What a privilege to be invited on a learning, research and lecture trip to New Zealand by Carolyn Hughes and friends. I am looking forward to learning exchanges and conversations with people and projects, as my impression of New Zealand is that there are very many positive things going on, like Lumio and coopocracy to start with! Here is the itinerary FYI.:
Auckland: Monday 2nd October: 7.30pm- 9pm.
“Great Oaks from Little Acorns Grow: How the UK Biodynamic Land Trust provides affordable farmland access to young farmers.” Venue: Rudolf Steiner House, 104 Michaels Avenue, Ellerslie, Auckland
Tuesday 3rd October: 7.30-9pm. “Co-creating the Social Future: working towards Common Wealth.” Rudolf Steiner House, 104 Michaels Avenue, Ellerslie, Auckland
Otane, Hawkes Bay: Wednesday 4th October: 6pm shared dinner (bring a plate). 7.30-9.00pm: “Farming for Life”: Regenerative farming and making farmland accessible for new entrant farmers.
Greg Hart, Mangarara Station owner/farmer and Carolyn will be co-speakers.
Venue: The Eco-Lodge, Mangarara Station- The Family Farm. 298 Mangarara Rd, RD2, Otane, Hawkes Bay. For map: www.mangarara.co.nz
Hastings: Friday 6th and Sunday 8th October: Both days 8.45am to 10.30 am. Martin Large is the NZ Anthroposophical Conference’s keynote speaker and panel member on the theme “Echoes from the Future: what is our response?” For more information and online bookings see www.anthroposophy.org.nz
Wellington: Monday 9th October. 5.30pm – 8pm. Talk and conversation on “Co-creating a Common Wealth Society.” At Enspiral Dev Academy, 275 Cuba St, Te Aro, Wellington. Silvia Zuur is part of https://enspiral.com/
Bookings: https://attending.io/events/co-creating-a-commonwealth-society
Tuesday 10th October: 12.30-1.30pm. Talk and conversation on “Shock Capitalism or Common Wealth? Free, Equal, Earthcaring and Mutual: Rebalancing Society.”
Venue: St Andrews on the Terrace, 30 The Terrace, Wellington. Details will be on
Nelson: Wednesday 11th October 7.30-9pm. Talk and conversation “Shock Capitalism or Common wealth? Creating the Future we want.”
Motueka: 12th – 13th October:
Lyttelton: Monday 16th October: Full day visit to Lyttelton hosted by Margaret Jefferies and Project Lyttelton (PL) www.lyttelton.net.nz/
Study visit to learn about PL’s projects eg the Time Bank, Farmers Market, Community Garden etc and how the early work they did to build the cohesion and resilience of the local community which was so important after the big earthquake.
6pm- 8pm: Talk and conversation followed by supper. “The Social Future is Breaking out Everywhere: Co-creating our Commonwealth society.”
Christchurch: 17th October: 11am a talk and conversation with ohu http://www.ohu.nz/
Depart NZ: Wednesday 18th
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