Organised by the City of Adelaide and Green Adelaide.
Join upcoming Living Smart workshops about living lighter on the planet.
Green gifts value over $25 available for all participants.
Come along to claim your native seedings, compostable and reusable products and energy savings gadgets.
Learn new skills to make lasting changes, and meet like-minded locals.
Time:
All sessions run on a Tuesday from 6.00 pm to 7:30 pm - 17 August to 12 October 2021.
Location:
Minor Works Building, within the Ergo Apartments complex. Located just off of Stamford Court, between Sturt Street and Wright Street.
Prices:
Single workshop: $8.00 | All 5 workshops: $30.00
If you are unwaged or experiencing hardship, enter "LivingSmart" at checkout to waive fees.
Workshops:
Tuesday 17 August - Low waste and simple living
Facilitated by Ali Roush
Here in South Australia, we are working hard to reduce the amount of waste we generate with new initiatives like the Single-use Plastics Ban, but as individuals we can all make a big difference by reducing our own personal waste.
Find out what happens to our waste, recycling and organics here in SA and which bin to use for those tricky items.
Find out more about packaging, plastics and methods of avoiding them.
Learn how to realistically achieve your sustainability goals within financial and time constraints.
Discover hacks for loving life with less and using your voice to create greater change.
Tuesday 31 August - Calculate your carbon footprint
Facilitated by Linda Crutchett
Concerned about climate change but don’t know where to start? Heard about a carbon footprint, but sounds difficult to work out? Curious about what actually produces greenhouse gases, locally, so we can think globally?
You will work through your own household’s real carbon footprint and start listing what might be practical ways to reduce it in the years ahead.
Each household has its own solutions pathways – find out yours! We will give you the opportunity to put your actions at a household level in context of the contribution to the wider city goal.
It will help to bring along your recent electricity and gas bills if you have them, and some information about your car/s.
After you register, we will send an email with a list of what to bring.
Tuesday 14 September - Gardening for biodiversity
Facilitated by Rachel Eckermann
Want to turn your garden into habitat for wildlife? Do you want to provide habitat for range of little native animals? Insects, lizards and native birds need native plants with a variety of layers and ages of plantings. You can encourage greater biodiversity in our city through your own garden.
Did you know butterflies taste with their feet? Can you imagine flying over the city looking for a place to lay eggs for your caterpillars, and not being able to find the right plant? Having diversity of plants, logs, sticks, leaf litter, rocks on your property means living things have the essential natural elements to flourish. Gardening for biodiversity is vital to bring back the habitat required for our local native species.
In this session we will explore both simple and more complex ways you can contribute to biodiversity in the City of Adelaide.
Tuesday 28 September - Water smart solutions for your home
Facilitated by Ali Roush
In this session we will be looking at ways to work with our natural environment to create green, cool homes while conserving water and protecting our waterways and oceans. With solutions for homeowners, renters or builders, the session will cover:
Easy hacks to save water around the home and garden while also saving money
How to capture and reuse rainwater, including how to calculate what size tank best suits you
Options for using household greywater safely
Mechanical solutions to water conservation within your home
Permeable and porous paving options to reduce impervious surfaces
In-ground infiltration systems
Vegetated swales and buffer strips to keep your garden green
Raingardens and the best types of plants to choose.
Tuesday 12 October - Low carbon lifestyle - your questions answered (household energy and electric vehicles)
Facilitated by Charmaine Thredgold
The world is changing fast, and many of the technologies of tomorrow are available here and now, that will take us into a low carbon economy. There’s so much going on in low carbon and energy smart solutions, it’s hard to keep up. Come along to this session to explore some of the small and big-ticket items for households, where you can hear have your questions answered and learn from peers as you plan future purchases or projects. In a relaxed and supportive discussion, we will be guided by your interest areas, some topics we could cover include:
Solar power and battery basics – what to think about if you are planning a system
Electric vehicles – what’s available now and what’s coming?
Strata electricity – what are your options for greener electricity?
Air conditioning or heating – what are your options for a cooler home?
What is the benefit of an all-electric home?