Festival Program and Details (click this link to download the flyer)
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RANDWICK ECOLIVING FAIR '08/Harmony Day festival
...Have fun ...learn ...be creative ...improve your wellbeing
...find out about sustainable living
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WHEN: 10:30am to 3:30pm, Sunday 6 April 2008
WHERE: Randwick Community Centre, 27 Munda Street, Randwick
(off Hendy Avenue, Randwick) - see website below for map (or flyer link at top of post).
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Throughout the day there will be live music, creative art, kid's corner and tasty organic food to enjoy, why not bring your family and friends and make a day of it?
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INFORMATION: www.randwick.nsw.gov.au/ecoliving for detailed program, maps, exhibitors list and FREE shuttle bus pick-up points.
Enquiries: 1300 722 542
For information on public buses to the event or to one of our FREE shuttle bus stops: go to www.131500.info for their timetable and route.
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COME EARLY...
...and join our FREE yoga class at 10:30 and watch the FREE Australian Wildlife Show
...shy not have morning tea at one of our yummy food stalls - bring your own mug for reuse to avoid waste.
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Join us for the HARMONY DAY festival...
This years Ecoliving Fair will incorporate... Harmony Day festival ...a celebration of our rich cultural diversity across Australia ...embracing a fair go and respect for all people ...no matter your background or religion.
For the programme got to:
http://www.randwick.nsw.gov.au/default.php?id=1592
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Join our FREE SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOPS on...
- How To Install A Rainwater Tank, John Caley
- The Permaculture Home, Terry Bail
- The Permaculture Garden, Steve Batley
- Get On Your Bike - The Two-Wheel Solution, Bike East
- No-waste Shopping Tracey Albon
- Microfibre Cleaning - How Does It Work? Julie Nobbs
- Food Fairness & Healthy Ageing, Mark Ludbrooke & Sally James
- The Presence of the Past-Our Randwick Heritage, Lorraine Simpson
- Local Aboriginal History, Barry Duncan
- Creating a Nurturing Environment, Suzanne Lewarne
- Backyard Poultry, Dave Ingham
- Going Local,Louise Kolff, & Lynn Miller
- Create your Native Haven, Nick Renneberg
- Composting with Bokashi, Maree O'Malle
- Young Children in the Garden, Julie Gaul
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There will be a range of EXHIBITORS...
... focusing on energy and water saving products, sustainable healthy products and information on a range of community groups. RECYCLE your old mobile phone at the MobileMuster station
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Join our CONVERSATIONS...
with DESIGNERS from the University of NSW ...developing your sustainable home and garden...
Our designers from UNSW...
- Graham Fletcher, landscape architect
- Kirsty Mate, interior architect
- Alistair Spoul, solar electricity specialist.
- Facilitator: Russ Grayson, journalist
...and leading SUSTAINABILITY THINKERS...Today's big challenges need small, local solutions.
Our THINKERS...
- Helena Norberg Hodge, international speaker and author, discusses local food systems, local economies and relocalisation
- Tim Winton, educator, discusses how we can prepare for peak oil, climate change and the transition to a low carbon future
- Chris Reidy, UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures, will discuss policies and actions to tackle global warming
- Peter Maganov, sustainability manager, Randwick City Council, will introduce us to local government initiatives on global warming.
- Facilitator: Greg Jenkins.
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Free fun activities for KIDS in the kids corner
- circus acts
- wildlife shows
- frog mobile
- recycled craft activities.
There will also be:
- schools environmental EXPO
- a seed mosaic being created in the main hall
- native plant giveaway
- mountains of environmental prizes and giveaways.
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This is a Randwick City Council SUSTAINING OUR CITY event for Earth Day 2008.
Harmony Day festival is a FREE event supported by Randwick City Council’s Multicultural Advisory Committee.
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