Posts Tagged ‘Sustainable Living Festival’
If it’s broke – Fix it!
Posted in Events, Movements, Seeking by ecoApril on January 17th, 2012
| 19 February , 2012 | ||
| 11:00 am | to | 3:00 pm |
Photo from the 2011 Repair Workshop by Fernando De Sousa
A free, friendly workshop to repair (or reimagine) broken household items will be staged for this year’s Sustainable Living Festival at Melbourne’s Federation Square.
Collaborative Fix it! repair sessions are hosted by community members who believe there are better options than sending broken objects on a one-way ticket to landfill. Fix it! was founded by locals April Seymore, Renae Crosthwaite and Chandra Sundareswaran with the support of Sustainability Victoria and Metropolitan Waste Management Group. The friends want to share skills and build public confidence for repairing items that otherwise literally go to waste.
“We hear so much about our current ‘throw away society’ and we want to change that thought process,” said April. “Part of the Fix it! philosophy is to inspire participants to host fixing get-togethers in future. So while we will repair items at the Festival at no charge, we will also demonstrate how repair is achievable, affordable and help everyone feel capable. Helping people hem their garment or gain the self-assurance to repair a basic electrical item could make a huge difference to the amount and types of things that are clogging up landfill, dumped on nature strips, or donated broken to Op Shops who don’t have repair capacity.”
Recent repair, creating and upcycling events in Melbourne have met with enormous success. Artists and technicians at the July 2011 Repair Workshops rescued 3 tonnes from landfill, and this year’s Mini Maker Faire® sold out tickets almost immediately. Repair novices and gurus alike are welcome to drop into the festival workshop to sample repair projects. To BYO project, register your lamp, clothing, or woodworking repair request via email. Or simply share your fixing photos or questions with the Fix it! team via Facebook (Fix It Community) or Twitter (@FixItMelbourne).
There will be three themed Fix it! areas: Stitches—focusing on textiles; Switches—examining electrical appliances; and Splinters—woodworking with hand tools.
Get Involved: Fix it! is looking for skilled volunteers (Fixers) to assist in each of the focus areas at the Sustainable Living Festival. If you can lend a hand in the stitches, switches or splinters areas contact the team at fixitmelbourne@gmail.com.
The Sustainable Living Festival runs from 11-26 February, with Fix it! held from 11.00 am – 3.00 pm on Sunday the 19th at Federation Square in the city.
For further information and photo opportunities email fixitmelbourne@gmail.com
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Seeking Program Partners: 13th Sustainable Living Festival
Posted in Seeking by Kate Archdeacon on September 15th, 2011
IT’S THE CELEBRATION THAT SUSTAINS A NATION
You are invited to join in the celebrations of the 13th annual Sustainable Living Festival. We want your ideas, imagination and insights into community education and mobilisation to help create the 2012 Festival program. This is the critical decade and we all know we need to help Australians achieve a new scale and speed of action for a safe climate and safe environment. The Festival’s role in helping to communicate this direction and showcase leading groups and solutions is a pivotal one in gaining community support for a mass transition to aid sustainability. The Festival’s program format is rapidly expanding to reach new audiences and develop fresh and more creative ways of engaging with people from all walks of life. We invite you to become a program partner today and help shape this direction and kick start the programming for Festival 2012.
- BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM
- PROMOTE YOUR WORK
- LAUNCH YOUR NEW CAMPAIGNS
- CONNECT WITH NEW AUDIENCES
- JOIN THE TEN YEAR TRANSITION
FOR MORE INFORMATION Contact: Luke Taylor, Sustainable Living Foundation – luke@slf.org.au
Apply: Online Event Application Form – http://www.slf.org.au/festival
SUSTAINABLE LIVING FESTIVAL 2012 EVENT DATES 11 – 26 FEBRUARY
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12th Annual Sustainable Living Festival
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on February 14th, 2011
| 12 February , 2011 10:00 am | to | 27 February , 2011 6:00 pm |
In 2011 the Sustainable Living Festival is on a mission, a safe climate mission. There’s already too much carbon in the atmosphere and that’s heating up our planet at a staggering rate. But what does that mean? Isn’t a hotter climate good for getting a tan and hang’n at the beach? NO way! Heating up the planet is causing crazy climate chaos; it’s melting our ice caps, causing floods and sea levels to rise. But so what! How does climate change affect us living here in Australia? Well major damage to our ecological systems threatens our way of life. The environment that we depend on relies on a stable climate that helps us to produce basic things like food and water supply, in fact, our whole economy depends on it. Your country needs you for this vital mission. So step up and let’s cut our emissions to restore a safe climate and sustainable future. The Festival is full of great ways to help you take the leap and get down to ground zero emissions. How carbon low can you go?
The Sustainable Living Festival 2011
February 12 – 27
Melbourne & Beyond!
http://festival.slf.org.au/
Brought to you for the twelfth time by the Sustainable Living Foundation.
Download the Festival program.
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Rewrite The Future: Climate Conversations
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on February 11th, 2010
Source: Climate Action Calendar
Has the political debate left you unsure about climate change? About your role in responding to it? Do we have the solutions needed? How can we make the necessary changes? Hear from respected climate scientist David Karoly and other experts, then join local residents and community groups for interactive discussion on climate change and our options and priorities for a sustainable future.
This forum aims to inform people about the issue of climate change and solutions for effective mitigation as well as facilitate participants’ contribution to a discussion about priorities for action. It is intended for people who are concerned about climate change but are confused by the current debate; those who wish to know more about the solutions and options for effective mitigation of further climate change; and those who would like to move from interest to action on climate related issues.
Thu 18 Feb, 6 – 9pm
Chandelier Room, Hawthorn Town Hall, Burwood Road, Hawthorn.
All members of the community are invited to attend.
Local community groups are also invited and space for a display will be made available.
Entry by gold coin donation
Organic refreshments provided courtesy of the City of Boroondara.
RSVP Fiona Armstrong 0438 900 005 or fiona-armstrong@bigpond.com
Organised by climate action group Lighter Footprints
This event is part of the Sustainable Living Festival www.slf.org.au/calendar
Sustainable Neighbourhood House: Open Day
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on February 9th, 2010
Source: Climate Action Calendar
Holden Street Neighbourhood House has been retrofitted to become an eco-demonstration house. Come along and see firsthand a range of measures including solar panels, water tanks, opening skylights, solar light tubes, insulated blinds, window tinting and much more. Experts will be on hand to answer all your questions.
Saturday 13 Feb, 11.00 am-2.00pm
128 Holden Street, Nth Fitzroy
All welcome, Free event.
More info: Contact Holden Street Neighbourhood House on 9489 9929
Homegrown, The Art of Gardening Sustainably: Exhibition
Posted in Events by fga on January 19th, 2010
An exhibition to spread the word about sustainable gardening and raise funds for SGA (Sustainable Gardening Australia).
We have artists who are passionate about living sustainably and are keen to exhibit works in various media which respond to the idea of gardening sustainably, particularly growing our own food. Artworks range from vibrant colourful paintings of cabbages to ceramic cabbages, to photographs of carrots, to sculpture in clay or recycled metal, to intricate botanical illustrations to paintings of gardens. Deborah Halpern, well known Melbourne sculptor will be opening the exhibition, and Jane Edmanson, author, garden identity and presenter on TV & radio, will also be at the opening.
Opening: 6 to 8pm, Thursday 4th February 2010
Exhibition: Friday 5th Feb – Sunday 14th Feb 2010
Address: Bolin Bolin Gallery at Bulleen Art & Garden, 6 Manningham Rd W., Bulleen.
RSVP essential: Meredith@baag.com.au (9850-8165) by 1st Feb
More information.
This is a neighbourhood event of the Sustainable Living Festival.
Sustainable Living Festival 2010: 6-21 February
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on January 18th, 2010
Source: Climate Action Calendar
The very best examples of ecological and social sustainability.
The Festival raises awareness and provides tools for change by showcasing tangible solutions to the ecological and social challenges we face through interactive workshops, talks, demonstrations, artworks, exhibits, films and live performances. In 2009 the Festival at Federation Square attracted over 124,000 visits and engaged more than 450 community volunteers. In its eleventh year, the Festival is getting even bigger!
The 2-week format will enable individuals and communities across Australia to host and promote their own sustainability event, extending the reach of the sustainability message even further.
Get Ready for the Safe Climate Decade!
Local Events: Sat 6 Feb – Sun 21 Feb 9am – 9pm
Main Event: Federation Square 19-21 Feb
Visit the website for more information.
Sustainable Living Festival: Call for exhibitors
Posted in Seeking by Kate Archdeacon on September 25th, 2009
In 2010, the Sustainable Living Festival will run over 2 weeks from 6-21 February, with the Main Event at Federation Square running from 19-21 February. In the lead up to the Main Event, a diverse range of sustainability events will be held across Victoria and Australia – mobilising local communities to accelerate the uptake of sustainable living on a much larger scale.
The 2010 Festival theme: Get ready for the Safe Climate Decade! aims to inspire individuals and communities to make transitions over the next decade that will enable the restoration of a safe climate future. As always, the 2010 Festival will showcase and celebrate the myriad innovative solutions and ideas that can help us create an ecologically and socially sustainable world. Join us in bringing together and nurturing solutions, new ideas, community, energy, inspiration and optimism.
Submit your ideas, exhibits and events. Join the best of the best, the cream of the organic crop, on show at this iconic sustainability event in the heart of the city.
Host your own event: join in the celebrations and help promote local action for sustainability by hosting your own event in your town, city or street.
Applications close 30 October 2009.
Find out more.
Volunteers wanted for the Sustainable Living Festival!
Posted in Seeking by Ferne Edwards on January 30th, 2009
1. Sign Up
The 2009 Sustainable Living Festival is now only just under three weeks away. There is still plenty more room for on-site volunteers and we would love to have people who have previously been involved with SLF to come on board again! If you have yet to sign up to volunteer during the Festival weekend, you can do so here: www.slf.org.au/festival/volunteer_form. At this site you can nominate your preferences in terms of which areas you would like to be involved with and which days you are available to volunteer. Come along and enjoy the incredible experience that is volunteering for the Sustainable Living Festival – we hope to see you there!
Sustainable Living Festival Call for Applications 2009
Posted in Events by Devin Maeztri on October 30th, 2008
The Sustainable Living Festival hits the streets of Melbourne in 2009 to inspire sustainable action for our local neighborhoods, homes and communities.
Celebrating its 10th Birthday, the Festival will present a program that will span over two weeks and feature a range of community events that will lead up to the main celebration at Federation Square on the 20-22 February 2009.
Come and be a part of taking sustainability to the streets. For more information on how to participate visit Participate 09.
