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Walk the Talk
It’s time to have your steps towards sustainability recognised.
Enter the Sustainable 60 Awards by 5 August.
The Sustainable 60 Awards recognise that sustainability is a journey. The five award categories allow you to showcase in what area your business is sustainable.
You can enter one, many, or all five categories.
* Strategy and Governance – value drivers for innovative leadership
* Workplace – from ethics to ongoing learning
* Marketplace – the value-chain interface
* Environment – from resource use to closed-loop systems
* Community – confirming the licence to operate.
Large and medium sized businesses and public organisations that enter all five categories are eligible for the Overall Exemplar awards.
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PODCASTS ADDED
Podcast: Podcast: Barbara Israel: Community Engagement in Policy making and Planning
Podcast: Podcast: Christine Jacobson, Senior Policy Analyst, Porirua City Council
Podcast: Barbara Israel and Christine Jacobson: Questions and answers
Community Engagement in Policy making and Planning:
Prof Barbara Israel, DrPH, MPH, Professor Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan has published widely in the areas of: the social and physical environmental determinants of health and health inequalities; the relationship among stress, social support, control and physical and mental health; community empowerment and health; and community-based participatory research (CBPR). She has extensive experience conducting community-based participatory research in collaboration with partners in diverse communities. Since 1995, she has worked together with academic and community partners to establish and maintain the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center, initially funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Israel is actively involved in several of these CBPR projects examining and addressing, for example, the social and physical environmental determinants of cardiovascular disease, the environmental triggers of childhood asthma, access to food and physical activity spaces, diabetes management and prevention, and capacity building for and translating research findings into policy change
Christine Jacobson is a Senior Policy Analyst, Porirua City Council.
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Themes and streams
1. A vision for the future of public health: for projects or work that suggest new ways of working in public health or successful models of intervention.
2. Sustainable communities and environments: for projects or work that suggest ways of sustaining strong communities and safe environments.
3. Diversity: for projects or activities that reflect health development issues for specific communities or groups of people.
More details available on the website
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Two day workshop: Fostering Sustainable Behaviour
Christchurch 31 January and 1st February 2011
PDF Flyer
29 September 2010 – 12:49 pm
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UPDATE – VIDEO PODCASTS FROM SEMINAR AVAILABLE
Podcast: Jake Roos – Action for sustainable buildings – A UK/NZ comparison (Quicktime movie, 69 MB)
Podcast: Michael Keall – Housing Quality Assessment (Quicktime movie, 58 MB)
Podcast: Duncan Joiner Response (Quicktime movie, 46 MB)
Tuesday, 23 September, 12:00 -1:30pm
Small Lecture Theatre,
Level D, Wellington School of Medicine,
23a Mein St, Newtown, Wellington
Jake Roos has recently returned from the UK where he was the lead officer on climate change and energy issies for Uttlesford District Council in Essex. He graduated with a MAppSc in Energy Management from the University of Otago Energy Studies Programme in 2004
Dr. Michael Keall is an injury epidemiologist in the Department of Public Health. He is managing major research projects looking at the potential to reduce fall injuries in homes by fixing hazards in the home and the development of a housing quality index suited to New Zealand housing.
Respondent – Duncan Joiner, Chief Architect, Department of Building & Housing.
PDF Flyer
23 September 2010 – 12:28 pm
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Shot in stunning locations around New Zealand, this film explores the work of ten communities as they seek to heal damaged waterways and protect them for future generations. Read More »
20 September 2010 – 10:36 am
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1 Nation, 2 Days, 40 Signs of Change of Emerging Sustainability in Aotearoa
15-16 November 2010
Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin, Palmerston North, Hamilton
www.signsofchange.org.nz Read More »
