2 minute read
EcoFest West: A month to look forward to
West Auckland is set to welcome the return of EcoFest West, the annual environmental festival bringing together over 100 events from March 21 to April 19. This year’s programme features interactive workshops, experiences and activities that celebrate and restore our natural environment and teach ways to live more sustainably in our neighbourhoods.
The festival opens with the EcoHub Market Day, a free, familyfriendly day of hands-on activities, give-aways, food and drink stalls, and entertainment on Saturday March 21. It’s a taste of all the great events you can enjoy during the month of EcoFest West. The market day takes place at the heart of the festival, the EcoMatters hub in Olympic Place, New Lynn.
Advertisement
Titirangi brings its signature artistic flair to the 2020 festival across the festival’s six categories covering food, art, household hacks, transport, and nature. New York-based artist Sarah Cameron Sunde’s 36.5 series of performances reveals the actions countries as diverse as The Netherlands and Bangladesh are taking to reconsider their relationships to water, a vital element of life in our local suburbs. And the re:generate Kids Market will be a space to pick up and pass on quality children’s items. WIth over 40 stalls, this market will also serve as a platform for encouraging re-using, recycling, and revolving goods. Other activities include the opportunity to bring the whole whānau Join local artists at one of the Maker’s Mayhem workshops.
to learn about freshwater life in our streams, or take in some spoken word from young poets with solutions to climate change while perusing the local market. You could even refresh your entire wardrobe at New Lynn Library’s clothes swap. There are so many ways each and every person can take part in West Auckland’s love for our environment, and learn ways to live more sustainably at EcoFest West. Among the festival highlights are: • Sarah Cameron Sunde’s 36.5: A Durational Performance With The Sea; Te Uru, 420 Titirangi Road, Titirangi; February 22 – May 17. • Titirangi Earth Festival; Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School, 5 Helios Place, Titirangi; Saturday April 4, 8.30am-7.30pm. • A Little Gem In Glen Eden; Milan Reserve, Milan Drive, Glen Eden; Sunday March 22, 10am-4pm. • Brunch At French Bay; French Bay Yacht Club, Otitori Bay Road, Titirangi; Sunday March 22, 9am-2pm. Visit ecofest.org.nz for the full EcoFest West 2020 Programme. EcoFest West is brought to you by EcoMatters Environment Trust and funded by the Henderson-Massey, Waitākere Ranges and Whau local boards, and The Trusts Community Foundation. Most EcoFest West events and free and family-friendly.
West Fest Eco
Bikes Food Nature Arts
ecofest .org.nz
