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| Technologies for predator free Christchurch | 2019 | The Cacophony Project(external link) | Pilot application of technology-based predator control at Living Springs aiming to create a predator free area using a thermal camera and artificial intelligence. | $50,000 |
| Little River Trap Library | 2017 | Little River Wairewa Community Trust(external link) | Widen community conservation efforts and provide information about pest control. The Library provides traps free of charge for three months with mentorship on use. Funding sought for traps, time and modest marketing. | $10,000 |
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Council is proud to support local projects with the Innovation and Sustainability Fund. Check out the great projects we have funded so far.
Biodiversity
Building
| Project | Year | Applicant | Description | Funding |
| Superhome Movement Tours | 2019 | Superhome Movement(external link) | Three public tours of Christchurch Superhomes, touris in October, March, and July 2020. | $6,287 |
| Building Above Code and To Code | 2019 | Massey University | Purchase 100 sensors and collect and share data on the temperature, moisture and carbon dioxide in the living room and bedroom of 25 code minimum homes and 25 above code Superhomes in Christchurch. | $40,000 |
| Power Pavillion | 2018 | Field Limited(external link) | A citizen-generated and large-scale public work of transitional architecture that offers significant presence and amenity to the central city. | $50,000 |
| Ōtakaro Orchard | 2018 | Food Resilience Network(external link) | Funding sought to support building an architect-designed green building at the Ōtakaro Orchard. Funding to support installation of a green roof, solar array, water catchment and building dashboard. | $60,000 |
| 2018 Exemplar Homes Tour Homestar assessment costs | 2017 | SUPERHOME Movement(external link) | Public tour of sustainable homes in Christchurch with Homestar rating. Funds sought to partly cover the NZGBC cost gaining a Homestar Rating for 10 homes to provide community more understanding of Homestar and more certainty of housing quality. | $9,400 |
Community
| Project | Year | Applicant | Description | Funding |
| Garden Festival for Christchurch (GROW Ōtautahi Festival) | 2019 | The Christchurch Garden Festival Trust(external link) | Hosting a free, three-day public garden festival in the Christchurch Botanical Gardens. Council funding will support educational opportunities and lower the cost for community organisations displaying at the event. | $30,000 |
| Edible Community Garden Empower Church | 2019 | Community Focus Trust(external link) | An edible community garden on the grounds of Empower Church, located in St Albans (140 Springfield Road). | $2,280 |
| Community Pantry and Fridge at the Riccarton West Community Garden | 2019 | Oak Development Trust(external link) | Funding to support the completion of a community pantry and fridge in Riccarton West. | $5,000 |
| Braveheart Christchurch | 2019 | Braveheart Christchurch Charitable Trust(external link) | The filming and online publication of 18 case studies of inspiring Christchurch people or projects to showcase local heros and brave actions taken to help others. | $36,000 |
| Memorial Edible Gardens of Mt Pleasant | 2019 | Mt Pleasant Memorial Community Centre and Residents' Association Inc(external link) | Creation of a new community garden and gathering space beside the Mt Pleasant Memorial Community Centre. | $3,333 |
| Fit out and activation of GtR mobile workshop | 2019 | Greening the Rubble(external link)(external link) | Funding sought for fit out and purchase tools for a Mobile Workshop for community use. | $8,095 |
| Cultivate Christchurch | 2018 | Cultivate Christchurch(external link) | Urban farm to support youth development. Funding to support wages, fertiliser and irrigation. | $50,000 |
| The Addington Farm | 2018 | The Addington Farm(external link) | Community farm to supply fresh vegetables, employment opportunities, education and community engagement. Funding to support the Spin Farm, small scale farming in backyards. | $30,000 |
| Mobile workshop | 2018 | Greening the Rubble(external link) | Mobile tool workshop for community use. Funding sought for construction materials and set-up. | $22,165 |
| Sustainability Coordintor | 2018 | Sustainable Eastern Bays(external link)(external link) | Funding sought for staff time (sustainability coordinator) to deliver a range of community projects (e.g. food forest, predator free, native planting, waste education, time banking). | $25,000 |
| Implementation manager role | 2018 | (external link)Christchurch Enviro Hub(external link) | Establish and run a new Christchurch Enviro Hub. Funding sought to support implementation manager position. | $20,000 |
Education
| Project | Year | Applicant | Description | Funding |
| Future of Learning Conference 2019 | 2019 | Think Beyond Limited(external link) | Funds to lower the cost for 30 people to attend a two day conference on modern learning and technologies. Preparation of an event guide linked to the Sustainable Development Goals. | $9,900 |
| Bays & Beyond Learning Exchange | 2019 | Sumner Bays Union Trust(external link) | Programme of learning events hosted by community groups to teach on a range of environmental and social topics. | $20,000 |
| Social Enterprise Challenge / $85K Start-Up Challenge | 2019 | Entré, University of Canterbury(external link) | Funding sought to run competitions and challenges to support development of innovation and tertiary institutions. | $5,000 |
| Impact Summit and Social Enterprise Climate Emergency Challenge | 2019 | UC Centre for Entrepreneurship(external link) | Flagship youth (17-25 year olds) capacity building events promoting innovation and entrepreneurship to approximately 400 youth with a focus on addressing our climate emergency. | $20,000 |
| Learning City Christchurch | 2019 | (external link)Learning City Christchurch(external link) | $25,000 | |
| Limitless Programs 2019 | 2019 | Limitless Charitable Trust(external link) | A conference and series of hui to equip young people with greater self-awareness and confidence in the areas of strengths, values, goal setting, passions and career pathway. | $10,000 |
| Germinate Collective Workbook | 2019 | host organisation - Food Resilience Network | Support for the completion and publication of Christchurch-specific practical workbooks for school, community and home gardeners on growing and eating healthy organic food. Funding will support 20 free workbooks for low decile schools and Council libraries. | $9,825 |
| Conservation Week 2019 with Squawk Squad | 2019 | Squawk Squad(external link)(external link) | Innovative, digital, environmental education outreach into NZ schools during Conservation Week. Funding will support 110 classrooms and approx 2,800 school children. | $20,000 |
| Pop Lab | 2018 | Fab City Aotearoa Trust(external link) | A design installation and temporary fabrication lab in the Arts Centre over summer 2018/19 that will act as a showroom for locally produced, digitally exportable goods | $10,000 |
| Squawk Squad education packs | 2018 | Squawk Squad(external link)(external link) | To deliver Conservation Week educational packs to 80 Christchurch school classrooms to support environmental education and practical actions. | $8,000 |
| Impact Summit 2018 | 2018 | University of Canterbury(external link) | Christchurch's flagship innovation and impact event targeted at 17-25 year-olds (though all ages welcome). | $10,000 |
| Future Living Skills - Christchurch | 2018 | Christchurch Community Gardens Association(external link) & Sustainable Living Education Trust(external link) | Funding sought to re-launch and updated community-led education programme to enable community groups throughout Christchurch to run 'Future Living Skills' courses. | $8,250 |
| Limitless programs 2018 | 2018 | Limitless(external link) | Mentoring events to help youth understand their passions, values, skills and strengths and to channel this toward real world problems, goals and meaningful careers. | $10,000 |
| Future of Learning | 2018 | Think Beyond(external link)(external link) | Workshops and event for adults and youth to explore disruptive technology. | $10,000 |
Energy and climate
| Project | Year | Applicant | Description | Funding |
| The Canterbury Railway Society Solar Energy Programme | 2019 | The Canterbury Railway Society Incorporated(external link) | Funding sought to set up a 3kW Solar array at the Railway Society in Ferrymead | $5,243 |
| The Christchurch Climate Challenge Conference | 2019 | Climate Challenge NZ Christchurch Conference(external link) | A June 2019 Christchurch conference led by a national youth-for-youth organisation to empower young people to be leaders and to take action on climate change. | $3,250 |
| LiteClub Christchurch | 2019 | Project Litefoot Trust(external link)(external link) | Supporting a further ten local sports clubs to improve their resource efficiency and carbon footprint. | $9,303 |
| LiteClub Christchurch | 2018 | Project Litefoot Trust(external link) | Supporting ten local sports clubs to improve their resource efficiency and carbon footprint. | $7,640 |
Land and water
| Project | Year | Applicant | Description | Funding |
| Urban Eel Project | 2019 | Working Waters Trust(external link) | Educate students about eels and their habitat, connect students to community groups, educate group leaders in the use of nets for eel monitoring and undertake eel monitoring throughout Christchurch. | $10,000 |
| Nature Agents - Operation River Quest | 2019 | EOS Ecology(external link) | Preparing and hosting a practical learning event for 17 schools on stream care, ecological research and a litter clean-up along local waterways. | $10,000 |
| Electrothermal Weed Management Trial | 2019 | Avon-Otakaro Incorporated(external link)(external link) | Following on from the training workshops held in February 2019, funding will support 12 months of field trials targeting different weeds in different locations to test efficacy of the technology in different scenarios. | $25,010 |
| Electrothermal Weed Management Workshops | 2018 | Avon-Otakaro Incorporated(external link) | To deliver workshops around electrothermal weed management, a technology that could support a reduction in use of chemical herbicides. | $5,000 |
| Cultivate Christchurch: Richmond Urban Farm - a transitional project in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor regeneration area | 2018 | Cultivate Christchurch(external link) | Funding to support establishing an urban farm in the Otakaro Avon River Regeneration Area. | $30,000 |
| Te Tuna Tāone - Urban Eel | 2018 | Working Waters Trust(external link) | Delivery of a school student education programme aiming to improve habitat for eels. | $22,000 |
| Next generation influence - Innovation | 2018 | Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research(external link) | Workshop expenses and artists’ fees to encourage local stewardship of land and water. | $3,000 |
| Converting Didymo fibres into marketable products | 2(external link)018 | Biome(external link)(external link) | Harvesting invasive Didymo fibres and processing into useful eco-friendly products. | $10,000 |
Transport
| Project | Year | Applicant | Description | Funding |
| BSB Electric Mobility Network - Carbon Zero Transport Christchurch | 2019 | Big Street Bikers(external link) | Installation of five securely locking cycle / scooter stands able to charge electric bikes and scooters, with an accompanying touch screen able to support wayfinding and positive cycle messages. | $50,000 |
| Good Spot Pete | 2019 | Gap Filler Trust | Support to establish a public car park on the former Convention Centre DCL land adjacent to the Town Hall. A share of the profits directed back to local placemaking activities. | $27,097 |
| Electric Air | 2019 | Electric Airline Limited | Funding sought to contribute to the cost of purchasing and importing New Zealand’s first battery electric aeroplane to be a local catalyst for this technology and future opportunities. | $50,000 |
| Biketober Passport 2019 | 2019 | Spokes Canterbury(external link) | An electronic passport app to support the annual Biketober campaign and to replace a printed and manually stamped passport. | $12,000 |
| Little River Traffic Safety Project | 2019 | Little River Wairewa Community Trust(external link) | Creation of four 3D painted traffic calming devices for the Little River village carpark where safety is of concern for the community. | $11,661 |
| Demystifying Electric Vehicles | 2018 | Yoogo Share(external link) | Free public events in Lyttelton and Papanui to demystify electric vehicles. | $6,000 |
| Realising the Future of Public Transport | 2018 | Ohmio Automotion Ltd.(external link) | Funding supplied to establish autonomous vehicle technology (the vehicle and navigation systems) in Christchurch, pass through the necessary legal processes to enable deployment in NZ, and create opportunities for the Christchurch public to engage with the driverless vehicles. | $50,000 |
| Cycling Action Network | 2018 | NZ Bike Expo(external link) | Two-day bike expo for all types or riders. Funding to support community groups and sports clubs to have a presence at the expo at no cost. | $10,000 |
| Greater Christchurch Partnership | 2018 | Greater Christchurch Partnership commuting program | Delivery of the Great Christchurch Travel Demand Management programme (encouraging walking, cycling, busing and shared travel) for key organisations in the central city. | $20,000 |
Waste
| Project | Year | Applicant | Description | Funding |
| PET Wash Plant Venture | 2019 | Custom-Pak Plastic Products | Build a PET plastic washing and recycling facility in Christchurch to support a circular economy for packaging. | $75,000 |
| Zero Waste Expo | 2019 | Waste Expo Aotearoa Trust(external link) | A series of expo style events with attendees having the opportunity to learn how to improve their waste reduction efforts. | $1,200 |
| A Green Solution to Hunger | 2019 | Foodbank Canterbury(external link) (Formally City Harvest) | A service that reduces food waste and provides food to vulnerable residents. | $30,000 |
| New Brighton Stitch-O-Mat | 2019 | New Brighton Stitch-O-Mat Charitable Trust(external link) | Community organisation teaching people how to mend clothes, make items using recycled materials and teach aspects of household sustainability. | $30,000 |
| Household Devices Batteries Collection Trial | 2019 | Christchurch City Council | Pilot a household battery collection recycling service for Christchurch and gather data to help create a value case for a permanent recycling solution. | $72,490 |
| Project Sea Change | 2018 | Genevieve Robinson | An app to help the community monitor the location, amount and type of plastic litter in the environment. Aims to increase understanding about plastic; mobilise community responses and support up-the-pipe solutions to plastic use. | $12,000 |
| City Harvest Food Rescue | 2018 | City Harvest(external link) | Support sought for this food rescue service that safely recovers quality surplus food and redistributes it through agencies to in-need individuals, whanau and children. | $30,000 |
| Soft Plastics Recycling Service | 2018 | Kilmarnock Enterprises(external link) | Support for the collection and recycling of soft plastics from supermarkets and retail outlets throughout Christchurch. | Collection vehicle |
| Lyttelton Library of Tools & Things | 2017 | Project Lyttelton(external link) | Set up a library of tools for community use and a platform for workshops, supporting less waste and resourcefulness. | $7,588 |
Other
| Project | Year | Applicant | Description | Funding |
| Talk Town Game | 2018 | Talk Town Limited | App for deaf and hard of hearing children to develop skills to advocate for themselves, understand their communication needs and interact with others | $8,389 |
| In Correspondence - Mapping Christchurch (In Correspondence: Christchurch) | 2018 | Emma Johnson | Layering social and environmental story over designed maps to be displayed at a series of events that also connect the audience with channels to volunteer in the community. | $5,000 |
| University of Waikato | 2018 | Visualising Addington Heritage | Funding sought to develop a mobile app in which multimedia Addington heritage information is made available. | $10,000 |
| Future City Activator Hackathon | 2018 | Ministry of Awesome(external link) | An idea generation and mentoring hackathon plus promoting CHCH as an innovative city. | $18,950 |