Welcome to Environment Network Manawatū
Be part of the solution to environmental challenges.
Enrol for our Future Living Skills Programme- now full waiting list in place.
Are you looking for practical ways to live more healthily, sustainability and maybe save some money? Wanting to meet likeminded people? Are excited to share ideas learn new and useful things?
If any of these things ring true, then the Future Living Skills Programme is for you and our next set of 8 week sessions begins on Monday 2nd September. This time we are running a daytime course from 10am-12pm at the City Library.
This programme is now full but you can click on this link to be added to the waiting list for if cancellations occur for our September Programme but also for future programmes.
Recycle your bottle tops and lids with us
You can recycle number 2,4,5 plastic lids, aluminium bottle tops and steel bottle tops at ENM's Office at 145 Cuba Street, 9am-4pm Monday- Thursday. These items cannot be put in our municipal recycling systems, and we happily take household quanitity donations of these.
We also hold a bottle top sorting working bee every Thursday from 11am-12pm, you can find out more and get involved with this by clicking here.
Community Food Garden Fridays
Manawatū Food Action Network is seeking volunteers to help complete pending projects through a weekly event, Community Food Garden Fridays, 9am onwards at some of Palmy's many and varied community food gardens.
If you are interested in helping out regularly or any week you have time, please email Siobhan at kai.security@enm.org.nz or text/ph 027 541 1324.
Skills appreciated but not essential.
Give the gift of helping return Kiwi to the Ruahine Range.
As a donation, for a loved one for a special occasion or just to say you care. Gift to support the Ruahine Kiwi Project in our vital mahi to enable the reintroduction of Kiwi by 2026.
Your gift will help resource the ongoing work to significantly decrease predator numbers in the Ruahine Range so endemic bird and plant life can thrive. This in turn will create the right climate for Kiwi to be safely and successfully introduced by 2026 into an area where they have been scarcely seen for many decades.
Palmerston North Repair Cafe. Repair. Reduce Waste.
A monthly event where local people bring in their broken and damaged belongings and local volunteer experts do their best to repair them.
Next event takes place on Saturday 31st August 2024 9am-12pm (last mend at 11:30pm) at Palmerston North Community Leisure Centre, 569 Ferguson Street.
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Who are we?
Environment Network Manawatū (ENM) exists to connect and inspire communities for environmental action. We are the environment hub for the Manawatū region providing sector leadership, building capacity and capability, and creating community.
Understanding that all life is part of a thriving, self-sustaining ecosystem our vision is that the ecological and human communities in the Manawatū River catchment are living in harmony.
We work strategically to demonstrate best-practice as a member-led environmental organisation. We promote environmental activities and advocate for positive environmental outcomes. We connect volunteers, support organisational sustainability, provide educational opportunities and seek to increase the stream of funding to the sector. We support and enable our membership through meeting needs, holding space and creating opportunities for increased connections. We celebrate the diverse passions of our 65+ member groups, that include biodiversity regeneration, freshwater quality, food resilience, waste reduction, sustainable living, alternative energies, climate change and active transport. The network is organised into two collectives: Manawatū Food Action Network and Manawatū River Source to Sea.
Learn more about us:
- See our diverse range of member groups
- Check out our monthly newsletter
- Read our 2023 Performance Report
- Click here to know about Plastic Challenge
- Keep up to date with our Food Action Network
- Find out more about Manawatū River Source to Sea
Celebrating volunteering
Reviving Plastic Toys: Ian Robertson's Repair Magic
Last month at the Repair Café, Ian Robertson showcased his impressive skills in plastic toy repair, bringing broken items back to life. Learn about his techniques and the fascinating stories behind each repair!
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