by Wendy McGuinness | Jul 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
We visited the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree provided some interesting snapshots of what people wish for the world....
by Wendy McGuinness | Jun 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
I was lucky enough to be invited along to the Second Hillary Symposium in Christchurch on Friday, World Environment Day. While the symposium had a significant focus on Christchurch, the take-away lessons dealt more with the global situation, and how any city could use...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jun 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
Today the SF team locked up the office and went down to Lambton Quay to join in on the ‘freeze’. The event this year was to highlight the need to unite to combat climate change, with world leaders to negotiate a new global climate treaty in...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jun 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Today we had the wonderful Jan Bieringa come in to share lunch with us. Jan started (e)-vision, a digital media centre, in Wellington in the 90s, and was also a co-founder of the 7×7 Ideas Forum. She is currently working on a feature documentary and is the...
by Wendy McGuinness | May 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
With the rain filling drains outside, the Sustainable Future team spent an engaging lunch meeting with Pam and Morgan Williams on Friday May 8th. Morgan was New Zealand’s second Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (1996-2007). Since stepping down from the...
by Wendy McGuinness | Apr 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
On April 23 and 24 I attended the Nanotechnology workshop organised by Dr Robert Hickson from the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology. The event involved people from universities, research institutes and government departments, and was an opportunity to...
