The Sunshine Coast World Environment Day Festival

9:00 - 16:00 Sunday 5th June 2011

 

In 2011 you can travel FREE with TransLink to the Sunshine Coast World Environment Day Festival

Check out our 'How to get there' section for all the details

 

Festival Vision

Globally mankind is consuming renewable resources at a rate that requires 1.6 planets to reproduce them, we are emitting more carbon than the biosphere can handle and we are using mineral resources as if they will never run out.

Our patterns of consumption and our means of production are placing unsustainable demands on our planet, our water, our atmosphere and the diversity of flora and fauna that inhabit it. With the global population set to rise to 9 Billion people by 2050 and the rampant rise of consumerism in countries such as India and China these issues are set to worsen significantly over the next decades.

The festival partners firmly believe that a 'business as usual' approach to living our lives and running our economy will stretch the planet beyond breaking point within our lifetime. We are also firmly of the view that there are alternatives to the current mode of production and consumption that can protect our lifestyles, generate propserity and look after our planet.

This festival seeks to showcase ideas that will empower you to make choices about when and where to reduce your environmental impacts without compromising your lifestyle. It seeks to showcase some of the exciting products and services that are coming onto the market and radically redefine how we do business. Check out Clothing Exchange - the answer to your fashion and finance worries, ECES a rainwater purifying pavement, or Century Car Battery Recycling.

 

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The Speaker Forum

The speaker forum will be discussing 'the Green Economy'. What is it? Why do we need one? Can you really make money and look after the environment at the same time?

A panel of experts from industry, academia and community will go head to head identifying the challenges and opportunities associated with creating a green economy.

Under the skillful facilitation of Richard Cassell the audience will have ample opportunity to have their say and question the experts on this topical issue.

The speaker forum is supported by QPrint

 

Sustainability Expo

The festival will host a sustainability expo that will showcase a wide range of low impact products and services including a number of innovative technologies that are currently in the early stages of commercialisation or are just emerging onto the market.

The expo will be organised around five thematic areas which incorporate interpretative displays on how we our consumer choices impact on the environment. The areas are:

 

• Auzion Energy Area

• The Food Area (including focus on food Cooking Demo's)

• The TAFE Home & Lifestyle Area (including Fashion Revival)

• Century Battery Recycling Transport Area

• The Water Area

The Childrens Area

Each year the Children's area offers a program that is packed to the rafters with environmental, entertaining and educational activities for all those that are youg at heart. This year is no different and the area will include:

• Wildlife Shows
• Bugworld lab workshops
• Young Scientists show
• LIfe in the forest exhibition
• Low Carbon Games
• and much, much more........

The Community Forecourt

The Community Forecourt offers a platform for community groups working on environmental issues to show of their activities. See what is being done in your neighbourhood by people like you to care for our rivers, to look after our dunes and to keep our region vibrant and green.

Other events at the festival

The festival will host a number of other activities including: the ECOflicks film festival, presentations by Beyond Zero Emissions a plethora of live entertainment and much, much more.

 

Sponsors:

We gratefully acknowledge our sponsors.