Christmas 2010 – Action Update
No two ways about it, 2010 was a great year for innovative action on climate change.
All over New Zealand, Kiwis have applied their ingenuity to real practical challenges they and their communities face – and come up with positive answers, and Hikurangi had the privilege to “just get on with it” alongside the best of them.
As our annual report out today shows, in the year 2009-2010 we added 10 more projects to our portfolio – with a sum of 25 projects under our belt. All of this has been done in collaboration with 45 key partners and many more collaborators and participants from business, community and government.
We are proud to work with just-get-on-with-it partners like:
- John Schollum of Rau Marama Community Trust in Kaikohe in the far north who is working towards a remarkable new coast to coast cycleway that boosts lower carbon active travel and sustains jobs for his community. Hikurangi has backed John by securing access to expertise and resources.
“The coast to coast cycle trail has the potential to spawn a number of local business initiatives around cultural tourism and provide a welcome economic boast to small rural communities located on the proposed route.” www.kaikohe.co.nz
Wellington HEAC Advisor Sarah Free helping new migrant Abeba make thermal linings for her curtains
- Sally Blackwell who helps co-ordinate The Home Energy Advice Centres (HEACs) – the winners of the 2010 EECA community award. HEACs exist to provide impartial, unbiased and accurate information for householders about what they can do about their energy-wasting houses. But the HEACs themselves face challenges in how to sustainably improve and resource the service. Hikurangi helped the HEACs conduct a client survey, to explore business models to sustain and grow the service. The service is very effective: 67% of respondents reported they took action as a direct consequence of the advice they received, and that 74% of respondents felt more confident about making changes to their homes as a consequence of HEAC’s advice.
“ Hikurangi has been invaluable at helping me make new connections. … a breath of fresh air in terms of the potential collaboration that is possible through mutual objectives and good will.” ~ Sally Blackwell, HEACs www.eecn.org.nz
2010 What a Year
Sparking Smart Solutions for New Zealand
Hikurangi has sparked, piloted, or boosted real, on-the-ground action from
- “Low carbon day out” tourism products that build business and avoid the car; to
- Practical climate change adaptation advice for local marae
Standing by the Tall Poppies
Hikurangi has supported social innovators and leaders to get great ideas going:
- 44 leaders mentored and supported in creating a new possibility
- 10 community organisations helped to build their capacity to deliver for their communities
Reaching Beyond Green
- Hikurangi and partners have engaged Kiwis who weren’t acting on climate change before
- Reaching farmers, Youth, Maori, schools, local businesses, state sector employees, grant-makers, artists, tourism industry operators, real estate agents, builders
- 648 public events
- 2,500 people attending special events like Hui or Dialogues with Tomorrow at Downstage
- 6,900 people joining a network in support of climate action
- 20,000 took an action to reduce their own footprint
- 48 business and state sector organisations took action
- 8 technical reports with new insights and facts
Doubling the impact of our donors
So far Hikurangi can say for the 23 projects we have data for, that $1 to Hikurangi can get you at least $2 worth of action; you can double the impact of your money. We could have done none of this without our friends. The vision and generosity of the Todd Foundation and the Tindall Foundation has allowed our work to flourish and we are tremendously grateful for this. To all of our Trustees, staff, contractors, partners, and those who have been can-do on climate change over the year we say thanks.Have a happy summer
Liana & Freda
