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Hi
all,
The
2009 Sustainable Living Festival is happening from 20-22 February at Federation
Square in Melbourne. The festival is the biggest free event in Australia which
offers information, tips and incentives for people to reduce their ecological
footprint.
http://www.slf.org.au/festival
Help promote the SLF:
http://www.slf.org.au/festival/promotion/tools
The
Cycling Promotion Fund is again offering bicycle user groups and other cycling
groups an opportunity to be part of our cycling display which is a covered
marquee (6 metres by 3 metres) at St Pauls court, Federation Square. Please
feel free to bring brochures, leaflets, posters to promote your group.
http://www.slf.org.au/festival/program/exhibitors/2025
If
you would like to promote your group, an upcoming event, regular rides or want
to inspire people to enjoy a great way to reduce their environmental impact,
then contact Kathy and Chris at the CPF office (Ph: 9818 5400, email: office@...)
discuss your ideas and/or volunteer time at the marquee.
As
this will be a shared space with many other groups, please ensure your materials
are easy to transport to the festival and simple to display at the CPF marquee.
Please
RSPV your interest to the CPF office by Monday 16th February if you would like
to volunteer or display promotional material at our shared marquee.
See
below for a selection of cycling and sustainable transport exhibitors and events
at the festival.
cheers,
Chris
Chris
Star
Executive
Assistant, Cycling Promotion Fund
PO
Box 3052 Auburn Victoria 3123
Ph
03-9818-5400 Fax 03-9818-4535
An
initiative of the Bicycling Industry in Australia
Sustainable
Living Festival
The
Sustainable Living Festival showcases a huge range of exhibitors, talks,
workshops, art, films and performances celebrating and inspiring sustainable
communities. Come and explore the Festival's three-day program in the heart of
the city of Melbourne and be a part of the celebrations. (Federation Square
Melbourne 20-22 Feb 2009)
http://www.slf.org.au/festival
• February
20th - Friday: 10am – 6pm
• February
21th - Saturday: 10am – 6pm
• February
22th - Sunday: 10am – 5pm
Exhibitors
– Cycling & Sustainable Transport
Cycling
Promotion Fund Location: St Pauls Court
The
Cycling Promotion Fund’s vision is an Australia where cycling is a safe,
popular & convenient activity for people of all ages.
Greenspeed
Pty Ltd Location: St Pauls Court
Greenspeed
designs, manufactures, and markets a range of Human Powered Vehicles including
recumbent tricycles, folding bikes, and velomobiles, including the new Glyde.
These advanced vehicles offer the best in sustainable personal transport, and
are sold worldwide. www.greenspeed.com.au
Gazelle
Bicycles Australia Location: St Pauls Court
Gazelle
Bicycles Australia are introducing Holland’s premier bicycle & bags
for city and touring use; come and see why everybody is talking about these new
products. www.gazellebicycles.com.au
Ron
D Swan Location: St Pauls Court
Ron
D Swan makes cycling accessories and canvas bags. All are Australian Made of
new and reclaimed materials. Being a tyre swan, Ron understands the importance
of discarded materials being given a new lease of life. He prides himself on
making all his products in Australia using primarily Australian made materials.
He chooses reclaimed fabrics over new whenever he can, and ensures everything
is made to be sturdy and long lasting. www.rondswan.com
Public
Transport Users Association Location: St Pauls Court
Founded
in 1979, the PTUA is a recognised consumer organisation representing users of
public transport in Victoria. The PTUA is a non-profit, voluntary organisation
with no political affiliation, which lobbies government and public transport
authorities in the interest of all users of public transport. PTUA works with
other bodies and through the media to promote public transport and educate the
community about the benefits of sustainable transport policies. It undertakes
research into transport policies that will improve services and make Melbourne
and regional Victoria a better place in which to live. www.ptua.org.au
Sports
and Recreation Victoria
The
Indigenous Sport and Recreation Program (ISRP) aims to create a sport and
recreation sector that is inclusive of and accessible to Indigenous Victorians.
To achieve this Sport and Recreation Victoria’s ISRP works with a range
of organisations including Indigenous communities, sports groups, State
Sporting Associations (SSAs) and national sports organisations. The ISRP
provides direct service delivery including sports activities in partnership
with SSAs, Traditional Indigenous Games, school programs and Cross Cultural
Awareness. www.dpcd.vic.gov.au
Interactives
– Cycling & Sustainable Transport
Get
hands on in the Festival’s interactive workshops and activities spaces.
Cool
cycling to school tips: For Secondary Students (Registration Required)
Friday
20th February: 10:30am - 11:15am Location: Design tent | Hosted by Cycling
Promotion Fund
Cycling
to school is good for the environment, it’s fun, reduces cars around
schools and is an easy way to build activity into everyday life. This workshop
will provide practical tips for secondary school children on how to be a safe
rider, how to be seen, how to carry gear and how to look after the bicycle.
Register
for this: Education Day opens the Festival on Friday 20th February and is open
to schools that register. Upon registration, each school chooses their
preferred program.
http://www.slf.org.au/festival/festival/participate/educationday
See
Education Day page for details on how to register and make this event part of
your school's program. This event has been developed for Secondary school
students
http://www.slf.org.au/festival/festival/participate/educationday
Cool
cycling to school tips: For Primary students (Registration Required)
Friday
20th February: 11:30am - 12:15pm| Location: Design tent | Hosted by Cycling
Promotion Fund
Cycling
to school is good for the environment, it’s fun, reduces cars around
schools and is an easy way to build activity into every day life. This workshop
will provide practical tips for primary school children on how to be a safe
rider, how to be seen, how to carry gear and how to look after the bicycle.
Register
for this: Education Day opens the Festival on Friday 20th February and is open
to schools that register. Upon registration, each school chooses their
preferred program.
http://www.slf.org.au/festival/festival/participate/educationday
See
Education Day page for details on how to register and make this event part of
your school's program.
This
event has been developed for Primary students. http://www.slf.org.au/festival/festival/participate/educationday
Talks
– Cycling & Sustainable Transport
Tune
in to a range of speakers in the Festival's talk tents and get inspired by a
diversity of topics from practical lifestyle ideas to deeper sustainability
issues.
Transition
Towns…From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience
Friday
20th February: 12:30pm - 1:30pm | Location: The Edge | Hosted by Transition
Castlemaine
The
Transition Town movement has seized the historic opportunity presented by our
global challenges to creatively examine the choices we have and choose the
future we want. We stand at a cross roads in human history where the choices we
make now – about economic growth, energy usage and carbon emissions -
will affect generations to come. Email: info@...
Car
Free CBD' Debate
Saturday
21st February: 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Location: The Edge | Hosted by Young
Engineers Australia (YEA) and the Environment Institute of Australia and New
Zealand (EIANZ)
A
light hearted, entertaining debate looking at the concept of a ‘car free
CBD’ for Melbourne. Representatives from Engineers Australia will argue
the affirmative and Environment Institute the negative.
http://vic.youngengineers.com.au
Email:
yeavic@...
Future
Scenarios: Adaptive Responses to Peak Oil and Climate Change
Saturday
21st February: 4:00pm - 4:50pm | Location: Design tent | Hosted by
Holmgren Design Services
An
integrated approach to understanding the potential interaction between Climate
Change and Peak Oil using a scenario planning model. In the process
permaculture is introduced as a design system specifically evolved over the
last 30 years to creatively respond to futures that involve progressively less
and less available energy.
For
a cool climate and a hot body, ride a bike
Saturday
21st February: 5:00pm - 5:50pm | Location: Design tent | Hosted by
Cycling Promotion Fund
Don’t
miss this great workshop, which provides you with practical tips on how to
replace some car trips by bike. A panel of bike riders will share tips on how
to cycle to work, how to shop by bike, how to cycle to school or kinder with
kids and how to reduce some common risks when riding in traffic.
http://www.cyclingpromotion.com.au/
Sustainable
Australian Travel for Dummies
Sunday
22nd February: 1:00pm - 1:50pm | Location: Feel tent |Hosted by Michael
Grosvenor Consulting
At
last year's festival, I presented 'Lets Go: How to Have a Sustainable Holiday.'
The presentation delved into what having a sustainable holiday meant and how to
research for one. Since last year's presentation, I have undertaken the
necessary research to write 'Sustainable Australian Travel for Dummies,' which
applies these what and how theories to reality. The book will show people where
they can have a sustainable holiday in Australia.
Email:
grosvenor.michael@...
Transport
Panel | Why developing a bicycle friendly city is essential in a carbon and oil
constrained future
Sunday
22nd February: 2:00pm - 2:50pm | Location: Design tent | Hosted by Institute
for Sensible Transport
Developing
a bicycle friendly city is essential if Melbourne is to meet the challenges of
climate change and oil depletion. As petrol free, greenhouse neutral and health
form of transport that has limited space requirements, the bicycle has a strong
future in urban transport. Cycling is currently increasing rapidly, including
as a form of transport. This is primarily in the inner city. In many outer
areas, we are seeing a reduction in cycling and other sustainable forms of
transport.
Email:
info@...
Transport
Panel | Zero Emissions Transport
Sunday
22nd February: 2:00pm - 2:50pm | Location: Design tent | Hosted by Beyond Zero
Emissions
Matthew
Wright is climate educator and campaigner for Climate Positive, and lead
campaigner for Beyond Zero Emissions.
Beyond
Zero Emissions is volunteer run climate change advocacy group. Their focus is
on scientifically based technology and policy solutions. Their radio program -
Beyond Zero (3CR 8.30 am Fridays) - and monthly discussion groups (first Monday
of month at 6.30pm at Kindness House in Fitzroy), attract world leading experts
in climate science and solutions. They also conduct research into policies to
tackle climate change, including their current project Zero Carbon Australia
2020, aimed at developing an outline for decarbonising the Australian economy
by 2020. www.beyondzeroemissions.org
Email:
matthew@...
Transport
Panel | Sustainable and accessible Transport in the context of climate change
Sunday
22nd February: 3:00pm - 3:50pm | Location: Design tent |Hosted by Monash
Sustainability Institute
Janet
will talk about the important role of sustainable transport in promoting social
inclusion and well-being. The ability to be mobile enables people to link to
services as well as facilitates social relationships and networks within the
community. The poorest households on the fringes of cities often struggle with
transport poverty as they seek to retain one or more cars in a situation of low
public transport availability and poor walking options.
Transport
Panel | Sustainable Transport – How Can We Get There?
Sunday
22nd February: 3:00pm - 3:50pm | Location: Design tent | Hosted by Bus
Association Victoria
Transport
is the second largest sector of Victoria’s greenhouse gas emissions, and
business-as-usual is forecast to increase emissions by 60% over the next 30
years. Turning this around requires new thinking about how we plan our cities
and transport systems. This presentation will look at current transport trends
and just what magnitude of transformation is required to make our transport
systems significantly more sustainable.
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