You are invited to attend the first…
KAPITI FOOD FOREST community feedback meeting.
WHEN: 7:30pm Monday 7th December
WHERE: Paraparaumu Community Centre (next to library off Rimu road)
Food is such an incredibly important issue for everybody.  We need to start reconnecting as a community with where our food comes from, learning how to grow good quality food sustainably [...]

We completely oppose the construction of new expressways because we believe the price of oil is going to be on an upward trend from now on (probably with large spikes and falls due to factors like a deep global recession and increased speculation).We believe there should be an upgraded rail system. Money available for roading [...]

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Transition Towns Kapiti invites you to an informative Documentary Film Evening.
We will be showing
“Money as Debt”
Why banks have so much money and everybody else has so much debt?
A 47-minute animated presentation of “Money as Debt” tells in very simple and effective graphic terms what money is and how it is being created. It is an [...]

Present
Sharon
Dan
Andrew RK
Sam
Richard
Willie
Anna
Andrew Hall
Cree
Jim
Apologies
Pam
1. Possible visits to local property and forests.
Re: David Scott & QE Park designated a couple of people go and see
There are no real examples for us to see, only partial and related results.
Bena to investigate and action to coordinate
Ideas
QE Park
Gary and Emily’s place
Trevor’s place
Treecroppers association
place in Manakau
Kath Irvine’s place
Landcare.org.nz
Soil + [...]

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 [...]

Present
Richard
Anna
Andrew
Sharon
Sam
Bena
Dan
Willie
Pam
Isabel
Leadership
fine with rotating organisation. Andrew to be key point of contact for the moment.
Other Stuff of interest
David scott’s invitation to go to native forest tour passed over and carried to next meeting.
Meeting in regards to Lindale (Andrew and Willie attended)
Gossip about council providing land is positive. Sam established Key people within council
Purpose Brainstorming (Key ideas)

Self [...]

Roll over Community Gardens - Here comes TTK Community Food Forest
Premise
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 idea, instead of having a community garden, having a Community Food Forest. His reasoning was that because [...]