September is Sustainability Month, and we’re pleased to be getting behind efforts here in Mohua Golden Bay to create a more resilient and sustainable food supply for our community and whenua. The Kai Resilience Project launches this month, initiated by The Sustainable Living Centre, in partnership with Mohua 2042 and Mohua Social Services.
Like HealthPost, the Sustainable Living Centre was seeded here in Mohua in 1986, with a similar vision. The Sustainable Living Centre works for a world where people are deeply connected to nature and each other, life is sustainable, and food is healthy. They promote regenerative organic practices and sustainable living, through sharing knowledge and resources and fostering community. Their mahi speaks directly to our purpose here at HealthPost: to help people live naturally healthy lives.
The Kai Resilience Project is an innovative, climate-friendly approach to providing nourishment within our local community, working with the unique challenges and opportunities in our remote rural area of Mohua Golden Bay. Food resilience is the focus of this year’s Sustainable Living Hui.
It brings together key players in the local food system from growers and processors to retailers and home gardeners to discuss this important topic. The hui will focus on the local economy, supporting the environment, food needs of the vulnerable, the cooperative nature of the Golden Bay community, decentralisation, and nutrient dense food.
We’re looking forward to being a part of these discussions and planning for a more connected and resilient community. In the meantime, we’ve contributed to the construction of a highly insulated earth pantry to facilitate the climate-friendly storage of Golden Bay’s abundant surplus produce, which will be mapped, collected, preserved, and distributed to those in need as part of the Kai Resilience Project.
The Project combines a practical, grass roots approach with a very connected and future-focused mindset. It calls on the Sustainable Living Centre’s strong network of experts and volunteers, sharing skills and giving back. With seed saving and seed gardens focused on locally adapted varieties for our specific climate on the horizon, this is just the beginning, and we’re excited to be involved in such vital work in our corner of the world.
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