Home Expo unearths designers of the future

11 August 2017

School workshops inspire entries for Sustainable House competition

The Tweed’s next crop of sustainability-conscious designers is being fostered by a new schools program for this year’s ‘Living for the Future’ Home Expo.

Dorroughby Environmental Education Centre is working with Council to hold Future Earth workshops at several Tweed schools in early August, helping students to create their own designs for the 2017 Northern Rivers Sustainable House Day design competition.

Students will be eligible to enter their creations in the Youth category for the design competition, which this year is being hosted in the Tweed and will be a leading attraction at the Home Expo on Saturday 16 September.

Entries for all categories are open until Friday 1 September, with all the designs and the awards presentation to be featured at the Home Expo.

As part of the competition and to celebrate Science Week 2017, Future Earth workshops are being held at the Banora Point, Tweed Heads South, Carool, St Joseph’s and Duranbah schools.

Students used boxes and other recycled items to build their designs.

The Home Expo will be held at seagulls club in Tweed Heads West from 10am to 4pm, followed by the Lights on the Tweed family fun activities on the adjacent river bank.

The expo will again be a one-stop shop of ideas and products for more affordable and environmentally-friendly homes and lifestyles.

To enter the design competition or for more information visit www.sustainablehousedaynr.org

Expressions of interest for stallholders at the expo are also open until 28 August.

Visit www.tweed.nsw.gov.au/HomeExpo for details and updates about the Home Expo.

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Caption: Dorroughby Environmental Education Centre Principal Cindy Picton with Banora Point Primary School students Alicia Bishop and Aidan Chapman and one of the home designs.