The BIG Weekend of Sustainable Living Ideas set to make its mark in Brighton this March

Whether you are a local business, community group, a school or an environmentally conscious community member, the BIG Weekend of Sustainable Living Ideas is for you!

Hosted by Sustainable Living Tasmania as part of their 50th birthday celebrations, the BIG Weekend will take over both the Brighton Civic Centre and the Botanical Institute, just a short walk down the road, on 25-26 March, 2023.

This innovative event aims to connect community members, businesses and organisations with projects, initiatives and education pathways to encourage households and businesses to adopt sustainable practices. It’s also about showing people how to save money on their household budgets and about connecting with their community to improve mental health and wellbeing.

The weekend will include workshops, presentations, forums, and activities, including a no-dig vege garden workshop hosted by Gardening Australia and Goodlife Permaculture’s Hannah Moloney, as well as cooking demonstrations by Matthew Evans from Fat Pig

Farm, using a kitchen powered by an electric vehicle. If something a little more serious is your focus, join us for the forums each afternoon to listen to a panel of professionals discuss topics involving issues and initiatives surrounding waste reduction and food production in Tasmania.

Many of the activities over the weekend will focus on recycling, upcycling and reusing what we have, with community members invited to participate in clothing, book and toy swaps and the repair cafes. There will also be free plants, the chance to try multicultural food, pottery classes, children’s adventure play, and plans to also include an Art to Waste Sculpture trail engaging the local schools.

Expressions of interest are still open with a limited number of exhibitor sites still available, as well as opportunities to host sustainable living workshops and activities.

For more information please head to www.slt.org.au. For all enquiries please email sandra@slt.org. au and follow Sustainable Living Tasmania’s Facebook page for updates.

LEIGH GRAY (Mayor)

Brighton 7030

Tel: 6268 0704 / 0488 390 115 cr.gray@brighton.tas.gov.au

BARBARA CURRAN (Deputy Mayor) Brighton 7030

Tel: 0417 612 868 cr.curran@brighton.tas.gov.au

AARON DE LA TORRE Brighton 7030

Tel: 0427 813 821 cr.delatorre@brighton.tas.gov.au

PETER GEARD

Brighton 7030

Tel: 6268 1143 / 0418 515 649 cr.geard@brighton.tas.gov.au

GREG IRONS

Brighton 7030 Tel: 0424 333 360 cr.irons@brighton.tas.gov.au

JOHN MCMASTER Bridgewater 7030 Tel: 0408 543 772 cr.mcmaster@brighton.tas.gov.au

TENNILLE MURTAGH

Bridgewater 7030 Tel: 0484 254 823 cr.murtagh@brighton.tas.gov.au

PHILIP OWEN Old Beach 7017

Tel: 6249 8575 / 0419 333 252 cr.owen@brighton.tas.gov.au

MICHAEL WHELAN

Brighton 7030 Tel: 0409 416 353 cr.whelan@brighton.tas.gov.au

Immunisation Clinics 2023

Brighton Council provides FREE monthly immunisation clinics at the Brighton Civic Centre, 25 Green Point Road, Bridgewater from 2–3pm on these dates:

Tuesday 7 February

Tuesday 7 March

Tuesday 4 April

Tuesday 2 May

Tuesday 6 June

For inquiries please call Brighton Council’s Environmental Health Officer (03) 6268 7029 admin@brighton.tas.gov.au www.brighton.tas.gov.au

All correspondence should be addressed to the General Manager, Brighton Council, 1 Tivoli Road, Old Beach 7017.