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Ecomatters is Making Bees Matter in New Lynn
Ecomatters is Making Bees Matter in New
Lynn
Ecomatters Environment Trust is proud to host a
new initiative to help our bees. At the Ecomatters Olympic
Park site in New Lynn they will be planting bee-friendly
plants as part of a partnership between De Winkel and the
National Beekeepers Association (NBA). De Winkel are
donating the plants and the idea is to educate New
Zealanders about bee-friendly planting and what they can do
to help our bees.
Ecomatters Environment Trust Chair
Tam Alexander is delighted at the idea to start a
bee-friendly planting “movement”.
“Thanks to De
Winkel’s donation of bee-friendly plants to our garden in
New Lynn we will be showing New Zealanders how to plant
bee-friendly plants and gardens at home - it’s easy –
you can do it too!”
“The bee-friendly plants will
be part of our showcase community garden at Ecomatters and
will be incorporated into our educational work so that as
many people as possible can be inspired to take the ideas
home with them and help our bees” he
says.
Ecomatters Environment Trust was formed in 2002?
and has been running projects to educate and inform the
community on sustainable living ever since. Based at Olympic
Park in New Lynn the Ecomatters site is also home to the
Sustainable Living Centre, Weedfree, Tag Out, Keep Waitakere
Beautiful and Keep Auckland Beautiful
Trusts.
Ecomatters Environment Trust works directly
with business and community to minimise our impact on the
environment. Our current projects include water use
minimisation, home energy audits, working with residents and
business to sustain and restore our streams, community
gardening, stream restoration and daylighting, waste
minimisation, as well as providing support and capacity
building for other community groups to enable them to
perform more effectively with fewer overheads.
The
Sustainable Living Centre provides advice and information,
showcases products and ideas, runs workshops and courses and
sells sustainable products. For opening times and details of
courses you can contact Ecomatters Environment Trust on 826
4276 or
ecomatters.org.nz
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