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Events in March 2022
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How to Compost Your Way to Zero Food Waste
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How to Compost Your Way to Zero Food Waste
Harrisdale Community, Sporting Pavilion & OvalGracefield BlvdHarrisdale,The City’s Waste team invites you to join presenter Robyn Brown for this talk on How to Compost Your Way to Zero Food Waste. Learn how to use all types of compost bins, or set up a bay to compost food and garden waste at home.
In these sessions, you will learn:
- How to use composting bins, tumblers and bays
- How to use worm tubes and worm farms
- How to compost using bokashi - -
Making beautiful soil from food and garden waste
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Making beautiful soil from food and garden waste
Henderson Environmental CentreGroat StNorth Beach,Register to learn practical and easy ways to compost, worm farm and use a bokashi bucket for all spaces from window sills to big backyards.
You can set up your own worm farm and get enough fat worms to start by receiving a subsidy for other options of your choice.
Come and join us to find out easy ways to make good compost and discover how to use meat, fish bones and dead cheeses in a composting system.
Making beautiful soil from food and garden waste–
Making beautiful soil from food and garden waste
Henderson Environmental CentreGroat StNorth Beach,Register to learn practical and easy ways to compost, worm farm and use a bokashi bucket for all spaces from window sills to big backyards.
You can set up your own worm farm and get enough fat worms to start by receiving a subsidy for other options of your choice.
Come and join us to find out easy ways to make good compost and discover how to use meat, fish bones and dead cheeses in a composting system.
Repair Cafe - Doubleview–
Repair Cafe - DoubleviewDoubleview HouseCnr of Hancock St and Scarborough Beach RdDoubleview,Broken your favourite table / bike / lamp / dress? Dont throw it out - bring it to the Doubleview Repair Cafe where our team of skilled volunteer repairers will do their best to fix it up and give it a new lease of life. Bookings now required for repairs between 10am and 11am, otherwise turn up between 11am and 11.45am and wait for a repairer to become free.
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Introduction to Permaculture
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Introduction to Permaculture
Sloan's Cottage10 Harman StLeda,Join KiT and Powderbark Permaculture as we explore ways you can use Permaculture design thinking to maximise productivity in your home and backyard systems. This one day course will cover:
-Permaculture design groundwork (the principals and ethics of permaculture)
-Looking at your space with permaculture eyes (designing for productivity)
-How to amplify the magic ingredient in your veggie patch; your soil biology
-Fostering your permaculture learning (further education, resources, networks and your permaculture community)Tickets $26
Morning and afternoon tea provided, BYO lunch. - -
Low waste kitchen workshop with Wasteless Pantry
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Low waste kitchen workshop with Wasteless Pantry
Walyalup Civic Centre155 High StFremantle,Amanda, from the Wasteless Pantry, will discuss how you can practically work towards a low waste kitchen, including:
- Time-saving tips that will reduce your environmental footprint
- Hints to make the most of whats in your fridge and pantry
- Better ways to shop
- Simple swaps to reduce waste and save money in your home.This workshop is free for residents in the City of Fremantle, City of Melville, and Town of East Fremantle.
Bookings are essential.
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Urban Composting Options Workshop
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Urban Composting Options Workshop
Urban Revolution284 Albany HighwayVictoria Park,Learn how to compost using the various options and choose the best composting system for your unique situation at home, for a school or a business. Ask your site-specific questions.
Learn about the Bokashi system, worm farms, worm towers, how to compost pet waste, hot and cold composting methods and how to run multiple systems together.
Find out why composting is an impactful action that we can all do to put our planet first by reducing our food waste in landfill and instead create nutrient rich soil for a thriving environment.
Workshop Details:* 60 min workshop
* Receive a copy of our comprehensive Urban Composting Guidebook - 32 Page, illustrated, full colour booklet printed on 100% recycled paper with vegetable inks
* Q&A over homemade morning tea where you can ask your individual composting questions
* 10% off your composting, garden and eco products in store on the day$25 per person. Pre booking is essential as places are strictly limited.
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Compost, Worm Farm & Bokashi Workshop
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Compost, Worm Farm & Bokashi Workshop
St Luke's Anglican Parish20 Monument StMosman Park,Want to manage your food waste at home and nourish your garden at the same time? Learn how to make the most of those food scraps while trimming your bin!
Join WMRC Waste Educators and compost guru Peg, from Lessen with Peg for this Compost & Worm Farm Workshop. We'll go through different solutions for managing organic waste at home, show you how to set up a low-cost system for yourself, and take a tour of the St. Luke's Community Garden.
Attend this workshop to find out how you can receive $50 toward the purchase of a compost bin, worm farm or bokashi bin. This is a limited offer for WMRC Member Councils and Town of Cambridge residents only. Ts & Cs apply.
Bookings are essential for this event! A light morning tea will be provided following the workshop. Register through Eventbrite. Cost of $5 + booking fee. If the ticket cost is a barrier to coming to this event please call on 9384 6711 and we are happy to assist.
Tickets: Member council tickets are available to residents from Claremont, Cottesloe, Mosman Park, Peppermint Grove & Subiaco. General admission tickets are available for Cambridge and residents from other councils.
Reducing Kitchen Waste-Throw Away Less–
Reducing Kitchen Waste-Throw Away Less
Serpentine Jarrahdale Community Resource Centre2 Paterson StMundijong,Food Waste is a global challenge that has environmental, economic and social impacts. Each year in Australia we waste around 7.6 million tonnes which is equivalent to 312kg PER PERSON! This waste is estimated to cost the Australia economy $20 billion
In 2017 the Australian government set a target to halve food waste by 2030.
Let Robyn Brown show you how you can play a role at home to help meet this target in this free workshop.Topics covered in this presentation:
Buying Food
Growing Food
Storing Food
Cooking with Scraps
Composting food wasteSustainable Style & Clothes Swap–
Sustainable Style & Clothes Swap
Boya Community Centre119-135 Scott StHelena Valley,Join Ciara Lowe-Thiedeman to learn how to dress more sustainably, shop mindfully and tackle common pre-loved shopping stigma. Learn to rewear and repurpose clothing, and discover the key to becoming sustainably stylish: understanding your personal style.
As the second largest polluter in the world, the fashion industry has a disastrous environmental impact. But it's not all bad. By 2028 pre-loved clothing sales are expected to outrank traditional retail sales.
Clothes Swap
Bring along the items you don't wear anymore (lurkers) and swap them for preloved, new to you items (workers) which will refresh your wardrobe.More details regarding the Clothes Swap will be provided after registration.