Menstrual Mates – No Strings Attached
Drop in for a morning of making reusable period products, kōrero and empowerment. There is opportunity for everyone to get involved and experience is not necessary. Tea, coffee and baking provided.
Drop in for a morning of making reusable period products, kōrero and empowerment. There is opportunity for everyone to get involved and experience is not necessary. Tea, coffee and baking provided.
Come along to our April RepairEd Just Sew session! Repairing rather than buying new is a great way to take climate action in your own life – and learn new skills along the way.
Our skilled volunteers will be here to assist you with fixes such as missing buttons, tears, holes, hemming, and basic alterations. There will also be a DIY table for those who are confident at sewing alone but may not have access to a machine at home.
Bring along your item for repair or maintenance - clothing or lightweight household items (cushion covers etc), small electrical appliances, tech for repair, gardening tools for sharpening, or that general item you've been meaning to have repaired.
Our skilled volunteers will be here to assist you with fixes such as missing buttons, tears, holes, hemming, electrical faults, and general fix-up repairs.
Join us for our monthly community street clean in Wellington!
Let's unite to kick trash to the curb and beautify our streets.
Activation Project would love to invite you to Keep the Wheels Spinning, an e-bike symposium in Wellington, to share stories and findings from people who have delivered community e-bike pilots across the country. There will also be an opportunity to discuss the key barriers and solutions to increasing e-bike uptake across diverse communities. The event aims to identify a way forward to make e-bikes more accessible to different communities across Aotearoa. The event is free and can be attended in-person or online.
RepairED aims to equip our community with the skills and confidence to fix items and breathe more live into the things we love.
Our Repair Hui has been connecting communities since 2021 and is proud to be a part of the zero waste and circular economy movement in the greater Wellington Region.
Join this public meeting to protect Wellington’s future – express your concerns about the District Plan recommendations, demand action from councillors and learn from the experts.
Come along to our first RepairEd Just Sew Session in 2024! Repairing rather than buying new is a great way to take climate action in your own life – and learn new skills along the way.
Menstrual Mates is back again in 2024!
We’ve partnered with Endo Warriors Aotearoa and Wellington Timebank in the fight against period poverty.
Are you a project manager or project sponsor? Are you keen to learn more about how you can successfully manage projects while still thinking about people, planet and prosperity? Green project management is an emerging field that aims to align successful project management with global efforts towards environmental, social, and economic regeneration.
Join us for our monthly community street clean in Wellington!
Let's unite to kick trash to the curb and beautify our streets.
Sustainability Trust and MakeRoom are running sessions to empower all of us to get more life out of our electrical goods. In this second session we’ll be covering maintenance, common household repairs and what we can all do to advocate for our right to repair.
The aim of Micro Mill is to engage the public in weaving and spinning processes. Many of us take textiles for granted as we live in a place where they are so accessible, and so removed from where and how they are produced.
These workshops will facilitate simple weaving with textile waste, demonstrate yarn spinning, and engage in conversations related to textiles and waste.
Sustainability Trust and MakeRoom are running sessions to empower all of us to get more life out of our electrical goods. In this first session we’ll be covering consumer rights, skills and tools for repair, how to research a repair and identify when it is time to get professional help.
Join visual artist, Xin Cheng, for a meditative workshop repurposing local organic material offcuts into versatile woollen felt.
Felt from wool is the oldest known textile, originates in central Asia, and has many traditional practical uses such as shelter, clothing and footwear. It is a wonderful, sustainable, soft-yet-sturdy material, and is often used for crafting artworks, toys, festive decorations and handmade gifts.
Economic growth has improved living standards, but our current path is driving us towards ecological catastrophe. As we approach (or surpass) planetary limits and tipping points, how do we ensure a prosperous society without infinite growth?
Join the Social Change Collective for a kōrero about degrowth: what is it, why does it matter, how does it align with te ao Māori, and how can it help us achieve sustainability at a local, national, and systemic level?
Are you tired of seeing litter all over the streets of our wonderful city? Join us for our monthly street clean to help us clean our streets. Takes place on the third Wednesday of every month.
Bring along your item for repair or maintenance - clothing or lightweight household items (cushion covers etc), small electrical appliances, tech for repair, gardening tools for sharpening, or that general item you've been meaning to have repaired.
Our skilled volunteers will be here to assist you with fixes such as missing buttons, tears, holes, hemming, electrical faults, and general fix-up repairs.
We’re running ‘Just Sew’ repair cafés at our place on the first Saturday of every month. Join us for a sewing session where you can finally fix that item of clothing or cushion cover you’ve been meaning to get to.
We’ve partnered with Endo Warriors and Wellington Timebank in the fight against period poverty.
Please drop in for a morning of making reusable period products, kōrero and empowerment. There is opportunity for everyone to get involved, there is no cost and experience is not necessary.
Tea, coffee and baking provided.
Are you tired of seeing litter all over the streets of our wonderful city? Join us for our monthly street clean to help us clean our streets. Takes place on the third Wednesday of every month.
We’re running ‘Just Sew’ repair cafés at our place on the first Saturday of every month. Join us for a sewing session where you can finally fix that item of clothing or cushion cover you’ve been meaning to get to.
Please note: this event will be held in the office space (last doors past the shipping container)
The Karori Repair Cafe is coming to the Karori Community Centre! This is a pop-up koha workshop where you can bring that broken/torn/failing appliance or favourite item and find out if it can be saved from a premature trip to the landfill. With the venue sorted, your keen duo of Julia and Karin are looking for people interested in being involved.
Come join us for a special community clean up with Keep New Zealand Beautiful and take part in Clean Up Week 2023!
We’re running ‘Just Sew’ repair cafés at our place on the first Saturday of every month. Join us for a sewing session where you can finally fix that item of clothing or cushion cover you’ve been meaning to get to.
We’ve partnered with Endo Warriors and Wellington Timebank in the fight against period poverty.
Please drop in for a morning of making reusable period products, kōrero and empowerment. There is opportunity for everyone to get involved, there is no cost and experience is not necessary.
Tea, coffee and baking provided.
Bring along your item for repair or maintenance - clothing or lightweight household items (cushion covers etc), small electrical appliances, tech for repair, gardening tools for sharpening, or that general item you've been meaning to have repaired.
Our skilled volunteers will be here to assist you with fixes such as missing buttons, tears, holes, hemming, electrical faults, and general fix-up repairs.
Help inspire your kura/school or kōhanga/early childhood centre take action on climate change. This is a free workshop for teachers and educators interested in rolling out sustainability focussed, climate action, waste reduction programmes in their kura/school or kōhanga/early childhood centre.
Help inspire your kura/school or kōhanga/early childhood centre take action on climate change. This is a free workshop for teachers and educators interested in rolling out sustainability focussed, climate action, waste reduction programmes in their kura/school or kōhanga/early childhood centre.
Are you sick of seeing litter all over the streets of our wonderful city? Join us for our monthly street clean to help us clean our streets. Takes place on the third Wednesday of every month.
Help inspire your kura/school or kōhanga/early childhood centre take action on climate change. This is a free workshop for teachers and educators interested in rolling out sustainability focussed, climate action, waste reduction programmes in their kura/school or kōhanga/early childhood centre.
We’re running ‘Just Sew Sessions’ repair cafés at our place on the first Saturday of every month. Join us for a sewing session where you can finally fix that item of clothing or cushion cover you’ve been meaning to get to.
Help inspire your kura/school or kōhanga/early childhood centre take action on climate change. This is a free workshop for teachers and educators interested in rolling out sustainability focussed, climate action, waste reduction programmes in their kura/school or kōhanga/early childhood centre.