by Wendy McGuinness | Apr 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
On 3rd April, the first ‘Expert Lunch’ was held at Sustainable Future’s office. For the debut, we invited Dr Sean Weaver from Carbon-Partnership as the guest, accompanied by Scott Wilson from Water Matters Ltd. We took the chance to enjoy an almost...
by Wendy McGuinness | Mar 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
I just got back to the office after a coffee with Victoria University’s resident futurologist, the fantastic Ian Yeoman. We had a very interesting chat about trends and tourism in New Zealand (amongst other things) and one thing he said particularly stuck with...
by Wendy McGuinness | Mar 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
On Saturday I was involved in the Pathways to Resilient Communities event, held at Te Papa. The event was organised by a group of committed people, including members of transition towns groups, Regional Councils, business leaders and other groups with an interest in...
by Wendy McGuinness | Feb 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
I was lucky enough to be invited to hear Jane McGonigal speak at Webstock on Thursday. Jane is a world leader in Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) and her discussion of what makes people happy and how these games help people to achieve this happiness was fascinating....
by Wendy McGuinness | Dec 19, 2008 | Uncategorized
On the 18th December 2008, the Sustainable Future Team embarked on our ‘Magical Mystery Christmas Party’… The journey started by taking a ferry cruise through Wellington harbour towards a mysterious destination. We ended up at Days Bay, Eastbourne,...
by Wendy McGuinness | Dec 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
Yesterday we launched our video project, the Conversations. This series of filmed conversations between eminent New Zealand thinkers was recorded in Wellington in June 2008, and went live on our website yesterday. Last night, to celebrate the launch, we gathered as...
