EcoMatters
  • Homes
    • Home Advice
    • Saving Water
    • Efficient Showerheads
  • Nature
    • Community Nursery
    • Grow My Kai
    • Love The Bush
    • Love Your Food
    • Love Your Neighbourhood
    • Love Your Streams
    • Waitahurangi Wildlink
    • Pest Free Whau
    • The Whau Wildlink
    • Weed Bins
  • Bikes
    • Bike Hubs
    • Flat White Ride Map
    • Pedal Puketāpapa Map
  • Waste
    • Compost Collective
    • E-Waste
    • Recycling Weird Stuff
    • Zero Waste Events
  • Food
    • Love Food Hate Waste
    • Hope Community Garden
  • What’s On
    • Events & Workshops
    • War on Weeds
    • EcoFest West
    • Love Your Place Awards
  • EcoHub
    • EcoHub
    • EcoMatters Store
    • For Schools
    • Site Tours
    • Venue Hire
  • Connect
    • About Us
    • Our Trustees
    • Our Team
    • Blog
    • Internships
    • Job Vacancies
    • Research
    • Team Building
    • Volunteer
    • Contact Us
  • Give
  • Homes
    • Home Advice
    • Saving Water
    • Efficient Showerheads
  • Nature
    • Community Nursery
    • Grow My Kai
    • Love The Bush
    • Love Your Food
    • Love Your Neighbourhood
    • Love Your Streams
    • Waitahurangi Wildlink
    • Pest Free Whau
    • The Whau Wildlink
    • Weed Bins
  • Bikes
    • Bike Hubs
    • Flat White Ride Map
    • Pedal Puketāpapa Map
  • Waste
    • Compost Collective
    • E-Waste
    • Recycling Weird Stuff
    • Zero Waste Events
  • Food
    • Love Food Hate Waste
    • Hope Community Garden
  • What’s On
    • Events & Workshops
    • War on Weeds
    • EcoFest West
    • Love Your Place Awards
  • EcoHub
    • EcoHub
    • EcoMatters Store
    • For Schools
    • Site Tours
    • Venue Hire
  • Connect
    • About Us
    • Our Trustees
    • Our Team
    • Blog
    • Internships
    • Job Vacancies
    • Research
    • Team Building
    • Volunteer
    • Contact Us
  • Give

Latest News


food-storage-2654750_1920
16 March 2020  |  By EcoMatters  |  In Blog, Community, Environment, Events

Eight events to kick-start your zero waste journey

Want to live a more sustainable lifestyle but not sure where to start? These Ecofest West 2020 events will give you the knowledge, ideas and inspiration to get going! Update Friday […]

    Read More    
170223 New Lynn Night Market Zero Waste – 0994 2k
12 March 2020  |  By EcoMatters  |  In Blog, Community, Environment, Events

Four easy steps to creating a zero waste event

With only one week to go before EcoFest West, our annual festival offering more than 100 environmental events taking place across West Auckland, we thought it would be the perfect […]

    Read More    
1707 Kiwi Bottle Drive at EcoMatters – 9440 – 2k
23 October 2019  |  By Anna Kary  |  In Blog, Environment

Are you recycling right?

Recycling Week is the perfect time to brush up on your recycling skills. To help, our recycling experts bust a few myths and share their favourite resources to keep your […]

    Read More    
1909 2829 1909 Polystyrene – 2k blog
25 September 2019  |  By Anna Kary  |  In Blog, Environment, Uncategorized

The Packaging Problem

Faced with a ‘boot load of polystyrene’ after buying furniture, West Auckland resident Carole Adamson realised the woeful lack of alternatives available for getting rid of it.  She was reluctant […]

    Read More    
1906 Chinese delegation Quzhou mayor – 6764 – 2k
15 August 2019  |  By Anna Kary  |  In Blog, Environment

A tale of two…

EcoMatters CEO Damon Birchfield is recently returned from an environmental and cultural exchange to China and tells us more about his visit: This was my first time in China and […]

    Read More    
1907 Wesley Market – 2107 – 2K blog
10 July 2019  |  By Anna Kary  |  In Blog, Community, Environment

Bags of good stuff happening at Wesley Market

We visited Wesley Market just after plastic bags were banned in New Zealand, to speak with a stallholder and a shopper about how they are coping with the move to […]

    Read More    
Humming Gardens photo for Blog post
15 April 2019  |  By administrator  |  In Blog, Community, Environment

Humming Gardens gives Rānui Community Garden a boost

Set in the back streets of Rānui in West Auckland, the Rānui Community Garden is a place of connection and healing for the local community. Here, up to ten local […]

    Read More    
Native Nursery Potting Workshop
27 March 2019  |  By administrator  |  In Blog

Six ways to get involved during EcoWest 2019

Are you looking for opportunities to get involved in the community and keep our environment beautiful? Would you like to give conservation volunteering a try to see if it’s for […]

    Read More    
Kids Diy Bug Hotel
22 March 2019  |  By EcoMatters  |  In Blog

Seven ways to get the kids out and about during EcoWest 2019

If you’re looking for great ways to keep the littlies entertained, EcoWest Festival 2019 has you spoilt for choice. Here’s our pick for some top events for kids and family […]

    Read More    
Silent Disco Citywalk
12 March 2019  |  By EcoMatters  |  In Blog, Events

Eight ways to get active during EcoWest 2019

Whether you’re looking for ways to stay healthy and get exercise, or you’re one of those people who just can’t sit still, we have just the thing for you! EcoWest […]

    Read More    
Newer
123…6
Older

Latest Posts

  • EcoFest West 2021 Hero Image Landscape (1)
    Introducing the event categories for EcoFest West 2021 Friday, 26, Feb
  • 1708 Steiner School Planting Simon – 0931 – 975×650
    Film festival fundraiser helps continue environmental work Wednesday, 25, Nov
  • LFHW impact story Bindi 6M2A9367
    Learning goes hand in hand with teaching for family Monday, 27, Jul
  • DSC_0095_Web
    Thousands of vege seedlings to help Aucklanders grow their own kai Thursday, 18, Jun
  • Thoughts on Gardening with Young Kids - a video blog
    Thoughts on Gardening with Young Kids Tuesday, 19, May

Categories

Tags

  • annual report
  • Ark in the Park
  • bokashi
  • bushwalks
  • CO.STARTERS for Causes
  • community
  • community solutions
  • covid-19
  • culture
  • demand management
  • development
  • diet
  • ecoday
  • EcoFestWest
  • EcoWest Festival
  • food
  • food education
  • fundraising
  • gardening
  • global
  • green lifestyles
  • growing
  • health
  • healthy living
  • heating
  • how to
  • Japan
  • Kauri
  • local food
  • lockdown
  • Love Zero Waste
  • Maienza
  • Make
  • Natto
  • natural cleaner
  • NZ bush
  • organic
  • plant food
  • probiotics
  • salad greens
  • seedlings
  • sustainability
  • sustainable living
  • The Living Tree Company
  • waitakere ranges
  • water conservation
  • water efficiency
  • waterways
  • wellbeing
  • winter
  • workshop

Archives

  • February 2021
  • November 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • December 2018
  • August 2018
  • June 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • August 2017
  • June 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • December 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • April 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • September 2015

FIND US ELSEWHERE

ECOHUB & STORE

1 Olympic Place, New Lynn
OPEN: Wed-Sun, 10am-2pm

RESOURCE RECOVERY DEPOT

Unit E, 489 Rosebank Road, Avondale
OPEN: Mon 10am-2pm and Tues 9am-1pm

BIKE HUBS

NEW LYNN: 1 Olympic Place
OPEN: Thurs-Sun, 10am-2pm
HENDERSON: The Falls carpark, 22 Alderman Drive
OPEN: Fri-Sun, 10am-4pm
GLEN INNES: Maybury Reserve, off Taniwha Street
OPEN: Thurs-Sun, 10am-2pm

Donate Now

Volunteer

NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP

Sign up to our newsletter to be kept up-to-date with EcoMatters news & events

Subscribe Now

© EcoMatters Environment Trust 2019

Download the programme

Newsletter Sign-up