Community Solutions for Today

A public talk showing how we can
revitalise, reconnect & make resilient
our community using the best social & economic models available

7:30 p.m., Thurs 20th September
at St Peter’s Hall, Paekakariki

Folding Donation Appreciated
(to cover travel costs)

Come find out how we can:


use cooperatives & community currencies

create employment by answering social needs

strengthen and future-proof our local businesses

create healthier, happier homes and neighbourhoods

prepare and make our communities resilient for harder times

Laurence Boomert has a long history in contingency planning, green business development and community up solutions.

In the 1990s he founded the 500 member Environmental Business Network, He currently runs the Bank of Real Solutions, an online database of community can-do success stories.

He was a co publisher and writer for the book "Fleeing Vesuvius: Responding to the effects of economic and environmental collapse" published in 2011 by Living Economies with whom he is a board member.

Along the way he has done everything from being an organic farmer to a television presenter (on Maggie’s Garden Show) to founding a new political party. He serves on a variety of national and local trusts dedicated to sustainable living.

Brought to you by: Kapiti Timebank, Transition Towns Kapiti & the Bank of Real Solutions

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