sticker, designed by cyclist Kashi Leuchs of Dunedin. Get one from bike shops around Christchurch or order from Fiona Whero at http://can.org.nz/article/can-stickers. Check out Kashi’s website www.350riders.org

PLANTS for the inner city – Jamie Emerson is working on covering the inner city rooftops with 350 plants and already has 100 plants and one business interested. If you can help him by providing native plants, sturdy containers or locations for them, contact Jamie on 3825-011, jamiemanu@hotmail.com

350 t-shirts are coming!! If you’d like one of the swanky organic free-trade NZ designed & made t-shirts with a great new design for $35, see Torfrida 021-107-3937 350christchurch@gmail.com
Hey, 350 Wellington are taking an afternoon to paint their own, using cheapo SaveMart used blue t-shirts and making their own designs! Who’d like to organise a t-shirt painting session in Christchurch one Saturday afternoon? Let Torfrida know – 350christchurch@gmail.com

Planning for 24 October – let us know what you're up to!

Victoria Square climate festival 2pm – 5pm - Frocks on Bikes are well ahead in planning the festival/picnic event there, including a bike promenade and fashion parade, music and entertainers, food stalls, pledges and spot prizes... Contact Meg if you’d like to help, there's heaps of practical tasks to do - ph 378-6817, meg.christie@cdhb.govt.nz). One person is growing 350 seedlings to bring along & give away! What would you or your group like to do?

Chorus for the Climate - Everyone can sing Come and join 349 others in raising your voices on October 24. We will sing 3 songs, one specially wtritten for the event by Nikki Berry. The massed choir will take place in the ampitheatre in Victoria Square around 2.30pm. Come along beforehand for a wee practice. Contact Jocelyn Papprill jyc497@gmail.com

New Brighton pier banner 9am – we’re organising a long banner along the pier on the morning of 24 October. Can you help? we need lots of double bed-sheets and paint! Contact Torfrida torfrida@snap.net.nz, 021-107-3937, 382-0580
Dune planting – at 10am 24 Oct at Southshore Spit the Southshore Residents Association are re-planting the dunes. We’d like to contribute 350 plants and lots of people – if you can help, contact Rik 332-1069

Getting involved
Join the action! – there’s heaps to do – collecting bed sheets, printing stickers, getting signatures, putting posters in your local shops, talking to neighbours, painting t-shirts, writing letters to the newspaper, taking photos & uploading them to the web…. For inspiration check out www.350.org.nz or http://community.350.org.nz/group

School actions – why not contact your local school and see what they are doing for 350? Enviroschools folk Toni Watts, Jen Rodgers, Jocelyn Papprill are working with schools on 350 actions - contact Toni Toni.watts@enviroschools.org.nz or Jocelyn at jyc@caverock.net.nz

Resources
Central pickup point - we now have a central city point for storing resources - if you need leaflets, posters or stickers, pick them up from Fiona at the Enviroschools office, first floor, 53 Victoria St (opposite the casino). Ring before you come to make sure someone is around - Fiona 027 449 1845
Banners - Nikki and Tor have done some 350 banners which we are storing there also for people to use.
Coordination meetings - we've been meeting at WEA, 59 Gloucester St on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month. Next meetings are -
Thursday 24 September 5.30pm - I propose we meet at Green Drinks instead of WEA, so will let everyone know where this is.
Thursday 8 October 7.30pm at WEA
Thursday 22 October 5.30pm at WEA

Cheers
Torfrida
382-0580, 021-107-3937

Comment by Jocelyn Papprill on September 11, 2009 at 1:59pm

Everyone can sing - come and join 349 others in raising your voices on October 24th. We will sing 3 songs - once specially written for the event by Nikki Berry. The massed choir will take place in the amphitheatre in Victoria Square around 2.30pm. Come along beforehand for a wee practice. Details in this pdf:Chchchoir350.pdf

Comment by Torfrida Wainwright on August 31, 2009 at 11:27pm

What's been happening in Christchurch -

About 100 of us gathered in Cathedral Square on August 20 to launch 350 Christchurch and welcome the 350 Aotearoa travellers by making a big 350 shape.
After speeches from Sustainable Otautahi and other groups, Rik Tindall got us to organise into the 350 numbers, checking the shape out by cellphone with photographers Shane Orchard and Rhys Taylor at the top of the Cathedral tower. A jolly event that was completed surprisingly quickly! Got upstaged in The Press the next day but that was by the West Coast 350 crew, so all good. Lots learnt for next time.

Rhys, Rik and Torfrida spoke at the launches of Age of Stupid at Rialto and Hoyts and we leafletted audiences as they came out, lots of interest. Geoff Walker kept the leafletteing going on later days.

Great to spend time with Aaron and the rest of the 350 Aotearoa crew when they hit Christchurch, leaving us with more resources and enthusiasm.

Whats coming up:

Melissa Clarke Reynolds, entrepreneur & Al Gore climate change ambassador, is talking at Hagley Community College on Tuesday 15 September, 7pm - 9pm

People and Links

Frocks on Bikes - have booked Victoria Sqaure from 2pm to 5pm on Saturday 24th October and are coordinating the festival/picnic event there. Contact them if your group would like to take part - music, dancing, food stalls, face painters, kids games etc. Contact Meg Christie (ph 378-6817, meg.christie@cdhb.govt.nz) to get involved.

The Muse is planning a Big Sing at the festival in Victoria Park on 24th October. If you'd like to join in, contact Jocelyn Papprill (Jocelyn.Papprill@ecan.govt.nz).

New Brighton people are organising a long banner along the pier on the morning of 24 October - contact Torfrida to join in, torfrida@snap.net.nz, 021-107-3937, 382-0580

Schools - Enviroschools folk Toni Watts, Jen Rodgers, Jocelyn Papprill are working with schools on 350 actions - contact Toni Toni.watts@enviroschools.org.nz or Jocelyn at jyc@caverock.net.nz

Resources

We now have a central city point for storing resources - if you need leaflets, posters or stickers, pick them up from Fiona at the Enviroschools office, first floor, 53 Victoria St (opposite the casino). Ring before you come to make sure someone is around - Fiona 027 449 1845

Nikki and Tor have been doing 350 banners which we are storing there also for people to use.

Im uploading our leaflet - take it and print it. Or you can get copies from 53 Victoria St.

Coordination meetings - we've been meeting at WEA, 59 Gloucester St on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month. Next meetings are -
Thursday 10 September 7.30pm - 9pm at WEA
Thursday 24 September 5.30pm - I propose we meet at Green Drinks instead of WEA, so will let everyone know where this is.
Thursday 8 October 7.30pm at WEA
Thursday 22 October 5.30pm at WEA

Cheers
Torfrida
382-0580, 021-107-3937