Sustainability now - a resilient future for all.

Sustainability now - a resilient future for all.

This is our vision. We want to achieve this by working proactively with the people of Nelson to promote environmental awareness and facilitate environmentally sustainable initiatives in our beautiful home, Nelson.

Nelson ReUse and Recycle Centre

Nelson ReUse and Recycle Centre

We work hard to keep local resources and treasures out of the landfill and to make them available to the community.

Waste Education Services

Waste Education Services

Our Waste Education Service can help you discover all the ways you can reduce, re-use, and recycle your waste - For businesses, schools and for individuals.

What we do

What we do

The Nelson Environment Centre has been at the forefront working for sustainability in Nelson for 30 years. We are an umbrella organisation for a large umber of environmental projects. Read more about our projects here.

Our Team

Our Team

The Nelson Environment Centre is a rapidly growing organisation with skilled professional staff overseeing each project...

Kids Edible Gardens in Schools

Kids Edible Gardens in Schools

Kids Edible Gardens Nelson (KEGs for short) aims to support primary schools to teach students about edible gardening and how this relates to waste minimisation, healthy eating, physical activity and environmental awareness in general.

Kia Ora and welcome to the Nelson Environment Centre

Our Vision: Sustainability now - a resilient future for all.
We do this by working proactively with the people of Nelson to promote environmental awareness and facilitate environmentally sustainable initiatives in this beautiful part of the world – our home, Nelson.

350 Aotearoa 10/10/10 Global Climate Working Bee


10/10/10 — “The Global Work Working Bee” — is a day when thousands of communities across the globe will come together to celebrate climate solutions. With your help, 10/10/10 is going to be the biggest day of practical action to cut carbon that the world has ever seen. 

Get involved locally by joining in an event in Nelson

Growing Fruit and Nuts website launched

All you need to know about growing fruit and nuts at home.
This Guide has been developed to give you the essential information you need for successfully growing fruit and nuts in a suburban backyard in the Top of the South region.
Visit the web site
 

Our funding

NEC have funding from contracts with both Nelson City and Tasman District Councils. We also have central Government funding and receive funding from other funding trusts and organisations.

We are currently embarking on a strategy of fundraising within the Nelson Community. NEC is a community organisation, and in order to continue the level of service we have built up, we must now seek financial support within the community.

We are seeking active members and need your contribution.

         

What do we do?

The Nelson Environment Centre has been at the forefront working for sustainability in Nelson for 30 years. We are an umbrella organisation for a large umber of environmental projects.

   Reduce... For many years the NEC has worked in partnership with both Nelson City and Tasman District Councils to provide free Waste Education Services (WES) (link) to businesses and schools in our community.
www.nec.org.nz/wes

   Re-Use and Recycle. NEC opened  the Nelson Recycling Centre 17 years ago, and currently runs the Re-Use shops at the Transfer Station in Vivian St, Tahunanui. You can see what kind of treasures they have for sale, and place a bid for what is always a great deal!

   Lets Tackle Climate Change! Join a rapidly growing group of people helping to tackle climate change. Enter the Code Red site to learn about the actions you can take as a young person, individual, household or business to reduce greenhouse gas pollution.
www.codered.org.nz

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