Mosman Sustainable Living Expo 2007

Bokashi Composting Australia will have a stall here and you will be able to see mini demonstrations and buy product.

Date
Saturday 4 August 2007
Time
10:00AM - 3:00PM
Place
Mosman Art Gallery, Youth Centre and outdoors areas

Come along to see how you can save water, reduce waste, conserve biodiversity, travel responsibly, enjoy organic food and contribute to our environment!
The Expo will offer a source of information and inspiration for people of various ages and interests.
The Expo will feature numerous stalls, educational workshops, speakers, prizes, fun activities for kids and a free organic BBQ from noon.
It will cover a diverse range of topics from ethics to energy, waste to wildlife, grey water to green power and compost to cars.

Program of events
10am
Opening of Expo by Cr Denise Wilton, Mayor of MosmanInformation Stall
10.20 – 11.00
Workshop – Your Ecological Footprint – Living within the Means of Nature – Julian Crawford, EcoSTEPSMelody Room, Mosman Art Gallery
11.00 – 12.30
Film Screening – Who Killed the Electric Car?Civic Centre, Council Chambers
11.20 – 12.00
Talk – Ethical Investment – James Their, Australian Ethical InvestmentMelody Room, Mosman Art Gallery
12.00 – 12.45
Demonstration – Organic Raw Living Food Preparation & Tasting – Julie Mitsios, Conscious ChoiceMosman Youth Development Centre
12.00 – 2.00
Free Organic BBQOutside Mosman Art Gallery
12.20 – 1.00
Workshop – Your Ecological Footprint – Living within the Means of Nature – Julian Crawford, EcoSTEPSMelody Room, Mosman Art Gallery
12.45 – 1.15
Talk – GoGet CarShare: How Does it Work?Civic Centre, Council Chambers (to be confirmed)
1.20 – 2.00
Workshop – Room by Room: Enviro friendly solutions to domestic disasters! – Shannon Lush & Jennifer Fleming (authors of Spotless & Speed Cleaning)Melody Room, Mosman Art Gallery
1.30 – 3.00
Film Screening – Who Killed the Electric Car?Civic Centre, Council Chambers
2.20 – 3.00
Talk – Sustainable Seafood: What is it? – Giselle Firme, Nature Conservation CouncilMelody Room, Mosman Art Gallery
3pm
Close of Expo

You will have the opportunity to:
Access information on investing in sustainability from the Ethical Investments workshop
Bring in a photo or cutting of your weeds or native plants for identification
Create your own sustainable shopping bag
Decide how you can reduce your green house gas emissions
Entertain the idea of an adventure with Global Vision International
Find out how to be a responsible shopper
Grab a free copy of G Magazine
Have a laugh with ‘Solar Stan the Energy Man’
Inspect rainwater tanks and grey water reuse systems
Join an environmental group or email list
Keep up to date with the work of Mosman Council and environmental organizations
Learn more about how to reduce waste
Marvel at an electric vehicle
Nab a native plant
Observe Indigenous dancing
Purchase fair trade, hand made products from East Timor, Zimbabwe & Peru
Question your role in animal welfare
Receive informative brochures
Speak with environmental professionals
Taste test organic food
Understand how native animals are rescued and rehabilitated by Sydney Wildlife
View an environmental film
Win a prize for your environmental know how
X-pect kids to have fun with the activities for children
Yearn for a coffee from the fair trade coffee cart
Zoom in on the Taronga Zoo displays

Post from Yahoo's em-farm-ind group

Dear Vinny,I have worked with EM in my garden plants and I have observed amazing results that hopefully we can get rid of chemical fertilizers and pesticides completely which is destroying our planet.I have treated my organic kitchen waste with EM bokashi and I'm using them as fertilizer. I'm very proud of the results not only of the quantity it produced but also the quality with regards to taste, size, nutrituinal value and shelf life. I'm not a farmer but only a small hobby gardener and I have observed all these good things happening in my garden.One important observation I had is with regards to the treatment of organic kitchen waste. Before, I used to burry my organic waste in the ground and waited for at least 6 or more months before I can use them as compost fertilizer. But since I use EM, I placed those treated waste from my kitchen directly next to my plants and the resuls is amazing. Before I can't do that because plants will die. I later found out that methane produced from decaying organic matters is causing the death of the plants. Therefore, EM neutralizes the methane or may be consumed them, thus no methane is emitted to atmosphere.According to US Environmental Protection Agency, Methane (CH4) is a greenhouse gas 20 times more effective in trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide (CO2) that causes global warming. This is emitted to the atmosphere from the decaying organic matters from landfills and many other human influenced sources.I don't have any detailed scientific study to back-up my theory but my observation. Don't you think EM can be the solution to global warming by neutralizing methane and other greenhouse gases from our atmosphere? EM did that in my garden, may be it can do the same if we spray EM to the atmosphere.I encourage and challenge people in this field to study and experiment further how EM can help prevent global warming and save our planet from destruction. Respecfully,Juan A. Franco Jr.