Living Smart Festival

Program

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Event details	Zone
Native Plant Giveaway
Hands-on up-cycling workshops	Upcycle zone
Indigenous tools workshops, seasonal art activity and weaving workshop	First Nation zone
School Garden Ben Competition and urban farm display	Grow Zone
Landcare display, Australian native wildlife show and displays	Nature Zone
Slow Food Earth Markets	Eat Zone
Face painting	Kids Zone
Curious Legends workshops	Kids Zone
Nature play activities	Kids Zone
Greater Bank Sparkie's Challenge	Kids zone
Create a cardboard city of the future	MAP mima
Pop-up Op Shop Markets
World Zone
Makers Space
Resilience Zone
Bike Valet
Free Shuttle Bus

Time	Event details
9am	Yoga in the park
9.30am	Welcome to Country and official opening with Aunty D and Lake Mac Council CEO Morven Cameron
10am	Grow food, save the world with Paul West
11.30am	Connecting with nature with Gina Chick
1pm	Climate action panel talk with Gina Chick, Anna Noon, Sarah Aubrey, Phoebe McIlwraith and Alexa Stuart
2pm	Samba Frog performance
2.30pm	School Garden Bed Competition winners announced with Paul West

Time	Event details
9-10am	Zumba Fun Class
10-11am	Rhythms of Recycling with Earthern Rhythms Drumming
11am-12pm	Spanish lesson with Maria
12-1pm	Salsa workshop
1-3pm	Dance performances from around the world

School Garden Bed Competition proudly sponsored by Allambi Care

Time	Event details
All day	Allambi Care School Garden Bed Competition
9am	Crop swap
10am	Natural pool systems with Tree Frog Permaculture
11am	Regenerative Agriculture for urban living with Purple Pear Farm
12pm	Backyard worm farms with Willina Worms
1pm	Judging of the Allambi Care School Garden Bed Competition with Paul West

Time	Event details
All day	Landcare display, Australian native wildlife show and displays
10am	DIY pollinator seed balls with Groundswell Collective
11am	Sea turtles, flying foxes, and koalas in Lake Mac with Hunter Wildlife Rescue
12pm	Tree hollows for wildlife with Hollowhogs
1pm	A look at flying foxes with Matthew Mo
2pm	DIY native bee hotel with Australian Native Bee Association

Time	Event details
All day	Create a cardboard city of the future
9:30am	Film Screening: The Giants
12pm	Digital Drawing: Demonstration with Maplewood Permaculture
1pm	Film screening: 2040: Join the REGENERATION

Time	Event details
All day	Slow Food Earth Markets
9am	Korean kimchi with Wholefood Family
10am	Brazilian wellness bowls with Food Farmacy
11am	Venezuelan Arepas with Kumache
12pm	Steph De Sousa: Dinner from the bottom of the fridge
1pm	Kitchen inspiration and 'Use it Up' meals of OzHarvest
2pm	Cooking with local produce with Slow Food Hunter Valley

Time	Event details
All day	Electric vehicles, home electrification display, HCB solar and battery display, bust your bills (bookings required), UoN interactive challenge
10am	Electrify this! Household efficiency and electrification with Sarah Aubrey
11am	The health effects of heating and cooking with gas in your home with Ben Ewald, GP
12pm	What it's like to own an electric vehicle with Australian Electric Vehicle Association
1pm	Show me the money with Parents for Climate

Time	Event details
All day	Indigenous tools workshop
All day	Aboriginal seasonality art activity
All day	Weaving workshop
9am	Dance session with DreamTime Dance Company
10.30am	Sharing Aboriginal languages with Uncles Amos
11.30am	Dance session with DreamTime Dance Company
12.30pm	Elder talk with Aunty D
1.30pm	Sharing Aboriginal languages with Uncle Amos

Kids zone proudly sponsored by Greater Bank

Time	Event details
All day	Curious Legends workshops, nature play activities, face painting, Greater Bank Sparkie's Challenge
10am	Make your own nature crowns with Acacia Play
11am	Kids storytelling with Oz Harvest
12pm	King and Queen of Green kids performance
1pm	International storytelling sessions
2.30pm	Puppet parade with Curious Legends

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