Ian wrote to me and asked: Who do you recommend I talk with who works in a Christchurch organisation committed to go carbon negative? This is for a panel discussion/workshop I intent to run in May. My professional background is software. Recently I was on the exec of CanterburyTech and … [Read more...]
Coronavirus – some questions and answers:
I don’t know if I’m on my own or not, but I am completely confused about the coronavirus. How serious is it. How much are we in danger of getting it. Then I read this in the Guardian the other day and I found this question and answer list simply written and easy to read. Here it is: What is the … [Read more...]
Dr Brett Mann on the impact of stress on our bodies, psychotherapy and ‘somatisation’
http://seeds.libsyn.com/brett-mann-on-psychotherapy-te-ao-maori Dr Brett Mann on the impact of stress on our bodies, psychotherapy and ‘somatisation’ is this Week's Steven Moe podcast Dr Brett Mann is a generalist with a deep interest in many areas. While practising as a GP in … [Read more...]
Last week – John Shaw
Last week’s speaker was Professor Jon Shaw from Plymouth University in the UK. It was a wonderful address and very useful advice for transport planners, and elected reps. There were many really good points Jon made and some which I liked included: The role of the academic is to … [Read more...]
This Weeks Speaker Tim Taylor on Urban Transformation
This week’s speaker continues the theme which Jim Lunday started a couple of weeks ago. I have had so many people say how much they got out of that talk. This week, instead of a Glaswegian and a Pom, we have a Kiwi who is working in Europe on some fascinating projects. His name is Tim Taylor and … [Read more...]
More about water systems:
Local Body politicians in Wellington appear to be running around like chooks with their heads cut off over the state of their water infrastructure. We’ve all read about raw sewage pouring into Wellington Harbour earlier this year. Populist politicians seem to be all shrieking about the water … [Read more...]
THE Convention Centre:
Regular readers of this column will be fed up with my thoughts on the Convention Centre. However, I will repeat myself. We must never, ever, ever accept this white elephant building from Central Government. They built it. They can keep it. Our original Convention Centre struggled to hold its … [Read more...]
The Press makes a culturally offensive mountain out of a molehill:
This article appeared in the Press on Wednesday last week https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/119779160/veil-of-secrecy-over-christchurch-mayor-lianne-dalziels-apology-to-japans-quake-families#comments. I have been very impressed with how much space the Editor of the Press has devoted to … [Read more...]
We have heaps to teach the world about earthquakes:
I was sent this at the end of last year by David Shepherd https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-12/aftershocks-christchurch-new-zealand-earthquake-what-california-can-learn It tells our story from an American perspective. Reading it made me wonder if we have a lesson for the world here … [Read more...]
John Patterson’s” memory group”:
John Patterson is in a group of people who lived in the Crawcrook village, back in Geordie land in the UK. They are in regular contact with each other via the internet. I loved this story which went up in the past few days. It says a lot about communities: Following on from previous stories … [Read more...]
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