CANBERRA HARVEST FESTIVAL 2012
Set amidst the beautiful trees beside Lake Burley Griffen, on the edge of the Australian National University, The Canberra Environment and Sustainability Resources Centre's Harvest Day, 2012 was a hive of activity. There were numerous workshops to attend including:
Backyard Beekeeping
No Dig Gardening Demonstration
Making Compost Tea
Constructing a Worm Tower
Harvest the Sun
Seed Blocking
and the following presentations:
The Smarter City: How Can Acting on
Climate Change Make Life Better in Canberra?
Food Rescue - Good Food Should Not Go To Waste
PermablitzACT provided demonstrations for easy, acheivable innovations in the garden including creating wicking pots.
PermablitzACT
Canberra's environment and sustainability resources centre
April
- New Development in Solar
- Sustainable House Tour
- Seed Sowing and Maintenance
- Retro-fitting for Renters
May
- Composting Made Easy
- Worm-farming Made Easy
- Affordable Retro-Fitting
- Co-op Tour & Veg Cooking Class
June
- Propagation by Cuttings
- Investing in Energy Efficiency
- Bike Maintenance for Beginners
- Community Facilitation Skills
Stall holders included:
2. ANU Food Co-Op
3. ANU SLC Organic Garden
4. Australian Orangutan Project
5. Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC)
6. Beekeepers Association of the ACT
7. Black Horse Fine Foods
8. Budgi Werri Prunes
9. Canberra Loves 40%
10. Canberra Organic Grower's Society (COGS)
11. Choku Bai Jo
12. Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA)
13. Daily Green Bar14. Eco Chic
15. Ecotel
16. ENJO
17. Gardners Ground
18. Greenhill Farm
19. Local Exchange Trading System (LETS)
20. Morsbags
21. Naturally Clean22. Organic Bee
23. Oz Harvest
24. Pedal Power ACT25. Permablitz ACT
26. Recyclery
27. Riverview Homestead & Hazelnuts
28. Sea Shepherd29. SEE-Change
30. Slow Food Network
31. South Coast Organic Fertiliser32. The Kitchen Cabinet
33. Tom's Waterhole Winery
34. Willing Workers on Organic Farms (WWOOF)
35. Daily Green Bar
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