Join us for a relaxed night of casual conversation about the future of Hopper!

What would you like to see?

There will be space to discuss products you'd like us to stock, workshops you'd be interested in attending or hosting, and how you envision us within our community and on our zero-waste journey.

From 7pm-9pm on Wednesday 31st March, come share herbal tea and chats about all things Hopper and more.

Special Lucky Dip on the night to say thanks!

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Need new threads for winter, but not feeling that capitalist vibe? Want to pimp your wardrobe, without contributing to total ecological collapse?

Join us for a clothes swap in a supportive and inclusive setting.
*All genders, ages, shapes, sizes, and styles very warmly welcome!*

There's plenty of room for everyone.
Entry by koha to Wellington Homeless Women's Trust

How it works
Bring any clothes you no longer love, and take away new threads for you, your partner(s), the small and big people who live with you, your neighbors, your gran, maybe even your dog friends.

Other donations
Wellington Homeless Women's Trust are currently looking for donations of bodywash, and decor for their rooms. They want to make the accommodation they provide welcoming and homely. There will be a spot at the swap to drop off these donations.

Catering
Free vegan baked goodies! Free coffee and tea from the fantastic folk at People's Coffee and Commonsense Organics. Other lovely things!

Early drop-offs are available
You can drop off your clothes from 9am on the day or at drop off points in Wellington in the days before - contact us for details at newtownclothesswap@gmail.com.

Accessibility
The venue is wheelchair accessible and has accessible and gender-neutral toilets.

Volunteering
If you'd like to volunteer to do some (vegan) baking, or help with set up and running on the day, please get in touch.

Who you are supporting
Wellington Homeless Women’s Trust provides support and accommodation to homeless women in Wellington.
They provide women with up to three months temporary accommodation while they get back on their feet and navigate the complex systems within our society. See more at their website here: https://www.whwt.kiwi/

Lockdown is over and you probably have way too many puzzles. Lucky for you, we are holding the second Wellington Puzzle and Game swap!

Bring your pre-loved puzzles (and games) and swap them with other game lovers.

REUSE, RECYCLE AND HAVE MORE FUN FOR FREE!

If you dont have any puzzles to swap, just come and hang out and do some puzzles that we will set up on the day.

All leftovers puzzles will be donated to the Toy Library in Miramar so donations are also welcome. Feel free to drop off puzzles to the community centre during the week if you cant make it on the day.

Friends of Vogelmorn invite you to join us once again as our Vogelmorn Sessions gig series goes rollicking along into it’s 3rd incarnation!

This one will be a sit-down, cabaret-style event, much like the first, but with potential for a bit of a dance floor to develop in the later stages.

Providing the musical entertainment we have two contrasting but complementary musical acts:

The Wooden Box Band
With many threads of folk and country, writers Paddy Burgin, Jessie Moss and Emily Clemett write songs for Aotearoa’s landscape and its people. The Appalachian Mountains and Southern Alps are heard in tales of Blue-collar Petone, Janet Frame’s Oamaru and the Waimakariki River. Goose bump harmonies and runaway instrumental solos. Check out a sample here: https://youtu.be/FOK3p74v0gg (As well as a band performance, member Paddy Burgin is an in demand luthier (http://www.burginguitars.co.nz/)

Then later on, join Pōneke’s must-see Ingrid and the Ministers for a mind-expanding journey through the mysterious, raw and ultimately uplifting landscapes of love, loss and redemption. Their psychedelic “frock” music weaves heart-aching intimacy, 60s tinged psychedelia and full-on noisy rock & roll. After an interrupted tour in celebration of their debut album "Kill The Sights" (vinyl available) they are really excited to enjoy a lovely night with you in Ingrid's home suburb! Check them out here: https://youtu.be/nfcNEPfmIEA

DAMASCUSok will be cooking up some different delectable Syrian food offerings this time - a buffet-style approach with meat and vegan options available.

Nice and early on a Sunday evening, you’re welcome to bring the kids and BYO drinks.

Adults $20 or $35 with dinner.
Kids (5-10yo) $10 or $!5 with dinner.
Under 5's free (entry and dinner).

Book here: https://allevents.in/manage/tickets/book.php?event_id=80003099972355

Get in quick as tickets are limited and will probably sell out again.

See ya there!

Waste Dating is back!

We will be hosting a speed dating style waste conversation event. Join 5 awesome people who have been tackling waste in their own way.

Come with friends or come solo and leave with friends.

They will each focus on different area of waste.

Hannah Blumhardt (Takeaway Throwaways): Policy and advocacy
Liam Prince (The Rubbish Trip): Gender representation in zero waste
Ben Phillips (Kaibosh): Food waste in supply chain
Hannah Checkley (Plastic Free Flatties): Reducing plastic in shared environments
Special Australian Guest

Food and snacks provided.

On Wednesday, 29 July from 5.30pm-7.00pm join us for a fun night to celebrate these business champs, add your own plastic-free pledge to our tree and be part of the movement to turn Plastic Free July into plastic-free forever.

But... we need your help finding identifying them. From now until midnight Sunday 26 July we want you to point out your local plastic-free superheroes.

So…
🥡 if your local takeout swapped out plastic containers for home compostable ones, we want to hear about it!

☕ if you know of an awesome cafe refusing to use single-use cups, we want to hear about it!

🥬 if your online orders (food, drink and otherwise) arrive free of plastic - we want to hear about it!

🍱 Even if your local food joint provides incentives for you to BYO containers, you know it - we want to hear about it!

The idea is simple…

To share how your favourite local (in Wellington, Kapiti, Porirua, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt and Wairarapa) is fighting plastic pollution with a plastic-free solution, all you need to do is:

🗣️ Tell us a bit about them (mainly, name and location) as well as a brief outline of what they have done to reduce plastic waste in the last 12 months + 📷 Submit a photo/video of the business OR a photo of you outside the business on this page by 🌚 midnight on Sunday 26 July 🌚

You can also email your nomination through to advice@sustaintrust.org.nz - with ‘Love Welly, Ditch Plastic’ in the subject heading.

This is your opportunity to help spread their awesomeness🏆. We will reward them with a feature piece on our website, across our social media channels and in our upcoming newsletter.

🎉 LOVE WELLY, DITCH PLASTIC CELEBRATION🎉

On Wednesday, 29 July from 5.30pm-7.00pm join us for a fun night to celebrate these business champs, add your own plastic-free pledge to our tree and be part of the movement to turn Plastic Free July into plastic free forever.

Speaker line up:
🌊 Amanda from NIWA New Zealand on plastics work in Kaiwharawhara stream
🥡 Hannah from The Rubbish Trip & Takeaway Throwaways on their shopping guides and Takeaway Throwaways
🏭 Liam from Rubbish Trip and APPA - Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance on the Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance
💚 Aaron from Love Local - Wellington on what sustainability means to WellingtonNZ

We've also got some extra special guests from Pukeko Gallery / Alexander Pharmacy, Hopper - Refill, Shop & Café & Reusabowl.

🎤 And your MC for the eve, is the one and only Councillor Laurie Foon Paekawakawa Southern Ward

When: Wednesday, 29 July from 5.30 pm to 7 pm
Where: Sust Trust HQ - 2 Forresters Lane, Wellington

Cost: $5-10 per person. Nibbles and a complimentary drink included in the ticket price 🍷🧀

As part of the Living Lightly series, The Community of Saint Luke is excited to host three legendary local zero wasters, Kristy Lorson of EarthSavvy, and Hannah and Liam of The Rubbish Trip, who are joining forces for a one-off webinar and Q&A on the hows and whys of zero waste living.

Everyone is welcome - don't miss out! Please register in advance and get the webinar link here: stlukes.org.nz/events | pamela@stlukes.org.nz | 09 520 0740

Between them, Kristy, Hannah and Liam have over 15 years' experience of waste-free living. They've each developed and delivered their own fun, practical and informative workshops on how and why to live less wastefully. This webinar will draw on the best of zero waste theory, philosophy and practice, to focus on SOLUTIONS for eliminating the rubbish from our lives and society.

We'll be putting aside plenty of time for audience Q&A. All questions are welcome, from tips on practical, everyday tricks for cutting out waste from a grocery shop, to how to effectively advocate for (and be part of) business and government change. Feel free to send through questions beforehand to colin@stlukes.org.nz

WELLINGTON - Come and create delicious cacao and maca superfood treats at this hands on workshop and cooking demonstration experience.
About this Event
Have you ever heard about maca or cacao but are not sure what they are, how to use them, what they can be used to make or how to make them taste delicious? Then come and connect with these amazing sacred superfoods and learn how to make them into healthy and yummy treats. We will take you through cacao beans, cacao nibs, cacao ceremonial paste, cacao butter, cacao powder, maca nibs, maca powder and maca extracts - what they are and how to use each of them. You can create or try maca - cacao butter keto bites, a ceremonial cacao and maca elixir, cacao and cashew mousse, maca nib Incan tea. Be inspired by these ancient superfoods, learn about their amazing health properties and understand how to connect with them.

CACAO AND MACA

The most sacred teacher plants of the Inca and Mayans. Working together they can access and unlock our Pineal master gland, the bliss centre of the brain that links to our heart. Through opening the heart, and calming the ego, maca and cacao allow us to hear our true self, work through blockages and past traumas, dissolve any pent up negative energy, and help us align with who we truly are. Returning to the essence and transforming the negative into true healing positive. Allow the wisdom of these two sacred medicines to guide you to your place of inner balance.

Hosted by -

Sally Huapaya – Incan descendant, maca expert and practitioner of Incan cosmovision and medicine. www.themacaexperts.com

Dr Corin Storkey – medical researcher, maca expert, qigong and energy practitioner. www.selenohealth.com

FREE EVENT - You can offer a donation if you like after attending (optional)

PLEASE RESERVE YOUR SPOT

Take part in the Plastic Free July Challenge this year and reduce the amount of single use plastic you use. Join plastic free champions:

Hannah and Liam from The Rubbish Trip
Kate from Waste Free With Kate
Te Kawa and Shirley from Para Kore
Nic from Mainstream Green
Anthea from Remix Plastic
Juliet from The Great Eco Journey
Coralie from Practically Green
and many others from around the country at a free virtual launch party. There will be demonstrations on how to make your own crackers and lip balm + virtual house tours, spot prizes and the chance to connect with hundreds of other people around the country who will also be taking part in the challenge.

This is a family friendly event so invite your friends and whanau to join in. The event will be held on Zoom and you will be sent the login details closer to the time.

Friends of Vogelmorn are delighted to invite you to the first in a series of live music gigs at the beautiful Vogelmorn Hall.

Let’s help support our local live music community to get back on its feet after the trials and tribulations of the past few months. And, at the same time, warm our cockles and soothe our souls with an evening of sultry and salubrious sounds.

Brooklyn locals, French for Rabbits have toured their ethereal dream-pop extensively around the world – playing more shows in the US than they did at home in 2019. Like all of us they have their feet firmly planted on home soil this year though, and will be popping down to the hall (perhaps even on foot) to perform a stripped back duo set of material from their growing catalogue of songs which rove through topics from environmental advocacy and seafaring to hoarding and cats. They are currently working on their third record, and recently released lock-down single ‘The Tunnel’ alongside an autumnal video which captures the season. (https://youtu.be/rvU4rh2uTOQ)

Ida Lune is a band born and grounded in Wellington. Members Anna Wooles, Deanne Krieg, and Rose Blake bring together their training in contrasting styles including jazz, classical, and electronic music to inform their emotive compositions. The trio take pride in their detailed three-part harmonies and interweaving melodies which are enhanced by layers of synth and strings. (https://youtu.be/_C8hrau7rbk)

MC Phanny is a brand new solo project from Dr.Reknaw’s Sophie Cooper - a soulful, mellow, silky-smooth blend of rnb, hiphop and downbeat electronica with jazz sensibilities. Sophie’s touchingly honest, open, earthy-ethereal voice sails on a sea of solid, head-nodding beats, catchy melodic hooks and luscious tonescapes.

This inaugural event is a sit-down, cabaret-style affair. Bring your own drinks and snacks, or order a delicious takeaway meal from Damascus Cafe (DAMASCUSok) located in the Vogelmorn Bowling Club just across the green, and enjoy dining in the hall before the show starts.

$20 or $35 including dinner from Damascus.

Book here: https://allevents.in/wellington/vogelmorn-sessions-winter-solstice-with-french-for-rabbits-ida-lune-and-mc-phanny/80002814074400

Keen to reduce your household rubbish but unsure where to start? Heard of zero waste stores & people who get their groceries from bulk bins, but feel awkward trying this yourself?

Maybe you've seen internet blogs or articles about people who live without a rubbish bin & you'd like to know if this really is possible. Or perhaps you're interested to know if it's worthwhile going to all the effort - does bulk bin shopping actually = a reduction in waste overall?

If these are some of the questions running through your head, this could be the event for you! Join Waste Free Sarah and The Rubbish Trip (who between them have over ten years' experience of waste-free living) for a FREE guided tour of Hopper - Refill, Shop & Café, Wellington's independent zero waste grocer.

Sarah, Hannah and Liam will show you how they navigate a zero waste store, the tools you'll need to nail a waste-free shop, and the kinds of food, toiletries & cleaning products you can concoct from the unpackaged ingredients available.

Hopper's store manager, Ali, will also be present to give an insight into the 'behind the scenes' of a waste free store, and explain the work Hopper does to reduce its own waste footprint (not just the waste it passes on to customers).

There will be TWO tour options, one from 6pm-7pm, the second from 7pm-8pm. The tours are FREE and will be structured, but informal, with lots of opportunities to ask questions!

Keen to reduce your household rubbish but unsure where to start? Heard of zero waste stores & people who get their groceries from bulk bins, but feel awkward trying this yourself?

Maybe you've seen internet blogs or articles about people who live without a rubbish bin & you'd like to know if this really is possible. Or perhaps you're interested to know if it's worthwhile going to all the effort - does bulk bin shopping actually = a reduction in waste overall?

If these are some of the questions running through your head, this could be the event for you! Join Waste Free Sarah and The Rubbish Trip (who between them have over ten years' experience of waste-free living) for a FREE guided tour of Hopper - Refill, Shop & Café, Wellington's independent zero waste grocer.

Sarah, Hannah and Liam will show you how they navigate a zero waste store, the tools you'll need to nail a waste-free shop, and the kinds of food, toiletries & cleaning products you can concoct from the unpackaged ingredients available.

Hopper's store manager, Ali, will also be present to give an insight into the 'behind the scenes' of a waste free store, and explain the work Hopper does to reduce its own waste footprint (not just the waste it passes on to customers).

There will be TWO tour options, one from 6pm-7pm, the second from 7pm-8pm. The tours are FREE and will be structured, but informal, with lots of opportunities to ask questions!