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Sustainable Living in Waikato region

WAIPA District Council joined the programme in January 2009.  Contact the Strategy team, phone 0800 924 723 or email: policyanalyst@waipadc.govt.nz. 
A course was held at Cambridge High School in 2009.  For information about Sustainable Living classes in Waipa, contact Sustainable Cambridge, phone 07 823 7433 or email sustainablecambridge@clear.net.nz.

ENVIRONMENT WAIKATO - the Regional Council - was a partner in the programme until 2009.  The regional council ran the course in-house for its Hamilton staff in 2008. 

Hamilton Environment Centre <http://www.envirocentre.org.nz/> at 25 Ward Street, and Wintec ran evening courses in 2008 and 2009.  Enquiries to Kathryn, phone 07 839 4452 email envirocentre(at)paradise.net.nz.
Thames High School have offered courses, as did Hauraki Plains College, Ngatea.
Whaingaroa Environment Centre < www.whaingaroa.org.nz > and/or Xtreme Wastebusters <www.xtremewaste.org.nz>, run courses and workshops in Whaingaroa/Raglan.  Enquiries to 07 825 0480, email wenvc(at)kol.co.nz  and/or  07 825 6509, email education (at)xtremewaste.org.nz.  
Tokeroa High School may offer classes, enquiries to Trevor, email trevor.bentley(at)xtra.co.nz   
Interest expressed at Waihi College, enquiries to Warwick, email wkbuckman(at)xtra.co.nz.  

Hamilton City Council is a former partner council in the programme who set up its own local  information service, with newsletter and booklets: Live It - Learn It.

Sustainable Living in Bay of Plenty

ENVIRONMENT BAY OF PLENTY - the Regional Council - is a partner in the programme.  Your contact here is Stephanie Twaddle, phone 0800 368 288 ext 8147, email stephanie.twaddle@envbop.govt.nz.

Learn how your waste and recycling are treated in Tauranga and a behind-the-scenes look at waste minimisation at Bayfair Shopping Centre: Saturday 12 June 2010 from 10am - 1pm .  
Venue:  Tauranga Environment Centre, 12 Elizabeth St.
Cost:   $25 per person;  Phone:  Tauranga 578-6664
Email:  tgaec@xtra.co.nz  

Tauranga Environment Centre runs courses.  Phone 07 578 6664 or email tgaec@xtra.co.nz.  Courses have been hosted by the University of Waikato in Tauranga.  Enquiries to Nyree Sherlock, Centre for Continuing Education, phone 07 577 5376 or email nyree@waikato.ac.nz.

Courses are run by EastBay REAP in Whakatane and by others at Rotorua.  Enquiries to Stephanie Twaddle, email stephanie.twaddle@envbop.govt.nz or phone 0800 368 288 ext 8147.

There's more information available on the Environment Bay of Plenty website: http://www.envbop.govt.nz/Sustainable-Communities/Get-Sustainable.aspx.

Sustainable Living on the East Coast