EcoMatters Environment Trust

JOIN OUR BOARD, HELP SHAPE OUR FUTURE Do you have your finger on the pulse of sustainable stewardship? Are you passionate about connecting people and place and nurturing kaitiakitanga? Help us shape our vision for the coming decades by serving on our Board of Trustees. We’d love to hear from potential new trustees with a passion for community and sustainability, to help provide strategic leadership for our growing organisation. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, and across a wide range of ages and experience for volunteer trustee roles on our board. Find out more at ecomatters.org.nz/jobs 

A quick message about @Environment Hub Aotearoa's unexpected funding gap. There's still time to help our whānau of environment hubs to continue our work: https://lnkd.in/g5uCRw9C    Ngā mihi ki a koutou, we appreciate every donation that has come through.

Kia ora tatou, Aotearoa’s environment hubs urgently need your support. Anyone involved in the non-profit sector knows that operational funding is the hardest type of funding to come by. Usually, funders are keener to support projects and outcomes, rather than the stuff we need in order to keep the lights on, like computers, utility bills, salaries for admin and HR staff, and maintenance. Environment hubs across Aotearoa were dealt a heavy blow when Ministry for the Environment funding for hubs up and down the country were cut without notice. That funding went towards vital operational costs for many hubs, which, like EcoMatters, are all places that serve their local communities with environmental education and opportunities to take action. When a budget line like that is struck off the books - especially when it happens without any prior notice, it really is the community that suffers. Collectively, environment hubs have 318 staff and over 213,000 volunteers engaged in 350+ projects across climate action, nature restoration and community resilience. For many hubs, especially for our younger and smaller hubs, it's a threat to their ability to continue to deliver their transformative environmental programmes, or even to their ongoing viability. Environment Hubs Aotearoa urgently needs funds to support our collective operations across Aotearoa, and this month we have set a fundraising goal of $500,000. The funds we raise now will help keep environment hubs across Aotearoa going, while we build new partnerships and pivot. If you can support our EHA whānau and help us get through this next difficult stretch, we would be incredibly grateful. We welcome all donations big and small at https://lnkd.in/g5uCRw9C With your help, we can continue the critical work of regenerating te taiao and supporting our communities in their fight for a sustainable future. If you or your organisation would like to explore supporting EHA as a partner or donor, please send me a direct message and I'll put you in touch with our national coordinator. Ngā mihi for your ongoing support.  Carla

So very proud of the EcoMatters Environment Trust Food scrapes team, being acknowledged at the Zero Waste Awards. Congratulations to all the nominees, what an outstanding night of celebration! I am also beyond proud of our Events Team, for putting together an exceptional event in partnership with Auckland Council, thank you Ana, Emily, Anna, Michela, Rebecca, & Tines ♡ for all your mahi!

We’re looking for a part-time Marketing and Communications Specialist to join our busy team. Could this be you or someone you know? Find out more via the link below.

A massive thank you to everyone who voted for us in the Canon Grants. We've been incredibly heartened by all the messages we've received, and your support has meant the world to us. Sadly, we got news that we didn't win. While we're feeling a little bit gutted, we're thrilled for Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi, who will soon have new gear to capture the taonga species that live on their beautiful island. Congratulations!

We’re giddy with excitement to share that we’ve been selected as a finalist in the Canon Oceania Grants! 🤯 But, we need your help to win a new camera. Community organisations like ours don’t often get the chance to upgrade our storytelling tools. In fact, nearly all of the photos and videos we put out into the world have been taken on our team members’ own phones and cameras that they’ve saved up for themselves. Technically, this means we’ve been relying on borrowed gear. But we woke up this morning dreaming of the opportunity to get a capable camera that’s ours for keeps, and dedicated to sharing stories of environmental and climate action. Would you mind sparing 30 seconds to vote for us? 🗳️ Vote for EcoMatters in the Environment category at bit.ly/vote4eco

We’re so excited to have opened two new Bike Hubs in the last month. If you drop by Grey Lynn Park or Hayman Park in Manukau, make sure you say hi to our friendly crew!

Massive thank you to everyone who's made a nomination in the Tāmaki Makaurau Zero Waste Awards so far. We've loved seeing your stories roll in! There's only one day left to nominate yourself or someone else for one of six categories at https://lnkd.in/gz55tcfD Nominations close at the end of Wednesday 31 July 2024. #zerowasteawards #zwa2024

There are six categories in the Tāmaki Makaurau Zero Waste Awards this year, and we think the odds are high that you'll know someone who deserves to be celebrated with a nomination in one of them. Nominations close on 31 July 2024: https://lnkd.in/gz55tcfD #zerowasteawards #zwa2024