Earn Time Credits for your volunteer hours 

Sustainability Trust is a member of Wellington Timebank. 

By becoming a member of Timebank, you can record the hours you volunteer at Sustainability Trust, then trade them for services from others in the Timebank community. 

Mirei was with us for 5 months, attracted by the opportunity to talk with people. Coming from Nagoya in Japan, she studied at Vic Uni for 8 months.

A friendly face welcoming people into our space, Mirei helped with everything from plastic lid recycling to waste data tracking. She loved a coffee and a chat and said the café culture and nature in the city was what she has loved about Pōneke.

Mirei said the volunteering gave her lots of new knowledge and has made her more curious about how recycling and sustainability is addressed in Japan. We were sad to say goodbye but we’re stoked she wants to work in sustainability now her studies are finished.

Liv was from Halifax Canada, and swapped 12 weeks of winter as a Business Student for a summer as a sustainability intern where she found herself fully in the world of reusable serviceware.

Liv worked directly with Ali, our Operations Manager on FillGood, which is eliminating disposable serviceware from city events. Liv helped us get the iniative off the ground in the early stages; working hands on with the operational logistics of our reuse system and successfully completing the New Zealand Arts Fest pilot.

“I am so privileged to have worked with such an amazing team of intelligent, passionate individuals and look forward to visiting some day soon and seeing FillGood serviceware totally, completely & absolutely everywhere.”

Ngaio LOVES fabric. She found out about the Trust while shopping for William Morris fabric on TradeMe. Long story short, she picked up her purchase from us, took a bit of a tour and promptly put her hand up to volunteer at the Curtain Bank. This was eight years ago. Since then she's learnt how to use a commercial sewing machine (thanks Juliet!) and has woven herself into the fabric of the Curtain Bank community.

She really enjoys the natter, how helpful everyone is with everything, the bottomless biscuit tin, and of course, being surrounded by such a large variety of fabric. At the risk of sounding corny (her words) "the people are the best thing about volunteering at the Trust".

Felipe was a student intern with Toast Electric for his Vic Uni master's and worked closely with our Fair Energy Manager Phil. He was able to statistically show that, on average, all the Energy Wellbeing clients used more power over winter while paying less in power bills before and after joining the program. Exactly the outcome we want for our clients.

“Working with people who constantly struggle to adequately power their homes and being able to provide some relief from these issues is extremely gratifying and the reason I choose to study and work in sustainability and climate change issues. ..The time was probably the most informative, educating, and important university experience I have had in 5 years of studying.”