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Green Tea April 2015

This show first broadcast on 31st March 2015. Click here to listen to the podcast: GREEN TEA April 2015 SoundCloud 

We visit the KCDC Sustainable Home & Garden Show and take a guided tour though the Paekakariki School exhibition at the show.

Students of Paekakariki School display a bug hotel they have made at the Sustainable Home & Garden Show.

Students of Paekakariki School display a bug hotel they have made at the Sustainable Home & Garden Show.

Visitor's to the Paekakariki School exhibition inspect the Archimedes Screw that students built.

Sustainable Home & Garden Show visitor’s at the Paekakariki School exhibition inspect the Archimedes Screw that students had built as part of their drought happy garden.

 

Members of the Paekakariki branch of the Kapiti Fresh Organic Co-op, Kirsty Anderson, Juanita Murray, and Vanessa Crowe, tell us about how the co-op started, how it’s run, and how you might join. For further enquiries, you can email them on [email protected]

Members of the Kapiti Fresh Co-op during a pack in Paekakariki

Members of the Kapiti Fresh Organic Co-op during a pack in Paekakariki

Bins packed with fresh organic produce for members to collect

Bins packed with fresh organic produce for members to collect

 

Roving reporters Russell and Dylan were at the anti-Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) protest march to Parliament in Wellington. This was part of a nationwide day of demonstrations that took place across 22 centers around the country. We hear about some of the concerns held by the demonstrators, and political speakers at this rally.

Midland Park in Wellington, the band plays signaling the huge crowd of protesters to begin their march during the nationwide Anti-TPPA demonstration day.

Midland Park in Wellington, the band plays signaling the huge crowd of protesters to begin their march towards Parliament during the nationwide Anti-TPPA demonstration day.

 

Avant Gardener Hannah Zwartz talks about April in the Paekakariki edible garden. It’s a great time of year to be gardening, it’s compost making weather! 

Playist this month includes:

Sex Pistols, ‘Lier’ from their 1977 debut album: Never Mind The Bollocks.

Title theme: Mardi Gras BB , ‘Down Down Down’.

Green Tea March 2015

This show first broadcast on 3rd March 2015. Click here to listen to the podcast: GREEN TEA MARCH 2015 SoundCloud

For my first feature this month I interview Sally Blackwell about her experiences as part of one of the member households in this year’s Greenest Neighbourhood season. We talk thermal envelope, pelmets, gardening and a developing sense of community in her neighbourhood.

Pelmet: A narrow border of cloth or wood, fitted across the top of a door or window to conceal the curtain fittings.

Pelmet: A narrow border of cloth or wood, fitted across the top of a door or window to conceal the curtain fittings.

 

For my second feature, I interview Steve Bright & Stacey Gasson. They talk about their ‘Edwards’ solar hot water system, the pros & cons (are there any?!), and what it has done to their power bill. An added point of interest is that this system is coupled with a wetback for winter heating.

Steve & Stacey's solar hot-water heater.

Steve & Stacey’s solar hot-water heater.

 

Avant Gardener Hannah Zwartz talks about preparing for the next round of planting. Winter crops are going in the ground, burn off any diseased plants, and prune fruit trees for shape, watering with rainwater. We hear about the Sustainable Home & Garden Show on 21st & 22nd March. Lots of great workshops on there – tune in for the low-down!

 

Playist this month includes:

Bjork, ‘Earth Intruders’ from her 2007 album Volta.

Beastie Boys, ‘It Takes Time To Build’ from their 2004 Album: To The Five Boroughs.

Title theme: Mardi Gras BB , ‘Down Down Down’.

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