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Ambitious Giving-What do you call yours? by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Love finding great Conversations on Giving - or should I say “Deploying money, time and other resources to achieve positive social and environmental change" ... Read on »

Save Your Change and Change Your Community ... by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living A Year of Positive Action : Week Fifteen Save your change and change the world… okay, maybe you won’t save the world but you could sure help your community! If you set ... Read on »

Volunteer Mataura by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living I need a logo for Volunteer Mataura ... a new volunteer jobs board launching in May both online and offline. The website will look something like this If you'd like to v ... Read on »

How to Build a Culture of Community Involvement by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living One of the biggest issues in many small (and not so small) communities is that of getting volunteers for community organisations and events. Often it seems to be the same s ... Read on »

Lignite Costs the Earth by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Interesting to see that while there is some discussion nationally about Solid Energy's plans down here in Southland, there is still nothing in local media ... Lignite Cos ... Read on »

What Attaches People to their Communities? by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living What makes a community a desirable place to live? What draws people to stake their future in it? Are communities with more attached residents better off? The Knight Soul ... Read on »

Southland's Love Affair with Coal by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living I am constantly amazed, that with the spectre of a large opencast mining operation setting up on our back doorstep, there has been very little commentary (read none) cover ... Read on »

Mataura Messenger: December by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living If you would like to be on our mailing list to receive the Mataura Messenger in your inbox each month please use the sign up form below. Read on »

Pike River: Family Support Fund by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Its hard to even begin to imagine how the loss of these 29 men at the Pike River Coal Mine is affecting their community and families. My thoughts - and those of the ... Read on »

Photo by J C ... by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Photo by J Cunningham, Mataura Read on »

Project Mataura by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Project Mataura is into its second year as a community and economic development initiative designed to assist turn around Mataura'a Bridge Street's physical appearance, enco ... Read on »

I've spent today putting tog ... by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living I've spent today putting together the November edition of the Mataura Messenger. Its my first attempt at desktop publishing - and I have come to the conclusion that I rea ... Read on »

Unfurl! by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living I swiped this from Robert Guyton's blog The 10th of the 10th that is, at noon, on Riverton’s ‘viewing platform’ beside the museum. The ‘Great Unfurling’ of as ... Read on »

10 Ways to Reduce Your Pet's Carbon Pawprint by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Image via Wikipedia There is nothing better than the love of a good dog ... or cat, ferret, parrot, lizard or frog. Our pets are often important, loved members of the fa ... Read on »

Slacktivism & the Degradation of the Philanthropic Community by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Image by Mindful One via Flickr "I've written a lot about my feelings on the rise of " slacktivism "--that is, the growing prevalence and acceptance of all the small, ... Read on »

Coal for Breakfast - Gore! by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Image via Wikipedia "A 5:30 start got me to Gore on time for the Chamber of Commerce 'Solid Energy' breakfast. Coal was on the menu, and diesel, urea and all sorts of oth ... Read on »

Mataura Update by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living There's plenty of interesting stuff happening in Mataura at the moment (click on the images to enlarge them for more info) Greg Visser from Solid Energy NZ Ltd will b ... Read on »

Image by origamidon via Flickr ... by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Image by origamidon via Flickr"I believe the notion of financing ourselves is where we receive the lowest marks as a community - as perhaps it is the most difficult thing to ... Read on »

5 Reasons to Enjoy Local Food by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Photo by MattSkal At the heart of our market thinking is the idea that consumers will always act in their economic self interest, and will always procure goods fro ... Read on »

Does Anyone Know What the Point of Prison Is Anyway? by Meg A. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Green Living Amplify’d from www.good.is Although private prisons have been sold on economic grounds, a study this year by Arizona's own Corrections Department questions whether ... Read on »

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