Green Heart Fair

Since most of the boxes had been emptied and collapsed we decided to go ahead with our plan to check out the Green Heart Fair. A promotion of sustainability, the opportunity to find out what services and organisations are operating in our community.

Lauren was feeling a bit rubbish with a sore throat, but such is her commitment to doing her part to save our planet she still wanted to go. As always, parking was the trickiest part, but we were lucky and fluked a space close to the entry.

There were electric vehicles, composting hub information, beekeeping, water conservation, food charities, workshops and presentations. As well there were some food trucks, coffee carts and a small market selling eco and sustainable products. The council had native plants to give away – we got two each and also went to hear Craig Reucassel from the ABC programme War OnWaste speak.

It was a good day, although the clouds were building and Lauren was fading fast so we headed home with our goodie bags.

NOTE: Strep and the common (but nasty) cold were on the doorstep and only one of us remained uninfected.

NOTE: It has come to my attention that as ratepayers we can get 2 native plants EACH year from the Council. This city is growing on me even faster than I thought it could.

#52Stories, Week 45, What environmental issues are most important to you ? Air and water pollution, climate change, recycling, deforestation, endangered/threatened species, renewable energy ?

Plastic, people.

PLASTIC.

It is the evil which is destroying our water,

killing sealife, birdlife and in the end the ENTIRE planet.

Stop using it,

stop buying it,

stop accepting that e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g needs to be packaged in it.

Use beeswax wraps, glass containers, paper packaging, take your own bags shopping for produce and any sort of shopping.

Say NO to the plastic bag.

It starts with us.

The more of us saying NO,

the sooner the producers of this evil will need to CHANGE their business plan.

Be a conscious shopper

Be a conscious recycler

Lobby your council to have a regular organic rubbish collection

THINK about what you are sending to landfill

Watch this  
change your ways.

It starts with US

So, there is that rant…

…don’t let me get started on the filthy dairy industry polluting our waterways,

ruining our land, overproducing milk, dumping milk, manipulating the natural breeding patterns of dairy herds

...or deforestation and climate change

For generations we lived sustainably on this ball of earth floating in the universe. The past 2 centuries have seen great changes technologically, but they have come with a total disregard to the planet which has nurtured us so well.

It starts with US