Enviro news and activities this week
Hi Neighbours,
Karen here from Environment Network Manawatu.
This week, Ashhurst Community Garden has its usual weekly working bee; in Foxton, there is a regular weeding bee and plastic bag recycling craft workshop on Friday. Saturday there's the regular car boot sale raising money for the Wildlife Foxton Trust. Ashhurst Community Market happens on Saturday (Christmas parade too!), and in Feilding, the Sharing Garden have their regular working bee. On Sunday, Timona Park Orchard, Apollo Butterfly Park and A Rocha nursery have their monthly working bees.
See our online calendar at enm.org.nz... for details.
ENM is an umbrella group for environmental and sustainability groups in the Manawatu. Visit us at enm.org.nz..., or find us on Facebook.
Poll: Is it ok to regift something that you have been given?
🎁 Holiday Gift Chat!
Do you ever regift?
What’s your take on asking for a receipt if a gift doesn’t fit?
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78.9% Yes! It's better to regift what I don't need
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21.1% No. It's the thought and effort that matters
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I dance in the sky with green and gold, a spectacle few are lucky to behold; I’m best seen in the south, a celestial sight—what am I, lighting up the New Zealand night?
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Tacking the bamboo-like pest in the Manawatū
🌱 A new national scheme led by Biosecurity New Zealand is tackling an invasive weed that’s threatening wetlands, waterways, and forests in and around Manawatū, reports the Manawatū Standard.
💬 Our question to you: Do we sometimes overlook plants when investing in conservation?
Have you spotted this weed in your area, or noticed other local efforts to protect our native flora?
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