2 September 2010 – 10:51 am
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We find the vision of the Draft Strategy limited. We believe the stated vision is one more suitable to the 20th century, than the 21st. The stated vision is unclear and uninspiring, located firmly within the silo of energy use with no acknowledgement of the urgency and severity of climate change, peak oil or of the importance of other sectors. As a relatively wealthy, small and dynamic country with many renewable energy resources New Zealand should aim to be an exemplar country. This vision would be compatible with international leadership moves by this country in the past (see Appendix 1). In particular:
PDF of Comment on Draft NZ Energy Strategy
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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)
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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 »
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Susanne Becken, Associate Professor, Lincoln University
Hosted by Victoria University of Wellington, Tourism Management Group
Wednesday 28 July at 12.15 – 13.15- followed by coffee
Board Room, Level 12, Rutherford House
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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 Read More »
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A seminar by Professor Sir Peter Gluckman
5.00 pm Wednesday 9 June 2010
Government Buildings, Lecture Theatre One, Victoria
University’s Pipitea Campus, Wellington
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This practical one-day workshop aims to introduce planners to health and wellbeing impact assessment (HIA). Planners will be introduced to the methods and practice of HIA. Planning case studies of completed HIAs are presented and critiqued showing how HIA can help achieve planning goals. Read More »
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As Minister Brownlee has just announced the NZ government’s intention to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) we thought we should update you on our collaboration with Dr. Eric Martinot, the author of the influential REN21 Renewables Global Status Report.
Last year we contributed research towards the current edition of the REN21 Renewables Global Status Report, providing information about the renewable energy initiatives of Christchurch, Dunedin, Waitakere, and Wellington city councils.
Now we’re working with Dr. Martinot to expand the scope of the report by including additional New Zealand cities and by developing a systematic method of analysing the “enabling factors” that make renewable energy initiatives a reality at a local government level and the ways in which the outcomes of such initiatives are measured.
If you’d like to be involved or hear more please contact nicholas.preval@otago.ac.nz
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If you’ve been following the media but haven’t seen the actual Bill, here’s the Bills Digest
Bill
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Podcast: Prof Bob Lloyd – Transition to RE – Can it be made in time (Quicktime movie, 134 MB)
Podcast: Prof Lloyd – Transition to RE - Questions (Quicktime movie, 72 MB)
PDF of Presentation
Professor Bob Lloyd is from Australia, he came to New Zealand in 2002 after having worked for the Australian Coo-operative Research Centre for Renewable Energy (ACRE), based at Murdoch University in Perth. His current research interests at Otago University, where he is the Director of Energy Studies and Associate Professor in the Physics Department, lie in energy conservation in residential housing and energy management including world energy resources and peak oil.
Existing sources of energy such as fossil fuels and uranium are finite and so will eventually be depleted. If we want sustainable energy, the energy MUST come from renewable sources. The talk will examine if this can be done in time with existing resources. The talk will also look at the main problems, namely that our existing financial system is based upon continued economic growth and economic growth is based on a cheap and expanding energy supply.
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The Wellington City Council is holding a public meeting on Wednesday, 21 April to discuss the Council’s draft 2010 Climate Change Action Plan. The meeting is being held in Committee Room 1 at the Council offices from 12pm-2pm. Come along if you want to ask questions or learn more about the Council’s proposed response to climate change.
Go here for a copy of the plan.
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You have until 5pm on 26 March 2010 to comment on the CCO and Local Board structure proposals for Auckland. You can find the local board discussion document here and the Council Controlled Organisation discussion documents here.
Feedback is to be sent to Auckland Transition Agency, PO Box 99394, Newmarket 1149, Auckland.
22 January 2010 – 6:46 am
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Here’s the programme you’ve all been waiting for:
Agenda for day
Tuesday 16 February, 23 A mein St Newtown, Wellington.
There will be a host of speakers, a variety of perspectives and still plenty of time for discussion.
Link to register
10 December 2009 – 7:38 am
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NEW BOOK REVEALS ONGOING HEALTH & SOCIAL COSTS OF LEAKY HOMES
The long-term social costs of leaky buildings constructed following deregulation of the building industry by the National Government in the early 1990s are not just the result of failures in construction.
This first book on the broad effects of the leaky buildings saga in New Zealand, “Do Damp and Mould Matter? Health Impacts of Leaky Homes” is edited by Professor Howden-Chapman, Dr Julie Bennett and Dr Rob Siebers from the Public Health Department at the University of Otago, Wellington.
Professor Howden-Chapman says: “This book examines not only the fundamental reasons for the failure of the building industry in the 1990s, but also the long-term health costs of living in damp and mouldy homes, which are a consequence of this industry failure”.
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19 November 2009 – 10:30 am
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Public Comment
The following draft Standard is available for you to comment on. The closing date for comment on this draft Standard is 5 February 2010.
DZ 4404, Land development and subdivision Read More »
