Nature Journaling is a great way to get back to nature, bringing with it a sense of calm and well-being, an antidote to our busy, tech driven lives. We will… Continue Reading Discover Nature through Journaling
Auckland Council has released a proposal for the Long-term Plan (budget) 2024-2034, and they want to know what you think. The proposal includes significant shortfalls for climate action and environmental… Continue Reading Sign on: Climate Resilience for Auckland
The Henderson-Massey Moth Plant Competition is a fun, family-friendly competition that is all about getting rid of moth plant in your neighbourhood. There are over $1000 worth of prizes for… Continue Reading Henderson-Massey Moth Plant Competition
Experience nature and healing in the midst of nature. Korean-style Qi Gong is about feeling nature through our body and brain senses, drawing energy from nature, and healing ourselves through… Continue Reading Discover Humanity in Nature at Sunnynook Park
We all want to be able to refill our favourite products, but existing systems are not well known, and customers and stakeholders may not realise their full potential. Sometimes customers… Continue Reading Refill Revolution
Lets get creative and upcycle bottle lids into a fun board game that you can play at home! Pop in to the Whangaparaoa Recycling Centre and grab a kit to… Continue Reading Upcycling & Recycling: Take Home Kit
Visit, collect, and be in the draw to win! Hub Crawl is a two-wheeled adventure across Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau, as a part of EcoFest 2024. This special campaign invites cyclists to… Continue Reading Hub Crawl 2024
Are you a local Auckland artist? Unleash your creative eco-warrior with the EcoFest 2024 Mural Competition! For the duration of EcoFest, we are on the lookout for an amazing eco-themed… Continue Reading EcoFest 2024 Mural Competition
This fun, knowledgable, and dedicated team would love to welcome you and help you get started with ecological restoration work along the eco-corridor. Contact Anne our lead coordinator [email protected] for… Continue Reading Join Our Eco-Corridor Team!
Join Penny in taking care of the active composting systems and worm farms at Ostend Garden. You are welcome to bring your fresh household food scraps to process for free… Continue Reading Hands-on Composting Workshop
Ever fancied growing your own veggies but don't know where to begin? Our FREE beginner-friendly gardening waananga with local legend Barbara Carney is your perfect starting point! Master the basics of… Continue Reading Intro to Veggie Gardening with Barbara Carney
Bring along your seeds to our Seed Swap as part of EcoFest month. Share the love with our local gardening community and keep our gardens growing. Seeds should be no… Continue Reading Seed Swap
Water, place, and memory intertwine in the Water, Fall exhibition: sites in Auckland and Waikato hold personal meaning for artists Celia Walker and Jaqui Bennenbroek, with Bennenbroek's focus on erosion… Continue Reading ‘Water, Fall’ Exhibition
Come along and do some mahi in your community food forest at Molley Green Reserve! After that, learn how to harvest, prepare and weave Harakeke (flax). This is a free… Continue Reading Working Bee & Harakeke Weaving
Come and join us for a few hours in our Blockhouse Bay nursery. We'll be running workshops teaching a range of nursery activities including plant propagation, repotting and weeding.
Visit the Huia Lodge's special exhibition to learn more about three park species who are taonga (treasured), and discover how Cornwall Park is a fascinating place where we are all… Continue Reading Relationships in Our Ecosystem Exhibition
Well-being, health, and harmony. Have fun and focus on nature with a tailored experience to suit your interests, at a time and place you choose. Adrienne has 35 years of… Continue Reading Kaleidoscope Talks & Garden Experiences
Join us for our award-winning zipline and native forest walk experience featuring a Waiheke Island Highlights Tour, spectacular twin-cable zipline experience and an exploration of our beautiful native forest. We… Continue Reading EcoZip Zipline and Forest Walk Experience
subsume is a contemporary art exhibition exploring the legacy of deforestation as a consequence of colonialisation through a collaborative sound work, a set of digital prints, a series of original… Continue Reading SUBSUME Art Exhibition on Deforestation
Come down and join us for a volunteer shift at Fair Food! Our wonderful volunteers work out of our Hub in Avondale, hand-sorting healthy and nutritious surplus food supplied by… Continue Reading Fair Food Food Sorting
Join us at the Foodtogether Pop-Up in Birkenhead every Friday between 1-2pm. Grab a bag of fresh, in-season produce for just $15! By coming to the Foodtogether Pop-Up, you’re not… Continue Reading Food Together Pop Up – $15.00 bags
Join us at the Foodtogether Pop-Up at Birkdale Community House every Friday between 2.30 and 3.30pm. Grab a bag of fresh, in-season produce for just $15! By supporting this Foodtogether… Continue Reading Food Together Pop Up – $15.00 bags
Bayview Community Centre is proudly supporting social enterprise Foodtogether to offer fresh and affordable fruit & vegetables at a weekly 'Pop-Up'. Come and see us on Friday afternoons between 2.30pm… Continue Reading Bayview Food Together Pop-Up – $15.00 Bag
Curious about the health benefits of mushrooms? Want to grow your own? Start your mushroom journey by coming and listening to Colin from Wainui Valley Mushrooms. Sit down and hear… Continue Reading Wainui Valley Mushrooms talk
Come and meet the fish and invertebrate life of the Eskdale Stream! We will be setting fish traps the night before, and on Saturday morning come along as we retrieve… Continue Reading Meet Your Aquatic Neighbours
Open every Saturday between 8am–1pm - rain, hail or shine! From award-winning coffee, to mouth-watering brunch dishes, there’s plenty to sample and savour. Relax by the riverside to live local… Continue Reading Matakana Village Farmers’ Market
Predator Free Franklin and Friends of Te Wairoa are back at the Ararimu Community Hall with a bait and trap day! We’ll be onsite to help Franklin residents with materials… Continue Reading Ararimu Pest Education Drop-in Session
Want to know which plants in your garden are natives and which are weeds? Learning to identify plant species can be a rewarding experience that offers a deeper appreciation for… Continue Reading Native Plant Identification Workshop
Recycle your e-waste correctly at our community e-Waste Collection in Newmarket. This is a chance for residents and businesses to divert unwanted electronic items so they don’t end up in… Continue Reading Newmarket e-Waste Collection
Lyford Reserve is an oasis for our urban birds in the heart of Sunnynook. This EcoFest, join the locals who are restoring this reserve! Training and tools provided Family friendly… Continue Reading Restore Lyford Reserve
At 63 kilometres long and with a catchment of 4,100 hectares, the Papakura Stream is a significant freshwater system. This area was once covered in indigenous forest, including kahikatea swamp,… Continue Reading Rescuing Native Trees at Papakura Stream
Water, place, and memory intertwine in the Water, Fall exhibition: sites in Auckland and Waikato hold personal meaning for artists Celia Walker and Jaqui Bennenbroek, with Bennenbroek's focus on erosion… Continue Reading ‘Water, Fall’ Exhibition
A beginner-friendly yoga class with an environmental twist! Attendees will connect with their bodies through mindful breath and movement while taking a journey through the life cycle of a tree.… Continue Reading EcoYoga
We are a community of local residents of The Landing (Albany) and the surrounding area who would like to enhance the health of our natural environment alongside Lucas Creek whilst… Continue Reading Free The Natives
Nature Journaling is a great way to get back to nature, bringing with it a sense of calm and well-being—an antidote to our busy, tech-driven lives. We will discuss what… Continue Reading Discover Nature Through Journaling
Never visited the treasure trove that is the West Auckland Resource Centre? Well, now is the time! The first three customers through the green shed doors can take what they… Continue Reading Discover Your Local Resource Centre
Join us for a day of connection, creativity, and community at the Make Your Mark Nature Event! Immerse yourself in the beauty of Northcote's newly established greenway, tracing the Te… Continue Reading Make Your Mark Nature Event
Join us at the Papakura Sustainable Market to immerse yourself in a celebration of craftsmanship, conscious living, and eco-friendly items. The market will showcase a curated selection of handcrafted treasures… Continue Reading Papakura Sustainable Market
Step behind the fence and explore stunning home gardens with our neighbourhood walking tour! Our local guides will lead you through a leisurely three-hour walk through the Whau area, with… Continue Reading Neighbourhood Garden Walking Tour
Come and meet your new bike buddies at your neighbourhood Bike Hub. Join us for an extra-special open day, with free Nice Blocks and spot prizes up for grabs. Browse… Continue Reading Bike Buddies Open Day
Franklin's Sustainable Lifestyle Expo is here, with lots of advice on offer including gardening and composting, food waste, recycling, energy tips, upcycling, pest control, clothing and kids activities! FREE entry.… Continue Reading The Little Green Expo
Proudly brought to you by Community Matters! In this workshop, The ReCreators will teach you about woodwork and how to safely use tools, and they will provide tips that will… Continue Reading Creative Upcycled Woodwork Full Day
At the Saint Andrews Church, Pukekohe, the Waiuku Zero Waste event ‘Little Green Expo’ will be taking place. Come along and have a chat with experienced Compost Collective facilitator Kristina at… Continue Reading Composting Info & Workshop at Little Green Expo Pukekohe
Visit the Huia Lodge's special exhibition to learn more about three park species who are taonga (treasured), and discover how Cornwall Park is a fascinating place where we are all… Continue Reading Relationships in Our Ecosystem Exhibition
Bring along your seeds to our Seed Swap as part of EcoFest month. Share the love with our local gardening community and keep our gardens growing. Seeds should be no… Continue Reading Seed Swap
QUEENS by Kathrin Simon is an enchanting photography exhibition dedicated to showcasing the captivating beauty and essential role of bees. Through a unique theatrical visual presentation, I aim to immerse… Continue Reading Queens – Enchanting Photography Exhibition
Just to let you know, we’re starting to revitalise the Millbrook Edible Garden down in the park (100 Millbrook Road), and on Saturday, 16 March at 10.30 am, we’ll be… Continue Reading Come and Garden with Us
Dig in at this fun, free local workshop with Love Food, Hate Waste tutor Amanda. Learn all the tips and tricks for growing your own microgreens and sprouts at home,… Continue Reading Grow Your Own Micro Greens LFHW Workshop – Blockhouse Bay
Join us in the world of microgreens, sprouts, and homegrown salads in this interactive workshop. Learn how to cultivate these nutritious greens at home, from seed to harvest, and create a… Continue Reading Tiny Seeds to Tasty Feasts – LFHW
Come down and join us for a volunteer shift at Fair Food! Our wonderful volunteers work out of our Hub in Avondale hand sorting healthy and nutritious surplus food supplied… Continue Reading Fair Food Food Sorting
Bring your own seeds to swap with others or donate them to our Community Seed Library! Come along to Birkenhead library, where we will be hosting a seed, seedling and… Continue Reading Seed Drive and Plant Swap
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Find out more about trees and tree climbing, watch expert arborists climb and learn new techniques, and try it yourself! You have three whānau friendly chances to get involved throughout… Continue Reading Climb the Tree to See the World
WilderFest (formerlly Pestival) is our fourth annual event dedicated to celebrating local community groups and organisations working hard to regenerate Waiheke Island's biodiversity. The Waiheke Collective is a united network,… Continue Reading WilderFest
This workshop will give students the chance to combine drawing and water media techniques to build a drawing based on the 'Water, Fall' exhibition. Water, place, and memory intertwine in… Continue Reading Mixed Media Drawing Workshop
The Pest Free Waitākere Ranges Alliance and Ark in the Park present a short series of nature talks and the chance to head out on a guided walk of the… Continue Reading What’s Your Legacy? Nature Talk & Walk
