Date
Saturday 4 August 2007
Time
10:00AM - 3:00PM
Place
Mosman Art Gallery, Youth Centre and outdoors areas
Come along to see how you can save water, reduce waste, conserve biodiversity, travel responsibly, enjoy organic food and contribute to our environment!
The Expo will offer a source of information and inspiration for people of various ages and interests.
The Expo will feature numerous stalls, educational workshops, speakers, prizes, fun activities for kids and a free organic BBQ from noon.
It will cover a diverse range of topics from ethics to energy, waste to wildlife, grey water to green power and compost to cars.
Program of events
10am
Opening of Expo by Cr Denise Wilton, Mayor of MosmanInformation Stall
10.20 – 11.00
Workshop – Your Ecological Footprint – Living within the Means of Nature – Julian Crawford, EcoSTEPSMelody Room, Mosman Art Gallery
11.00 – 12.30
Film Screening – Who Killed the Electric Car?Civic Centre, Council Chambers
11.20 – 12.00
Talk – Ethical Investment – James Their, Australian Ethical InvestmentMelody Room, Mosman Art Gallery
12.00 – 12.45
Demonstration – Organic Raw Living Food Preparation & Tasting – Julie Mitsios, Conscious ChoiceMosman Youth Development Centre
12.00 – 2.00
Free Organic BBQOutside Mosman Art Gallery
12.20 – 1.00
Workshop – Your Ecological Footprint – Living within the Means of Nature – Julian Crawford, EcoSTEPSMelody Room, Mosman Art Gallery
12.45 – 1.15
Talk – GoGet CarShare: How Does it Work?Civic Centre, Council Chambers (to be confirmed)
1.20 – 2.00
Workshop – Room by Room: Enviro friendly solutions to domestic disasters! – Shannon Lush & Jennifer Fleming (authors of Spotless & Speed Cleaning)Melody Room, Mosman Art Gallery
1.30 – 3.00
Film Screening – Who Killed the Electric Car?Civic Centre, Council Chambers
2.20 – 3.00
Talk – Sustainable Seafood: What is it? – Giselle Firme, Nature Conservation CouncilMelody Room, Mosman Art Gallery
3pm
Close of Expo
You will have the opportunity to:
Access information on investing in sustainability from the Ethical Investments workshop
Bring in a photo or cutting of your weeds or native plants for identification
Create your own sustainable shopping bag
Decide how you can reduce your green house gas emissions
Entertain the idea of an adventure with Global Vision International
Find out how to be a responsible shopper
Grab a free copy of G Magazine
Have a laugh with ‘Solar Stan the Energy Man’
Inspect rainwater tanks and grey water reuse systems
Join an environmental group or email list
Keep up to date with the work of Mosman Council and environmental organizations
Learn more about how to reduce waste
Marvel at an electric vehicle
Nab a native plant
Observe Indigenous dancing
Purchase fair trade, hand made products from East Timor, Zimbabwe & Peru
Question your role in animal welfare
Receive informative brochures
Speak with environmental professionals
Taste test organic food
Understand how native animals are rescued and rehabilitated by Sydney Wildlife
View an environmental film
Win a prize for your environmental know how
X-pect kids to have fun with the activities for children
Yearn for a coffee from the fair trade coffee cart
Zoom in on the Taronga Zoo displays
