A local model of Sustainabile Practice - Transition Valley 473

So how might a sustainable community look? Transition Valley 473 is a local community sub - group of the national group Transition Towns New Zealand Aotearoa.  They run a number of sustainable initiatives such as:- community gardens and orchards, free home energy audits, fruit tree planting and pruning, help with bike repairs and retrofitting of home insulation.

A bike library is another initiative that is being considered.  Two third year Occupational Therapy students, Georgina and Grace, are currently working on a community project assisting North East Valley and the DCC in determining the need and potential success for a bike library in the North East Valley Community.

A Bike library is a nonprofit organization that will allow members of the community to loan or hire recycled bikes, which have been donated and done up within the community. The main idea of the bike library is increase accessibility and usage of bicycles. There are already bike libraries established in New Zealand and overseas, and they are investigating whether a similar project would work for Dunedin.

They have a short survey to ascertain the level of interest. Please fill out the survey if you are interested.

 

 

 

Here is a message from the organisers of Transition Valley 473

Hi. We're a group of residents from North East Valley, Opoho, Dalmore, Liberton, Pine Hill, Normanby and Mt Mera in North Dunedin. We've got together to help the Valley on our transition journey - coping with the climate, energy and economic changes that are coming. We welcome local residents to join us - turn up at an event and introduce yourself, or you can email us at transitionvalley@king.net.nz for more information.