Tag Archives: Resilience

Long time no see and the proposed dam in Hawke’s Bay

Posted on 6 March 2013 by Gavin Kenny

It’s been nearly two years since I posted here. Two years ago I had a period without paid work and focused my time on putting together some film clips and posting them on my YouTube channel. Soon after I started … Continue reading →

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Second film clip uploaded

Posted on 9 March 2011 by Gavin Kenny

I received some very supportive comments and positive feedback on my first clip, uploaded three weeks ago. I subsequently decided to work sequentially through my footage. This posed an immediate challenge as the next batch of film required me to … Continue reading →

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Film project update

Posted on 16 February 2011 by Gavin Kenny

Four years ago I began a film project to document grassroots perspectives on climate change. The journey that unfolded is documented on the Journal page of this website. Some sporadic work has been done towards developing the documentary film that … Continue reading →

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Further reflections from Thailand: Learning to live with uncertainty

Posted on 4 November 2010 by Gavin Kenny

In my last post I talked about transformational change and referred to my Agri-Nature Foundation friends as a living example of this. It sounds radical and some may think painful. It’s only radical if you don’t feel some attunement to … Continue reading →

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Back from Thailand: reflections on the need for transformational change

Posted on 3 November 2010 by Gavin Kenny

I’m back from Thailand and currently dealing with a chest infection. Travelling takes it toll, both on my health and on that of the planet. I live with these inconsistencies. From my arrival late on 19 October through to the … Continue reading →

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Back to Thailand

Posted on 18 October 2010 by Gavin Kenny

Earlier this year I had a phone call out of the blue from a friend in Thailand, Khun Wipa. I hadn’t spoken to her since 2007 when we were travelling and filming grassroots perspectives on climate change. She was phoning … Continue reading →

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Successful completion of Sustainable Farming Fund project

Posted on 11 June 2010 by Gavin Kenny

Yesterday saw a successful conclusion to a two-year Sustainable Farming Fund project that I have been managing. Continue reading →

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Taharoa Trust field day a success

Posted on 29 April 2010 by Gavin Kenny

We held a very successful field day at Taharoa Trust farm on Mahia Peninsula yesterday, hosted by owners Pat and Sue O’Brien. There were about 70 farmers and rural industry people who came from as far afield as Porongahau in … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on carbon trading

Posted on 9 February 2010 by Gavin Kenny

The following was published in the January 2010 newsletter of the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association. It was written in response to an editorial in the previous newsletter. I’ve subsequently made some minor modifications. Carbon trading was never a sensible … Continue reading →

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Interviewed on Rural Delivery

Posted on 19 September 2009 by Gavin Kenny

I was one of the subjects of a segment on Rural Delivery on TV1 this morning. I was interviewed several weeks ago, along with Tim Dinneen, a Hawke’s Bay farmer who we had previously interviewed as part of the two-year … Continue reading →

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