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Waste

2009-03-18T00:50:04Z

James: /* Successes of the Waste Resource Trust */

The focus of the "[[Waihekepedia:Community_Portal | Waiheke Why Wait]]" group who chose to meet around the issue of waste on Waiheke, was to meet the challenge of influencing the decision makers within Auckland City Council that it would be in the best interests of the Council and the people of Waiheke to allow the present community run waste collection and processing to be the modus operandi for the foreseeable future.

We agreed to create a "Fact Sheet" for those who might need it, and this page is where we will gather and format that under a few key headings.

----
==Fact Sheet==

===History of the Waste Resource Trust===
This can be found in [[Waste_Resource_Trust | summary form here]].

===Successes of the Waste Resource Trust===
A list of bullet points would be great here, to show how much has been achieved

There's some great information here on the "[http://www.wrt.org.nz/cleanstream/whatwedo.htm What we do]" section of the WRT site.

===Timeline of the tendering and consultation process===
This should list the key points in the process which has led to the suggestion that the use of Wheelie bins would be a good idea for Waiheke.

<FOR REFINEMENT>
The council officers involved in the consultation with the Waiheke community that led to the (under threat) transfer station design reported that the process was well received by the community and that they were pleasantly surprised by the positive reception they received. It is likely that this was because it was a genuine consultation process which incorporated the community’s feedback into the design (unlike many other ACC consultation process) and that this was recognized and appreciated by the community. This can only compound the anger within the community that the design may be scrapped, just like the library/service centre that was consulted on ad-infinitum but without getting the answer that council wanted.
</FOR REFINEMENT>

===Other relevant information===
Whatever else I have missed

[[Category:Sustainability]]
<QUESTION>Has an official information act request has been made to determine whether Waiheke was promised to Visy recycling as part of their contract (notwithstanding that perhaps no answer will be forthcoming due to commercial confidentiality)?</QUESTION>

<FOR REFINEMENT>Example of: Xtreme Waste in Raglan: http://www.zerowaste.co.nz/default,654.sm

I understand from someone who works there that Hamilton council wanted to close them down and truck their waste to a central collection area, but that they simply carried on and stopped returning the council’s calls. Ultimately it became too politically embarrassing for Hamilton to close down such a successful organisation with such a good reputation. Of course the opposite effect is also true – if a community organization can do it better than a multinational, that is also embarrassing. Maybe more so?</FOR REFINEMENT>

Waste

2009-03-18T00:49:41Z

James: /* Successes of the Waste Resource Trust */ added link to What we Do on WRT site

The focus of the "[[Waihekepedia:Community_Portal | Waiheke Why Wait]]" group who chose to meet around the issue of waste on Waiheke, was to meet the challenge of influencing the decision makers within Auckland City Council that it would be in the best interests of the Council and the people of Waiheke to allow the present community run waste collection and processing to be the modus operandi for the foreseeable future.

We agreed to create a "Fact Sheet" for those who might need it, and this page is where we will gather and format that under a few key headings.

----
==Fact Sheet==

===History of the Waste Resource Trust===
This can be found in [[Waste_Resource_Trust | summary form here]].

===Successes of the Waste Resource Trust===
A list of bullet points would be great here, to show how much has been achieved

There's some great information here on the "[http://www.wrt.org.nz/cleanstream/whatwedo.htm | What we do]" section of the WRT site.

===Timeline of the tendering and consultation process===
This should list the key points in the process which has led to the suggestion that the use of Wheelie bins would be a good idea for Waiheke.

<FOR REFINEMENT>
The council officers involved in the consultation with the Waiheke community that led to the (under threat) transfer station design reported that the process was well received by the community and that they were pleasantly surprised by the positive reception they received. It is likely that this was because it was a genuine consultation process which incorporated the community’s feedback into the design (unlike many other ACC consultation process) and that this was recognized and appreciated by the community. This can only compound the anger within the community that the design may be scrapped, just like the library/service centre that was consulted on ad-infinitum but without getting the answer that council wanted.
</FOR REFINEMENT>

===Other relevant information===
Whatever else I have missed

[[Category:Sustainability]]
<QUESTION>Has an official information act request has been made to determine whether Waiheke was promised to Visy recycling as part of their contract (notwithstanding that perhaps no answer will be forthcoming due to commercial confidentiality)?</QUESTION>

<FOR REFINEMENT>Example of: Xtreme Waste in Raglan: http://www.zerowaste.co.nz/default,654.sm

I understand from someone who works there that Hamilton council wanted to close them down and truck their waste to a central collection area, but that they simply carried on and stopped returning the council’s calls. Ultimately it became too politically embarrassing for Hamilton to close down such a successful organisation with such a good reputation. Of course the opposite effect is also true – if a community organization can do it better than a multinational, that is also embarrassing. Maybe more so?</FOR REFINEMENT>

Waste

2009-03-15T09:04:19Z

James: /* History of the Waste Resource Trust */

Waste

2009-03-15T08:59:44Z

James:

Waste

2009-03-15T08:47:59Z

James: New page: The focus of the "[Waiheke Why Wait | /Waihekepedia:Community_Portal]" group who chose to meet around the issue of waste on Waiheke, was to meet the challenge of influencing the decision m...

The focus of the "[Waiheke Why Wait | /Waihekepedia:Community_Portal]" group who chose to meet around the issue of waste on Waiheke, was to meet the challenge of influencing the decision makers within Auckland City Council that it would be in the best interests of the Council and the people of Waiheke to allow the present community run waste collection and processing to be the modus operandi for the foreseeable future.

BITPlan waihekepedia Wiki:Community Portal

2009-03-15T08:42:55Z

James: /* Self Reliance Initiatives */

==What Is a Community Portal?==
Who indeed is this page for? By the name I'm guessing the community of Waiheke. What should go on this page? I'm not sure but I'm hoping the community of Waiheke Island can tell me

[[Special:Userlogin|Join]] for free and have your say right here ....

==Self Reliance Initiatives==
By the time our supplies of cheap and abundant oil become expensive and scarce will we have a made smooth transition to forms of society that allow us to meet our needs with grace and style?

There are a number of initiatives on this island already which acknowledge that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil Peak Oil], along with climate change, are issues that are likely to impact us in the near future, we are talking years, not decades. In a meeting held at the Palm Beach Hall on September 25th, 2007, people watched some [http://yesterdaysfuture.net/blog/?p=20 video clips of Rob Hopkins] speaking about [http://transitiontowns.org/ Transition Towns]. It seemed to the circle gathered there, that an [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/index.php/Waiheke/Inventory inventory of these initiatives] would be a useful thing to record.

An exciting development in the world of planning for a lower energy future is the '''Transition Towns movement''' - see [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz www.transitiontowns.org.nz] and in particular the [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/waiheke Waiheke page] of this site.

'''Waiheke Why Wait'''
An event was held in Morra hall on March 15th to explore the possible issues of the triple crunch of Peak Oil, Climate Change and Economic Collapse on the well being of the Waiheke community. Many areas were explored, and after a dotmocracy voting process we agreed to focus on three priority areas: [[Waste]], Transport and Food.

BITPlan waihekepedia Wiki:Community Portal

2009-03-15T08:41:16Z

James: Added Waiheke Why Wait event and deleted "deletion notes"

==What Is a Community Portal?==
Who indeed is this page for? By the name I'm guessing the community of Waiheke. What should go on this page? I'm not sure but I'm hoping the community of Waiheke Island can tell me

[[Special:Userlogin|Join]] for free and have your say right here ....

==Self Reliance Initiatives==
By the time our supplies of cheap and abundant oil become expensive and scarce will we have made smooth transition to forms of society that allow us to meet our needs with grace and style?

There are a number of initiatives on this island already which acknowledge that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil Peak Oil], along with climate change, are issues that are likely to impact us in the near future, we are talking years, not decades. In a meeting held at the Palm Beach Hall on September 25th, 2007, people watched some [http://yesterdaysfuture.net/blog/?p=20 video clips of Rob Hopkins] speaking about [http://transitiontowns.org/ Transition Towns]. It seemed to the circle gathered there, that an [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/index.php/Waiheke/Inventory inventory of these initiatives] would be a useful thing to record.

An exciting development in the world of planning for a lower energy future is the '''Transition Towns movement''' - see [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz www.transitiontowns.org.nz] and in particular the [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/waiheke Waiheke page] of this site.

'''Waiheke Why Wait'''
An event was held in Morra hall on March 15th to explore the possible issues of the triple crunch of Peak Oil, Climate Change and Economic Collapse on the well being of the Waiheke community. Many areas were explored, and after a dotmocracy voting process we agreed to focus on three priority areas: [Waste], Transport and Food.

Ooooby Store

2009-01-08T23:16:28Z

James:

An evolving store concept initiated on Waiheke Island as an attempt to create a social enterprise around the idea of localized food production. Store will include classes and workshops for growing your own food as well as literature and supplies for backyard food production. Currently being setup on Putiki Road. [http://ooooby.org '''www.ooooby.org''']

<youtube>6v-Jh8oXQlQ</youtube>

'''Location'''

8 Putiki Road, Ostend, Waiheke Island

<googlemap version="0.9" lat="-36.796261" lon="175.043546" zoom="17">
-36.797613, 175.043475, http://ooooby.ning.com/
</googlemap>

[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Self Reliance]]
[[Category:Sustainability]]
[[Category:Ostend]]

Ooooby Store

2009-01-08T23:15:29Z

James:

An evolving store concept initiated on Waiheke Island as an attempt to create a social enterprise around the idea of localized food production. Store will include classes and workshops for growing your own food as well as literature and supplies for backyard food production. Currently being setup on Putiki Road.

<youtube>6v-Jh8oXQlQ</youtube>

'''Location'''

8 Putiki Road, Ostend, Waiheke Island

<googlemap version="0.9" lat="-36.796261" lon="175.043546" zoom="17">
-36.797613, 175.043475, http://ooooby.ning.com/
</googlemap>

See [http://ooooby.org '''www.ooooby.org'''] for latest information.

[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Self Reliance]]
[[Category:Sustainability]]
[[Category:Ostend]]

Ooooby Store

2009-01-08T23:15:04Z

James:

An evolving store concept initiated on Waiheke Island as an attempt to create a social enterprise around the idea of localized food production. Store will include classes and workshops for growing your own food as well as literature and supplies for backyard food production. Currently being setup on Putiki Road.

<youtube>6v-Jh8oXQlQ</youtube>

'''Location'''

8 Putiki Road, Ostend, Waiheke Island

<googlemap version="0.9" lat="-36.796261" lon="175.043546" zoom="17">
-36.797613, 175.043475, http://ooooby.ning.com/
</googlemap>

See [http://ooooby.org | '''www.ooooby.org'''] for latest information.

[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Self Reliance]]
[[Category:Sustainability]]
[[Category:Ostend]]

Ooooby Store

2009-01-08T23:14:09Z

James:

An evolving store concept initiated on Waiheke Island as an attempt to create a social enterprise around the idea of localized food production. Store will include classes and workshops for growing your own food as well as literature and supplies for backyard food production. Currently being setup on Putiki Road.

<youtube>6v-Jh8oXQlQ</youtube>

'''Location'''

8 Putiki Road, Ostend, Waiheke Island

<googlemap version="0.9" lat="-36.796261" lon="175.043546" zoom="17">
-36.797613, 175.043475, http://ooooby.ning.com/
</googlemap>

See [http://ooooby.org | www.ooooby.org] for latest information.

[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Self Reliance]]
[[Category:Sustainability]]
[[Category:Ostend]]

Blogs

2008-11-07T03:58:36Z

James: Took out some of my old inactive blogs

===Welcome to Waiheke Blogs===

Below is a list of all the wonderful Waiheke islanders that run their own blogs:

* [http://www.yourcall.org.nz/wordpress Your Call Blog] Wheelie bins on Waiheke? Wheelie, wheelie stupid! Visit the yourcall blog and have your say.
* [http://www.waihekeradio.org.nz Waikehe Community Radio Blog]
* [http://waihekepics.blogspot.com Waiheke Pics Blog] - personal blog, pictures old, new, old movie clips
* [http://enclosurebay.blogspot.com Enclosure Bay] - Blog about Enclosure Bay, historic pictures, old movies etc
* [http://uroskin.blogspot.com Put 'em all on an Island] - Connecting the electrodes of queer wisdom to the nipples of bigotry and ignorance. (R16 blog)
* [http://ewensgarden.blogspot.com Ewen's Garden] - [[Gulf News]] gardening column compilation by Ewen Sutherland
* [http://yesterdaysfuture.net Yesterday's Future] Lots of Transition Towns stuff + News - James Samuel
* [http://waihekenotes.blogspot.com/ Waiheke Notes] by Nobilangelo Ceramalus
* [http://waihekeindymedia.blogspot.com/ waiheke.indymedia]
* [http://pedagogyofthecompressed.blogspot.com Pedagogy of the Compressed] - Educational Technology blog by [[User:Countrymike]].
* [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/waiheke Waiheke - Transition (Town) Island]
* [http://countingthebeat.blogspot.com Counting The Beat] - NZ music blog and podcast by [[User:Counting The Beat]].
* [http://waihekemb.blogspot.com/ Ramblings From The Rock]

There are a number of "Waiheke" blogs listed on [http://technorati.com/blogs/tag/waiheke Technorati]

[[Category:Blogs]]
[[Category:Media]]

BITPlan waihekepedia Wiki:Community Portal

2007-12-25T23:38:14Z

James: Linked to inventory of Waiheke initiatives

==What Is a Community Portal?==
Who indeed is this page for? By the name I'm guessing the community of Waiheke. What should go on this page? I'm not sure but I'm hoping the community of Waiheke Island can tell me

[[Special:Userlogin|Join]] for free and have your say right here ....

==Self Reliance Initiatives==
By the time our supplies of cheap and abundant oil become expensive and scarce will we have made smooth transition to forms of society that allow us to meet our needs with grace and style?

There are a number of initiatives on this island already which acknowledge that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil Peak Oil], along with climate change, are issues that are likely to impact us in the near future, we are talking years, not decades. In a meeting held at the Palm Beach Hall on September 25th, 2007, people watched some [http://yesterdaysfuture.net/blog/?p=20 video clips of Rob Hopkins] speaking about [http://transitiontowns.org/ Transition Towns]. It seemed to the circle gathered there, that an [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/index.php/Waiheke/Inventory inventory of these initiatives] would be a useful thing to record.

An exciting development in the world of planning for a lower energy future is the '''Transition Towns movement''' - see [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz www.transitiontowns.org.nz] and in particular the [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/index.php/Interested/WaihekeIsland Waiheke page] of this site.

[[Category: Self Reliance]]

Blogs

2007-12-25T23:32:28Z

James: Added Waiheke Transition Island

===Welcome to Waiheke Blogs===

Below is a list of all the wonderful Waiheke islanders that run their own blogs:

* [http://waihekeradio.blogspot.com Waikehe Community Radio Blog]
* [http://waihekepics.blogspot.com Waiheke Pics Blog] - personal blog, pictures old, new, old movie clips
* [http://enclosurebay.blogspot.com Enclosure Bay] - Blog about Enclosure Bay, historic pictures, old movies etc
* [http://uroskin.blogspot.com Put 'em all on an Island] - Connecting the electrodes of queer wisdom to the nipples of bigotry and ignorance. (R16 blog)
* [http://ewensgarden.blogspot.com Ewen's Garden] - [[Gulf News]] gardening column compilation by Ewen Sutherland
* [http://gnarticles.blogspot.com/ Gulf News articles] - James Samuel's articles which have been published in the Gulf News, and can be read here with embedded links.
* [http://yesterdaysfuture.net Yesterday's Future] James Samuel's blog bringing the news you won't get on TV.
* [http://imaginewaiheke.blogspot.com/ Imagine Waiheke]
* [http://waihekenotes.blogspot.com/ Waiheke Notes] by Nobilangelo Ceramalus
* [http://waihekeindymedia.blogspot.com/ waiheke.indymedia]
* [http://pedagogyofthecompressed.blogspot.com Pedagogy of the Compressed] - Educational Technology blog by [[User:Countrymike]].
* [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/index.php/Waiheke/Waiheke Waiheke - Transition (Town) Island]

There are a number of "Waiheke" blogs listed on [http://technorati.com/blogs/tag/waiheke Technorati]

[[Category:Blogs]]
[[Category:Media]]

Community Garden

2007-12-08T08:47:48Z

James: typo

This garden was established in September 2005, after a conversation between James Samuel and Dave Ashley, the owner of Waiheke Couriers and the property where the garden was established. Kato Kauwhata, the chairman of [[Piritahi Marae]], was invited, and accepted, to bless the project, and since then many people have maintained it and enjoyed its fruits (and vegetables).

[[Image:gardens.jpg|left]]

The property is very close to the site of the Ostend Market. It is accessible from either Belgium St, (Behind [[Gulf Sound and Vision]]) or [http://smaps.co.nz/nz/auckland/waiheke+island/putiki+road/30/ 30 Putiki Rd] (behind Waiheke Couriers offices).

Organisers say they expect many more such gardens to spring up in the near future, once the Waiheke Sharing Backyards google map is established in the same manner as [http://www.cityfarmer.org/sharing_backyards/index2.php this one from Vancouver].

 

== Why? ==

It's a way to share knowledge and skills. With the arrival of [http://ydaysfuture.blogspot.com/search/label/Peak%20Oil Peak Oil] local food production will become more and more important.

== Who can participate? ==

Everyone is welcome to participate. This is not organised in the manner of the English allotments, where you assume responsibility for a designated piece of the land and only you can harvest from it. In this community garden, people contribute time and energy as they are moved and able, and receive from the abundance of the garden similarly.

Food is often taken from the garden to share via [[The Food Exchange Stall]] at the Ostend Saturday market.

Events include regular working bees, and information about these can be obtained by emailing [mailto:jms@ihug.co.nz James]

[[Category:Clubs and Organisations]]
[[Category:The environment]]
[[Category:Self Reliance]]
[[Category:Food]]

BITPlan waihekepedia Wiki:Community Portal

2007-11-21T03:20:04Z

James: /* Self Reliance Initiatives */

==What Is a Community Portal?==
Who indeed is this page for? By the name I'm guessing the community of Waiheke. What should go on this page? I'm not sure but I'm hoping the community of Waiheke Island can tell me

[[Special:Userlogin|Join]] for free and have your say right here ....

==Self Reliance Initiatives==
By the time our supplies of cheap and abundant oil become expensive and scarce will we have made smooth transition to forms of society that allow us to meet our needs with grace and style?

There are a number of initiatives on this island already which acknowledge that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil Peak Oil], along with climate change, are issues that are likely to impact us in the near future, we are talking years, not decades. In a meeting held at the Palm Beach Hall on September 25th, 2007, people watched some [http://yesterdaysfuture.net/blog/?p=20 video clips of Rob Hopkins] speaking about [http://transitiontowns.org/ Transition Towns]. It seemed to the circle gathered there, that an inventory of these initiatives would be a useful thing to have established, so here is the beginning: [[Self Reliance Initiatives]].

An exciting development in the world of planning for a lower energy future is the '''Transition Towns movement''' - see [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz www.transitiontowns.org.nz] and in particular the [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/index.php/Interested/WaihekeIsland Waiheke page] of this site.

[[Category: Self Reliance]]

User talk:James

2007-10-04T11:24:09Z

James:

James - thanks! Welcome to Waihekepedia. G

Nice work James [[User:Bruced|Bruced]]

James: I saw your request for help on inserting an image... but it also looks like you've figured it out. For more info see this tutorial on WikiEducator: http://www.wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_tutorial/Images_and_Media/Basics ... while it's tailored a bit for that wiki, it is the same software so will work here too. [[User:Countrymike|Countrymike]] 21:49, 27 September 2007 (NZST)

Thnks Countrymike, yes I got it figured, thanks to Google's Picassa web pages. But I may also take a look at the pages you have recommended - after I get back from Taupo and facilitating the Transition Town workshops there alongside Richard Heinberg. http://yesterdaysfuture.net/blog/?page_id=39

Community Garden

2007-09-27T00:30:21Z

James:

This garden was stablished in September 2005, after a conversation between James Samuel and Dave Ashley, the owner of Waiheke Couriers and the property where the garden was established. Kato Kauwhata, the chairman of [[Piritahi Marae]], was invited, and accepted, to bless the project, and since then many people have maintained it and enjoyed its fruits (and vegetables).

[[Image:gardens.jpg|left]]

The property is very close to the site of the Ostend Market. It is accessible from either Belgium St, (Behind [[Gulf Sound and Vision]]) or [http://smaps.co.nz/nz/auckland/waiheke+island/putiki+road/30/ 30 Putiki Rd] (behind Waiheke Couriers offices).

Organisers say they expect many more such gardens to spring up in the near future, once the Waiheke Sharing Backyards google map is established in the same manner as [http://www.cityfarmer.org/sharing_backyards/index2.php this one from Vancouver].

 

== Why? ==

It's a way to share knowledge and skills. With the arrival of [http://ydaysfuture.blogspot.com/search/label/Peak%20Oil Peak Oil] local food production will become more and more important.

== Who can participate? ==

Everyone is welcome to participate. This is not organised in the manner of the English allotments, where you assume responsibility for a designated piece of the land and only you can harvest from it. In this community garden, people contribute time and energy as they are moved and able, and receive from the abundance of the garden similarly.

Food is often taken from the garden to share via [[The Food Exchange Stall]] at the Ostend Saturday market.

Events include regular working bees, and information about these can be obtained by emailing the author of this page. [mailto:jms@ihug.co.nz James]

[[Category:Clubs and Organisations]]
[[Category:The environment]]
[[Category: Self Reliance]]
[[Category: Food]]

The Waiheke Super Co-op

2007-09-27T00:29:54Z

James:

A meeting is being held at Lazy Lounge on Thursday, Sept 27th at 4pm, to discuss the possibility of combining some functions of the many small islands food coops. The logic is to gain greater purchasing power (better prices) and streamline the activities to free up time, which could instead be used to explore other creative cooperative ventures.

Some research has been done and there are some purchasing numbers available already from one of the major suppliers.

If anyone is interested in this project drop an email to [mailto:jms@ihug.co.nz James Samuel] and he can put you in touch with Mandy and others who are heading this up.

[[Category:Self Reliance]]
[[Category: Food]]

The Food Exchange Stall

2007-09-27T00:29:31Z

James:

The Ostend Market happens every Saturday and volunteers run a stall there to share the abundance from their gardens. It is always a delight to start a day with an empty table and watch the produce flow in and out through the morning.

At times the table overflows and at others it is a modest display, but there is always something. The [[Community Garden]] is often able to supply some vegetables and or fruits.

 

http://lh6.google.com/jmsinnz/RtaNYf9mZdI/AAAAAAAAAPM/JmWTMqHpvGQ/s288/Market%20Table%20and%20Scott.JPG

 

People who come to take from the table are encouraged to exchange or offer some koha, this in turn goes to support the [[Community Garden]], which is adjacent to the market.

[[Category: Self Reliance]]
[[Category: Food]]

Community Garden

2007-09-26T22:22:50Z

James:

The Food Exchange Stall

2007-09-26T22:21:25Z

James:

The Food Exchange Stall

2007-09-26T22:20:41Z

James:

The Ostend Market happens every Saturday and volunteers run a stall there to share the abundance from their gardens. It is always a delight to start a day with an empty table and watch the produce flow in and out through the morning.

At times the table overflows and at others it is a modest display, but there is always something. The [[Community Garden]] is often able to supply some vegetables and or fruits.

 

http://lh6.google.com/jmsinnz/RtaNYf9mZdI/AAAAAAAAAPM/JmWTMqHpvGQ/s288/Market%20Table%20and%20Scott.JPG

 

People who come to take from the table are encouraged to exchange or offer some koha, which inn turn goes to support the community garden, which is adjacent to the market.

[[Category: Self Reliance]]

The Food Exchange Stall

2007-09-26T22:18:39Z

James:

The Ostend Market happens every Saturday and volunteers run a stall there to share the abundance from their gardens. It is always a delight to start a day with an empty table and watch the produce flow in and out through the morning.

At times the table overflows and at others it is a modest display, but there is always something. The community garden is often able to supply some vegetables and or fruits.

 

http://lh6.google.com/jmsinnz/RtaNYf9mZdI/AAAAAAAAAPM/JmWTMqHpvGQ/s288/Market%20Table%20and%20Scott.JPG

 

People who come to take from the table are encouraged to exchange or offer some koha, which inn turn goes to support the community garden, which is adjacent to the market.

[[Category: Self Reliance]]

The Food Exchange Stall

2007-09-26T22:18:17Z

James:

The Ostend Market happens every Saturday and volunteers run a stall there to share the abundance from their gardens. It is always a delight to start a day with an empty table and watch the produce flow in and out through the morning.

At times the table overflows and at others it is a modest display, but there is always something. The community garden is often able to supply some vegetables and or fruits.

 

http://lh6.google.com/jmsinnz/RtaNYf9mZdI/AAAAAAAAAPM/JmWTMqHpvGQ/s288/Market%20Table%20and%20Scott.JPG

 

People who come to take from the table are encouraged to exchange or offer some koha, which inn turn goes to support the community garden, which is adjacent to the market.

[[Category: Self Reliance]]

Blogs

2007-09-26T22:02:40Z

James:

===Welcome to Waiheke Blogs===

Below is a list of all the wonderful Waiheke islanders that run their own blogs:

* [http://waihekeradio.blogspot.com Beach Radio Blog]
* [http://waihekepics.blogspot.com Waiheke Pics Blog] - personal blog, pictures old, new, old movie clips
* [http://enclosurebay.blogspot.com Enclosure bay] - Blog about Enclosure Bay, historic pictures, old movies etc
* [http://uroskin.blogspot.com Put 'em all on an Island] - Connecting the electrodes of queer wisdom to the nipples of bigotry and ignorance. (R16 blog)
* [http://ewensgarden.blogspot.com Ewen's Garden] - [[Gulf News]] gardening column compilation by Ewen Sutherland
* [http://gnarticles.blogspot.com/ Gulf News articles] - James Samuel's articles which have been published in the Gulf News, and can be read here with embedded links.
* [http://yesterdaysfuture.net Yesterday's Future] James Samuel's blog bringing the news you won't get on TV.

There are a number of "Waiheke" blogs listed on [http://technorati.com/blogs/tag/waiheke Technorati]

[[Category:Blogs]]
[[Category:Media]]

Blogs

2007-09-26T22:02:01Z

James:

===Welcome to Waiheke Blogs===

Below is a list of all the wonderful Waiheke islanders that run their own blogs:

* [http://waihekeradio.blogspot.com Beach Radio Blog]
* [http://waihekepics.blogspot.com Waiheke Pics Blog] - personal blog, pictures old, new, old movie clips
* [http://enclosurebay.blogspot.com Enclosure bay] - Blog about Enclosure Bay, historic pictures, old movies etc
* [http://uroskin.blogspot.com Put 'em all on an Island] - Connecting the electrodes of queer wisdom to the nipples of bigotry and ignorance. (R16 blog)
* [http://ewensgarden.blogspot.com Ewen's Garden] - [[Gulf News]] gardening column compilation by Ewen Sutherland
* [http://gnarticles.blogspot.com/ Gulf News articles] - Articles published in the Gulf News, that can be read here with embedded links.
* [http://yesterdaysfuture.net Yesterday's Future] James Samuel's blog bringing the news you won't get on TV.

There are a number of "Waiheke" blogs listed on [http://technorati.com/blogs/tag/waiheke Technorati]

[[Category:Blogs]]
[[Category:Media]]

The Waiheke Super Co-op

2007-09-26T18:48:09Z

James:

Tidal generation

2007-09-26T18:47:07Z

James:

Here is an example of Tidal power generation from [http://www.crest-energy.com/ Crest Energy]. This is a proposal for tapping the energy of the water movement entering and exiting the entrance to the Kaipara harbour. While the potential for Waiheke to tap tidal energy is considerably smaller, there may still be worthy potential here.

[[Category:Electricity Generation]]

Tidal generation

2007-09-26T18:46:24Z

James:

Tidal generation

2007-09-26T18:46:07Z

James:

Tidal generation

2007-09-26T18:44:46Z

James:

Waiheke Wind Power

2007-09-26T18:42:00Z

James:

Charles Hayward and others were instrumental in early investigations of the potential for Wind generated power for Waiheke. Since Charles setup the [http://waihekewind.co.nz/about.php Waiheke Island Sustainable Energy] (WISE) website, others have continued the dialogue. A google group [http://groups.google.com/group/wise2009 WISE2009] was setup in January 2007 and has been moderately active in sharing ideas and alerting the group to new technology that is coming available.

Some of the discussion has focused around the benefits of micro power generation and the added resilience that many small and diverse generating systems (serving individual homes or small groups of homes) could provide to local energy generation.

[[Tidal generation]] is also being investigated, on small and large scale.

For more information and names of participants drop James Samuel an [mailto:jms@ihug.co.nz email]

[[Category: Electricity Generation]]
[[Category: Self Reliance]]

The Food Exchange Stall

2007-09-26T18:37:53Z

James:

The Ostend Market happens every Saturday and volunteers run a stall there to share the abundance from their gardens. It is always a delight to start a day with an empty table and watch the produce flow in and out through the morning.

At times the table overflows and at others it is a modest display, but there is always something. The community garden is often able to supply some vegetables and or fruits.

People who come to take from the table are encouraged to exchange or offer some koha, which inn turn goes to support the community garden, which is adjacent to the market.

[[Category: Self Reliance]]

Community Garden

2007-09-26T18:37:14Z

James:

This garden was stablished in September 2005, after a conversation between James Samuel and Dave Ashley, the owner of Waiheke Couriers and the property where the garden was established. Kato Kauwhata, the chairman of [[Piritahi Marae]], was invited, and accepted, to bless the project, and since then many people have maintained it and enjoyed its fruits (and vegetables).

[[Image:gardens.jpg|left]]

The property is very close to the site of the Ostend Market. It is accessible from either Belgium St, (Behind [[Gulf Sound and Vision]]) or [http://smaps.co.nz/nz/auckland/waiheke+island/putiki+road/30/ 30 Putiki Rd] (behind Waiheke Couriers offices).

Organisers say they expect many more such gardens to spring up in the near future, once the Waiheke Sharing Backyards google map is established in the same manner as [http://www.cityfarmer.org/sharing_backyards/index2.php this one from Vancouver].

 

== Why? ==

It's a way to share knowledge and skills. With the arrival of [http://ydaysfuture.blogspot.com/search/label/Peak%20Oil Peak Oil] local food production will become more and more important.

== Who can participate? ==

Everyone is welcome to participate. This is not organised in the manner of the English allotments, where you assume responsibility for a designated piece of the land and only you can harvest from it. In this community garden, people contribute time and energy as they are moved and able, and receive from the abundance of the garden similarly.

Events include regular working bees, and information about these can be obtained by emailing the author of this page. [mailto:jms@ihug.co.nz James]

[[Category:Clubs and Organisations]]
[[Category:The environment]]
[[Category: Self Reliance]]

BITPlan waihekepedia Wiki:Community Portal

2007-09-26T18:36:46Z

James: /* Self Reliance Initiatives */

Community Garden

2007-09-26T09:17:59Z

James:

This garden was stablished in September 2005, after a conversation between James Samuel and Dave Ashley, the owner of Waiheke Couriers and the property where the garden was established. Kato Kauwhata, the chairman of [[Piritahi Marae]], was invited, and accepted, to bless the project, and since then many people have maintained it and enjoyed its fruits (and vegetables).

[[Image:gardens.jpg|left]]

The property is very close to the site of the Ostend Market. It is accessible from either Belgium St, (Behind [[Gulf Sound and Vision]]) or [http://smaps.co.nz/nz/auckland/waiheke+island/putiki+road/30/ 30 Putiki Rd] (behind Waiheke Couriers offices).

Organisers say they expect many more such gardens to spring up in the near future, once the Waiheke Sharing Backyards google map is established in the same manner as [http://www.cityfarmer.org/sharing_backyards/index2.php this one from Vancouver].

 

== Why? ==

It's a way to share knowledge and skills. With the arrival of [http://ydaysfuture.blogspot.com/search/label/Peak%20Oil Peak Oil] local food production will become more and more important.

== Who can participate? ==

Everyone is welcome to participate. This is not organised in the manner of the English allotments, where you assume responsibility for a designated piece of the land and only you can harvest from it. In this community garden, people contribute time and energy as they are moved and able, and receive from the abundance of the garden similarly.

Events include regular working bees, and information about these can be obtained by emailing the author of this page. [mailto:jms@ihug.co.nz James]

[[Category:Clubs and Organisations]]
[[Category:The environment]]

Talk:The Food Exchange Stall

2007-09-26T09:15:11Z

James:

I am struggling to figure out how to insert an image.
Sorry to be a pain.. but could you pls point me in the right direction. I have some lovely ones :) James

The Food Exchange Stall

2007-09-26T09:05:09Z

James:

The Ostend Market happens every Saturday and volunteers run a stall there to share the abundance from their gardens. It is always a delight to start a day with an empty table and watch the produce flow in and out through the morning.

At times the table overflows and at others it is a modest display, but there is always something. The community garden is often able to supply some vegetables and or fruits.

People who come to take from the table are encouraged to exchange or offer some koha, which inn turn goes to support the community garden, which is adjacent to the market.

Self Reliance Initiatives

2007-09-26T08:58:58Z

James:

[[Community Garden]] The Ostend Community Garden - I understand there are others?

[[The Food Exchange Stall]]

[[The Waiheke Super Coop]]

[[Waiheke Wind Power]]

Community Garden

2007-09-26T08:57:58Z

James:

This garden was stablished in September 2005, after a conversation between James Samuel and Dave Ashley, the owner of Waiheke Couriers and the property where the garden was established. Kato Kauwhata, the chairman of [[Piritahi Marare]], was invited, and accepted, to bless the project, and since then many people have maintained it and enjoyed its fruits (and vegetables).

[[Image:gardens.jpg|left]]

The property is very close to the site of the Ostend Market. It is accessible from either Belgium St, (Behind [[Gulf Sound and Vision]]) or [http://smaps.co.nz/nz/auckland/waiheke+island/putiki+road/30/ 30 Putiki Rd] (behind Waiheke Couriers offices).

Organisers say they expect many more such gardens to spring up in the near future, once the Waiheke Sharing Backyards google map is established in the same manner as [http://www.cityfarmer.org/sharing_backyards/index2.php this one from Vancouver].

 

== Why? ==

It's a way to share knowledge and skills. With the arrival of [http://ydaysfuture.blogspot.com/search/label/Peak%20Oil Peak Oil] local food production will become more and more important.

== Who can participate? ==

Everyone is welcome to participate. This is not organised in the manner of the English allotments, where you assume responsibility for a designated piece of the land and only you can harvest from it. In this community garden, people contribute time and energy as they are moved and able, and receive from the abundance of the garden similarly.

Events include regular working bees, and information about these can be obtained by emailing the author of this page. [mailto:jms@ihug.co.nz James]

[[Category:Clubs and Organisations]]
[[Category:The environment]]

Self Reliance Initiatives

2007-09-26T08:56:08Z

James:

[[Community Garden]] The Ostend Community Garden - I understand there are others?

[[The Waiheke Super Coop]]

[[Waiheke Wind Power]]

Self Reliance Initiatives

2007-09-26T08:55:51Z

James:

[[Community_Garden]] The Ostend Community Garden - I understand there are others?

[[The Waiheke Super Coop]]

[[Waiheke Wind Power]]

Self Reliance Initiatives

2007-09-26T08:55:09Z

James:

[[Community_Garden The Ostend Community Garden]]

[[The Waiheke Super Coop]]

[[Waiheke Wind Power]]

Self Reliance Initiatives

2007-09-26T08:54:37Z

James:

[[Community_Garden]] The Ostend Community Garden

[[The Waiheke Super Coop]]

[[Waiheke Wind Power]]

BITPlan waihekepedia Wiki talk:Community Portal

2007-09-26T08:53:15Z

James:

I'd love to contribute to Waihekepedia, but firstly i'd like a more concrete statement about what license my content would be covered by/under. This page: [[Waihekepedia:General disclaimer]] suggests that you're using the GFDL, but it also seems pretty much the stock page that comes with a MediaWiki install. Will content in Waihekepedia be licensed under the GFDL or could the community also consider using the the CC-By-SA license instead that is used by many similar projects, notably WikiTravel? Personally I think that the CC-BY-SA is more in line with this kind of project and it would be good to think/discuss this in a bit more detail first before too much content is entered. [[User:Countrymike|Countrymike]] 11:08, 31 August 2007 (NZST)

Well Country Mike - we'll obviously have to educate ourselves about the differences between the two licenses.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License GFDL]

CC by SA ? all I can find out is that it must be some variation of the Creative Commons license

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons Creative Commons]

Can you help clarify this for everyone please ?

== Licensing for Waihekepedia - Discussion ==

Well... ok, here we go (again)I guess... :-) but it's important stuff if we're really a "community" because the community may actually be much larger than us in the short and hopefully the long term and getting the licensing right at the start helps sustain the type of information we're gathering, aggregating, creating here and can make that information freely available for as wide a use as possible. There are two licenses used for textual works that embody what is called '[http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/ copyleft]', the GFDL which the wiki is currently using but perhaps just by default as the MediaWiki software that runs this wiki is essentially a product of Wikipedia (which uses the GFDL), and the '''Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike''' license, commonly referred to as CC-By-SA. Wikipedia uses the GFDL but primarily because when Wikipedia started there was no other option; the Creative Commons wasn't around yet. The GFDL is not a very good license for content of the nature of a Wikipedia, but it was all they had at the time so now they're pretty much stuck with it. A better license is perhaps the CC-By-SA, which you can see here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

For a more detailed look at perhaps why these licensing issues are important it might be worth taking a look at the [http://freedomdefined.org/Definition Free Cultural Works Definition] and seeing whether the values of Waihekepedia align. Also take a look at the Wikitravel site's explanation of their licensing: http://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:How_to_re-distribute_Wikitravel_content

One of the difficulties with the GFDL is that is requires that texts that are printed out be printed out with a copy of the license -- which is about 10 pages of semi-legalese ramblings, which doesn't make much sense for small articles that you may want in an information center in Artworks. The CC-By-SA is really designed more for this type of content, whereas the GFDL is originally for larger software documentation.

As you might have guessed I've got a bit of experience in this Wiki thing -- it's pretty much one of my great passions in life and you've just managed to beat me to the punch on creating one for Waiheke, so if you'd prefer to have a chat about all this in the [[Lazy Lounge]] say, then i'd be keen on that as well and I may know a few others ... not that I know who you are because you haven't filled in your user page and you don't sign your posts ;-) [[User:Countrymike|Countrymike]] 15:01, 31 August 2007 (NZST)

The Creative Commons is working with Te Whāinga Aronui The Council for the Humanities to create New Zealand jurisdiction-specific licenses from the generic Creative Commons licenses. We could be one of the first sites to use the new NZ Ported CC-By-SA and possibly participate in the process. How will the few people who are currently on participating on the wiki come to some concensus on these types of decisions? It doesn't seem like something to just "be bold" about, but it's important to get it sorted at the start and make people aware of the license that their content is under. Currently it's a bit hidden. [[User:Countrymike|Countrymike]] 08:32, 1 September 2007 (NZST)

Morena Countrymike, I'd love to have a chat and The Lazy Lounge seems as good a place as any. I am guessing that at the moment you are not in the possession of a Tardis and as I see you posted at 3am that you are still away. Also Dalek Snowden's presence on the island for his mayoral campaign may make landing a Tardis near the Lazy Lounge somewhat dangerous at the moment.

In the interim would it pay to remove the licensing section. Yes it is the standard mediawiki install. If it is your esteemed recomendation that we should adopt CC then I am prepared to put it to the vote.

When I came up with the idea of waihekepedia the last thing on my mind was something I owned. This has to be owned by the people of Waiheke. Let us just say that we are guardians of the project until such time as an entity evolves that can take it over on behalf of the community.

Feel free to email me at onetnagi@gmail.com, I'd give you my 1-800 number but it appears broken.

Tihare 10:04, September 1, 2007 (NZST)

:Tihare: I'd recommend that we do go with the CC-By-SA license and i can talk a bit more why over a flat white at some point. My timestamps are off because i'm currently in the US on a bit of a holiday but will be back later next week. We can keep a watch on when the license is ported for NZ then move to that... be one of the first... that would be great. There is a way to add a license note to all pages on MediaWiki it's a setting somewhere in Localsetting.php or somewhere I seem to remember but when I get back I'll look into it a bit more and help draft some stuff on it. If we do move to CC-By-SA it also means that I can bring over some of the wiki newbie tutorials that I've worked on at WikiEducator to help people get their feet wet in the wiki environment. I'd also be keen to see if we could arrange some free workshops; i've recently run one for a number of Pacific Island educators, teaching them how to use MediaWiki and it went down a charm. We have started a project on WikiEducator called Wiki Pasifika (see: http://www.wikieducator.org/Wiki_Pasifika) for them. Anyways, obviously I'm excited about the project ... i've had my own little page on Waiheke going for some time on Auckland.Wiki (see: http://auckland.wiki.org.nz/Waiheke_Island) but one dedicated to Waiheke is a great idea. [[User:Countrymike|Countrymike]] 14:48, 1 September 2007 (NZST)

Wow Mike - let me just say first off how delighted we all are to have your input - forgive my non signed posts (lack of experience) and empty user page (lack of time so far) - I'm getting to grips with the etiquette etc slowly and thanks also for your input on licensing - I concur with Tihare and yourself and look forward to a Lazy Lounger catch up Cheers [[User:bruced|bruced]]

James: Not quite sure how this all works and may not have as much time to find out as I would like, but please consider letting me know by email or phone when you are heading to the lazy. I would love to connect.. James Samuel. 8737 and jms@ihug.co.nz

Waiheke Wind Power

2007-09-26T08:44:34Z

James:

Charles Hayward and others were instrumental in early investigations of the potential for Wind generated power for Waiheke. Since Charles setup the [http://waihekewind.co.nz/about.php Waiheke Island Sustainable Energy] (WISE) website, others have continued the dialogue. A google group [http://groups.google.com/group/wise2009 WISE2009] was setup in January 2007 and has been moderately active in sharing ideas and alerting the group to new technology that is coming available.

Some of the discussion has focused around the benefits of micro power generation and the added resilience that many small and diverse generating systems (serving individual homes or small groups of homes) could provide to local energy generation.

Other ideas being looked into include [[tidal generation]] on small and large scale.

For more information and names of participants drop James Samuel an [mailto:jms@ihug.co.nz email]

Waiheke Wind Power

2007-09-26T08:43:02Z

James:

Charles Hayward and others were instrumental in early investigations of the potential for Wind generated power for Waiheke. Since Charles setup the Waiheke Island Sustainable Energy (WISE) website, others have continued the dialogue. A google group [http://groups.google.com/group/wise2009 WISE2009] was setup in January 2007 and has been moderately active in sharing ideas and alerting the group to new technology that is coming available.

Some of the discussion has focused around the benefits of micro power generation and the added resilience that many small and diverse generating systems (serving individual homes or small groups of homes) could provide to local energy generation.

Other ideas being looked into include [[tidal generation]] on small and large scale.

For more information and names of participants drop James Samuel an [mailto:jms@ihug.co.nz email]

The Waiheke Super Co-op

2007-09-26T08:30:42Z

James:

Self Reliance Initiatives

2007-09-26T08:22:23Z

James:

[http://www.waihekepedia.com/index.php?title=Community_Garden The Ostend Community Garden]

[[The Waiheke Super Coop]]

[[Waiheke Wind Power]]