Empowering New Zealand’s sustainable future.

I recently attended a hui led by Genesis Energy as I was invited by the CEO Marc England to learn more about how together we empower New Zealand’s sustainable future. 

A key highlight was listening to Genesis Energy take ownership of their strategy and also to address their use of coal and desire and aspiration to move towards more renewal energy generation. Firstly a full disclosure that I work with Genesis Energy Schoolgen trust so I found that as an organisation they are going through a huge culture shift. The leadership shared their vision through the whakatauki "Manaaki whenua  Manaaki tangata, haere whakamua" which translates to care for our land, our people and permission to do it". Arizona one of the panelists,  Maori and also one of the few youth in the room highlighted that Genesis should also include Manaaki Rangatahi because the future of sustainable initiatives will be carried by the youth and young leaders of the present.  Our school focuses on kaitiakitanga and this year we have been really privileged to have sponsorship to learn about sustainability and protecting our awa. Looking to the future my hope is that we can learn to partner with orgs like Genesis to incorporate the use of the Sustainable development goals in schools. 



We need to change the culture of how we pursue and meet climate change. Shamabeel Equal who is an economist and media personality spoke about the need to have courage and speed in meeting this climate challenge. I agree that together we can do this if corporates, government and public/NGOs can partner together.

I am also so thankful for Genesis for their awhina and manaaki of our school this year. 

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