PLASTIC FREE JULY 2016

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Werner Dekarski

The Far North Eco Centre is encouraging us to avoid single-use plastic in July. That is this month.

These are the aims of Plastic-Free July.

KAITAIA: Far North Eco Centre

Making us aware of:

The amount of single-use disposable plastic in circulation.
Its impact on users.
Its impact on the world.

We are told that every piece of plastic ever produced still remains somewhere on the planet today.

Last Saturday, on July 2, the Far North Eco Centre was at Kaitaia’s morning market offering reusable bags for sale and tips.

FAMILY VIOLENCE

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Werner Dekarski

A new approach to tackle family violence is tried in Christchurch / New Zealand and if it works the pilot will be applied nationally. (“Moves to tackle family violence”, Northern Advocate, Saturday, July 2, 2016)

OUR PRAYER: Back to the Bible as a Nation

Weekly there are about 175 cases of family violence reported in Christchurch. Nationwide there are roughly 66,000 children each year at family violence incidents attended by police.

An inter-agency team in Christchurch will respond and assess each case. The inter-agency team consists of staff from police, Child Youth and Family, Corrections, the Ministry of Health, NGO’s and Maori service providers.

If the pilot programme works, needs to be seen. But we have seen already what has been working in the past and what is now working, and that is coming back to the BIBLE as individuals and as a nation.