Raglan

A residential Permaculture Design Certificate led by Bryan Innes and Joanna Pearsall at Solscape Eco Retreat Raglan. Want to learn how to live a rich, abundant, healthy life by working with life systems contributing to earth regeneration? Practical kaitiakitanga! Searching for ways to build community land, economics, food growing, housing...ways to reduce power bills, interest payments and excessive corporate profits from your life? The course includes: Observing and understanding natural systems. Theory and principles of sustainable systems.

Transition Town Whaingaroa is lining up what we think will be an enlightening and inspiring evening of discussion and connection for the Whaingaroa community.

Right now, in the western world, a re-localisation movement is sweeping across communities large and small in the face of governmental policies and international trade deals to the contrary. Citizens around the planet are waking up to the environmental and social perils associated with a globalised economy.

On this week's Cycle4Lanes ride we followed a route that could be very easily converted to a good cycle route from Raglan to Wainui Reserve. In a few places it needs widening, but mostly it just needs signposts and a 2cm thick layer of limestone dust on the gravel sections. It also needs support from council and community board. To encourage that please think about putting in a submission by Monday 20th April to consult@waidc.govt.nz with your name and address and asking that the Long Term Council Community Plan provides for cycle lanes in Raglan.

The next Raglan Housing Meeting will be held at 730pm on Thursday at the Community House, pending confirmation of the venue. Look out for updates.