Presenting coastal and fresh water education to the public, both in schools and at events, is an important part of what we do here at Sustainable Coastlines so this is a mandatory workshop to graduate as a Sustainable Coastlines Ambassador. This workshop is also open to the public. Come along, meet other ambassadors in training, and learn how to confidently present our Love Your Water presentation and be signed off to go out and educate!

There is a large car park next to the Flagship but we encourage you to walk, cycle or take public transport to get to us.

Timing 

• 6:00pm – start gathering/ catch-up with other ambassadors, refreshments provided.
• 6:30pm – Workshop starts
• 9:00pm – Event Ends (latest) – will work towards an 8.30 pm finish

We look forward to seeing you.  Any questions – contact Paice on [email protected]

Presenting coastal and fresh water education to the public, in schools and at events is an important part of what we do here at SC so this is a mandatory workshop to graduate as a Sustainable Coastlines Ambassador. This workshop is also open to the public. Come along, meet other ambassadors in training, and learn how to confidently present our Love Your Coast presentation and be signed off to go out and educate!

There is a large car park next to the Flagship but we would like to encourage you to walk, cycle or take public transport to get to us.

Timing 

• 6:00pm – start gathering/ catch-up with other ambassadors, refreshments provided.
• 6:30pm – Workshop starts
• 9:00pm – Event Ends (latest) – will work towards an 8.30 pm finish

If you are not an SC Ambassador/Ambassador in training but would still like to attend, please call Shelley on 0210436056 to discuss the suitability of this course for you.

We look forward to seeing you.  Any questions – contact Shelley on [email protected]

Health and Safety is a big part of what we do in managing environmental events so this is a mandatory workshop to graduate as a Sustainable Coastlines Ambassador. Come along, meet other ambassadors in training, and learn how we maintain our great health and safety record.

There is a large carpark next to the Flagship but we would like to encourage you to walk, cycle or take public transport to get to us.

Timing 

• 6:00pm – start gathering/ catch-up with other ambassadors, refreshments provided.
• 6:30pm – Workshop starts
• 9:00pm – Event Ends (latest) – will work towards an 8.30pm finish

If you are not an SC Ambassador/Ambassador in training but would still like to attend, please call Shelley on 0210436056 to discuss the suitability of this course for you.

We look forward to seeing you.  Any questions – contact Shelley on [email protected]

The weather was on our side on our second attempt at holding the Browns Bay Clean-up with our new friends Arena Living, New Zealand’s favourite manager of lifestyle and retirement villages. The day was centred on Browns Bay on Auckland’s North Shore…. and what a day it was!

115 locals, including residents from both the local Knightsbridge and Mayfair Villages, a large and enthusiastic contingent from Greenbank House from Kings College and many first-timers, as the well-seasoned, gathered on the banks for a 10am start – with an eerie mist still lingering over the water in the bay nearby.

Our Sustainable Coastlines’ Ambassadors, Anne, Carla, William and Charlie registered our participants and manned the tea and coffee – for some, a necessary start to any clean-up!  After some brief messages from Sustainable Coastlines, Arena Living and MERC (Marine Education and Recreation Centre) who were manning the activities station, we briefed the crowd for health and safety and what to look for.  We then split the group into teams: a road crew, an upper estuary crew, a lower estuary crew and rest either manning the tea and coffee station (thanks Mary!) or hitting the beach.

Around 12 pm, people started returning with their sacks – proudly showing their spoils.  Shawn Elise, our new Programmes Coordinator took the opportunity to then run a quick Love your Coast education presentation while others returned – some more grubby than others!

We collected an impressive total of 1500L of rubbish, mainly from the surrounding streets, parks, and in and along the banks of the Taiaotea Stream, flowing directly onto the south-end of the beach.  Though there were micro-plastics found in patches and little bits on the high tide-line on the beach itself, the fact we didn’t find much larger bits of rubbish clearly shows that the Browns Bay locals and visitors are passionate about their beach and keeping it so clean! It’s up to all of us to educate others that everything that ends up in our streets and gutters will eventually flow into our beloved shores.

Special thanks to Phoenix drinks, who supplied us all with a refreshing drink after our good mahi, the village residents for supplying some highly appreciated baking and the local Penguino Ice Cream Cafe who unexpectedly offered all clean-up participants a free ice cream!

But final words must go to Arena Living – we really appreciate this new partnership and for their generous support of Sustainable Coastlines. Without them, and backers like them, we wouldn’t be able to hold these public events like we do.  With their help, we can get on with what we love – connecting people with the local beaches and waterways that they love and to help inspire other to look after them too.

Thanks for the mahi, and the support, and see you at our next event.  Stay tuned for our riparian planting season!

If you are interested in finding out more about our nationwide Litter Data collection programme, simply fill out the following Expressions of Interest form at this link on our website:

https://sustainablecoastlines.org/event/citizen-science-workshops/