Transition Otaki

Strengthening community bonds in Otaki

This network aims to build a more resilient Otaki community to face peak oil, climate change and global economic turmoil.

Members

  • Jamie Bull
  • Miriam Richardson
  • Ian Levet
  • elisa mynen
  • Jane Bura
  • Jill Brown
  • Deirdre Kent
  • Hannah Georgia BloemgartenHughes
  • Bernadine Bloemgarten
  • Haille
  • Alys And Simcha
  • Dragos Mihaila
  • Lyndsay Knowles
  • Pip Martin
  • Rochelle Hopping
  • Jenny Gordon

Groups

Latest Activity

Jamie Bull added an event
December 6, 2009 from 10:30am to 11:45am
Our organic property is 18 acres in size, just over half of which consists of a wetland, which we have covenanted.  We moved here exactly 10 years ago, and the major focus of our work here has been restoration of the wetland.  When we purchased th...
yesterday
Jamie Bull left a comment for Ian Levet
on Monday
Jill Brown commented on Jane Bura's blog post 'bee hives'
Hi Jane, sorry have only just seen your message. Have you found any hives yet? If not, let me know as I have recently purchased 2 nucs from Wanganui, & I think he will supply more. Cheers, Jill
on Saturday
Jamie Bull commented on Hannah Georgia BloemgartenHughes's group 'Sustainable Food group!!!'
Hi everyone, the first stall is Seasonal Surplus Food Stall isWednesday December 2. We are having a planning meeting at Bernadine's ( 187 Rangiuru Rd) - pot luck 6pm Monday 23 November. Please come!! ANd enlist anyone else you can as well.
November 20
Belinda McLean commented on Hannah Georgia BloemgartenHughes's group 'Sustainable Food group!!!'
You break my heart. Mine both died (due to neglect.
November 17
Haille updated their profile
November 17
Jamie Bull added an event
The Seasonal ( Home-grown) Surplus Stall at Grass area between Library and CAB
December 2, 2009 from 12pm to 1:30pm
a useful way for gardeners to pass on extra produce Growers If you have surplus to share from the garden, orchard or hens, bring it to the stall in advance at 11.30am. The stall buys the produce at 60% of the price it will be sold at. Buyers an o...
November 17
Alys And Simcha commented on Hannah Georgia BloemgartenHughes's group 'Sustainable Food group!!!'
Belinda your chokos are doing very well, quite pretty plants as well
November 17
 

For us in Otaki

WELCOME to Otaki's website for transition initiatives in our community.

Transition Initiatives throughout the world are bringing people together to explore how we – and our communities – can respond to climate change, peak oil and major economic challenges.

We are seeking to develop a range of projects designed to ease the shift from high energy to low energy SUSTAINABLE lifestyles. Together we can make our community, vibrant, resilient and truly sustainable.

We urge you to get involved, join a group or start your own and link up at our monthly meetings.

Interesting links

If you want to connect with what is happening in New Zealand go here for social networking or here for more information.

Down the road is Transition Towns Kapiti

Events

December 2

Wednesday

December 6

Sunday

December 9

Wednesday

Forum

Jamie Bull

Newsletter Transition Towns 11 November

Started by Jamie Bull in Newsletter from our group Nov 11.

Belinda McLean

Leftover from the potluck dinner Nov 5

Started by Belinda McLean in Uncategorised Nov 8.

Jamie Bull

Minutes from Otaki Transition Town meeting Nov 5

Started by Jamie Bull in Minutes of meetings of TTO Nov 7.

Blog Posts

Deirdre Kent

I have a blogspot for our garden

Yes, have been doing this for a while. It is here for anyone who wants to follow my successes and failure.

Posted by Deirdre Kent on November 21, 2009 at 9:23am

Jane Bura

bee hives

Hi not sure if this is where I leave a question - but does any one know who would be able to help me get a bee hive or two locally - thanks jane

Posted by Jane Bura on October 4, 2009 at 10:27am — 1 Comment

Deirdre Kent

NZ Transport Agency's assumptions on the price of oil when planning Kapiti Expressway

I have finally found the assumption after much trying. I had asked a senior Opus consultant at the Otaki Library, the Associate Minister of Finance, Nathan Guy, the Chairman of the NZTA at the public meeting at Te Horo but couldn't get an answer. But I had also emailed the Kapiti expressway's contact on NZTA's website to ask what the assumptions were on the price of oil and received the following response:

Hello Deirdre,

I've asked Opus for some more information on this point and this is what… Continue

Posted by Deirdre Kent on September 11, 2009 at 8:20am

Belinda McLean

Hip-bones and knit-bone

After one hip replacement in June last year and another at the beginning of this month, I am hoping for a gardening renaissance as soon as I am allowed to bend. Meantime, Bernadine, also of TT Otaki, is giving me a wonderful helping hand. I am so keen to get more of the garden planted in umbelliferae and other wonderful helpful predator-hosting, bee friendly plants, and really seriously try to manage the nasties which flourish in such abundance in the benign Otaki climate.

Anyone who wants comf… Continue

Posted by Belinda McLean on March 29, 2009 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

 
 

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