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Boonah World Environment Day Festival

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Saturday, 15th July 2017
9:00am till 4:00pm

The Outlook, Boonah
Queensland

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Visit: http://boonahboss.blogspot.com.au/
Call: Julie Jackson on 0435992798.
Email: Julie Jackson at boonahboss@hotmail.com.
Cost: gold coin
a great day for all the family showcasing lots of ways to tread more lightly on our planet
a great day for all the family showcasing lots of ways to tread more lightly on our planet
Celebrating all things for a sustainable lifestyle, Boonah's World Environment Day Festival is jam-packed with innovative artisan stalls, informative displays and demonstrations; native wildlife and free creative workshops; loads of quality food and local organic produce, plants, a huge multi prize raffle, live entertainment and practical and fun vintage and upcycled wares. What can you do on the day ? Experience a moving traditional acknowledgement ceremony. Choose from the wonderland of original designs created by eco-artists from materials normally destined for landfill - combining recycling and creativity into practical and beautiful bespoke homewares and artwork, jewellery, bags and clothing. See guitars created from hubcaps and petrol tanks, bunting made from grain bags and baling twine, mail boxes and garden ornaments from old gas bottles and garden tools, and loads more. Buy from a range of environmentally friendly stalls stocking reusable products like shopping and produce bags, water bottles and keep cups. Learn how to make natural skincare and cleaning products. Interact with the Australian Bush Buddies native wildlife. Watch Gypsy Caravan tribal dancers. Hear a bush poet. Watch recycled artwork being created from old shovels, cross beams and ceramic insulators. Have a go with the junk orchestra. Tie dye a tshirt. Join the African drumming circle. See the thousand flower community made Flowers of the Fassifern tree jumper. Choose a spoon ring, and watch it being made. Watch spinners and weavers. Watch the famous Vomitor in action - it's the pinnacle of upcycled art. Contribute to the nature based community poem. Learn about composting, worm farming, wicking beds, aquaponics and permaculture. See a koala up close. Buy some plants. Get lucky in the multi prize raffle. View the Guarding the Galilee documentary. Relax in the community cafe with delicious food while listening to local original musicians. Stock up on fresh local produce. See lots of alternatives to plastic - it can be done. Entry is via a gold coin donation. Please come. It will be fun :) Look for the event on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/22020...
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The Outlook

4001 Boonah Ipswich Road, Boonah, Queensland, 4310, Australia

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