Greenweek: Keep Our Assets Spring Collection: Get involved this September

Over the winter months, the Green Party and our coalition partners have collected over 240,000 signatures on the Keep Our Assets petition. Email not displaying correctly? View in browser Events Keep NZ GE Free Public Meeting Come along, listen to the speakers, join in the discussion – with Steffan Browning MP Rotorua 2nd September Snippets Insane in the Chromatophores Squid's membrane goes insane while listening to Cypress Hill. [Youtube] Transparent animals An amazing set of tranparent animals. [Treehugger] Tiny nations to create the largest marine reserves Cook Islands and New Caledonia place nearly 2.5 million square kilometres of south Pacific Ocean under protection. [Guardian] Scottish villagers create thier own wind farm Fintry in Scotland claims to be first community in UK to run its own wind turbine to cut carbon emissions and energy bills. [Guardian] Renewable Ideas Fuse Design and Social Responsibility Great green Homeware products from a leading green companies. [Inhabitat] City firm's bike rack going global Dunedin-designed Freeload bike racks are going global. [Otago Daily Times] Kaki set free The release of 45 young black stilt/kaki by the Department of Conservation yesterday will boost the numbers of this critically endangered species in the wild. [DOC] Send snippet ideas to Ryan Kennedy. Follow us             www.greens.org.nz Kia ora Waikato Over the winter months, the Green Party and our coalition partners have collected over 240,000 signatures on the Keep Our Assets petition. That's an outstanding victory in itself, but we now need to finish the job off. Today we launched The Spring Collection, our month long push to get the last remaining signatures to force a referendum to stop the asset sales. We need your help one last time. Please sign up now to get involved. Russel Norman Green Party Co-leader Weekly too often? Switch to Greenweek monthly digest          News Referendum can be held before assets sold Media release, 31 August 2012 "The Government's asset sales programme is in crisis and the referendum campaign is on a roll," said Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman. Read more... Kevin Hague speaks on the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill Media release, 30 August 2012 "Your vote on this bill will stand against your name forever. It is up to you on which side of history you will be remembered" - Kevin Hauge. Read more... Living wage essential to assist low paid Media release, 30 August 2012 The growing gap between rich and poor in New Zealand shows why a living wage is needed, Green Party industrial relations spokesperson Denise Roche said today. Read more... Green Bill to protect waterways passes first reading Media release, 29 August 2012 Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty's Members Bill to close a loophole in the Resource Management Act allowing on-going pollution, passed it's first reading today. Read more... View more news Blog posts The “Black Drain” Bill passes First Reading! Blog post by Catherine Delahunty Last night was a great night at Parliament for several reasons. Not the least was the one vote majority that sent my "Black Drain" Bill through First Reading to the Local Government and Environment Select Committee. Read more... The risks of outsourcing conservation Blog post by frog The problem with outsourcing conservation funding to business has been highlighted. Read more... Child Poverty: Still Waiting for Some Evidence Based Policy Blog post by Holly Walker The evidence is in! A number of key reports have been released over the past week that provide us with some important pointers about what we need to be doing to address child poverty. Read more... Where is the Minister of Conservation? Blog post by Gareth Hughes Has anyone seen the Minister of Conservation, Kate Wilkinson? Read more... View more blog posts Send us your feedback We'd love to hear your views. Simply email us and let us know your thoughts. Unsubscribe from Greenweek Change subscriptions and details - email newsletters, name and address Opt out of this and all future emails from us Bowen House, Parliament, Wellington Telephone: Ph (04) 817 6700, Fax (04) 472 6003 Authorised by Metiria Turei and Russel Norman, Parliament Buildings, Wellington.               www.greens.org.nz