Thursday, August 18, 2011

Bowerography 2.oh!


Special shout out to Thuy, our Bowerography mastermind, for all her enthusiasm and hard work on the latest series of events starting this Saturday at the Bower. If you're a Saturday regular be sure to give her a pat on the back!!

Events will be on Saturdays 2pm- 4pm Upstairs in the Eco-library

August 20th- Bike Club!
Fiona Cambell, City of Sydney's Cycling Stategist, will be discussing Bike Culture from all over the world!
She will show how the humble bicycle is a great means of transport, a fun past time, an easy way to keep fit and environmentall friendly. What communities from other cities are currently doing in recognition of all these pluses will also be discussed.
She will discuss Sydney's own bicylcle's paths and plans and will direct the novice to the enthusiast to some great sites and resources.

In November 2010 the residents of St Peters, Sydney, were alerted to the fact that the NSW government had granted an exploration licence to drill for Coal Seam Gas (CSG) close to homes and schools in St Peters.
Come watch a free edited screening of the arard winning GASLAND (2009) to witness the long term health implications to people, animals and the environment.
Jacinta Green from the St. Peters action group will explain how this exploration process is going to impact the residents of Sydney.

September 3rd- Food Matters
Adam Taylor, Coordinator of Alfalfa House Community Food CO-OP in Enmore will be discussing a range of issues including
factory farming vs. local and organic growers, GMO crops, product packaging and the plastic islands floating in the oceans.
Adam has been active in food justice around the world, and is really excited to discuss the idea that we do have options.
Adam will be taking a solutions based approach to these issues so bring a notebook and pen! 


September 10th- Bookbinding
Sign up for some seriously creative reuse with Joanna. We'll be binding scrap books, notebooks, albums and more from reuse stationary and other salvaged materials in The Bower. 

September 17th- Candlemaking
Our lovely co-op brothers and sisters from Alfalfa House in Enmore has kindly donated some beautiful home grown bees wax for this
candle making workshop! In this session we will show you how to use unused bric-a-brac, glass jars and bottles and everyday packaging to create beautiful centrepeices, gifts and mood lighting options. Come along to this wonderful demonstration and take home some beautiful
candles.

September 24th- Uphoslstery
Suppliers, materials, techniques - anything stopping you from doing your own reuse upholstery? Stop by for an upholstery demonstration in the Eco-library and ask any questions you might have. sadly space is limited so this isn't a byo project workshop - we're hoping to fit another one of those in later in the year.

Don't forget to RSVP  to score priority seating/participation etc! Call up, call in, sign up on facebook.

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