Grey Lynn 2030 Annual Report – March 2020

Grey Lynn 2030 is excited to share the Annual Chair Report for April 2019 – March 2020. This report outlines the various community initiatives undertaken over the course of the past year. Take a look at some of the images captured across the year in the report below:

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Waitemata Waste Away Update: Feb2020

Grey Lynn 2030 Waste Away (GLWA) are a group of committed volunteers that take action to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill from our community. Some of our activities are mentioned below and we are always keen to welcome new members to our group. Monthly meetings: Note: due to some GLWA members currently…

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Niki Harré Speaks 2019

Grey Lynn 2030 members attended a successful community talk on Sustainable Organisations by Professor Niki Harré on 7 November, followed by a networking evening.    

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Art Week 2019 Upcycling

Grey Lynn 2030 was proud to help organise a number of Trash to Trade events in Auckland from 17-20 October as part of Artweek Auckland, alongside a community of upcycling artisans and local businesses. The week began with the opening night soiree and Zero Waste Upcycled Fine Art Mini Expo at Wise Boys in Grey…

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Submissions on Product Stewardship 2019

As part of Grey Lynn 2030’s push to get the community to make submissions on the Government’s Priority Product Stewardship Consultation Document, we created a video highlighting the issues which has gained over 5500 views. The video (made for us by Lyn Collie from craftmediaworkshop.com) explained the concept of Product Stewardship in easily accessible language…

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The ReCreators

Grey Lynn 2030 is very excited about the launch of “The Re-Creators”, a social enterprise combining waste minimisation with income and employment opportunities for local upcyclers. Ger Tew is the founder of the initiative and was inspired by the Grey Lynn 2030 Trash to Trade competition and the Re-Purpose Recovery Centre project in 2018, among…

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