Upcoming workshops and events
Where does it go?- The Unfair Game
Come and play the Unfair Game where everyone gets a prize- but it may not be one you want! Also ask lots of ‘rubbish’ questions too.
Composting and Growing for Kids
Bring your kids and see how easy it is to get a lessen for life in composting!. Also take home a rescued tin with beautiful plant to enjoy.
Lessen with Peg- A Waste-wise Workshop
We throw so much in the bins and don’t always feel confident it is going to good places. Come and find where and why the contents of our bins are sent where they are. Plus learn some tips to reduce what we need to throw away.
Composting and Worm Farming Workshop
No more smelly rat infested bins. Come along for easy effective ways to keep worms happy and cool and compost sweet and useful
Kokedama and Beeswax Wraps Workshop
Kokedama balls an interesting way to use discarded materials to make an interesting hanging plant and beeswax wraps always useful to reduce our use of cling wrap
Wicking Beds and Instant Gardens
Wherever we are in WA we need to be aware of water and soil protection. Come along if you are in Kalgoorlie at this date and gets some tips for free materials and ideas to make a wicking system.
Eco-Fest
Lots to see and participate in at the Eco-Fest We will talk worms and compost and keeping things out of the bin we can use somewhere else.
Waste Less Celebrate More- Low Waste Gift Making
Come along and make preserved salted lemons, a beeswax wrap and a succulent bowl arrangement
Discovery Session- Wonderful World of Worms
No more dead worms from the heat. Come and see how to do it easily and get amazing soil improver from your efforts.
Discovery Session- The Wonderful World of Worms
Worms can be tricky in Perth in warmer months. Come and get some useful tricks and tips to keep them happy all the time. Plus see easy ways to harvest the juice and castings (poo).
Where does it go and Waste Sort
Our waste seems huge but where does it actually go? Does food waste really get composted and how/ Come along for some answers and give us more questions.
Earth-cycle- Composting, Worms and Bokashi Bucket
No more smelly compost bins or dead worms come and be set up for success!
The Unfair Game at The Repair Cafe
Winning a prize is wonderful but where do we put it if it’s not what we want?? An empty spray can, a broken toy, old shoes? It is an Unfair Game -remember. fun and educational.
Low Waste Kitchen
Come and have some fun and get some ideas for using less in the kitchen, saving money and not buying more equipment to do it all.
Where does it go and Waste Sort
It feels tricky to know where things should go sometimes when we don’t want them anymore. Come and get some answers and ask any questions you like .Can come from any council area.
Plastic Free Living
Making specific gifts for friends and family is easy and rewarding for all concerned. Come along and get some useful ones to take home.
Gardening in Small Spaces
Whether we have a courtyard or a window sill we can have joy in filling it with plants
Junk Bug Workshop
Many different materials and bits to use for creative construction. No tape or glue only scissors.
Kids Nude Lunch and Beeswax Wraps
Learn how to make a wonderful and long lasting wrap for lunch and more. Take home 2 beeswax wraps
Living Lightly and DIY
It is easy to make small changes that can then lead to thinking of bigger ways to modify how we use materials. Come and share your ideas and maybe discover some new ones.
Alternatives to Single Use Plastic
Beeswax wraps are a clean and natural material to use instead of cling wrap. Come along and find out how to use them and make two to take home.
Sea to Source Beach Clean up
Beach clean ups reveal lots of persistent plastic. Come along for the clean up then take home a reusable beeswax wrap
Living Waste-wise Lessen with Peg
Where we put things when we dont need them any more can be very important. Sometimes there are very specific instructions!
Mega-Organics Workshop
No smelly compost bins or dead worms- tricks and ideas to keep it all humming nicely. Come and share your ideas too.
Low Waste Kitchen- End to End
Lots of ways to reduce our waste in the kitchen, and get a good economic outcome too. Fun and easy ways to make it all work and save money.
Living Lightly and DIY Products
Discover or remember simple ways to have less impact on the world plus make some products to take home.
Hands-on Composting with Peg
We may have the light green lidded bin but that material is wonderful for using ourselves plus we can utilise the food scraps. Come and see how to get free and beautiful fertiliser.
Where does it go (including FOGO)
Where does all our stuff go when it goes in the truck? Why are some things never to go in a bin. Come along and find out all about it.
Composting and Bokashi Bucket Workshop
Using our scraps for wonderful purpose, garden waste and food scraps. Problems and questions discussed and answered.
Earth-cycling Workshop
Lot’s of ways to process our scraps and garden waste. Come along and see how- even the fish heads and old cooked rice!
Low Waste Gift Making
Make salted lemons, succulents in a bowl and a beeswax wrap to take home.
Where does it go? and waste sorting
Why sort our rubbish? How can we have less of it? Is recycling worth it? Come and have fun and get some answers.
Kid's Creative Garden Workshop
How is compost made and how can we do it at home. Plus make a beautiful plant in a tin.
Composting and Growing for Kids
Learning how to use our food and garden waste to make productive soil is a life long useful skill.
A fun and easy workshop for all
Junk Bugs Workshop
Lots of whacky and unusual materials are discarded but ready to be used to make crazy bugs or aliens.