Waitakere locals go ‘Up the Creek’ at film premiere

Waitakere locals go ‘Up the Creek’ at film premiere It was a popcorn and laughter-filled Friday night at the movies as actors and Waitakere locals ‘walked the red carpet’ for a special film premiere on April 19th in Oratia. Robbers and tortoises both feature in the new short film Up the Creek – a stream… Read more »

Pest control update

Pest control and monitoring are just a couple of the many steps we can take to ensure our native plants and wildlife flourish.  The survival of whole ecosystems is affected by possums so many landowners, including Auckland Council commits resources to possum control at priority sites to ensure long term survival of species and the ecosystems that… Read more »

Glen Eden Intermediate students clean up the Waikumete Stream

Glen Eden Intermediate’s Room 30 students made this fantastic slideshow to depict their contribution to cleaning up the Waikumete Stream: [powerpoint http://projecttwinstreams.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/GlenEden_Project-Twin-Streams1.pptx ]

23-03-2013 Glen Eden’s Treasure Hunt of the Year

Check out Glen Eden’s Treasure Hunt of the Year on Saturday 23rd March (1pm start) – bring your friends, whanau and kids to find out about what makes Glen Eden special. Get to know your neighbors and neighborhood better! Project Twin Streams will be a station holder along the Glen Eden cycleway. Our route begins… Read more »

Big Henderson Creek Clean-Up

The Big Henderson Creek Clean-Up was held on Saturday 9th March at Tui Glen reserve. 40 volunteers helped to clean the stream banks on land while 10 volunteers collected waste from the stream from 5 boats. All up we managed to fill ¾ of a large skip and 7 big bags of recycling. Collected waste included… Read more »

Amazing Enviro Maze at Konini Primary

See Len Brown opening the amazing new Enviro Maze art trail at Konini Primary School and check out what the students have created to articulate the message of caring for our streams…  

EcoDay 2013

On Sunday 10th March the Project Twin Streams crew were out and about at EcoDay 2013 – West Auckland’s premiere sustainability event of the year. This free sustainability-focused event featured workshops covering everything from earth-building to raising backyard chooks, alongside exhibits from green businesses, cool electric vehicle displays, and markets which offered eco-friendly goods, advice and… Read more »

Tue 25 Oct 2011: Ecowise Community Awards

Ecowise Community Awards There are a number of categories in this year’s awards, including best Community Edible Garden and group and individual volunteer awards. If you know someone who commits their time on a voluntary basis to an environmental project, download an entry form to make your nomination and fill it in before 5pm Friday… Read more »