Main website: http://www.lyttelton.net.nz

Project Port Lyttelton aims to build a sustainable community by promoting a consensus model of community involvement. We know from experience everyone has something to offer, something to teach as well as often a need for help from each other.

The word ‘sustainable’ is in our community vision statement. This is always in the forefront as we explore ideas that emerge from the community.

Current aims include:
1. Getting our Time Bank flying.
2. Developing the conversation around energy matters; completing the household questionnaire; producing an information kit for people on how to retrofit houses and ideas for new buildings – this will include techniques available, and local businesses who could install; completing our warm wall project – providing a free warm wall to a householder and using that as a demonstration of its effectiveness.
3. Running an adult education class on “Discovering your leadership skills – in a community context”
4. Have one of our volunteers stand for election for the Community Board in Council
5. Deepen our connection with the community by continuing to use Appreciative Inquiry methods
6. Develop the lower floor of our community building as an art space available for the whole community
7. Maintain our newspaper as an 8 page supplement (has been 4 pages till this current issue) Getting buy in from advertisers to make this possible.
8.Continue to develop our waste minimization scheme – at present composting kitchen waste from local restaurants. Moving towards education for getting people to compost on their own sections.