We
have a new member in our team, Lisa Clark, who has joined us for a
five month secondment as an Environmental Educator. Lisa joins us
courtesy of the Ministry of Education and will be working on
the development of a secondary school teachers' resource as well as
implementing our Care for our Coast programme with primary and
intermediate schools.
2008 Leadership Launches:
Plans for the 2008 Leadership Awards are gathering momentum. The
first launch, in partnership with the Trans-Tasman Business
Circle, is being held in Auckland on the 5th of
March. Our guest speaker is Alan Gibbs. The lunch is from
12.00-2.00pm at the Langham Hotel. Alan is one of New Zealand's most
successful entrepreneurs and is the Founder and Chairman of Gibbs
Technologies Ltd. For more information and ticket enquiries ::click this link::
Nominations
for the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards open on the 5th of
March. Nomination forms for The Blake Medal and the Sir Peter
Blake Emerging Leader Awards will be available on the Trust
website. Nominations close on the 31st of May.
Further details of other national launches are featured on the ::Trust website::
Care For Our Coast Programme:
It
has been a marvelous summer in New Zealand this year and beaches,
lake and river edges have been well utilised. The Care
for our Coast programme is a chance to remind all those
'coast goers' to care for their local environment. The
primary school resource, developed in 2007, has gone to schools
nationwide and will be implemented in the classroom over the year
to help with coastal awareness for younger generations.
Youth Environment Forum:
This
annual event, in partnership with the Ministry for the Environment,
will be held 27th April - 1st of May in Wellington. There
will be an exciting line up of environmental activities and
projects for the delegates. All sixteen regional councils in New
Zealand are invited to select three young environmental leaders
(15-17yrs) to represent their region at this national forum. For
selection details, contact your regional council, Contact details are
available: ::log on to the Trust website::
Green tip for the month
www.blackle.com is
an alternative google search engine that uses less power. It produces a
black screen instead of the traditional google white screen. There are
also some interesting power saving tips on the blackle site - give it
go!
Kind regards,
Vicki, Laura and Lisa
