Community Garden Workshop Focus on Fruit Trees
Learning is Fun at the Denmark Community Garden At the Denmark Community Garden workshop on Saturday 20th July, local garden expert, Neal Collins, shared his knowledge on how to grow fruit bearing trees and bushes. Twelve people attended the event, held at the newly established Denmark Community Garden, which is a collaborative project between Green […]
Continue ReadingTrinity College joins in Cranbrook Planting
Monday 22nd July 2019 Volunteer University Students help plant out landcare sites A team from Trinity Residential College at the UWA joined in a two day program of tree planting for habitat restoration on a farm near Cranbrook on the 18th and 19th July 2019. The team of eight, led by College head, Mike Shearer, […]
Continue ReadingSlow Fashion Festival 2019
Green Skills held a Slow Fashion Festival in June 2019 at Fossicker’s Tip Shed in Albany to showcase sustainable fashion around the Great Southern region. What is Slow Fashion? Slow fashion, as opposed to fast fashion, is fashion that causes less harm to people and the environment. It could be expensive, handstitched, bespoke, organic garments; […]
Continue ReadingSew Cool! and the Denmark Upcycle Collective Denim July 2019 Workshops
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Dreamcatchers and Driftwood Mobiles with an upcycled twist
Sewing with Scraps workshop takes a seaside theme, with shells, driftwood and of course, fabric scraps. Adding to Jude’s box of recycled supplies – part-balls of wool, op shop ribbons, wire hangers – participants choose to make either a dreamcatcher or a mobile. This sustainability workshop teaches children, teens and adults how to breathe new […]
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