Sustainable Living Festival 2019 program

16 – 24 November

alburywodonga.gov.au/slf AWSustainableLivingFestival

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16

Sustainable Living Fair Presented by Elmwood Living, Halve Waste, WAW Credit Union and North East Heating & Cooling.

Come along and enjoy more than 50 exhibits showcasing renewable energy, sustainable lifestyles, farming, environment, health and wellbeing plus amazing produce from the Gateway Village Farmers’ Market and great family food, fun and entertainment.

Right next door to this year’s fair is the Sustainable Activity Centre which will open its doors all week, with interactive workshops each day. From upcycled fashion through to making your own household and beauty products.

For more information:

Gateway Village, Lincoln Causeway, Wodonga - 8am–1pm

sustainableactivitycentre.com.au SustainableActivityCentre

Lincoln Causeway

Car parking

Sustainable Activity Centre

Gateway Village

Farmers’ Market

Sustainable Living Fair

FREE WORKSHOPS AT THE FAIR

Introduction to Bamboo Building

Upcycled Craft - Wallets and notebooks

Join expert bamboo builder, Munir Vahanvati and learn the basics of building with this diverse and environmental material through live demonstrations and handson work. Craft your own sushi dining kit to take home.

Join Melbourne upcycling artist, Chloe Gunn, to learn the art of creatively recycling Bonsoy milk cartons into gorgeous wallets or old papers into beautifully handbound notebooks.

with Giant Grass

Session one: 8.30am–10.30am* Session two: 11am-1pm* Cost: Free (All tools and materials provided).

Ages: 13 yrs+ (Under 18 must be accompanied by a guardian) Limited to 15 people per session.

with Gunnbelievable

Bonsoy wallets: 9am–10.30am* Make notebooks: 11am-1pm* Cost: Free (All tools and materials provided).

Ages: 8 yrs+ (Under 18 must be accompanied by a guardian) Limited to 15 people per session. *Please arrive on time to secure a spot.

SAT, NOV 16

SUN, NOV 17

Small Steps Big Impact – Retrosuburbia and permaculture

How to become carbon neutral by 2030

with David Arnold

What’s best for our household is also what’s best for the planet. Increasing our home and community self-reliance is not just what we need to do for ourselves, it is the most powerful thing we can do to make a real impact. Our journey from consumers to producers can take us from being a liability, to becoming an asset to the planet. David Arnold (murrnong. com) will discuss what can work in our climate/ bio-region.

Sustainable Activity Centre, Gateway Village, Lincoln Causeway, Wodonga - 1.30pm-2.30pm Cost: $5 Bookings essential bit.ly/SLFsmall Murrnong Farm

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This is a detailed and informative workshop taking you through a five-step process in reducing your own personal carbon footprint to ‘neutral’ within 10 years. Taking an in-depth look into going solar, electric vehicles, zero waste, diet, food miles and more.

Adults workshop, but children welcome.

Sustainable Activity Centre, Gateway Village, Lincoln Causeway, Wodonga - 1pm- 4pm Cost: $10 Book tickets online bit.ly/SLFcarbon Maya Oya, Fertile Footprint

MON, NOV 18

MON, NOV 18

We Eat Local - Food tasting and app launch

Using cloth nappies easily and successfully

Want to learn how you can find, eat, buy and share local produce? Then come along and enjoy an evening of food tasting to launch the We Eat Local app featuring local, ethical producers.

An interactive hands-on workshop designed to help new parents better understand reusable modern cloth nappies.

Discover the different types, how to get the best fit, using them at night and alternatives to singleuse plastic baby products, and more.

6pm-8pm For full details visit facebook.com/wodongalfn Bookings essential. Contact Megan Hunt - info@wlfn.com.au Wodonga Local Food Network

Birallee Park Neighbourhood House, 39 Emerald Ave, West Wodonga - 10am -11.30am Cost: $15 per person. Max. 15 people. Each participant will receive a small waste free baby care pack.

Bookings essential. Contact Emma Avery - contact@clothbaby.com.au Cloth Baby

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TUE, NOV 19

TUE, NOV 19 & WED, NOV 20

School gardens tour

Gardening with the Sprouts

A tour of our beautiful and diverse school gardens, showcasing wicking bed produce gardens, wildlife corridor/pollinator habitat, and much more.

Join us planting seedlings for the season, making nest boxes for native wildlife and let us share our garden with you with a mini-tour at Lavington Public School.

Wodonga Middle Years College, Felltimber Campus, Hedgerow Crt, Wodonga - Tour one: 10am-11am, Tour two: 11am-12pm Cost: Free.

Bookings essential. Max. 22 people per tour. Contact Helena Foster hfoster@wmyc.vic.edu.au Wodonga Middle Years College

Lavington Public School, 497 Hague St, Lavington 1pm -2.30pm Cost: Free No bookings required. Max. 20 people per session.

Lavington Public School

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TUE, NOV 19 Sustainable Fashion Night Documentary screening and summer clothes swap

Join us for a fun-filled Sustainable Fashion Night, swapping summer fashions with new friends, learning about the impacts the fashion industry is having on people and the environment, and learn solutions to help make a change.

5.30pm onwards - Drop-off clothing items.

6pm Documentary screening of The True Cost a film exploring the impact of the global clothing industry on people and the planet.

7.30pm Clothes swap shop open. Explore the free clothes on offer with your new friends and take home a bag of new clothes for summer. Nibbles provided. Food and drinks available at the bar.

The Goods Shed, 1/71 Church St, Wodonga 5.30pm-9pm Cost: Free. Please bring 5 to 10 items of summer clothing to add to the swap shop.

No bookings required Sustainable Living Festival

WED, NOV 20 Albury Waste Management Centre Tours See first hand what happens to the waste you generate from your home including general waste, recycling and organic bin contents. Learn how commercial waste is processed and find hidden treasures at the Aware Upcycle and Recycle Centre including pallets turned into furniture.

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Albury Waste Management Centre, 565 Mudge St, Lavington Tour one: 10am-11am Tour two: 11am-12pm Cost: Free Book tickets online Tour 1: bit.ly/SLFtour1 Tour 2: bit.ly/SLFtour2 HalveWaste Did you know? At Albury Waste Management Centre they have Australia’s first ever solar farm built on top of a capped landfill site providing electricity to local homes.

WED, NOV 20

THU, NOV 21

Energy efficiency workshop - Albury, NSW

Sustainable Cleaning Big Brand, Small Footprint

Drop into the LibraryMuseum to chat about how to reduce your power bill with our Energy Made Easy session. We can help guide you on how to find easy ways to save on your power bill and connect you with state rebates currently available. First 10 people will receive a free shower timer and thermometer.

Come along to this information session and learn more about our “Big Brand, Small Footprint” philosophy, how you can get the most out of the ENJO products you already have and feel free to bring your fibres along for a free fibre health check.

Albury LibraryMuseum, 540 Kiewa St, Albury 10am-11am Cost: Free No bookings required.

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Energy efficiency workshop - Wodonga, VIC A workshop to support community members in reducing their electricity usage.

Learn to read your energy account and find out about simple ways you can reduce energy bills and unnessary use.

Felltimber Community Centre, 189 Melrose Drive, Wodonga 1pm-2.30pm Cost: Free No bookings required.

Wodonga Council

Wodonga West Children’s Centre, 230 Lawrence St, Wodonga 10am-11.30am Cost: Free Bookings required bit.ly/SLFcleaning ENJO

THU, NOV 21 Bees Wax Wraps Hands-on workshop Upcycle your pre-loved cotton clothing, bedding or find your own beautiful fabric to make your own reusable food wraps using Birallee Park Neighbourhood House Inc.’s unique premium blend of beeswax, tree resin and coconut oil. At completion of the session, participants will have made their own set (2 small, 1 medium, 1 large) of reusable food wraps to take home and use. Care and use of reusable food wraps will also be covered.

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Birallee Park Neighbourhood House, 39 Emerald Ave, West Wodonga Session one: 10.30am-12pm Session two: 1pm-2.30pm Cost: $27.50 Bookings required. Contact Amanda Skrypczak admin@birhouse.com.au Birallee Park Neighbourhood House

THU, NOV 21 & FRI, NOV 22 Information session Sustainable hot water and battery systems Join the expert team at North East Heating & Cooling’s new store location in Wodonga for an informative presentation about the latest efficiency opportunities in heat pump hot water services. With a focus on Sonnen Battery and Stiebel Heat Pump Hot Water Systems.

North East Heating & Cooling, Homemakers Centre, 285 Victoria Cross Parade, Wodonga Thursday - 5.30pm-7pm Friday - 9.30am-11am Cost: Free No bookings required.

North East Heating & Cooling

Your local heating, cooling and solar specialists.

Homemakers Centre, 285 Victoria Cross Parade, Wodonga Phone: (02) 6056 0671 northeastheatcool.com.au

FRI, NOV 22

FRI, NOV 22

Wicking Garden Beds

A Plastic Ocean Cinema screening

We will show participants how to make a wicking bed suitable for growing veges, herbs etc Wicking beds are water-wise and a great way to grow vegetables.

They are self-contained raised beds with built-in reservoirs that supply water from the bottom up – changing how, and how much, you water your beds. The wicking bed design principals can be adapted to a number of raised garden bed designs.

Wrenwood Farm, 3091 Riverina Hwy, Bungowannah - 11am-12pm Cost: Free No bookings required.

Wrenwood Farm Shop & Gallery

Stop plastic pollution - Be part of the solution. A Plastic Ocean is a feature-length documentary that explores the fragile state of our oceans and uncovers alarming truths about the consequences of our disposable lifestyle. Documenting the global effects of plastic pollution and highlighting workable technologies and innovative solutions that everyone can do, to create a cleaner and greener ocean.

Regent Cinemas Albury, 456 Dean St, Albury - 7pm-9pm Cost: $10 Book tickets online bit.ly/SLFmovie A Plastic Ocean

Illustration by Jessica Jaynes

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SAT, NOV 23

SAT, NOV 23

A Sustainable Feast on the Farm

The Rustic Bus Tour

with Bunyip Hollow

Tour of Bunyip Hollow’s organic farm. Learn about more than 200 species of bushtucker plants. Discover the private nature reserve with several rare and endangered species breeding onsite. Enjoy a feast of sustainable produce created from Bunyip Hollow’s own exotic fruits, vegetables and produce.

Bunyip Hollow, 251 Carrolls Lane, Wodonga - 10am-2pm Cost: $10 tour (10am-12pm) $25 tour and feast (10am-2pm) Bookings bit.ly/SLFbunyip Bunyip Hollow

Take a behind the scenes tour of The Rustic Bus build. See how we are transforming this bus into a tiny house on wheels that will be used to host visitors and vulnerable families in different locations around North East Victoria and also deliver sustainability workshops at local schools.

The Rustic Bus, 10 Akuna Ave, Tallangatta - 1pm-2.30pm Cost: $5 Bookings via email therusticbusaustralia@gmail.com The Rustic Bus

SUN, NOV 24 Waste Wise House See easy tips for reducing, reusing and recycling as you wander through this display house. From waste wise cleaning tips and ways to avoid single-use plastic through to turning mandarin peel into firelighters, egg shells into snail repellants and discovering eco-friendly alternatives to plastic toothbrushes, razors and washing pegs.

Elmwood Living Display Home, 12 Beech St, Wodonga, 10am-11.30am .Cost: Free. No bookings required. HalveWaste and Wodonga Council ALBURY WODONGA SUSTAINABLE LIVING FESTIVAL 13

SUN, NOV 24 10-Star House Grand Opening Come along and celebrate the opening of Victoria’s first 10-star house under the new scorecard rating.

Open for inspection for the first public walk-through, sustainable building presentations, and delicious local food.

Of the 125 townhouses in this integrated housing development, ten will meet the new 10-star rating, giving

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residents the ability to live a more comfortable, healthier, highly energy efficient lifestyle within easy walking distance to key facilities, such as a café, medical clinic and public transport connection.

Special guest presentation will feature on designing 10-star homes, the scorecard rating system and the latest in building materials, solar and battery technology.

Elmwood Living, Elm St, Wodonga 11am–2pm. Cost: Free No bookings required.

Elmwood Living

Winner Victoria’s Best Housing Development Master Builders Association

of Victoria 2013 Excellence in Housing Awards

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Ten star housing - low cost and efficient living

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Latest technology and NBN ready

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Electric vehicle ready, family friendly, future ready

High performance, low maintenance Passive house features Fully electric, solar PV and battery included

Enquiries call 0417 237 680 14

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elmwoodliving.com.au

We would like to thank our festival sponsors and event partners for their contribution and generous support.

PRINCIPLE PARTNERS

FESTIVAL SPONSORS

EVENT PARTNERS

A Plastic Ocean

Giant Grass

The Rustic Bus

Birallee Park Neighbourhood House

Gunnbelievable

Wodonga Local Food Network

Bunyip Hollow

Lavington Public School

Cloth Baby

Murrnong Farm

ENJO

Sustainable Activity Centre

Fertile Footprint

Wodonga Middle Years College Wrenwood Farm Shop & Gallery

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Get in touch

alburywodongaSLF@gmail.com alburywodonga.gov.au/slf AWSustainableLivingFestival #AWSLF19 #smallstepsbigimpact

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