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September 2010

Sustainable House Day

Sunday September 12th - In a neighbourhood near you...

Environmental awareness – or being ‘green’ – is great, but putting it into practice around your own home is the best contribution you can make to living in harmony with our planet.
Find out directly from home owners who’ve put sustainable living into practice, about reducing waste around your home, saving water, natural home heating and cooling and more.

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Awakening the Dreamer - Changing the dream Symposium

Wednesday September 22nd - Port Kembla Community Project, Port Kembla

Local Organisations & Communities Actioning & Leading Sustainability

The Port Kembla Community Project Inc. wants to inspire and empower local people to take charge of the big picture. Port LOCALS project is about how local people working together can lead and adapt their communities in a world in transition.

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October 2010

Run 4 Refugees

10 October  - Run for Freedom...Run for Justice...Run for Refugees

Make a real difference to the lives of refugees by simply walking or running 5, 10, 21 or 42km on the 10th of October and get people to sponsor you.

Last year we had over 250 people Run for Refugees and we raised over $70,000 for urgently needed food, medicine and aid for hundreds of asylum seeker families.

This year our target is to get 1000 people to Run for Refugees.

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Behaviour Change for Sustainability National Congress

Monday 11th Oct 10 – Tuesday 12th Oct 10 - Doltone House Sydney

Systemic behavioural change is essential if organisations and communities are to create a sustainable economic, social and environmental future.

This landmark event brings together a diverse and passionate group of corporate leaders, policymakers, psychologists, social scientists, program implementers, and organisational experts to share practical ideas to :

• Explore the strategic challenges of behaviour change
• Consider behaviour change approaches
  
• Test practical applications of behaviour change
• Develop links between behaviour change and other social change tools.

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Stringybark Suburban Sustainability Festival

Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 October -10am - 5pm, Rowville Community Centre,
Fulham Road, Rowville (Melway 72 J12)

You’ll find over 80 FREE kids workshops and activities delivered by community groups, business partners, Knox City council staff and volunteers.

Activities include:
* Extensive market of fair trade and locally produced goods
* Handmade crafts
* Children’s fairground (with a low environmental impact)
* Roving performers
* Native animal displays
* Skate course
* Event kitchen cooking demonstrations
* Fabulous food from around the world
* Live music and performances across two stages – one sustainability powered by Solar and Wind (from the Big:Red:Bus)
* AND… tones of ways to save money whilst saving the environment

The festival is a PLASTIC BAG FREE event, so be sure to bring along your own reusable bag!

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Global Eco Expo - Experience is Everything

25-27 October - Queensland's Sunshine Coast

Ecotourism Australia, with the support of the Queensland Government and Tourism Queensland is currently organising the organisation's eighteenth annual conference, the Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference.

Global Eco brings together leading players from across the globe to examine best practice across sustainability, ecotourism and climate change response. Critical new research, policy and best practice case studies feature at Global Eco.

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2010 Events

Eco Expo Asia V - “Business Solutions to Climate Change”

3rs - 6th November - AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong

The 2010 event will focus on “Business Solutions to Climate Change”, during which time effective solutions tackling the environmental challenges faced in Asia will be introduced. In addition, four main exhibit profiles will concentrate on Air Quality, Energy Efficiency & Energy, Waste Management & Recycling and Eco-friendly Product, plus, special areas for electric vehicles, green building and green technology have also been allocated. This, combined with the highly regarded concurrent Eco Asia Conference, featuring acclaimed environmental experts from around the world, highlights Hong Kong’s status as an international marketplace for innovative environmental technologies.
 
2010 event to be held concurrently with C40 Conference
 
The 2010 edition of Eco Expo Asia will coincide with the city's hosting of a C40 Conference on two key aspects of the climate change solutions: building energy efficiency and electric vehicles. The Conference will be held from 5 – 6 November, bringing together government officials and environmental experts from over 40 cities including commercial and non-governmental sectors to share their insight of the climate change solutions.eloped and hosted by local government for local government, the conference will consider climate challenges and opportunities in the areas of mitigation, adaptation and adjustment. The conference will explore a range of current and practical local government climate change responses from across Australia and internationally. 

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email;ecoexpo@hongkong.messefrankfurt.com

Green Drinks

Monthly in Your City

These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity.

It's a force for the good and we'd like to help it spread to other cities.

International Year of Biodiversity

2010 - International

The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on earth and of the value of biodiversity for our lives. The world is invited to take action in 2010 to safeguard the variety of life on earth: biodiversity. Participate today.

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2010 Events

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