WHAT's ON: Meditation Month - Citywide FREE classes
In response to growing urban problems of stress and declining mental health, Hour of Peace Meetup organisers and Auckland’s Sri Chinmoy Meditation Centre are offering a citywide free program throughout March which will share basic meditation skills with anyone keen to learn.
Meditation Month will introduce the key steps in getting started, and cover a variety of techniques in calming the mind and coping with the often complex challenges of living in today’s world.
This is an admission-free initiative simply dedicated to a more peaceful world and to the quest for happiness that we all share.
Albany
Tues 19 Mar; 7.00pm - 8.00pm
Albany Community Hub, 575a Albany Highway
Auckland CDB
Mon 18 Mar; 12.30noon - 1.30pm
Auckland Central City Library, Te Mārama Room, 44-46 Lorne St
Birkenhead
Tues 12 Mar; 7.00pm - 8.00pm
Birkenhead Library, 204 Hinemoa Street
Botany
Fri 15 Mar; 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Botany Library, Botany Town Centre
Green Bay
Every Thurs for 3 weeks from 14 Mar; 6.30pm - 7.30pm
Green Bay Community House, 1 Barron Drive
Grey Lynn
Thurs 7 Mar and 14 Mar; 6.00pm - 7.30pm
Grey Lynn Community Centre, 510 Richmond Road
Highland Park
Sat Mar 16; 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Highland Park Community House, 47 Aviemore Drive
Meadowbank
Mon 25 Mar; 6.00pm - 7.00pm
Meadowbank Community Centre, 29 St Johns Road
Course details can be found on our website: www.meditationauckland.co.nz...
All classes are free of charge. Registration is not necessary. Simply turn up at the venue. For further inquiries please contact Jogyata: 0221887432
Even Australians get it - so why not Kiwis???
“Ten years ago, if a heatwave as intense as last week’s record-breaker had hit the east coast, Australia’s power supply may well have buckled. But this time, the system largely operated as we needed, despite some outages.
On Australia’s main grid last quarter, renewables and energy storage contributed more than 50% of supplied electricity for the first time, while wholesale power prices were more than 40% lower than a year earlier.
[…] shifting demand from gas and coal for power and petrol for cars is likely to deliver significantly lower energy bills for households.
Last quarter, wind generation was up almost 30%, grid solar 15% and grid-scale batteries almost tripled their output. Gas generation fell 27% to its lowest level for a quarter century, while coal fell 4.6% to its lowest quarterly level ever.
Gas has long been the most expensive way to produce power. Gas peaking plants tend to fire up only when supply struggles to meet demand and power prices soar. Less demand for gas has flowed through to lower wholesale prices.”
Full article: www.theguardian.com...
If even Australians see the benefit of solar - then why is NZ actively boycotting solar uptake? The increased line rental for electricity was done to make solar less competitive and prevent cost per kWh to rise even more than it did - and electricity costs are expected to rise even more. Especially as National favours gas - which is the most expensive form of generating electricity. Which in turn will accelerate Climate Change, as if New Zealand didn’t have enough problems with droughts, floods, slips, etc. already.
Time to Tickle Your Thinker 🧠
If a zookeeper had 100 pairs of animals in her zoo, and two pairs of babies are born for each one of the original animals, then (sadly) 23 animals don’t survive, how many animals do you have left in total?
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Gift with Love 💝
Date night tomorrow? We’ve got the look and the gift! Pop in at Red Cross Shop Henderson for gift ideas for your loved ones ♥️🌹💝
Come visit us at:
433 Great North Rd, Henderson
(09) 8351152
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