Kia ora Rotorua Green Drinkers
The next Green Drinks event is Tuesday 6 September, 2016.
Topic: ROTORUA MAYORAL CANDIDATES AND SUSTAINABILITY
For the upcoming Green Drinks all the Mayoral candidates for the Rotorua Lakes Council will take part in a panel discussion. This event is an opportunity for the candidates to articulate their sustainability policies and respond to questions. Each candidate will provide a five minute presentation about their sustainability policies followed by questions from the floor. The key question up for discussion is:
“What would a Council under your leadership do to protect/improve the environment and health of its residents, while at the same time enable a flourishing local economy?”
The candidates were given the following list as a prompt for possible issues they could discuss during their five minute presentation:
· Wastewater and air quality
· Waste management / recycling
· Sustainable transport - cycling, walking, public transport
· Reducing Council / District CO2 emissions , and increasing CO2 sinks (e.g. land use / farming / forestry / soil carbon)
· Healthy food-healthy people e.g. “farm-to-fridge” / “plot-to-plate” local food economy.
· Inner city revitalisation – sustainability-related topics e.g. transport/connectivity, zoning (commercial vs residential)
A detailed timetable and guidelines for this event is provided below.
The mediator for this event will be Richard Gillies from the Rotorua Green Drinks Committee.
Where & When:
We meet at the beautiful Blue Baths on the first Tuesday of every month and you are welcome to arrive anytime from 5pm onwards and join us for a drink (open bar between 5pm and 5.30pm). The presentation will start at 5.30pm and we conclude the evening at 7pm. Entry is by gold coin donation.
The next Green Drinks event is Tuesday 6 September, 2016.
Topic: ROTORUA MAYORAL CANDIDATES AND SUSTAINABILITY
For the upcoming Green Drinks all the Mayoral candidates for the Rotorua Lakes Council will take part in a panel discussion. This event is an opportunity for the candidates to articulate their sustainability policies and respond to questions. Each candidate will provide a five minute presentation about their sustainability policies followed by questions from the floor. The key question up for discussion is:
“What would a Council under your leadership do to protect/improve the environment and health of its residents, while at the same time enable a flourishing local economy?”
The candidates were given the following list as a prompt for possible issues they could discuss during their five minute presentation:
· Wastewater and air quality
· Waste management / recycling
· Sustainable transport - cycling, walking, public transport
· Reducing Council / District CO2 emissions , and increasing CO2 sinks (e.g. land use / farming / forestry / soil carbon)
· Healthy food-healthy people e.g. “farm-to-fridge” / “plot-to-plate” local food economy.
· Inner city revitalisation – sustainability-related topics e.g. transport/connectivity, zoning (commercial vs residential)
A detailed timetable and guidelines for this event is provided below.
The mediator for this event will be Richard Gillies from the Rotorua Green Drinks Committee.
Where & When:
We meet at the beautiful Blue Baths on the first Tuesday of every month and you are welcome to arrive anytime from 5pm onwards and join us for a drink (open bar between 5pm and 5.30pm). The presentation will start at 5.30pm and we conclude the evening at 7pm. Entry is by gold coin donation.
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