Welcome

Have you had your say on the Nelson Plan and Tasman Environment Plan that are currently open for public consultation?

Everyone can contribute to our collective response to climate change. 

The Nelson Tasman Climate Forum is a volunteer collective. We are a relatively new and growing collaborative organisation that is weaving our communities together around urgent, strategic action on climate change. There are many ways to find out how you can contribute:

• Explore the Forum to find your place: All our groups are open and welcome new participants who want to use their skills and energy in their own way. You are invited to join any of our events and explore how it all works. Our monthly whole-Forum hui that might be a good place to start - or just join an action. No membership or other formalities required.
• Fill a specific role: We have specific volunteer roles to be filled to help everything run smoothly and efficiently. We publish them on the Volunteer Nelson website, in…

Our Resources & Waste Group hosted our very first 'Repair Cafe' event on Sunday, focused on clothes and fabrics. It was a very satisfying afternoon, with about 10 people dropping by to tackle a range of repairs - fixing shorts and a dress, resoling slippers, reattaching a saddlebag, replacing a zip, as can be seen in the pictures here.

Thanks to everyone who supported this wonderful event, including Faye and Community Art Works for hosting. 

Faye had a very impressive box of zippers - a reminder of the value of things that others might throw out. When your favourite jeans are beyond repair, there is still value in the zips, buttons and fabric, to give new life to something else.

We talked about ideas for another repair cafe in November - bringing together people with skills on repair and those who have things to repair. Please contact Julie Evans to let her know what would be of value to you, to fix things that might otherwise be unused or…

The Nelson Tasman Climate Forum has found its feet. Formed in February this year, we have moved quickly to set up ‘topic’ groups to design a strategic community response to climate change. The trigger question is: How should the Nelson Tasman region respond to the primary causes and diverse effects of climate change? A strategic direction is critical for us all to act together, build momentum and be effective. Now, we are ready to reach out and help our communities and organisations respond to climate change.

Over a weekend-long hui, in between tree planting, collaborative art, community games and learning opportunities, the remaining seven out of sixteen topic groups also discussed their strategic plans, focussing on the interconnected areas of Local Economy and Business; Energy; Urban Development; Transport; Land Use Resources, Waste and Food. Previous hui had already delved into how the wellbeing of people and ecosystems connects with climate change and our…