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What I can offer: Well, I am really keen to help make NZ a more sustainable place to live, and am looking for somewhere to direct my energy. Not sure exactly what I can offer but I think i am willing to do whatever really. I just want to get doing something.

What I want to learn: I am involved in a group that would like to see plastic bags and, if possible, disposable coffee cups eradicated from Dunedin. Wouldn't it be great to be the first completely plastic bag- and coffee cup-free NZ city?! So i'm keen to learn anything that can go towards making that happen.

Profession/Training: BA in poitics, currently doing my PGdip in politics also.

At 3:32pm on 20th July 2009, Joshua Vial said…: Hi Celia,

I've made you an admin of the site so feel free to make any changes you wish - If you're feeling inspired I also have http://www.noplasticbags.org.nz/ which I can give you the ftp codes to. Rob from dnation made us a logo which I haven't had a chance to update across any of the systems yet.

cheers,
Joshua

At 4:45pm on 17th March 2009, Angus said…: Hi, Celia,

How are you? Wanaka Wastebuster and Sustainable Wanaka is going to launch "Get Real" campaigns, the first issue for get real is Plastic Bag levy. Its a national wide electronic campaign get as much people sign up and email to MfE/supermarkets demand for a levy. I wonder if you can help as well. You can use your group as our supporting group, forward the link/email out and ask them support. Can you be supporting gruop? what should I name your group?

In the next months, we will also have sticker distribution campiagn, survey on customers, get real campaign's demonstration etc. Hope you and your member can help.

At 12:51pm on 18th December 2008, Angus said…: The website is in Chinese, sorry about that.

Some key points and step by step.
1. Noise to public/media by some campaign, action, can be something interesting as well. I doing a sticker distribution now in Wanaka.
2. Pressure to supermarket by customers and also our groups, also need media to report
3. press to government so that also aware this.
4. we create some program which they can join to, once they are in,make it a big noise/sucess, and they can not easy to leave it or go backward.
5. Lobby to govt to do some policy implementation.

I got some more stickers and I am happy to go with you on some supermarkets to distribute to people, I have a rough plan I leave comment to Joshua, u can have a look too.
Cheers
Angus

At 10:58am on 18th December 2008, Angus said…: Hi, Celia,

Nice to meet you here, this is Angus Ho from Kiwi Plastic Bag Concern, I am a envrionmentalist originally from HK and formed KPBC 2 years before. I did 8 years campaign on supermarket plastic bag charging and sucessfully push for a levy.

I am going to line up more groups and people together to make something more organise and hope to know more about your group you mentioned, thank you
Angus
angusho@greeners-action.org

At 6:34pm on 17th December 2008, Joshua Vial said…: Hi Celia, great to see you on the site, look forward to hearing how the dunedin campaign get's on.

cheers,
Joshua