What can you do for the environment? Come along and find out
25 May 2018
Council ready to help you save money and the planet
Come down to the World Environment Day Festival in Murwillumbah on Sunday 3 June for some practical tips from Council to help the environment and your hip pocket.
The new online Tweed-Byron Native Species Planting Guide will be launched on the day. It’s an interactive resource produced to assist home owners, land holders and professionals to prepare native species planting lists for projects ranging from landscape-scale restoration to back garden planting.
The online resource complements the recently-released ‘My Local Native Garden’ booklet, which will be available for a gold coin donation, along with native plant tube stock.
Come and check out the Land for Wildlife and Backyard Habitat for Wildlife programs and what you can do for nature flora and fauna at your place.
Want to keep your cat safe and happy while protecting wildlife? Come along and hear about the Love Cats Love Wildlife project. Check out a cat enclosure or ‘cat patio’, tell us your story about how you keep your cat safe at home and go in the draw for some cat prizes such as scratch poles, tunnels and toys or book in for an early bird offer for a free COOL CATS workshop with Dr Jo Righetti, animal behaviourist and cat expert.
Still confused about what goes in what bin? Bring your recycling or waste questions along and also find out what can be taken to Stotts Creek Resource Recovery for free.
North East Waste will be joining us again to talk rubbish - composting, worm farms and all things that make will make us WOW (Wipe Out Waste). The kids will also enjoy a hands-on plastic-free activity that they can take away and reuse.
Dorroughby Environmental Education Centre will showcase local school children’s ideas about how to reduce our carbon footprints for a healthy planet. And have a chat with local energy efficiency experts, Bruce and Faye Gard, who will be on hand with tips to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cost from electricity use, as well as guidance on how to make a smart investment in solar with Council’s Solar Buyers Guide.
Mayor of Tweed, Councillor Katie Milne, will officially open the World Environment Day Festival.
“Unfortunately, worldwide, we have all taken our environment for granted in the past, and as a consequence we are now facing huge environmental challenges with climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution,” Councillor Milne said.
“World Environment Day is a great way to honour, celebrate and learn more about Tweed’s magnificent environment, and how to be part of the solution to our environmental challenges.
“The United Nations theme for World Environment Day 2018 is ‘Beat Plastic Pollution (If you can't reuse it, refuse it)’ - a call to action for all of us to come together to combat one of the great environmental challenges of our time. I encourage you to avoid single use items and start by bringing your own coffee cups and water bottles to this event.”
Caldera Environment Centre is holding its annual World Environment Day Festival on Sunday 3 June from 10am to 3pm at Knox Park in Murwillumbah.
The Festival will include presentations, demonstrations, stalls with local community groups, schools and sustainable businesses, environmental art, children's activities, speakers space, musical entertainment and delicious food.
The World Environment Day Festival is sponsored by Tweed Shire Council.
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Caption: Come along to World Environment Day and have a chat to Council about how how you can improve your carbon footprint, recycle better and save dollars