{"id":31808,"date":"2016-03-26T11:12:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T22:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=31808"},"modified":"2016-03-26T17:19:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T04:19:06","slug":"speaking-for-the-trees-last-day-for-the-give-a-little","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/03\/26\/speaking-for-the-trees-last-day-for-the-give-a-little\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking For The Trees: Last Day For The Give A Little"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>

The Cooptown limes — which Council still won’t agree to reschedule, leaving their iconic value in the landscape unrecognised.<\/p><\/div>\n

Today is the last day<\/strong> for the Give A Little<\/strong> to raise funds for the campaign I’ve been keenly supporting — to keep Christchurch’s Heritage and Notable trees protected on Council’s Replacement Plan:<\/p>\n

Give A Little: Save Notable Trees In Christchurch<\/a><\/h3>\n

Why?<\/h4>\n

Just so you know, I am not just putting my hand out — I am one of those the Give A\u00a0 Little video refers to<\/a> who has given thousands of dollars of my own money and hundreds of hours of my time to this cause.<\/p>\n

\"Pohutukawa,<\/a>

Pohutukawa, Clifton Bay, Sumner: still not saved.<\/p><\/div>\n

I am doing this because I believe the trees are one of the most important elements in our post-earthquake landscape that have not only survived, but provide continuity and frame the city’s recovery with an enduring sense of place.<\/p>\n

It’s about carrying something of value from the past forward with us into our future, and answering death, destruction, and loss — not<\/em> with more death, destruction, and loss, but by sustaining life, regeneration, and hope. It’s also very much about trying to deliver on the desire for a green city that was one of the strongest aspirations citizens expressed through the “Share An Idea” <\/a>consultation on the city’s rebuild.<\/p>\n

\"Dudley<\/a>

Dudley St oaks — Council still won’t agree to recognising their outstanding landscape contribution in the Plan<\/p><\/div>\n

Where We’ve Got To:<\/strong>
\nPeople have been wonderfully generous and so far we have raised over $15,000 — but the target was $25,000 and to fully cover the still-projected costs of completing the process, the campaign really needs that final $10,000.<\/p>\n

So if you have it within your means to give a little, or give a little more to help get us over the line, I would be very grateful if you would consider doing so.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Last Chance To Give A Little:<\/h3>\n

Help Us Keep Christchurch\u2019s Heritage and Notable Trees<\/a><\/h3>\n
\"Pre-European<\/a>

Pre-European kahikatea & living memory of Gondwanaland — but not good enough for scheduling & protection<\/p><\/div>\n

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Today is the last day for the Give A Little to raise funds for the campaign I’ve been keenly supporting — to keep Christchurch’s Heritage and Notable trees protected on Council’s Replacement Plan: Give A Little: Save Notable Trees In Christchurch Why? Just so you know, I am not just putting my hand out — […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31808"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31819,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31808\/revisions\/31819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}