Sustainability

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Platypus Edition: DIY Eco Paints & Painting with Serene

Come and learn how to create eco paints from all natural ingredients from your kitchen! And put them immediately to use as you learn to paint a beautiful platypus.  Did you know that know that traditional acrylic paints, while bright and cheery, contain plastics that end up in our waterways? Not just their packaging, but the …

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Experienced Crochet: Scrap Yarn Baskets with Valerie

*Note: this class requires some crochet experience Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose: come along and learn how to make your own beautiful basket from scrap yarns using crochet.  Using scrap yarn is a way of keeping textile waste out of landfill while learning new projects and approaches for existing crochet skills. This is a project you can …

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Summer Scrubs and Skincare with Lily

It’s Summertime and scrubs are a must! Lily’s organic skincare class is educational, practical, and extremely effective. Using simple products that are good for you and the environment Lily will guide you through the use and creation of eco-friendly, vegan and natural beauty products for your face and body. With no harsh or polluting chemicals, and reduced single-use …

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Homebrewing Kombucha for Warmer Weather with Jen

Looking for a healthy drink to have on hand this Summer? Maybe Kombucha’s the answer! It’s so cheap and simple to make, and you’ll come to love your wonderous SCOBYs in no time. The basis of kombucha brewing is the SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast). It’s a bit odd and yucky looking, but it’s what …

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Make your own Organic Hair Products with Lily

Are you looking for healthier, more natural haircare products? Or something vegan? Or more environmentally friendly haircare?  Come along and make your own natural haircare products. Lily will cover all your bases, so you can avoid harsh polluting chemicals and live more sustainably by learning how to make haircare products yourself! This hands-on class will …

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Ethical Investment 101: Choose What Your Money Funds with Rachel and Morgan

As a bank customer, a super fund member or a shareholder you could be investing in companies that are expanding fossil fuels and is fuelling the climate crisis. But you also have an opportunity to change bank policy for the better and ensure your money is used as a force for good. Your teachers Rachel …

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Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Paints with Serene

Come and learn how to create eco paints from all natural ingredients! And put them immediately to use as you learn to paint a realistic Maori Octopus. Did you know that know that traditional acrylic paints, while bright and cheery, contain plastics that end up in our waterways? Not just their packaging, but the paints themselves. …

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Summer Scrubs and Skincare with Lily

It’s Summertime and scrubs are a must! Lily’s organic skincare class is educational, practical, and extremely effective. Using simple products that are good for you and the environment Lily will guide you through the use and creation of eco-friendly, vegan and natural beauty products for your face and body. With no harsh or polluting chemicals, and reduced single-use …

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Make your own Organic Hair Products with Lily

Are you looking for healthier, more natural haircare products? Or something vegan? Or more environmentally friendly haircare?  Come along and make your own natural haircare products. Lily will cover all your bases, so you can avoid harsh polluting chemicals and live more sustainably by learning how to make haircare products yourself! This hands-on class will …