Climate takes centre stage
Wao Aotearoa’s annual climate festival will feature more than 40 different events, workshops, films, pop-ups, and tours taking place throughout Wānaka, Queenstown and Glenorchy.
The full programme for the festival, which is held from 24-29 October and draws climate and sustainability experts from across Aotearoa and around the world, has now been released.
“This year we’re focusing on collective action,” Wao General Manager Monique Kelly says.
“Coming together for a concentrated period each year provides us an anchor point, where we can align on ‘where are we at now’, and decide ‘where we want to be heading together next’. When we come together we can drive collective action to generate greater change.”
The 2023 programme will focus on circular economy and living lightly, as well as partnerships and collaboration through a series of governance for purpose workshops and regenerative tourism hui.
Community resilience will also be spotlighted as well as playing host once again to the kōreros, the bigger conversations which ask “What will 2050 look like?” and how climate will impact supply chains in “This Climate Business”.
The programme includes comprehensive workshops, with full days focusing on regenerative tourism and better building, as well as targeted workshops on communication for change and the Right to Repair.
The six-day festival from the community non-profit, established six years ago, also celebrates the incredible mahi taking place in our community right now, with a series of tours and tiny talks featuring local sustainability experts and climate action heroes.
This year Wao summit has introduced a new Flexi Pass, which allows pass holders to pic and mix from the program of events.
For more information and to get tickets go to wao.co.nz/summit2023
