Sustainable House Day
Sunday 20 September is Sustainable House Day, a free online event allowing access into Australia’s most unique and inspiring sustainable homes.
Take part in this online event and access a huge range of sustainable house ideas to inspire you. Whether it's taking your first steps, retrofitting, water recycling and harvesting, or tiny houses, there is a myriad of interesting topics.
To attend simply register online and you will be able to enter the three rooms on the day.
Room 1: Designing for Sustainability
Room 2: Building, Retrofitting and Renovating
Room 3: Renewable Energy, Community Living, Gardens, and Water Efficiency.
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Port Phillip EcoCentre Seminar Series
Check out the latest offerings from the EcoCentre Seminar Series:
Habitat for Urban Wildlife: hollows and Nestboxes Webinar
Date: Thursday 24 September
Time: 6.00pm - 7.30pm
Improve your urban habitat know how to enhance wildlife habitat in your yard. Join in this free webinar, from the experts from the Port Phillip EcoCentre.
Register here.
Nature Reflections for Wellbeing
Date: Thursday 8 October
Time: 6.00pm - 7.15pm
Join the EcoCentre’s Deb Punton, as she explore the use of interactions with nature for personal health and wellbeing benefits. This seminar is based on Deb’s work as an Ecopsychologist.
Register here.
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Free tutorials to help you farewell fast fashion
Clothing is something we are consuming more of but using less. This year the Garage Sale Trail is offering a series of 'Trail Tutorials' where you can learn about how to be a more conscious consumer around fashion.
Learn how to farewell fast fashion by joining one of the free online masterclass hosted by some seriously stylish Australians. Experts will provide tips to style, mend and shop secondhand, to not only minimise waste but also save money. Check out what's on offer:
The Ultimate Wardrobe Declutter
Date: Saturday 3 October
Time: 2pm
Presented by the Marie Kondo-trained Sally Flower. Get practical tips on how to declutter your wardrobe sustainably helping you uncover the hidden gems lurking in your closet and finding new love for your old stuff.
Fashion First Aid: Fight rips and stains
Date: Saturday 24 October
Time: 2pm
Learn how to revive tired, damaged clothes from two adept clothes whisperers: mending master Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald and stain slayer Christina Reitano.
The Art of Secondhand Styling
Date: Saturday 7 November
Time: 2pm
Ever wondered how you can get this season's must have looks but also save money and the planet at the same time? Hosted by a panel of Australia’s biggest names in sustainable styling and fashion, you’ll get practical tips to help you uncover secondhand treasure in your neighbourhood and learn how to style secondhand pieces.
For more information check out the tutorials flyer or visit the Garage Sale Trail website.
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October is Buy Nothing New Month
Buy Nothing New Month is the global movement for collective, conscientious consumption. It's a one month challenge to buy nothing new (with the exception of essentials like food, hygiene and medicines).
Buy Nothing New Month is not ‘Buy Nothing New Never’, it’s simply taking the month of October to think about where our ‘stuff’ comes from, where it goes and how we can maximise resources and minimize waste by extending the life of existing goods.
Join others and take a pledge.
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