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ECO Annual Conference

2008 - Sustainable New Zealand – Rhetoric or Reality?

This year's conference is at Saint Johns in the City Church and Tapu Te Ranga Marae in Wellington, from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 June.

ECO Conference Programme

FRIDAY 27th JUNE - Saint Johns in the City Church

8:30 onwards	Registration
9:30 - 10:00	Powhiri/Welcome
10:00 - 10:30	Coffee/tea/snacks
10:30 - 11:30	Environment 2007 Report Overview and discussion –
11.30 – 12.30pm	Environmental Issues for the Election	Geoff Keey , Greenpeace political advisor

12:30 - 1:30pm	Lunch
1.30 – 3.00pm	Climate Change • Science and current issues • Emissions Trading Scheme Sustainable transport –
3.00 - 3.30pm	Afternoon tea
3.30 – 5.30pm	Politicians on the Green Spot
6.00 - 7:00pm	Dinner
7.00 - 8.00pm	Biodiversity and the RMA
SATURDAY 28th June
9:00 - 10:30	Marine and coastal • Managing the EEZ • New Zealand Coastal Policy Marine reserves – case study
10:30 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 12:30	Amazing Antarctica: managing human impacts	Barry Weeber , ECO
12:30 - 1:30pm	Lunch
1:30 - 3:00pm	Freshwater • Quality and ecosystem health – • Water allocation model Workshop/panel on water	– Peter Neilson, NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development
3:00 - 3:30pm	BREAK
3:30 - 4:30pm	Mecology	– Linda Shaw
4:30 - 5:30pm	Genuine Progress Indicators	( Speaker TBC )
5:30 - 6:00pm	Break and dinner prep
6:00pm	DINNER
7:00pm onwards	Entertainment and Quiz evening
	Travel to Tapu Te Ranga Marae…
SUNDAY 29th	Tapu Te Ranga Marae
9:00 - 10:00am	Sustainable Agriculture: Agriculture and climate change
10.00 - 10.30 am	Election Overview	Nicky Hager and Geoff Keey
10.30 - 11.00am	BREAK
11.00 – 1.30pm	AGM part I (or field trips)
	Break
	ECO AGM part 2 (or field trips)
1.30 - 2.30pm	LUNCH
2.30 - 3.00pm	Group closing summary
3.00pm onwards	Clean up
	Memorial Tree Planting