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29 July 2010 – 10:08 am

Also posted in NZ policy issues and behaviour change and news & events and podcasts

The effectiveness of interventions to encourage environmentally friendly behaviours: An Overview.

Hosted by the Institute of Policy Studies:
The effectiveness of interventions to encourage environmentally friendly behaviours: An Overview.
Friday, 30 July, 12:30 -1:30pm
Railway West Wing Room 501, Entrance through Railway Station, take Lift 3 to Level 5
Victoria University of Wellington, Pipitea Campus

PODCASTS AVAILABLE:

Podcast: Dr Wokje Abrahamse – The effectiveness of interventions to encourage env friendly behaviour (Quicktime movie, 78 MB)

Podcast: Dr Sea Rotmann – EECA (Quicktime movie, 58 MB)

19 July 2010 – 3:28 pm

Also posted in NZ policy issues and news & events

REN21 Renewables 2010 Global Status Report released

The report is a unique global synthesis of markets, investment, industry, policy, and rural energy, produced annually since 2005. The NZ Centre for Sustainable Cities is the NZ contact for this report. Read More »

27 May 2010 – 4:26 pm

Also posted in climate change and health and podcasts and transport

Prof Alistair Woodward – Put me back on my bike

Podcast: Prof Alistair Woodward – Put me back on my bike (Quicktime movie, 93 MB)

Podcast: Prof Alistair Woodward – Put me back on my bike: questions (Quicktime movie, 47 MB)

A video podcast of the NZC4SC seminar held on the 27/05/10 is now available. Read More »

26 May 2010 – 12:31 pm

Also posted in urban design and urban governance

EDS comments on Auckland Metropolitan Limits

Media Release: Select Committee rebalances Auckland’s spatial plan

The Select Committee reported back on the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill today.

“EDS is delighted that the Select Committee has recommended a more balanced approach to Auckland’s spatial plan” said EDS Senior Policy Analyst Raewyn Peart today. Read More »

21 May 2010 – 3:38 pm

Also posted in behaviour change and news & events and podcasts

Susan Krumdieck – Transition Engineering

Podcast: Susan Krumdieck – Transition Engineering

Associate Professor Susan Krumdieck is a member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Canterbury University.

Susan Krumdieck discusses transition engineering. Filmed during her speaking tour of New Zealand as the IET’s 2010 Prestige lecturer on the 21st of April 2010.

13 May 2010 – 3:58 pm

Also posted in urban design

ABC Radio National – Late Night Live: Are Our Cities Sustainable?

A discussion about the extent to which Australian cities, as we know them, are sustainable. Australia is a highly urbanised nation and yet when we talk about the potentially severe effects of climate change in Australia we tend not to talk about how our cities will cope, we tend to talk more about the damage to our iconic environmental assets—rivers, reefs and so on—and to our agricultural output. About eight out of ten Australians live and work in cities and the urban fringes, so the conversation about how sustainable our cities really are is long overdue. See: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2009/2525752.htm

Thanks to CAN for the link.

30 March 2010 – 4:37 pm

Local Renewable Energy Policies and Actions: Global Survey and Prospects for New Zealand – Zach Rissel

Podcast: Local Renewable Energy Policies and Actions: Global Survey and Prospects for New Zealand – Zach Rissel

Local Renewable Energy Policies and Actions: Global Survey and Prospects for New Zealand

Zach Rissel

Wellington City Council, Policy

30 March 2010 – 4:31 pm

Local Renewable Energy Policies and Actions: Global Survey and Prospects for New Zealand – Eric Martinot

Podcast: Local Renewable Energy Policies and Actions: Global Survey and Prospects for New Zealand – Eric Martinot

Local Renewable Energy Policies and Actions: Global Survey and Prospects for New Zealand

Dr. Eric Martinot is the lead author of the widely-used REN21 Renewables Global Status Report and a prominent international expert on renewable energy. He is senior research director at the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies in Tokyo, teaching and research associate of Tsinghua University in Beijing, and teaching and research fellow at Victoria University of Wellington.

2 March 2010 – 1:43 pm

Also posted in climate change and news & events

New Ebook released by Landcare Research – Hatched

It’s a collection of research findings, stories and tools exploring five key areas of capacity required for New Zealand’s long-term success. It covers innovative research undertaken with businesses, across policy sectors, communities and individuals and was funded by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.

Link to Hatched
Media release

24 February 2010 – 12:33 pm

Also posted in housing & building and news & events and research and transport and urban design and urban governance

For whom the city? Housing and locational preferences in New Zealand

Nick Preval, Ralph Chapman & Philippa Howden-Chapman

‘Sizing up the City’ covers a range of issues. This chapter reports on a survey which found that most people (54%) think that urban limits are necessary so that cities develop more sustainably (15% disagree). By 2 to 1, New Zealanders thought councils (rather than market forces) should have the key role in defining the limits of the city. Read More »

19 February 2010 – 8:39 am

Also posted in Uncategorized and health and news & events and research and transport

Book Launch: Sizing up the City

On Tuesday Evening 16th February 2010 we launched “Sizing up the City; Urban Form and Transport”. The book collects and expands on papers presented at the February 2009 Summer School. It includes the latest research and thinking on sustainable transport and our built environment as well as experiences from councils trying to create more sustainable cities.

“Sizing up the City” book order form

5% More Cyclists Save $200m
just one of the messages in the book was spelt out by local cyclists at the launch linking the book to the BikeWise Challenge “On your Bike” month of February.

from left to right: Andy Foster (WCC), Celia Wade-Brown (WCC),Jude Ball (Frocks on Bikes), Annette King (MP, Labour), Kevin Hague (MP, Greens)

Photo Kevin Hague at book Launch.
Photo Cyclists group

Link to Cycling Advocates Network CAN

16 February 2010 – 3:44 pm

Also posted in podcasts

Growth Misconduct? – Mayor Prendegast’s Introduction

Podcast: Growth Misconduct – Mayor Prendegast’s Introduction (27 mb)

Mayor Kerry Prendegast introduces the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities’ Summer School Growth Misconduct

15 February 2010 – 12:30 pm

Also posted in housing & building and news & events and transport and urban design

Media Release for Immediate Release – New Research shows New Zealanders Want and Need Better Planned Cities

Many New Zealanders want more and better inner-city housing, even if those with kids generally want a bigger house, further out. And Kiwis don’t want urban expansion to continue unchecked. There is strong support for councils limiting urban development, promoting the quality of urban centres, and providing better conditions for the walker and the cyclist.

These are some of the findings in a book on sustainable urban form and transport to be released on Tuesday February 16th.

‘Sizing Up the City: Urban form and transport in New Zealand’ is published by the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities in Wellington.
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10 February 2010 – 4:30 pm

Making the Right Turn – Dwayne Fletcher

Podcast: Making the Right Turn – Dwayne Fletcher

Making the Right Turn, How policy, planning, investment, and behaviour will adapt with oil production and the climate

Dwayne Fletcher

Senior Policy Advisor (Strategic Development), Hutt City Council

10 February 2010 – 4:10 pm

Also posted in podcasts

Growth Misconduct? – Kathryn Scott

Podcast: Growth Misconduct? – Kathryn Scott (Quicktime movie, 32 MB)

Kathryn Scott
Landcare Research/ Manaaki Whenua, Social Researcher, Sustainable Settlements
Residents’ perceptions of intensification
This presentation is based on ethnographic research in Glen Innes, a suburb in Auckland targeted for intensification. Medium density housing is providing state tenants with affordable, low maintenance homes and an improved sense of safety and community; intensive tenancy management is critical to this success.

New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities