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Maori culture

Matariki and Ngahuru Harvest Festival

KAI for KAI tasting competition! Wednesday 12 June and Wednesday 19 June.

Caretakers Workshop

UnPackIt – Cash4Schools

The school with the most support will win the $1,500 Cash4Schools prize!

Boy writing

Maori Language Week

It's time to start planning for Māori Language Week 2013!

Youth Jam

Join us for Leadership Week

This year for Leadership Week the Sir Peter Blake Trust encourages New Zealand to get involved in a celebration and demonstration of leadership.

World Water Monitoring Day logo

WWMC on Youtube

World Water Monitoring Challenge recently launched a channel on YouTube!

Water gauging in Opouteke River

ENVCO

ENVCO - Environmental Equipment Suppliers. Take a look at their latest newsletter.

Mother Earth Logo

Mother Earth Reward 2013

The Mother Earth Reward for 2013 will open for entries Monday 27 May.

Children planting at Takahiwai wetland planting day

The Outlook for Someday workshop series

Workshop series 2013! Free one-day Sustainability Film-making workshops.

Enviroschools Green-Gold

Green-Gold Enviroschool Salisbury School

Check out the episode from 'Attitude' featuring students of Salisbury School.

Wild Ginger

Wise up to Weeds Workshops

Learn to identify and take control of weeds! Register now for this free workshop.

Clustering

Annual Cluster Meetings

Find out dates and venues of the annual cluster meetings for primary and intermediate teachers and principals.

Lake Manawa

Whitebait Connection Programme

Find out all about the Whitebait Connection Programme and how you can get involved.

Monarch butterfly

Butterfly Gardening Course

Learn how to create your own butterfly garden habitat with this online course.

Clouds

Solarei Newsletter

Solarei - sustainable architecture and design. Check out Solarei's ideas!

Recycle bags

Message from the Gyre

See why it is so important to recycle. Scary, tragic and true. A must see video!

scrapbooks

Enviroschools Scrapbooks

Lots of Enviroschools ideas from the Bay of Plenty – happy browsing!

Kereru

Little Greenies

Awarded "Best Picture book" for children by Honolulu weekly.

EcoCover weed square

EcoCover for Gardens

EcoCover introduces EcoCover mulch and weed mat to Enviroschools.

Eels

Tuna Kuwharuwharu - The Longfin Eel

Find an interesting educational resource on Tuna Kuwharuwharu - The Longfin Eel.

Flooding

Climate Change DVD - Free!

Find out how you can order your copy of 'Our Future' Climate Change DVD.

Eel (NIWA photo)

Outreach Tuna Tour

Find updated information about the Outreach Tuna Tour "Making Art to Save the Longfin".

Canefields copy paper

Cane Fields Sugar Cane Paper

A new paper derived in part from sugar cane fibre is available.

Hatched e-book cover

Hatched - The Capacity for Sustainable Development

Check out this E-book resource at the Landcare Research website.

Energy efficient lightbulb

WWF Education For Sustainability Resource

These two digital stories feature schools who have received funding from WWF's Environmental Education Action Fund.

Recycle Sign

"That's not junk" - Excellent book resource for Enviroschools

This book strongly promotes and encourages reusing and recycling but in an appealing fun way.