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Our new planter box taking shape - made from recycled wood pallets!

@enviropast tickets open in 5 days! Time to get excited, we definitely are!

Our next @enviropast speaker is Helena Ruffell. Helena is passionate about understanding a variety of harmful effects on the environment. From her research at @ucnz, she has adopted a journey to reducing waste and other harmful products in her day-to-day life - a journey which is documented on her Instagram, @eatsleepsustain For more information on Helena, check out our website (link in bio)

With tickets planned to open in the next few weeks we would like to start introducing our awesome speakers for @enviropast. First up is Anthea Madill from Remix Plastic. Through her experience in conservation, sustainability and living a zero waste lifestyle, Anthea provides environmentally focused education throughout Christchurch. For more information on Anthea check out our website (link in our bio)

19,311Kg of CO2 saved so far! Make the most of this awesome weather by joining Aotearoa Bike Challenge 2019. Let’s get more people enjoying the freedom of two wheels. More info at www.lovetoride.net/

Check out @enviropast for the EnviroPAST Instagram account. First meeting of the year with the full team! 😊

And the website is up! Check out www.enviropast.com or visit our bio for info about our EnviroPAST Conference - big things coming!!!

Awesome chatting with Steven from Seeds - keep an eye out for our interview on social entreneurship and how Steven's background influences his outlook on the world. In the mean time, check out @seeds_podcast for the podcast on #psbeaches and being 16!

So thrilled and honoured to be a 2018 Scholarship Recipient in the @fromthebowseat Ocean Awareness poetry category. Having been on this journey since my 2016 Scholarship, I'm eternally grateful for the support that the Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs continues to give - and can't wait to meet them in person next year! Check out their page for my Alumni takeover and an amazing showcase from artists worldwide over the coming weeks!

What a year! Thank you for making this footprint with us and for your unrelenting support over the year. From an NZ Youth Award to a TEDx talk, these 365 days have seen a truck-load of changes, pages of heart-breaking news and streets of passionate activists. That's right, we're talking about you. We've loved having you on this journey with us and can't wait to see you taking part in some exciting events we have planned. Here's to another year of less waste and more love! Take care of yourself and those around you this new year...and every year after that! As for new year's resolutions? @uyoc.nz has you covered. 11/10 heading over there for some honest truths. 😋 That's #psbeaches over and out for 2018. See you on the other side 🌏

#Germany has announced one of the most ambitious waste management schemes in history. The government plans to recycle 63% of it's total #waste within the next four years, up from 36% today! Happy Christmas Eve everyone 🌟🎄 ^Missed @poplab2 this afternoon but, not to worry, they reopen on the 7th of January! You can find them at the Arts Centre (upstairs in the Boys' High building). It looks incredible!

18 cans today - and our 18 top #psbeaches moments of 2018 (in no particular order): 1. Sustainable business interview series 2. @kiwibottledrive petition 3. Getting started on the EnviroPAST conference 4. 30 new members in 3 days 5. January litter audit 6. @educationgovtnz Tech talks showcase 7. NZ bans single-user plastic bags 8. Datacom tech week panel 9. Post-Exam clean-up 10. NZ Youth Awards 11. Ian Shaw's Life and Afterlife of Plastics 12. Environmental Soapbox 13. Deborah and Metservice in Wellington 14. Interview with UNESCO 15. @metrocanterbury Poems on Buses 16. New year's article with @frankstationery 17. Expanding with new members in North America, Asia and Europe 18. All the small park and beach clean-ups over the year.... With YOU THANK YOU, for being part of the 2018 @psbeaches family 💙

Daily dose of inspiration from Shay! Check out our website for the full interview.

Head over to @fromthebowseat over the next week for the P.S. Our Beaches Alumni Takeover! Such an incredible organisation which is changing the lives of so many 💙

#COP24 - Let's talk Climate Change: For many, climate change is difficult to picture. It isn’t a rapid onset hazard like floods or tsunamis, that instantly snap up the attention of public media. Instead, it is slow onset, somewhat predictable and accompanied by a fair warning. Yet, a massive disconnect exists between climate change science and public knowledge, and this mismanagement of the human element is what we need to fix. Climate change is important because it is a warning for our futures, the futures of those after us and the future of those around us. It's time we learnt to understand climate change as more than two words and to take individual actions toward a sustainable future. Check out @gretathunberg for her inspirational #climatestrike video at COP24!

P.S. Our Beaches wants a #cashfortrash bottle deposit system because we don't want our world waste-d on waste! We've signed the open letter petition and encourage you to do the same! Get involved at bit.ly/signBDpetition

Celebrating the end of exam season the right way! Thanks to everyone who came along, you're all legends! 😊

A little late to the party in sharing this, but a while back (actually one month today) I had an amazing opportunity to speak at TEDxYouth@AvonRiver about what transformed my passion for the environment into P.S. Our Beaches. ------> Link in Bio This idea, Project Based Learning, is what I believe to be the heart of sustainable education and, thus, the heart of sustainability. I believe that the next generation, and even this generation, of dreamers, thinkers and global citizens should have access to the experiences, appreciation and deeper understanding that PBL gave me. Through these means, our generation and the next can find, act and solve the biggest issues which emerge as local and global threats in 2018 and beyond.

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