The desertSMART eco fair is nearly here again. Come along on Saturday the 2nd of October for a fun day for the whole family. There will be live entertainment, food stalls, kids activities, workshops, presentations, plant sales, trade displays, Arts and craft Fair and a whole lot more.
Saturday the 2nd of October 8am until 2pm.
Catch a demonstration on bio-diesel, solar power, greywater, hybrid cars and other innovative creations.
Pick up a free copy of the new Water Wise booklet from the Power and Water or DesertSMART CoolMob stalls. Bring your own water bottle to refill throughout the day.
Buy a fresh copy of the new Vegie Garden Companion ($15) at the Gardens for Food/ Community Garden stall.
Hungry? Make your way down to the Mulga Grove for the ALEC Camel BBQ, pancakes, Tea Shrine tea and vegan lunch, coffee and the FANFF cake stall. Or make your way up to the café and enjoy some music with your meal.
Come early to get the best of the plant sale and check out the stalls from the Centre for Appropriate Technology, Greening Australia, Greencorp, Conservation Volunteers Australia, Field Naturalists, Australian Plant Society, Desert Park, Land for Wildlife, Tangentyere Nursery, Landcare, Geoff Miers Garden Solutions, Alice Solar City, Quantum Eco Hot Water, Penny Farthing, Desert Knowledge Australia, Sustainable Couture and many more.
Don’t miss the Bent & Twisted Craft Fair or the healing stalls with Medicine Tree NT and kinesiology.
You are welcome to stay on into the afternoon for music, films and food at the Bean Tree Café.
Walk or cycle to the Eco Fair and you will go into the raffle to win great prizes kindly donated by;
Crowne Plaza Hotel Alice Springs, Ultimate Ride Bike Shop, Australian Plant Society, Geoff Miers Garden Solutions, Arid Lands Environment Centre.
8am-2pm
Saturday 2nd of October
| F- Marquee Hub | A- Learn Space | B- Workshops | C- Kids Space | E- Bean Tree Café | |||
| 8:30am | camel rides from 10am on | Music presented by the Alice Desert Festival | |||||
| 9:00am | Welcome to Country by Dorris Stuart | ||||||
| 9:30am | Welcome.WaterWise book launchVegie Garden Companion book launch | Andy Vinter on Landcare in Alice Springs | Land for Wildlife- Making your own feral Spotted Turtle Dove trap to assist in Feral Dove control around Alice | Solar oven cookie making and baking | Bean Tree Café serving lovely meals and drinks all day | ||
| 10:00am | Bushfood Competition Judging of the Dessert and Wild Card categories with Andrew Filke. | Meet for start of guided tour of the BP solar panels at Olive Pink | |||||
| Mick Café - Songs from living in the heartA musical exploration of landscape, people and the emotions of the human experience. |
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| 10:30am | What’s happening with the Alice Springs Community Garden? | Join Seed Savers Alice Springs to learn some seedy secrets | Recycled Craft | ||||
| 11:00am | |||||||
| 11:30am | Peter Latz on threatened species in Central Australia and the impact of a changing climate. | Join inventor Ben Wall at his stall for a discussion and demonstration of his sustainability creations. | Face Painting | Scozzie – Shaun Nancarrow and Collin Lillie present Thonglines – A cross cultural musical journey. A funny an insightful cross cultural musical journey through the outback-Via Scotland. This is a tale of two friends looking at each other’s culture from an outsiders perspective. | |||
| 12:00pm | Veganism, food choices and sustainability | ||||||
| 12:30pm | Drawing the raffle | Talk of the Town with Mayor Damian Ryan, architect Domenic Pecorari and others – join the conversation about Alice’s future urban development. | |||||
| 1:00pm | Breaking the Nuclear Chain: Community resistance to nuclear projects and why nuclear is a false solution to climate change. | Jeanette Wormald writes and sings songs of Australia. Songs of the Inland -Where the earth and the blue sky meet. Her music and lyrics are inspired by the land’s people, environment and colours. Her fresh, feminine style has won awards and critical acclaim for its celebration of Australia’s colonial and Indigenous heritage. | |||||
| Making Sand Gardens | |||||||
| 1:30pm | Solar oven bake off Judging | Alice Solar Cities update | Sustainable Couture – Designer fashion made from embellished and recycled fabrics | ||||
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