Sustainable Business Network: Conscious Commuter's Challenge

SBN poses Conscious Commuter's Challenge

The first thousand Aucklanders who commute into the city on buses, trains, ferries, bikes and on foot will be rewarded with a free morning coffee this Wednesday 9th November.

Shed 10, the former 'party central' on Auckland's waterfront, will be the home of The Conscious Commuters Challenge - and the first 1,000 people attending between 7am and 9am will receive a free Fairtrade Atomic or Kokako coffee.

Attendees to the breakfast will be among the first to see the Sustainable City Showcase, a huge showcase of sustainable businesses and organisations displaying a vision for a truly sustainable city. There's everything from solar power, the latest in NZ Fashion and Design, fair trade, organic and locally grown food and drinks through to eco-tourism, NZ made textiles, carpets and furniture, electric cars and bikes to sustainable burials!

You can also even do some grocery shopping at the Farmers Market outside the shed, where local growers and food producers will be selling their fresh and seasonal produce.

There will also be an array of breakfast treats on sale from Little Bird, Ripe Deli, the Library Café, Cosset and more. A cuddly gorilla will also be roaming the breakfast, handing out free All Good Bananas.

Details to remember:

When: 9th of November, 7-9am
Where: At Shed 10 - on Auckland's Queens Wharf
Why: A great networking opportunity and a chance to start the day right with a delicious breakfast!
How much: FREE coffee for all Conscious Commuters. Bring some cash for tasty treats.

To find out more and register your interest, visit http://sustainable.org.nz/sustcity2011/

If you can't make the commuter challenge make sure you make some time during the day to check out the showcase - hope to see you there!

The Conscious Commuter's Challenge is supported by Greenfleet. The overall Sustainable City Showcase is organised by the Sustainable Business Network and sponsored by ATEED (Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development).

About the Sustainable Business Network (SBN)

Nationally, the SBN represents more than 550 organisations, from small to medium enterprises and not-for-profits, through to large businesses and corporations. SBN promotes sustainable business practice through networking, practical advice, and resource and tool development. It provides opportunities for businesses to do, learn, share and create in order to advance and embed sustainability.

SBN runs the Get Sustainable Challenge, the GreenFleet programme (including tree-planting offsets via Carbon4Good), and hosts the annual SBN Awards. SBN has also developed the online assessment tool Get Sust Online and offers expert advice through Adviceline.

www.sustainable.org.nz

About GreenFleet: www.greenfleet.org.nz

GreenFleet was developed by the Sustainable Business Network to help, and encourage, businesses to actively reduce both the costs, and associated harmful impacts, of transportation. With the help of partners such as EECA, Trees For Survival, First Direct and Catalyst R&D, GreenFleet provides a set of tools to help businesses to:

• Reduce emissions
• Improve transport efficiency
• Reduce transport costs
• Offset emissions through tree planting

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