Practically Green Festival
Sunday 15 October, 10am-4.30pm
Edendale, Gastons Road, Eltham
Free family event
Getting to the Practically Green Festival
Walk or ride
Edendale is located on the Diamond Creek Trail. Supervised bike parking provided by NillumBUG is available.
Train
Take the Hurstbridge line to Eltham Station and it is a short walk to the Festival. A shuttle bus service is available for people with mobility constraints.
Drive
Parking is available next to Edendale, enter off Wattletree Road. Follow the event parking signs. Accessible parking is available at Edendale.
The Practically Green Festival is an all-weather event.
Please contact us to discuss event accessibility.
Help us to reduce festival waste by bringing along your re-useable coffee cups, plates and cutlery.
For Festival news and updates:
Facebook - Edendale Community Environment Farm or the Nillumbik website
Live music
Main Stage
10am Eltham College Choirs
10.40am Catholic Ladies College Choir
11am Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
11.30am Djirri Djirri Dancers
12pm 100% Renewables Strategy Launch with Clean Energy Nillumbik
12.30pm Lilly in the Middle
1.15pm Sisters and Misters
2.30pm Mal Webb and Kylie Morrigan
3.45pm Wasted Potential (local youth act)
Acoustic Stage
Acoustic music in the garden below Café Eden
11am Shane French
12.30pm Lucy Wise
2pm Open mic – bring your instrument and add your name to the chalkboard
Workshops and Talks
Indoor Nursery Shed
Talks
11.30am Talking Food Forests
12pm Sustainable Table Towards zero-waste lifestyle
1pm Beyond Zero Emissions
2pm Clean Energy Nillumbik
3pm Battery Storage with Australian Wind and Solar
Acacia Shelter
Workshops
1pm Setting up a worm farm
2pm Love Food Hate Waste
3pm Fermenting Food
Sustainable building and lifestyle exhibitors
Exhibitors
· Air Fusion Heating and Cooling
· Australian Wind and Solar
· Ben Hutchinson Landscapes
· Eco Mad
· Ecocraft P/L
· EnviroShop
· eWood Solutions
· Green Design Solutions
· Nillumbik Mudbrick Association
· Rev Bikes
· Ryan Young Design
· Solahart
Not for Profit Groups
· Alternative Technology Association (ATA)
· Australian Youth Climate Coalition
· Birdlife Australia
· Beyond Zero Emissions
· CFA
· Clean Energy Nillumbik
· Diamond Valley EcoVillage Association
· Diamond Valley LETS
· Land for Wildlife
· The Orangutan Project
· The Wilderness Society
· Zero Waste Victoria
Practically Green for Kids
Activities
11am-2pm Wildlife exposure reptiles
11am-12.30pm Meet Edendale animals
2pm-3.30pm Meet Edendale animals
All day activities
· Pony rides
· Face painting
· Environmental art activities
· Activities with Diamond Creek Memorial Kinder and Eltham Woods Preschool
· Trash Puppets