Live Green - Ideas to green your life
"More than 10,000 people attended the first Live Green event in 2007 and this year’s program promises to offer more innovative and simple practical actions you can take to reduce your environmental impact and help make our Sustainable Sydney 2030 vision a reality." Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP
Program highlights include:
Kitchen marquee >
Hosted by Joanna Savill, top local chefs including Live Green Ambassador Kylie Kwong will be cooking up a storm. There’s also a panel discussion on Sustainable Seafood convened by John Newton.
Panel discussions >
Industry leaders debating green marketing, ”green washing”, climate change investment and green careers with audience Q&A, hosted by Nell Schofield.
Workshops >
Practical information and a range of hints and tips to help make your life more environmentally friendly, hosted by Scott McGregor.
City of Sydney Green House >
Take a walk through a demonstration house to find out how your can transform your home into a more environmentally friendly space.
Children’s Area >
Performers, make your own eco-art and entertaining workshops.
Transport >
Free valet bike parking, free bike safety checks and workshops for new and experienced cyclists.
Green Bar >
Sample the best organic wines, naturally brewed beer and fruit juice.
Organic and locally grown food & produce >
You won’t go hungry with delicious food on offer as well as fresh produce to take home.
Shop till you drop >
Fashion, beauty, homewares and lifestyle stalls showcasing the latest in sustainable design and production.
Zero Waste >
Get inspired to start a worm farm at home or make your own low impact cleaning products.
Music and more >
Jazz, funk and soul hosted by Angela Catterns.
See the Stalls and Program sections above for full event details.
Carbon Neutral City
The City of Sydney will soon be carbon neutral across its entire area of operations.This will be achieved through energy efficiency measures, the use of fully accredited Green Power and ultimately greenhouse gas offsets.
Auditing Live Green
Carbon Neutral
Live Green will have a zero emissions balance - part of the City's commitment to be carbon neutral. To achieve this for the event, the City of Sydney is contracting a carbon audit to understand Live Green’s carbon footprint and impact and then remove this impact through the use of Green Power and the purchase of carbon credits. The Carbon Reduction Institute is conducting the audit which will cover all emissions sources that the City can reasonably control through policy implementation, technology choice or direct authority.
This includes the emissions impact resulting from:
- Fuels combusted the during event
- Consumption of electricity
- 3rd party contractor services consumed by City of Sydney in the delivery of the event
- Materials consumed by City of Sydney in the delivery of the event
- Visitor, Exhibitor and Vendor travel
- Waste created during the event and by the City of Sydney in the lead up to the event
The audit will exclude the emissions impact of products and services sold by vendors at the event and the emissions from the used proportion of assets consumed by the event. These exclusions are justified on the premise that, whilst the City of Sydney can and will be encouraging environmentally friendly suppliers to partake in the event, they are unable to control the value chains of these suppliers. Hence, neither the emissions liability for products and services sold by vendors at Live Green 2008, nor the used proportion of assets consumed by the event are deemed to be the responsibility of the City of Sydney.
The Carbon Reduction Institute audit complies with the standardss outlined by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
GreenPower
The City is using 100% accredited GreenPower and other accredited offsets for this event. GreenPower is independently verified to come from renewable energy sources including wind, solar and hydro. These energy sources do not produce greenhouse gas emissions and effectively reduce emissions by reducing the need to burn fossil fuels such as coal to produce energy.
Solar Power
figureight is a local production crew that is dedicated to the promotion of a sustainable events industry. They use renewable energy alternatives and energy efficient practices to achieve these aims and at Live Green you will be able to see this in action. Their solar battery bank and panels will be on display powering the children’s entertainment area and the seminars with 100% renewable energy. Come and meet one of the figureight crew if you'd like to learn more about sustainable event practices.
Waste
As part of the City’s commitment towards Zero Waste the City of Sydney is working with Visy [link to the sponsor page] to ensure that Live Green recovers as many resources as possible and saves waste from going to landfill.
Recycling stations provided by Visy will be in place throughout Live Green, making it easy for everyone to recycle.
The recyclable materials collected will be delivered to a Visy Recycling Material Recovery Facility in Sydney where they will be sorted and processed, and later converted into valuable, new packaging products.
Biodegradable waste, such as certain foods and biodegradable containers can be disposed of in the giant worm farm within the dedicated waste area. Recycling champions located next to the bins are able to provide directions
Finally, garbage bins will be provided at the recycling stations for items that cannot be composted or recycled.
Waterless and chemical free toilets
On Site Rentals, a company who pride themselves on their green approach to operations will be providing the temporary toilet facilities at Live Green.
Straight drop toilets that don’t require any flushing will be used onsite, eliminating the use of water. A foaming alcohol based sanitiser for hands will also remove the need for water and paper towels for hand washing, further reducing overall water consumption at the event. In addition only recycled toilet paper and natural cleaners will be used.
Live Green will also be:
- Using a blend of waste bio-diesel generators
- Minimising distribution of paper
- Reducing consumption of plastic bottles by offering water station for patrons to refill their water containers.
- Using recyclable, recycled and biodegradable materials for signage & scenic where possible
