Thanks to those of you who turned up to work on our submission to the Christchurch City Council Draft Climate Change Submission. You can see it here We focused on and expanded on these key issues LeadershipPrivate drivingInvestment in the future Democratic Processes … [Read more...]
John Patterson’s comments on Climate Change
Sorry I didn’t get to the Tuesday Club meeting to hear about climate change so these are just a few of my thoughts. I will be 85 in a couple of months’ time, so I supposed it’s my generation that’s buggered things up but I’m not sure how. We didn’t have rubbish like we have now, every Tuesday … [Read more...]
This Week – Tuesday submission on Climate Change to CCC
This week Tony Moore from CCC is coming again to help us as we work on a submission for the Tuesday Club on the Draft Climate Change Strategy for the Christchurch City Council. We will not be recording this session. … [Read more...]
Last week – Rod Carr
Dr Rod Carr, the chairperson of the Climate Change Commission, is obviously a busy man right now, having to deal with 15,500 submissions. Despite that, he took the time last week to address the Tuesday Club. It was a hugely popular talk and those who arrived after 5:20 pm could not fit into the … [Read more...]
Last Week – CCC on Climate Change and Representation Review
Last week we had a hummer of a session... Firstly, Tony Moore spoke about the CCC programme to address Global Warming. It was interesting to have Eric Pawson challenge the room to consider whether or not we as a City are being brave enough and embracing the Climate Commission’s goals. That led to … [Read more...]
This Week Rod Carr
This week Rod Carr will join us to talk about the work of the Climate Change Commission Dr Rod Carr thought he had retired. He quit full time work at the end of 2018, let his beard grow until he resembled a 19th century Russian novelist, ran a marathon in North Korea and planned to sit on a … [Read more...]
Demonstration by our young citizens about Global Warming this week
It was wonderful to see students marching on the Council during the week. They marched on the Council demanding action. Our young people, who will be the ratepayers in the future as we dribble into our slop trays, are demanding action. Now. I was delighted to hear how stirred up my 13-year-old … [Read more...]
This Week – CCC speakers
This week we have two CCC topics... The first is explaining to us the proposed changes to the electoral boundaries for Local Government in Christchurch. I promised that we would consider this recently and now is our chance to hear what is being discussed at the Council table which we are able to … [Read more...]
Strike4Climate
Concerned about Climate Change? This Friday at midday let's join the Strike4Climate young people in Cathedral Square https://www.facebook.com/schoolstrike4climatechch … [Read more...]
Electric cars: a Global Warming issue being driven by capitalism
Everybody has a role to play with Global Warming. However I am concerned about capitalism driving the transport solutions to Global Warming. In the past week I have read about two vehicle makers pushing the “fast forward” button with electric vehicle manufacturing. First it was Ford and now … [Read more...]
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