Sustainability Precinct

This year’s Sustainability Precinct is full of variety. There will be heaps of information for all as well as lots of fun and free activities for the kids.

A highlight is our Scarecrow Competition – so if you are the prettiest, ugliest or scariest scarecrow in the veggie patch get your school involved NOW! Click here for details  (please be patient while pdf loads)

If the scarecrows don’t frighten you away stay a while and meet Frederico the snake man who will entertain you with stories of snakes and other tales of the environment.

Other kids’ activities are: a sustainability treasure hunt with a prize for all! And a craft workshop using recycled materials that is being sponsored by Nillumbik Shire Council.

Information Program.

During the day there will be a program of environmental speakers on diverse subjects:

• 11.30 DIY double glazing – Alan Cuthbertson
• 12.00 Being Waterwise – Peter Wilson (Waterwise Systems)
• 12.30 Why grow local? Lynlee Tozer (Habitat Links)
• 1.00 Say No to GM Food – Greg Revell (GMFN )
• 1.30 The Story of the Wedge – Kahn Franke (GWPG)
• 2.00  Food Swaps _ Anne Strutt (Local Food Connect)
• 2.30 Scarecrow Judging!
• 3.00 DIY double glazing – Alan Cuthbertson
• 3.30 Being Waterwise – Peter Wilson (Waterwise Systems)

DIY double glazing – Alan Cuthbertson

Retrofitting Double Glazing is an expensive option. It’s cheaper to do the work yourself, either by adding a second sheet of glass to the existing window or replacing the glass with a double glazed unit. This talk will show how easy this is to achieve.

Being Waterwise – Peter Wilson (from Waterwise Systems)

Create your own Urban ECO System, shower in your garden, use less water and grow a vibrant sustainable garden that will save you water, money and the environment.

Why grow local? Lynlee Tozer (Habitat Links)

Planning your new garden? Or perhaps a few trees to be planted in the back paddock? Local botanist/geologist, Lynlee Tozer, Manager of Habitat Links Wholesale Nurseries, will provide some key reasons about the value of growing and planting local species, and how to achieve the most benefit from these plants – from providing habitat for wildlife to aesthetically enhancing your own living environment