TTK will be screening “The Age of Stupid” on Tue the 17th November 2009

The Age of Stupid is the new four-year epic from McLibel director Franny Armstrong.
Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking:
Why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?

The Age of Stupid Global Premiere Trailer from Age of [...]

Raumati Station Website Launch & Local Rumblings.

We visited Valhalla in Raumati South today and 4 local councillors Lyndy, David, Scott and Sandra, Regional Councillor Nigel and local labour member Winnie Labon. Surely a local railway station http://www.raumatistation.com/ is much more sustainable for the large amounts of Raumati residents who have to travel to Paraparaumu railway station. There was a great community [...]

Community Food Forest - First meeting!

Transition Towns Kapiti invites you to a Brainstorming on Establishing a  Food Forest.
This Sunday the 7th June, 2-4pm.
Roll over Community Gardens - Here comes TTK Community Food Forest
After an inspiring night watching the very entertaining and informative Geoff Lawton’s Establishing a Food Forest Documentary and a enthusiastic  discussion afterwards, Andrew come up with a fantastic [...]

Why we forgot how to grow food

As a food shortage looms, people are digging for Britain — and their dinner table. John-Paul Flintoff gets back to our roots
Not long before Christmas, a man walked into the care home next door to his house and asked the manager if it would be possible for a group of neighbours to grow food in [...]

Fair Weather at Sustainable Home and Garden Show

Hi all,
We had an excellent weekend at the Sustainable Home and Garden Show in Kapiti. The weather was brilliant all weekend, so there was an awesome turnout on both days. Our tent was especially cool because we had living economies and not 1, not 2, but 3 Transition groups: TTKapiti, TT Otaki and the newly [...]

Seedy Sunday

First meeting – Sunday 19 April
What is Seedy Sunday?
It’s a relaxed gathering for those who garden, or want to learn about gardening, growing food and sustainability, to share ideas and inspiration. There will be a short talk or video at each meeting and a bit of discussion about what should be happening in the [...]

Tommorrow S.H.A.G.S.

Sustainable Home and Garden Show
We’re gonna be at the show 4th and 5th of April, we’ll be sharing Tent 23 with TT Otaki and TT Waikanae. See you there.
http://www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/Sustainability/Events.htm

Earth Hour 28th March

I’ll be at the Paraparaumu Library from 9am to 1pm handing out FREE energy saving lightbulbs as part of Earth Hour Promotion Saturday 28th March. Come on down, grab a light bulb, read some books, be enLIGHTened.
Cheers,
Sam
http://www.earthhour.org/

Ground is broken for White House ‘kitchen garden’

By DARLENE SUPERVILL
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty-six elementary schoolchildren wielded shovels, rakes, pitchforks and wheelbarrows to help first lady Michelle Obama break ground on the first day of spring for a produce and herb garden on the White House grounds.
Crops to be planted in the coming weeks on the 1,100-square-foot, L-shaped patch near the fountain on [...]

Ecobolb Swap for Kapiti/Paraparaumu

We’re running a fundraiser for light bulb drive in conjunction with the council, basically delivering 2 energy saving bulbs to every residence in paraparaumu. There are some other community groups involved, but if anyone wants to donate some of their time and deliver 2 light bulbs to 100 houses each, please either email me “sam [...]