Welcome to the April update.
The
Trust maintains its focus on spreading the word about Sir Peter
Blake, as a leader and as an environmentalist. Red Socks Day helps
tie these two elements together to celebrate the Care for our
Coast programme in schools. The programme encompasses learning
about the importance of the marine environment and inspiring children
to look after it, as well as learning about Sir Peter and the
significance of his 'lucky red socks'.
Red Socks Day - Friday 18th April
If you would like to run an in-house Red Socks Day to support the Trust, please contact lauraf@sirpeterblaketrust.org or
purchase a pair of official Sir Peter Blake Trust socks and support our
Care for our Coast programme. Adult socks are $10.00 and children's
$7.00 per pair. Visit www.sirpeterblaketrust.org. Thank
you to Argyll East school in Hawkes Bay, for this great
photo. They are celebrating their clean up of the Tukituki river
mouth with a Red Socks Day with the help of local Westpac branch
staff.
Care for our Coast
Westpac
and Fuji Xerox are fully committed to caring for our coast and have
both undertaken clean ups over the last month. The two companies are
encouraging staff and clients to fully participate and are also
committing to work with schools on the Care for our Coast programme.
Sir Peter Blake Youth Environment Forum
Regional
selection has now been made and 45 outstanding individuals
(15-17yrs) will participate in the 2008 Sir Peter Blake Youth
Environment Forum. The themes for this year's forum are: sustainable
households, eco-tourism, and wetlands. The Ministry for the
Environment plays a key role in administering and managing the event.
2008 Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award nominations
Nominations
are now open for New Zealand's most prestigious leadership awards.
Criteria for the awards are based on demonstration of outstanding
leadership as well as displaying characteristics such as a willingness
to learn, a desire for constant improvement, determination and will to
succeed, empowering team mates and having fun. Two categories are
presented: The Blake Medal for sustained outstanding leadership and six
Sir Peter Blake Emerging Leader Awards for those aged around 25-40
years. For nomination forms ::visit this link::
Leadership Award launches - ::click this link:: for details of launch events in Tauranga, Wellington, Palmerston North, Christchurch and Queenstown happening in April.
The Good Water Company
is about to launch a new online service, which will be a first for New
Zealand. The service will see the company's innovative new
environmentally-friendly water bottle product being delivered direct to
homes and offices around the country as well as providing a recycling
collection service to make disposal easy. Look out for further details
on their website www.goodwater.org.nz
Green Tip of the Month
Have you considered sustainable tree stocks for your printing needs? Soar Print helps lead the way with the Enviromark platinum
award. This means they have robust systems in place to ensure best
practices in recycling, while buying from sustainable sources and using
alternative inks wherever possible, that are not harmful to the
environment. ::Click for more information on Soar Print::
Kind regards, Vicki, Laura and Lisa
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