Sustainable Living Expo
Sustainable Living Expo 2013
When: Sunday 14 July 2013
Time: 12pm - 5pm
Where: Fogarty Park, Cairns Esplanade, Cairns
This year the Sustainable Living Expo will be held on Sunday 14 July 2013. Make sure you mark the date in your Calender. The Expo will be held at the new location of Fogarty Park near the Lagoon. The site will become a Sustainable Living village, providing an opportunity for local businesses and organisations to showcase their products and services, and for the community to access sustainability information while enjoying a great day out.
Registrations for exhibitors are now open. To register, please fill out the 2013 Exhibitor Registration Form located in the Related Documents area, and submit it to Council via email to sustainability@cairns.qld.gov.au.
2012 Sustainable Living Expo doubles in size
Coordinated by Cairns Regional Council and Tropical North Queensland Tafe, the annual Sustainable Living Expo aims to bring people together to celebrate, learn and have fun.
The 2012 Sustainable Living Expo saw over 2000 people visit the 45 exhibitors who displayed their products and services ranging from renewable energy, permaculture, local tropical foods, upcycled wares and community groups representing conservation, climate change and sustainable living.
The day was a community celebration of sustainability - there were colourful recycled fashion installations by Tafe fashion students and delightful roving performers; local musicians the Montgomery Brothers and Reggae Bliss entertained the crowd. Most popular were the children's "Junk into Funk" tent and demonstrations every half hour on; how to make your own hot water service, how to make a haybale garden, designing a sustainable home, solar thermal power and more.
Council and Tafe would like to thank everyone involved in the 2012 Expo who helped make the day a wonderful success.
For more information or to register interest for Sustainable Living Expo 2013 please contact Council's Coordinator Sustainability & Climate Change Maree Grenfell on 4044 3044 or email M.Grenfell@cairns.qld.gov.au.