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Envirohub co-ordinator Tash Luxton said the Earth Day picnic aimed to be accessible for the community and family focused. “We want it to be free, while that gets people interested in the beginning, then we can add in the education side of it,” Luxton said. “It’s very much an environmentally focused, but it has a huge fun factor to it as well. Because obviously we want Marlborough to become a bit more aware and progress along that gradient to being a bit more environmentally friendly.”
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Diana Dobson from Marlborough Falcon Trust with Fern the Falcon at the 2019 picnic.
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Just because you own that new Tesla, it doesn’t mean you are a card-carrying tree hugger. But it does mean you are open to new ideas. (File photo)
OPINION: Tom’s brother Gavin is visiting on his way back to the North Island. “So, Tom, now that you have an electric car, you are a certified, card-carrying tree-hugger!” Gavin says with a laugh. “Who’d of thought that the kid doing burnouts in front of the church at two in the morning would become a greenie?” “Shush, Gavin! Jimmy just got his licence and doesn’t know about that. And, I’d appreciate it if he didn’t find out. Bad example, you know.”