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Climate Emergency Conversation Workshops
Wednesday 30 May 2018, 5.00-9.00pm, Shire Hall, 284 Gower Street, Preston OR Friday 1 June 2018, 12.00-4.00pm, Function Room, 350 High Street, Preston
How should Council have conversations with the community about climate change which encourage and support residents and groups to take long-lasting and meaningful action?
Darebin Council is keen to build support for strong action on climate change in our local area.
Council has recently adopted a Climate Emergency Plan which highlights our commitment to taking urgent action to make our planet safe for ourselves, our children and future generations. We want to work alongside our and other councils so that together we can influence those organisations which have the greatest power to take action to respond to the climate emergency.
To make sure that our communications messages and methods of engaging the community and others result in meaningful and long-lasting action, we need your help! Please come along and help us work out what language and messaging is going to work best in conversations about the climate emergency.
We are asking our community to work with us on this because we know that so many of our community members will bring creative ideas, interesting insights and good thinking to the task, and it is this input which is really going to make sure that our communications and engagement work hits the mark!
Light refreshments will be served.
Book here for the session on Wednesday 30 May, 5.00-9.00pm, and book here for the session on Friday 1 June, 12.00-4.00pm.
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Homemade Food and Wine Festival 2018
Saturday 26 May - Sunday 3 June 2018
The popular Homemade Food and Wine Festival will be held in venues across Darebin, with the full program being available at www.darebinarts.com.au/foodandwine.
Excitingly, the new Homemade Market place and ‘Meet the Makers’ showcase is taking place at the Northcote Town Hall on Saturday 26 May.
As well, the Backyard Harvest Festival is proud to present four workshops by passionate local food growers and makers.
Mushrooms are our future
Ryan Creed and Julian Mitchell founded Life Cykel after discovering how to grow gourmet mushrooms from waste coffee grounds, and are inspiring people to join the Mushroom Movement. Learn varieties and uses of mushrooms and tips for growing mushrooms at home in this fascinating talk. Includes tasting samples and an opportunity to purchase Life Cykel home mushroom kits.
Sunday 27 May, 2:00 – 3:30pm
Tickets $10, available here
RetroSuburbia: Aussie Street with David Holmgren
David Holmgren’s new book, Retrosuburbia: the downshifter’s guide to a resilient future elevates the importance of household food growing into an empowering vision for the future of Australian suburbs. This clever multi-media event will see David in conversation with passionate Darebin home food gardener and permaculture designer Kat Lavers.
Saturday 2 June, 10 – 11:30am
Tickets $10, available here
The Plummery: Garden Tour and Tasting
Kat Lavers' award winning small-scale permaculture house and food garden is featured in permaculture co-originator David Holmgren’s new book RetroSuburbia. Kat will demonstrate how her 280m2 block provides her household with almost all the vegies, herbs, fruit and eggs they need. She’ll also show how she recycles organic waste, captures water and generates power on site. Includes produce tastings and a handout on growing winter vegies.
Sunday 3 June, 10 – 11:30am
Tickets $10, available here
Alphington Farmers Market Tour and Cooking Demonstration (jointly presented by Melbourne Farmers Markets)
Welcome the start of winter with this unique opportunity to meet the characters and hear the stories direct from the farm. Collect top quality seasonal Victorian produce to use in the Love Food Hate Waste cooking demonstration to follow. Learn how to shop waste-free and make the most of your winter produce through storage tips, recipe ideas and creative ways to prevent food waste. Includes tastings and reusable market bag to take home.
Sunday 3 June, 10 – 11:30am
Tickets $50, available here.
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World Environment Day
Thursday 7 June, 2018, 6.15pm-8.45pm
Preston Town Hall, 284 Gower Street, Preston
Join Darebin Mayor Kim Le Cerf and a panel of experts in celebrating World Environment Day 2018, with a double-screening of The Smog of the Sea and Baykeepers on Thursday 7 June.
The Smog of the Sea and Baykeepers tell similar stories from very different perspective – one from the remote Sargasso Sea and the other from right here in Melbourne’s creeks, rivers and bay. Both serve as a perfect example of World Environment Day’s theme in 2018: Beat Plastic Pollution.
Darebin City Council is embracing this message and has recently introduced its own Single-use Plastic Free Events Policy, aiming to prevent plastic pollution by ensuring that all Council events eliminate single-use plastic waste and promote reusable alternatives.
Our panel of experts will present their thoughts on this topic, and offer attendees the chance to pose questions about our community’s journey to reduce waste and eliminate single-use plastic.
This event is free but bookings are essential.
For more information contact environment@darebin.vic.gov.au
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Repair Cafe
Sunday 27 May 2018, 10.00am-1.00pm The Bridge, 220 HIgh Street, Preston
Repair Cafes is a worldwide movement to challenge design obselence and share fix-it skills within our community.
Bring your item requiring repair to the Darebin-Banyule Repair Cafe and our community of fixers will repair it. You sit with your personal 'fixer' and explain what is wrong with your item so you can learn to repair it again in the future.
Fixing, instead of throwing out and purchasing another saves resources and keeps the fixer skills in our community alive.
Book in for a MORNING or AFTERNOON time slot for a priority in the queue, and let us know the type of item you will be bringing.
Repair Cafes are a great way to connect with others in your community and build your skills. We are keen to hear If you would like to register as a fixer, you can do it here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/RepairCafeDB
Limited places, so please book early to avoid disappointment.
This event is part of the Sustainable Homes and Communities Program, jointly funded by Darebin and Banyule Councils. It is being organised in collaboration with Transition Darebin. www.transitiondarebin.org
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