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Grey Lynn 2030 May Community News
| 7 May 2010 In This Issue:
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 What an amazing turn out!
Grey Lynners who took part in the May Day March of tens of thousands were first treated to free coffee and bread & butter pudding at The Little Grocer. Well done James Samuel & Finn Mackesy who took part in one of the most creative elements of the march with the CRAPping protest. Check out the photos and read more about this form of ironic anti -protest on James’s blog here.
The major disruptions caused by the Icelandic volcano with the unpronounceable name has given us the opportunity to reflect on the vulnerability and resilience of our own community. Read the post here from Transition Culture on this theme. Interested in up skilling and developing practical knowledge of how to develop and improve local resilience? Check out details of the Community Resilience workshop here. At a local level there are so many interesting ways to get involved and take action. Through our focus groups there is the potential to have an impact in our community with urban design, traffic calming, waste & water management, the arts, gardening – anything you think adds to the vibrancy of our neighbourhood. Also this month Grey Lynn 2030 is hosting:
Would your networks like to know about Grey Lynn 2030 or enjoy reading this month’s community news? Please forward it on. |
| Grey Lynn 2030 Monthly Community Meeting |
| Wednesday 12th May 7.30pm – 9.30pm Grey Lynn Community Centre |
 S#!T happens – deal with it!
This month the Waste Away group present an informative and entertaining meeting of ideas, tips and practical advice on dealing with waste. Guest Presenters With updates from the Wasters on a range of exciting new initiatives
Why not bring a long a friend to the meeting? All welcome In other WasteAway News
Worm Farming and Bokashi Composting at Garnet Station Wednesday, 19 May Reduce Foodwaste and enrich your garden ! |
| Grey Lynn Farmers Market |
| Sunday 9 – 12.30pm
The Market has been in operation since September 2009 from 9am-12.30pm every Sunday, except the last of the month, at the Grey Lynn Community Centre (the permanent home of the market). At the grand opening there were queues out the door but now a visit to the market is a much more relaxed occasion with plenty of room for mingling amongst a large variety of stalls selling Japanese & French pastries, home made pies, fresh breads, seasonal produce, ginger beer, preserves, cheese, honey and much more. There is also a fabulous play area outside for the kids, and story telling with Phineas Phrog each week.
As well as supporting the market by shopping there for your weekly supplies, the Management Committee is looking for volunteers who can assist for no more than a couple of hours a week. The market also welcomes new members who contribute $30 per year and receive 10% off produce. Check out the website (www.glfm.co.nz) for details or visit the information desk at the market. |
| Focus Groups – what are they up to |
| The steering committee of Grey Lynn 2030 fosters and supports a diversity of projects which emerge from the community via focus groups (Waste Away and Wilton Street Community Garden are 2 of our very active groups). It just takes practical action from our supporters to make stuff happen. Why not get involved?
Green Screen Traffic Calming Water Urban Environment Group
Want to get involved? Email greylynn2030@gmail.com |
| Have your say on the Super City – Our Auckland |
| Our Auckland invites everyone to have their say on the Super City. Voting will be possible for 8 days via the Our Auckland website. Also ballot papers will be printed in The Aucklander newspaper (free with the NZ Herald yesterday and next Thursday). There will also be a more detailed survey on the website for people to express their views.
Photocopies of the ballot paper are welcome, and completed papers can be sent to Our Auckland, The Aucklander, PO Box 32, Auckland Mail Centre. Ballot boxes will also be available at libraries in North Shore City and Rodney District, Ponsonby Community Centre. The Auckland Community Development Alliance The Alliance hosted workshop last week was attended by an incredibly diverse range of organisations, communities and community development passionate people from right across the Auckland Region (including Grey Lynn 2030). See here for story and workshop summary reports on key themes and recommendations on the proposed Social Policy Forum. |
| Wilton Street Community Garden |
| Community Composting Facility
The bins are easily accessible and designed to be user friendly. Now we would love people to start using them – shops, households, offices, gardeners – anyone who has organic material currently going to ‘waste’. The bins are labelled 1,2 and 3, and only one will have the IN sign on the front at any time. This is the bin to tip your waste into, when this bin is full, the IN sign will be shifted to another bin. The system is a trial so we would appreciate it if you would support this community facility and spread the word to others. We don’t want to encourage rats or the spread of weeds so please; WE WELCOME
WE DON’T WANT
Anyone who has questions or requires a plastic bucket to transport scraps please contact: Mandy Grey Lynn Community Garden – find out more details here. ‘Growing Together’ every Sunday afternoon 4pm~6pm in Autumn. |
| Bringing it together Symposium |
| What will it take to create a Just, Sustainable, and Fulfilling Future? |
| “You can no longer save your family, tribe or nation. You can only save the whole world”. |
| Margaret Mead |
 We are really pleased to be hosting the internationally acclaimed symposium “Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream” in Grey Lynn for the first time on Saturday 8 May.
The Symposium will be led by experienced, local facilitators Carl Chenery, Maya Nova, Crea Land and Peta Joyce. Registrations are now closed for but please email Carl if you would like to be notified of future events. Find out more at http://awakeningthedreamer.org/ |
| Sustaining Auckland – the role of trees |
| Saturday 5th June, between 2pm – 5pm Grey Lynn Community Centre The Tree Council presents a not to be missed event, ‘Sustaining Auckland – The Role of Trees’, to mark Arbor Day and World Environment Day. Urban tree protection and planning legislation has been in headlines over the past year. Why is it that people feel so strongly about trees? How complex and sustainable is Auckland’s urban forest? How can the planning system be used to improve the vitality of our treescape? Find out more how trees contribute to our physical and mental wellbeing. More details of the panel of speaker here Plus panel discussion and questions, and afternoon tea. You need to RSVP by 2nd June to help with catering. |
| Did you see the video of the West Lynn Street Party? |
 Check it out here.
We received feedback that a lot of locals didn’t know about the Street Party & Twilight Market in March. The whole event was organised on a budget of only $100 so any publicity was just what we could get for free (thanks Martin from Ponsonby News). We also rely on our supporters to help publicise our events. Please encourage your local contacts to get on our email list by sending their details to greylynn2030@gmail.com. Hopefully next time the whole community will know when the party is happening!
The Council’s mowing contractors have so far been avoiding the vege garden. Ooooby are at the market each week. Check out details of the launch of the Ooooby- Versity in Grey Lynn here. |
| And a final thought
It is Fairtrade Fortnight until 16 May – a chance to make the Big Swap In particular we are supporting all good bananas to get Fairtrade bananas sold in our local super markets. Join ‘Give a Bunch’ or write directly to Progressive to let them know you want them to switch to Fairtrade bananas. |
Be in to win the Waste Away raffle with a fabulous range of goodies including Bokashi bucket and Zing donated by the Waste Away group; Solar Monkey – portable solar charger for sml digital devices donated by PLANIT EcoStore; String bags and produce bags donated by ReThinkNZ Big picture.
Calling all Bokashi Bucket fans and those keen to learn about this novel way to process household foodscraps…..at this Sunday’s Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market, Neville Burt an organic farmer and Director of Bokashi Ltd based in Christchurch, will be at our market from 10 to 10.30am to answer any questions or queries you may have about the foodscrap Bokashi Bucket composting method. Come along this Sunday to meet Neville and members of the WasteAway team.
Garnet Station in conjunction with Grey Lynn 2030 Wasteaway invite you to a FREE introductory demonstration of Worm Farming and Bokashi Composting at Garnet Station Café.
Did you know that the idea to set up a 
The Market is community owned and operated so needs continued local support to survive and grow. A common misconception of the market is that it is expensive which has put off potential shoppers. Regulars however will tell you that a switch to seasonal shopping at the market results in big savings. Recent examples include 10 golden delicious apples for $2, 10 large avocado for $7 and masses of bargains from the 
The Wilton Street Community Garden recently completed construction of our new Community Composting Facility. Located in the garden at the top of Wilton Street, the facility consists of three large wooden bins designed to turn local organic waste into usable garden compost.
