Eco-topia in October 2012
Growing food • transforming place • creating culture
…celebrating community one lettuce at a time
5th ACFCGN National School & Community Garden Gathering
at Randwick Sustainability Education Hub
Wednesday 10 October—registration + welcome dinner
Thursday 11 & Friday 12 October—2 day national gathering
Sunday 14 October—Tours of school and community gardens
The 5th National Gathering continues the tradition of bringing together people active in community gardening and in developing school gardens for education, to share their experience and to map a course into the future in which these initiatives play a leading role in developing our sustainable towns and cities.
Ecotopia supports the Fortnight of Action—Act for Seed Freedom.
Thursday night we view the new film—Seeds of Freedom, narrated by Jeremy Irons. Following the film, Russ Grayson will be in conversation with Roberto Perez and the Seed Savers Network Jude and Michel Fanton on the Cuban experience and what food sovereignty means.
Keynote speaker
Seed Savers' NetworkSeed to seed gardensSeed Savers' Network
Costa GeorgiadisGrowing food • transforming place • creating cultureCosta's World
David EngwichtCreating great places in schools and community gardensCreative Communities International.
Roberto PerezIn conversation with Roberto Perez + Seed Savers' Network
Tours: Sunday 14 October
Tour 1: Eastern SuburbsTour 1: Eastern Suburbs areaSupported by Randwick Council
Tour 2: Wollongong areaTour 2: Wollongong areaSupported by Wollongong Council
Tour 3: Outer South West SydneyTour 3Supported by Camden Council, Macarthur Centre for Sustainable Living and Macarthur Diversity Services Initiative
Speakers: transforming space
Miriam PepperCommunity gardening on church landUniting Earthweb
Russ GraysonFootpath gardening—what we've learntTerraCircle
Speakers: school gardens
Leonie ShanahanEdible School GardensEdible School Gardens
Dan Deighton & Aaron SorensonThe Permaculture Classroom & Training Garden Ambassador’s Program Elemental Permaculture
Kate HubmayerGarden art for primary school childrenBlack Forest Primary School
Emma DaniellEmma will be running 4 workshopsNatural Touch Landscapes
Judith SchulzParents & Children’s Edible GardenCircles of Learning
Michelle CarrickEarly childhood & school gardens and sustainability educationSeed Harvest Spoon
Eve ClarkReady Set Grow, more than a school garden
Steve BatleySteve's 5 top tips for a thriving community or school gardenSydney Organic gardens
Creative community confab
Creative community confabCreative community confabAustralian City Farms & Community Gardens Network
Speakers: local government
Helen MorrisonSuccessfully gardening with Local GovernmentRandwick City Council
Sarah Van Erp & JPThe Compost Revolution3 Eastern Suburbs Council project + City of Sydney project
Russ Grayson & Fiona CampbellSocial design in starting community gardensAustralian City Farms & Community Gardens Network
John BrisbinSinging up the Australian Community Gardens MonthAustralian City Farms & Community Gardens Network
Speakers: case studies
Miriam PepperCommunity gardening on church landUniting Earthweb
Jade RiddlePotatoes and politics—Adelaide community garden case studiesUniversity of Adelaide
Steve SmithCommunity gardening from the ground upNorthbank Community Garden
Sandra Menteith & Tony CoyleSeeding and sustaining Transition to community food growingBundanoon Community Garden
Speakers: growing food theme
Emma DaniellEmma will be running 4 workshopsNatural Touch Landscapes
Steve BatleySteve's 5 top tips for a thriving community or school gardenSydney Organic gardens
Australian Food Sovereignty AllianceThe People's Food PlanAustralian Food Sovereignty Alliance
Jane MowbraySeed saving the planetGlovers Garden
Gavin SmithA load of rubbish, urban bee keeping, BSF fabulous fliesKitchen Garden Project, Addison Rd CG
Simon DooleyBiochar—biological charcoalStellar Violets
David WintertonDesign thinking for community gardensEcological Design
Hannah MoloneyCompost and Permaculture and gardeningCultivating Community and independent
Jill FinnaneChooks in the garden: problem or opportunity?
Diane WatkinBiodynamics 101Biodynamics Sydney Inc
Walter JehneWhy healthy soils will be critical to securing healthy food for healthy people and our futureHealthy Soils Australia
Speakers: creating culture
John BrisbinSinging up the Australian Community Gardens MonthAustralian City Farms & Community Gardens Network
Cathy QuinnTaste Mobile Kitchen Serves Up Community CohesionThe Benevolent Society
Kat SzuminskaThe role of community gardens in sustainable futuresBlue Mountains Community Gardens
John McBainSustainable Urban Nutrition (SUN) gardens
Craig DuckmantonCreating a quiet garden evolution in three easy steps!!The Quiet Gardener
Liz ChapmanSocial inclusion in community gardensCultivating Communities
Mary O'ConnellArt in the Garden: creating community & building links with othersRandwick Community Organic Garden
Nick MikhailovichDown the Garden Path Social Inclusion and Community Gardening in Southeastern Australian CitiesInstitute for Sustainable Futures
Sandra Menteith & Tony CoyleSeeding and sustaining Transition to community food growingBundanoon Community Garden
Major sponsor
Randwick City CouncilLocal government authority for Sydney's eastern suburbs stretching from Centennial Park to Botany Bay
Supporters
Randwick Community Organic GardenRandwick Community Organic Garden members volunteer to support Eco-topia.
The Kitchen Garden Project at CarriageworksThe Kitchen Garden Project members volunteer to support Eco-topia.
Glover's GardenGlover's Garden, the organic community garden in Lilyfield's members are volunteering to support Eco-topia.
Permaculture AustraliaThe ACFCGN was successful in receiving funds from the Permafund to support Eco-topia.
Tide event managementTide Event Management | Sustainable Event Consultant | Community Engagement
PureharvestPureharvest supplied a range of their yummy juices and milks for morning and afternoon teas at Eco-topia.
Greenpatch Organic SeedsGreenpatch Organic Seeds supplied a range of interesting organic seeds to help build Eco-topia's seed mandala to celebrate the fortnight of action for Seed Freedom.
