We have been invited to a workshop at the Rediscover Education Centre in Burnham this month (March). They run workshops during the week, which are fantastic to attend! Get in touch with Fiona if you are interested in attending using the contact details below and she will give you full details including date and time.
Join Us at the FREE Repair Café!
Is your bicycle gathering dust in the garage? Do you have a toaster that’s lost its spark? Don’t toss them out just yet! We’re excited to announce our Repair CafĂ© event at Te Ara Atea, where we’re giving new life to your ageing or broken items.Our skilled volunteers will be on hand to help repair a variety of items, from bikes to electronics, clothing to household appliances, and more.
Here’s what we’re planning:
🚲 Bicycle repairs by the expert from Fix ur Ride.
đź’» Computers by TechMate: Bring your computer-related issues for diagnosis and solutions.
Electrical & Electronics including, Household Appliances: The appliance specialists from Ecotech Services and Molten Media will be able to assist.
Clothing: Our talented volunteer seamstresses will mend your favourite garments.
Jewellery repairs to bring your favourite pieces back to life.
General Repairs: If it’s broken, we’ll do our best to fix it!
Please Register:
To help us help you, please register for this free event. Provide a brief description of the issue and the item(s) you need repairing. This way, our volunteer repairers can come prepared with the right tools and parts. We would appreciate it if items are brought in no later than 1 PM to give our repairers time to take a look. If you haven’t registered you can still come along on the day.
Last time, we achieved 100 successful repairs, including household appliances, clothing, toys, and bicycles coming out of garages and finding their way back to usefulness.
Let’s work together to reduce waste, promote sustainability, and revive your items!
We look forward to seeing you at the Repair Café event and giving your belongings a new lease of life.
This project is not offering professional services. Whilst they have some experience, volunteers are aiming to attempt repairs as they deem them to be possible or to offer advice on the undertaking of professional repairs. Lincoln Envirotown Trust cannot be held liable for any loss, damage or accident arising from the repair process or to the use of the item subsequently.
🖥️ TechMate: Repair & Rehome
TechMate will not only be providing repairs for your computers, but we’re excited to introduce a special initiative – Donation & Rehoming.
TechMate will also be collecting pre-loved laptops for repair and delivery to deserving causes. If you have an unused laptop or know someone who does, consider contributing to this wonderful cause. Let’s give these devices a second life where they can make a difference!
Important Details:
đź”’ Data Privacy. Rest assured, all donated devices will be wiped clean of any data. Please remember to back up any information you want to keep before handing it over.
⌛ Device Age. We’re primarily seeking laptops that are no older than seven years old.
đź’» Laptop Donations: Currently, we are only accepting laptops. If you have one that’s looking for a new home, bring it to us.
đź“‹ Leave Your Details: If you choose to donate, leave your contact information with TechMate. They’ll keep you in the loop about what happens with your device, so you can follow its journey to a new purpose.
Join us in making a positive impact through technology. 🌟
Ecotech Services is a technology repair, recycling, and sales company based in Christchurch. Alan Liefting, the Managing Director, has over 30 years experience in repairing a wide range of electrical and electronics items. Alan is an experienced technician and registered electrical worker.
Providing, service, maintenance and assembly to all kind of bikes: mtb, road, big or small, new or old
Esteban is a qualified mechanic with years of experience in bike repairs.
Molten Media Trust is a registered charity which promotes ethical recycling of electronic equipment and computers with an ultimate goal of zero waste to landfill.
We refurbish and sell systems and parts or dismantle and dispose of the component parts diverting 80-90% from landfill.
TechMate is dedicated to closing the digital divide by helping those who have found themselves left behind by technology. We help people keep their devices running by offering basic device repairs for free and donate second-hand laptops to those who need them. Ensuring that devices stay out of landfill and can be useful for years to come. We also do free one-on-one learning sessions for those looking to learn more about using phones, laptops or anything technology-related. In addition to doing our best to help.
They have been providing classes and support for jewellers and makers across Aotearoa for 19 years. Their workshops strive to be environmentally friendly, keeping processes as sustainable as possible and constantly looking for ways to improve. Dedicated to using recycled metals, ethical gems, and working with minimal plastic use.
We also have several volunteers bringing along sewing machines for your fabric repairs.
General repairers will also be on hand with volunteers from the Men’s Shed.
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We will again be joined by Waterwatch, Wai Kaitiaki to test the water in the Liffey Stream in Lincoln. The event, is organised with local schools (Pre-school and High School) and each group had its own set of activities all aimed at maintaining an awareness of keeping our environment as pristine as possible.
Kidsfirst Lincoln set about picking up as much rubbish as could be found on the domain surrounding the upper Liffey River. The rubbish collected is then carefully sorted into yellow, green or red buckets.
The High School Group assess the water quality by collecting water from the river and seeing what tiny living creatures are there (indicator invertebrates). Â They are also shown how to test water health by measuring oxygen levels with the equipment and expertise provided by Waterwatch. The results of this more elaborate testing on the river water, will be published on our website.
Whilst all the activities are pursued with enthusiasm and interest, it is fair to say that the most interest and enthusiasm is reserved for the lunch provided afterwards, which is very much enjoyed after everyone had endeavored, in their own small way, to keep a part of New Zealand beautiful.
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Fantastic Celebration of World Repair Day 2022
The people of Selwyn brought no fewer than 100 household items to be repaired at the Repair Café held at Te Ara Atea on Saturday 15th October 2022. Nearly all of these were restored to their former usefulness free of charge; where this could not be done advice was offered on the necessary course of action.
We are indebted to the volunteer repairers who gave up this weekend day. Six people repairing electrical appliances, two people and their machines sewing, one person offering general repairs to anything, one repairing jewellery and one bicycle repairer were kept busy throughout the event, and many ended up doing overtime. Very grateful thanks to our repairers for their mahi.
The number of people who offered their thanks and requested more of such events, along with those who asked to be on the repairing teams in future were testimony to the day’s success and hopefully to a growing awareness that simply throwing household items away is to our environment’s detriment.
Electrical Appliances always require a lot of work partly because they are some of the main items brought in, but also because most of them require lengthy repair time. One old sewing machine was being worked on for the best part of the day. We had six people working on these and it was a continuous operation. So, thanks to Alan and Ben from Ecotech Services, Rudy from Molten Media Trust, and volunteers Lindsay, Mike, and Jack who worked tirelessly on these.
General Repairs – we are always lucky to have Lee taking care of these and ensuring that such things as umbrellas, toys, and a few electrical items were restored to their former glory.
Bicycles again Esteban from Fix Ur Ride was on hand with his trailer repairing bikes and offering tuition to the younger owners on how to do some of their own repairs.
Clothing. There is always a steady stream of people needing items of clothing repaired so Heather and Cheryn and their machines were kept steadily busy throughout the event.
Jewellery – last year several people requested that we add this, and we were lucky enough to have Sally from Warrens Agencies on hand to help a good number retain their precious items. We will certainly retain this feature in the future.
With large numbers of people and items for repair flooding into the room, we relied on great work from our volunteers for making sure repairs were registered, items ticketed, and directed to the correct station.
This popular event takes place every year in November at the Lincoln Event Centre. Last year it was hugely successful with the biggest display of clothes, shoes and accessories to date. There is no payment for entry or clothes.
The event provides a chance to enjoy changing one’s wardrobe, as well as keeping resources circulating. Some derive great benefit in being able to provide some additional family clothes.
Textiles are a major contributing element to landfill and the longer that we are able to keep them in circulation the better. It is a means of helping reduce the negative impacts of the fashion industry on our environment.
How it works. People are encouraged to bring their clothing items (those that we all have, unused in our cupboards) and drop them off at designated drop-off points in Selwyn. Those who do these early drop-offs are given an “Early Bird” ticket which entitles them and one other, to early entry on the evening.
This is probably the event that absorbs more volunteer time than any other. The process is akin to getting in stock, and then setting up a huge clothing store for only a few hours and then disbanding it. The amount of superb volunteer help that is received for many weeks before and then on the evening has maintained this as one of our best and biggest happenings. Our very grateful thanks go to everyone involved for their efficiency and hard work.
Competition and art exhibition that will challenge the way we look at waste.
The competition is open to any individual or pair (not group entries) of artists who is a student attending High School in Selwyn or home schooling in the Selwyn District.
All entries will be taken to be displayed at the Community Hall Rolleston on Friday 13 August from 3pm.
There will be a Public Open Day Display on Saturday 14 August. The presentation of awards will be around midday. After which all art pieces will be removed.
Three substantial prizes have been offered by the generous prize sponsor for 1st place – 3rd place.
for more information including full instructions and rules. Actual entries must be notified by 5pm on 30 July 2021.
If you require more details contact Dave Fitzjohn
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All welcome to come along.
This event will be followed by a talk and discussion from Stuart Reilly on Lincoln Universities proposed Sustainability Action Plan.
Lincoln Envirotown Sponsors
A big thank you to our wonderful sponsors!
We extend our sincere appreciation to all our sponsors Rata Foundation, Selwyn District Council, COGS, Lottery Community and Lincoln University.
Donated clothes will be on display so bring your friends and make an evening of it.
Drop off is by arrangement at Lincoln University. We also have several drop off locations and times listed below.If you don’t have clothes to drop off you can still just come along on the evening and help yourself to free clothes.
Below are some times and places that you can drop off, I can be identified by wearing a blue Lincoln Envirotown t-shirt with a fantail on it.
Lincoln Library
Thursday 7-7.45pm
5th November and 12th November
Lincoln University, Mrs O’s Cafe
Monday, 9am-10am
2nd November, 9th November and 16th November
and
Thursday, 9am-10am
5th November and 12th November
Rolleston, Foster Park Car Park (opposite Aquatic Centre)
Monday, 4-5pm
2nd November, 9th November and 16th November
West Melton Community Centre
Wednesday, 5pm-5.45pm
4th November, 11th November and 18th November
You can also drop off clothes in the evenings in Lincoln please get in touch with us for the address.
If none of the above works for you then get in touch, DM @LincolnEnvirotown, email lincolnenvirotowntrust@gmail.com or call 03 423 0445 to arrange.
Our Sponsors
A big thank you to our wonderful sponsors!
We extend our sincere appreciation to all our sponsors, Rata Foundation, Selwyn District Council, COGS, Lottery Community and Lincoln University.
Andrew Boyd will explain the exciting changes underway at Selwyn’s Resource Recovery Park.
The Reconnect Project is an innovative and ambitious project aimed at getting people thinking differently about waste materials, showcasing recovery of materials from the waste stream, and alternative options to landfill.
Andrew Boyd is the Solid Waste Manager at Selwyn District Council.
This will be followed by the Lincoln Envirotown Trust AGM.
Our Sponsors
A big thank you to our wonderful sponsors!
We extend our sincere appreciation to all our sponsors, Rata Foundation, Selwyn District Council, COGS, Lottery Community and Lincoln University.
In April 2017 the Lincoln Envirotown Trust delivered 40 Kgs of batteries to Ecotech Services in Christchurch for them to undergo a recycling process instead of going to landfill. The Batteries are deposited by members of the public into the recycling container provided at Lincoln New World. In early September of this year the 1000th kilogram was delivered.
As Lincoln Envirotown and New World started the project, there was simply no way of knowing how people would react and what sort of response there would be. It was envisaged that there may be an early influx of batteries as people cleared out those they had stored without any clear sustainable way of disposing of them but that after that there would be a drop off. In fact the opposite has happened with the numbers of batteries deposited growing in most months. Some months have seen more than 100 Kgs deposited.
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