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Sustainable Living
Sustainability
HANDMADE ECO SOAP with Lucy Legan Handmade eco soap is the most ethical soap you can make. The secret to success is using used cooking oil. This hands-on course will give you the skills and knowledge to safely make natural and sustainable soap at home. Sun, 14 Aug | 9 am - 1 pm Mullum Concession: $97 Full Fee: $108
BEEKEEPING with Steve Fowler This workshop introduces potential bee keepers to the delight and fascination of this rewarding hobby. The session covers safety, myth busting, hands-on bee keeping (Steve will bring along a beehive), legal requirements and the most important thing - how to get started! Sun, 28 Aug | 10 am - 6 pm Mullum Concession: $134 Full Fee: $149
COMPOSTING AND WORM FARMING with Lucy Legan Partnering with worms to create healthy soil makes good eco-sense. Learn how to make a worm farm, how to care for the worms and how to work with worm leachate (juice) and castings. The tricks of hot and cool composting will be shared so you have endless food for your worms. Sun, 11 Sep | 9 am - 1 pm Mullum Concession: $97 Full Fee: $108
NATIVE PLANT IDENTIFICATION AND BUSH TUCKER with Joey Venables Join us for an introduction into the wonderful world of plant identification and become familiar with some of our local rainforest species and unique bush tucker. In the spirit of fun and inquiry, we will cover some basic and intermediate level botanic terminology, identify rainforest species, plant families, and discover what edible fruits, shoots and roots that are available in this area. Sat, 20 Aug | 10 am - 4 pm Mullum Concession: $111 Full Fee: $123
PERMACULTURE ETHICS, PRINCIPLES AND PATTERNS - PDC with Bunya Halasz What is permaculture and why is it relevant to our world today? How can we integrate the ethics and principles of Permaculture in our daily lives? Explore the foundations of Permaculture as you learn about the underlying patterns in nature and how comprehending and working with them can support you to live a richer, more easeful life. Fri, 26 Aug | 9 am - 5 pm Byron Concession: $106 Full Fee: $118
PLANT PROPAGATION AND SEED SAVING - PDC with Bunya Halasz Explore a range of simple plant propagation techniques including cuttings, root division and seed raising to allow you to grow a range of plants for your garden in a simple and cost effective manner. Learn a range of seed saving and storage techniques that empower you to secure the great diversity of food varieties on our planet. Sat, 27 Aug | 9 am - 5 pm Mullum Concession: $106 Full Fee: $118
INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE DESIGN - PDC with James Nash The fundamentals of Permaculture design theory and practice. Explore how the elements of nature - earth, water, air and fire - define the unique conditions and opportunities of any site. Learn how to analyse and map these powerful forces to support you to work with, rather than against them to achieve your lifestyle and production goals. Sun, 28 Aug | 9 am - 5 pm Byron Concession: $106 Full Fee: $118
SOILS - ORGANIC MANAGEMENT - PDC with Joey Venables Get to know your own soil - what is it made of, what will grow well in it and how you can improve your soil to make the most of what it has to offer. Delve into the world of compost, soil nutrition and microbiology as we explore some of the myriad of ways you can build a healthy, fertile, robust soil through organic practices that will help you to grow food packed full of life force. Fri, 16 Sep | 9 am - 5 pm Mullum Concession: $106 Full Fee: $118 TREES AND PERENNIAL CROPS - CREATING FOOD FORESTS - PDC with Bunya Halasz Learn how to design, establish and care for your own diverse, tree based food production system in a low maintenance fashion that works with nature’s fundamental processes of land and soil repair. Discover a huge array of fruit and nut trees from around the world that thrive in our warm, subtropical climate including indigenous bush foods. Sat, 17 Sep | 9 am - 5 pm Mullum Concession: $106 Full Fee: $118
VEGETABLES - INTEGRATED ORGANIC PRODUCTION - PDC with Bunya Halasz Explore a comprehensive range of organic gardening techniques including composting, crop rotation, companion planting and natural pest and disease management. Create a ‘no-dig garden’ from local, low cost materials and learn about seasonal planting in the humid subtropics. Sun, 18 Sep | 9 am - 5 pm Mullum Concession: $106 Full Fee: $118
