Events

We will be on a mission to make the Eco Centre and Crows Nest look flash for the Sustainability Festival a week later and would [...]

Love to ride but not sure what to do if something goes wrong with your bike? Want to be more independent when out riding? Session is hosted by South Canterbury Mountain Bike Club, for all ages.

Discover innovative strategies to create eco-friendly structures in John’s presentation about low carbon, sustainable building materials and passive solar design. (Rushtonarchitects.co.nz )

Solar electric power generation, on roofs and in paddocks, supported by affordable storage batteries. Bio-methane from ‘digestors’ of farm and parkland wastes, which is being used in the UK to power tractors. Hear how these technologies are developing and their role in electrifying NZ.

Learn how to collect seeds and cuttings from Aotearoa native plants and to grow them. Dividing up, growing cuttings from indigenous ‘taonga’ unique to these islands.

Get creative making a game to take home. Upcycle your own cup & ball catching game. Fly a butterfly or a bee into a flower. Use your imagination to make the game colourful and unique to you.

How to avoid herbicides and pesticides, to get healthy garden and horticultural crops. Learn about energy and nutrient cycles in the soil, from our visiting Lincoln-based expert.

In a small guided group, explore nearby Saltwater Creek plant and bird life, using the I-Naturalist smartphone app (and others) to help with plant, insect and bird identification.

Are you keen to save our feathered friends? If you're between 7 and 12 years old, join us on a quest to protect our birds and animal friends!

Learn to draw a garden planting plan to scale, anticipating grown sizes. Choose right types of natives to suit your place (the area required, soil, shade, water, etc). You will individually work with a supplied aerial image of your location, so do provide your house address when booking!

Guide to why & how EV’s work, and what you need to know when switching to one. Learn about the lingo, the myths, the ad-vantages, financial & eco-benefits.

Have fun learning the wet felting process to create a colourful piece, to take home after-wards. See a variety of techniques and learn where to source more wool.

A session on changing lifestyles, to live more lightly on the planet and confidently under-stand what actions make a real difference to your household ‘carbon footprint’: indoors, gardening, travelling, shopping, etc.

Make a team with your friends or family to join us for a fun Quiz night as part of the Sustainability Festival. BYO drinks and shared [...]

The Junk to Funk competition is coming back for 2024 at the Sustainability Festival!! More information to come.... in the mean time sign up to our newsletter so you don't miss out on getting an entry in!

We are looking for people interested in hosting a sustainability themed stall and for volunteers to join the committee to help with the Sustainability Festival weekend.

Monthly Repair Cafes hosted at the South Canterbury Eco Centre by the Sustainable South Canterbury Trust and community volunteers on the second Sunday of every month.

Monthly Repair Cafes hosted at the South Canterbury Eco Centre by the Sustainable South Canterbury Trust and community volunteers on the second Sunday of every month.