The CGCtech meetup (clean / green / climate) #2

#2 is happening! Due to popular demand, we'll be holding these monthly :) This time, we'll have another hangout at Scoundrel (and look out for #3, which will have a speaker; details soon on that one).

Waitaha Canterbury is home to incredible thinkers, doers and supporters in the fields of climate, environment, sustainability, regeneration, and technology. This group is the first and only in the motu which brings everyone together to link up: the environmentalists and technologists, scientists, academics, community and industry, and anyone keen in learning more / contributing.

We're a pluralistic, trans-disciplinary, diverse and inclusive group of people all working to improve matters for planet and people.

For a kinder, stronger, more resilient Aotearoa New Zealand. #bettertogether #always

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For extra fun, check out:

• the huge potential of this scene: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/02/uk-green-economy-worth-more-than-100bn-a-year-net-zero

  • Also, as a warning for Aotearoa, and weakening protections to achieve short-sighted extractive gains: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/24/weakening-net-zero-policy-damage-economy-climate-change-committee

• Biomimicry 3.8: https://biomimicry.net

• Learn Biomimicry: https://www.learnbiomimicry.com/

  • (join aimee in laughing that post-LLMs-everywhere, biomimicry isn't a word that apparently exists in automated spellchecks)

• all of Lincoln Uni's talks (which are well worth the bus trip out to Lincoln, btw) re the bioeconomy and agriculture and etc

• the recently-released cleantech report (NZ), https://www.macdiarmid.ac.nz/assets/Cleantech-Impact-Report-FINAL.pdf

• this open access, recently-released textbook on the bioeconomy, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-09098-0\

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Note: due to the environmentally-focused nature of this meetup, it will not be about GenAI / agentic AI, for which there are other meetups and fora.

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Fern photo by Kai Wenzel on Unsplash.

Scoundrel, who loved having us last time :)