Castlemaine Sustainability ‘Trains&Stations’
February 19 2009 9-2 pm + optional 2-4pm
These ‘Trains’ will be 4-6 walking or bikeriding ‘trains’ with ‘driver’ and conductor’. Starting from Castlemaine Railway Station, the trains will set off to the ‘stations’ – community agencies, businesses, shire buildings (including walking to free bike hire just up the street at MASG- Mount Alexander Sustainability Group presenting their exciting partnership programs and initiatives). There are exciting visual and aural street/park performances interspersed with brief interviews of sustainable impact of the core ‘business’ of each group/agency/business on landscape lifestyle and livelihood (triple bottom line) in the shire – and beyond (ebusinesses, produce/ products, tourism etc). Some examples: Farmers are coming to the town park to share their sustainable practices and adaptation to drought. East African Refugee resettlement is big here; along with the ‘Carbon Heroes’ poster display, their art is featured in the Library. They will also be a part of the Community House ‘station’, as well featuring brief community participatory music and our household water and energy audit program. Each participant will be given a show bag of regional sustainability resources including a leaflet of self-directed afternoon activities which showcases further examples of shelter (sustainable housing, cluster housing, eco- communities), ‘closed loop’ local water systems, organic food production and sales, community arts hub. There will be a catered lunch ($10 unwaged, $15 waged) at which the speakers will be available to talk further with participants (these ‘Trains’ will run on time!). The lunch will spill over into the park where the mural and silk artists, musos, jugglers, stilt walkers, acrobats, previously in the street will cluster and perform. Castlemaine Sustainability ‘Trains&Stations’ in a kilometre is covering great sustainability ideas and impacts. It will be enormous fun, very educational and recyclable into your homes and communities. The immediate generous ‘buy-in’ by everyone approached to participate has been fantastic. Everyone has immediately said YES.
We are limiting participation to the first 100 booking registering people at our ‘Trains’ bookings hub, to be posted here soon. The complete timetable/ program will shortly be available.
Posted by Carol McDonough
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Carol, this sounds really great - and you are really fleshing out that program to the max aren't you. Look forward to being there with you all. Sounds informative and a tonne of fun!
Blessings and blisss
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