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A recent feature in the Christchurch Press: Steve Lowndes is a former artist, pub landlord and museum director – and was a self-confessed hippy. DOMINIC HARRIS finds out how the new chairman of Environment Canterbury will protect the region for future generations. Steve Lowndes doesn't want to drop the ball. The new chairman…

Akaroa Civic Trust Newsletter. November Banks Peninsula, water and climate change. Several years ago the Trust identified climate change as a looming issue both globally and for the Peninsula. Since then the effects have become increasingly apparent. We have fewer Southerlies and more weather from the North and Nor’west. We…

The 13 people charged with overseeing Canterbury's environment have been told they must work together in the interests of the region.Read article here.

The next five years need to be focused on the maintenance and enhancement of environmental services and on the anticipation of accelerated climate change. The clear, unequivocal advocacy for biodiversity and ecosystems health by Ecan should be a top priority and this needs to be coordinated at the highest level.…

I attended the Environmental Defence Society conference Navigating Our Future in Auckland last year. My thanks to Ecan for a partial subsidy to make it possible. The conference was a useful helicopter view of how the collaborative process is working and of the state of New Zealand’s biodiversity and environment.…