Event details
The Boroondara Sustainable Living Festival is back with plenty of fun, hands-on and family-friendly activities.
Held alongside the Boroondara Farmer's Market, you are invited to come along to find out just how easy it is to incorporate sustainable living choices and actions into your everyday life.
Experts will share advice about:
- urban biodiversity
- sustainable transport
- waste reduction, recycling and the circular economy
- water and energy saving
- going all electric.
This festival helps us work towards the goals of our Climate Action Plan by:
- engaging with our community
- providing information and education opportunities
- supporting our community to take action for the environment.
Learn more on our Climate Action Plan page.
What’s on show
Whatever your interest – from biodiversity, to beekeeping, to getting off gas – this festival has something for everyone.
Green carpet arrival
Ride your bike to the festival to receive the ‘green carpet’ treatment, including bike parking and a free bike safety check.
Animals of Oz native animal show
Get up close and personal with some of our amazing wildlife. Learn what is threatening the survival of our local animals and what you can do to help.
Kids
Don't miss out on our fun and hands on kid's activities:
- Get your face painted by our talented artists
- Make your own pedal-powered smoothie
- Discover the wonderful world of water bugs
- Create a dog toy out of recycled t-shirts
- Make your own compostable pot and plant a veggie seedling or seed to take home
- Recycle old milk bottle tops into something useful
- See a real waste truck and have your photo taken with the driver.
Energy smart
Get expert advice around saving energy, installing solar and batteries, and going electric:
- Meet the team from Solar Savers
- Get professional advice about getting off gas
- Find out if induction cooking is for you.
Electric vehicles
Have a look under the bonnet of an electric car (EV) and learn whether an EV is right for you.
Electric bikes
Test ride an e-bike. We will provide helmets, but you are also encouraged to BYO.
Busy bees
- Learn how to keep productive honey bees in your backyard.
- See the live honey bee hive display.
- Taste some local honey.
Biodiversity
- Get advice on creating habitat for wildlife at home and find out how council can support you.
- Make your own native seed ball to take home.
What goes where?
Meet our circular economy education team and learn all about reducing, reusing and recycling. Have all your tricky recycling questions answered.
Book giveaway
Browse the huge selection of Boroondara library books that are free to take home and keep.
Worms not waste
Get expert advice on worm farming and composting. Visit the stand to find out more about the special composter and worm farm festival discount.
Meet local groups
Come along and chat to representatives from local groups:
- Electrify Boroondara
- Boroondara Bicycle User Group
- Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome
- Kew East Community Recycling
- Rotarians for Bees
- Toy Libraries
- Friends groups.
Live music
Sit back in our inviting seating area and relax to the sounds of a local Melbourne jazz band.
Roving entertainment
Our roving entertainers won’t be hard to spot:
- See the incredible stilt walkers
- Meet The Connies and collect the biodiversity swap cards
- Make sure to ‘high five’ Eco the Gecko, the Boroondara sustainability mascot.