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Perry Outdoor Education Trust equips schools in low socio-economic communities to develop young people using outdoor education experiences.
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The weekend is nearly here! What are your plans? Whether you’ll be spending it indoors or outdoors, we’ve brought you five more links from around the web to read in your downtime.
Have a good one!
Five Things - Perry Outdoor Education Trust
The weekend is nearly here and whether you’ll be spending it indoors or outdoors, we’ve brought you five more links from around the web to read in your downtime. Should kids climb trees? How high ...Check this awesome promo from our supporters Kiwi Camping and their friends Forest & Bird. Best school camp photo I've seen for a while!Wacky weka – Grace Hill (12) from Dunedin took this photo at her year 8 school camp and scooped Forest & Bird magazine’s Parting Shot prize – a Tawa sleeping bag and self-inflating Explorer mat (total value $288), courtesy of Kiwi Camping.
Will you be our next Parting Shot winner? Send your best nature photo with caption to editor@forestandbird.org.nz OR tag us on instagram by 16 August to be in to win. It can feature any native bird, plant, lizard, marine animal, or natural landscape.
Great pic, I love it!
Hosting an event doesn't have to mean dealing with lots of rubbish - we share more in our latest blog post!
Rubbish Event - Perry Outdoor Education Trust
Need some ideas for how to make your event waste free? We share some ways we reduced pastic and waste at our recent fundraiser.Thank you PAK ‘n SAVE Mill Street for your support!
Great work! Lots of great tips! But be careful of the 'eco friendly' cups/containers as often they are lined with a plastic film so they cannot go in the paper recycling. Many say compatable and not recyclable, but the catch is they have to be commercially composted at high heats (won't break down in your backyard compost bin) and there are not many facitiles across NZ with commercial composting for these items. 😪 I'm currently deciding on fabrics to use to make my family some reusable birthday party bunting 🙂
Thank you to everyone that came along & supported us at the NZ Mountain Film Festival last night - a big shout out to all the amazing event sponsors that made it possible - Lodge Real Estate, PAK ‘n SAVE Mill Street, Trek 'n' Travel, Outfitters, Three Peaks Manuka Honey, Podium Lodge - Cambridge NZ, Extreme Edge Rock Climbing Hamilton, Raglan Rock and Hospice Waikato
Films were next level!
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Five Things
The weekend is nearly here and whether you’ll be spending it indoors or outdoors, we’ve brought you five more links from around the web to read in your downtime. Should kids climb trees? How high should they climb? Which trees are safe to climb? A whole heap of...
Waste Free Event
We hear the term waste-free banded around quite a lot, but when it comes to events our eco-conscious ideals often seem to go out of the window – balloons, plastic wrapped snacks, drink bottles and promotional trinkets all become the accepted offerings. The Lodge Real...
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As a non profit organisation there is always a list of 'need to haves' and 'nice to haves'. Purchasing any big ticket item often involves a lot of angst; should we invest in a high quality item for the future or just make do with what we have? Are we making the...
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