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All day

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   

 

Main stage

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 

 

Tent of Colours 

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 

 

Grow zone

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 

 

Nature zone

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 

 

MAP mima

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

 

Eat zone

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

 

Energy Zone 

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 

 

First Nations zone

 

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

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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