We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of it in the trash? Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste and pledge to quit grocery shopping cold turkey and survive only on foods that would otherwise be thrown away. Good Neighbour are supporting the event, providing a dessert made from rescued food, included with your ticket…

2040 is an innovative feature documentary that looks to the future but is vitally important NOW. Damon Gameau embarks on a journey to explore what the future would look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet. Damon blends traditional documentary footage with dramatized sequences and high-end visual effects to create a vision board for his daughter and the planet.   Registration essential, book your spot below.

Learn how to make and use a seed bomb to guerilla plant your neighbourhood with wildflowers and natives. All seeds are selected to encourage native birds and pollinators to the area. Loads of fun to do with the kids and you will get to take plenty of your own seed bombs home.   You must register for this event using the link below.

Learn how to make and use a seed bomb to guerilla plant your neighbourhood with wildflowers and natives. All seeds are selected to encourage native birds and pollinators to the area. Loads of fun to do with the kids and you will get to take plenty of your own seed bombs home. This is a FREE event with only one start time- 5pm. Please ignore the Sustainable Backyards brochure as that information is incorrect. Registrations essential using the link below.

Be in to win with Sustainable Backyards photo competition. Upload a photo of the #sustainablepractice you are most proud of and tag us in the post with the hashtag #sustainablepractice or send to us via DM’s. It might be the veggie garden you grew during lockdown, the beeswax wraps you made or how you bike ride to work. Competition opens on the 12th of March and closes on the 31st of March 2pm.

Following international river conservationist, Mark Angelo, RIVERBLUE spans the globe to infiltrate one of the world’s most pollutive industries, fashion. RiverBlue discovers the toxic side effects of textile production and jean manufacturing on some of the world’s largest rivers. Traveling from tanneries along rivers in India, to some of the largest jean manufacturing factories in China, renowned river advocate, Mark Angelo, guides us through the declining health of these important waterways.   Registration essential, use the booking link below.

Are you keen to have less waste in your life, but not sure how? Want to know what New Zealand could do to slash our country's waste footprint, and make landfills and plastic pollution a thing of the past? Join Hannah and Liam of The Rubbish Trip, for an intro to the world of zero waste! This event is part of Envirohub Bay of Plenty's 2021 Sustainable Backyards Programme, and is also supported by the Rotorua Branch of the Royal…

3.8 tonnes of clothing is thrown out every year in the Bay of Plenty. The simplest and most sustainable way to give garments greater longevity is to provide them with a second life. Envirohub and Dress for Success are hosting this frock swap to save your clothes from landfill and support the Dress for Success mission! Pre-register using the Eventbrite link below and drop off clothing at Dress for Success Bay of Plenty at 1195 Eruera Street. Drinks and nibbles…

Come join us for a day on the water’s edge and underwater to thoroughly clean up our harbour, enjoy music, entertainment, educational stalls, games for the kids and help clean up the waste blowing into the ocean from our city. Divers must pre-register at www.divezonetauranga.co.nz- limited spaces available. Free event- no need to register unless you are diving.

Based on the Dr Seuss classic book of the same name, Ted searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.   Registration essential- book with the link below.

Join Hannah and Liam of The Rubbish Trip for an introduction into the hows and the whys of reducing household rubbish, and the different ways we can all help create a zero waste world. Hannah and Liam have been living without a rubbish bin since 2015 and have delivered over 400 talks nationwide about zero waste living. Zero waste tea and nibbles provided.

It is officially Autumn and if you have an abundance of summer produce you would like to swap with your community join us for our crop swap. Bring along the season’s surplus produce to trade with another keen grower. Rules are available on our website so please check them out before attending. This is a free event- your produce is your currency. Swapping rules: Vegetables, Fruit and Preserves only- no meat or dairy The expectation is that everyone just takes…

After a series of speakers forums dedicated to educating about the many intricacies of climate change this forum will be dedicated to what we can do at an individual, community, business and government level. Speakers Include Chris Battershill of Waikato University, Marty Hoffart of the Zero Waste Network, Stacey Mareroa of One Twenty Legacy Ltd, Professor James Renwick, Climate Scientist and other national speakers to be confirmed. Book your ticket with the Eventbrite link below.

A sustainable ball celebrating all things beautiful and second hand. Pre-loved fashion, rescued food, sustainable party-wear providers, planet-loving DJs and first-hand fun. Dress up in a used frock or a beautiful OpShop find and have a night to remember! Free drink on arrival, nibbles included. Click the Eventbrite link below to purchase your tickets

Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. This beautiful, award winning film follows a team of divers, photographers, and scientists on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.   Bookings essential via the link below.