Cutting kitchen waste is a free workshop hosted by Switch Your Thinking and the City of Perth. Attendees will learn how to reduce food waste from their own kitchen whilst saving money and lightening their household’s carbon footprint. Learn about the problem of food waste and how you can take action from your very own kitchen. Find out …
Explore how the classic button-down shirt can be reimagined in a flattering woman’s design. Please note that this is a program for adults and young people aged 16 and over and is a hands-on workshop. Photographs and videos may be taken of the event. Please book one ticket for each person attending. While creating …
Thinking Green: Refashioning men’s button-down shirts Read More »
This event will have a particular focus on providing waste & recycling education to people from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds, although it is open to anyone living or working in the City of Gosnells who is interested in learning about how to manage waste and recycling better in and around the City of Gosnells. …
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Saving Power and Water In Your Home. Do you want to have a more sustainable house, without having to move or build a new one? In this interactive workshop Shani and Tim from Ecoburbia will teach you about the principles of basic solar passive design and how you can use those principles to save gas …
Kam Andrews will teach you all you need to know to start your cloth nappy journey. After the workshop you receive a cloth nappy valued at $30 and will be eligible to receive up to $100 refunded directly to you from the City of Armadale when you purchase cloth nappies or sign up to a …
If you've been wondering how you can manage your waste and recycling better or don't even know where to start, then this presentation will take you through what your options are in the City of Gosnells. Come along to this interactive and informative session by Switch your Thinking to learn what should and shouldn't be …
In this Lessen with Peg she will steer you in the right direction to making the perfect mix, creating a wonderfully nutrient balanced compost to boost your soil. Natures little troopers, worms, not only help to speed up the composting process but they also enhance the finished compost with nutrients and enzymes from their digestive …
Join City of Bayswater for this free, relaxed, family-friendly workshop, and learn about modern cloth nappies from birth to toilet training. Presented by Kam Andrews - engineer, scientist and now “The Nappy Guru” through extensive research and practical experience with her youngest in cloth nappies from birth. This is a great opportunity to: • Find …
-----SEW much textile waste in our society! ------SEW expensive to buy new! ------SEW much better to reuse and recycle! ------SEW why not learn a new skill and upcycle for free? The Serpentine Jarrahdale Shire Library (providing sewing machines and over locker) and Waste Education Officer Polly will be hosting FREE beginners sewing lessons (BYO used fabric to repurpose). …
If you've been wondering how, you can manage your waste and recycling better or don't even know where to start, then this presentation will take you through what your options are in the City of Gosnells. Come along to this interactive and informative session by Switch your Thinking to learn what should and shouldn't be …
Join life cycle specialist Andrew Moore as he explores the full cost of the products we buy - where things come from, how they are made and where they end up. Andrew will also show attendees how to avoid ‘green washing’, where companies are talking the talk but not truly walking the walk! This session …
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A Productive Backyard – growing food, saving seed, preserving the harvest and animals for your backyard. Do you want to get more from your block? During this workshop Shani from Ecoburbia will cover some basic food gardening tips –from creating great soil, growing from seed, what to plant when and fertilising options. She will also …