Posts Tagged ‘Reduce, Reuse & Recycle’
WASEC Regional Impact Award 2025
In June, Green Skills Inc was delighted to be awarded WA Social Enterprise Council’s (WASEC) Regional Impact 2025 Award. We congratulate the finalists, including: Jack’s Shed, Leramugadu Store Maya, Magabala Books and Mumma Jo’s Grocers. Image below: all WASEC 2025 Regional Impact Finalists. Image above: Green Skills Inc’s Ben Dicker, (Perth Team Leader) and Ashleigh…
Read MoreDenmark Tip Shop closed until further notice due to COVID-19 trading restrictions – reopening soon!
Green Skills assures you that we will reopen as soon as the Federal Government lifts the current restrictions placed on non-essential business trading.
Read MoreSustainable Community Festival 21st March
The 2020 Sustainable Community Festival in Albany is shaping up to be an absolutely amazing event.
Green Skills have not only partnered with the Rainbow Coast Neighbourhood Centre and Albany Regional Volunteer Service but also welcoming new supporter Sustain: Community Food Events Food for Thought Festival PLUS the City of Albany South West Street Fest.
Proudlove Parade Night Markets final for January
Finishing January on a high with our biggest night planned yet. Do you celebrate Valentines Day or Easter? Then we have a range of gifts available for you this week.
Read MoreProudlove Parade Night Markets creating opportunities for local, small, micro and home-based businesses
We are into the 3rd week of the January roll out of the Night Markets on Proudlove Parade.
Read MoreProudlove Parade Markets Injects Vibrancy Into Thursday Nights.
Hundreds of locals, visitors and four-legged friends attended the inaugural Proudlove Parade Night Markets.
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Thursday Night Markets in Albany
Read MoreCall out for Bin Faeries!
It’s Denmark Arts Market time again. Green Skills will continue the amazing success of our Not Waste education program. The Bin Faeries are a chance to be on the ground talking to our community and making a real difference in waste separation. To augment this Green Skills and Denmark Arts have been helping stall holders…
Read MoreGreen Fair 2019 in Sunny Albany
Green Skills was pleased to support the City of Albany to run another successful Green Fair in November 2019. With a jam-packed schedule of demonstrations, speakers, workshops, displays, music and market stalls, there were plenty of sustainable skills to look at.
Read MoreFood is Free Project
The Albany office has been running a ‘Food is Free’ cart since 2017 at 38 Graham Street, inspired by the Food is Free laneway in Ballarat, VIC.
Read MoreAppreciating Marvellous Garden Givers
Appreciating some magnificent contributors to our Denmark-Kwoorabup community. Here Green Skills takes the opportunity to thank and appreciate those volunteers and groups who support the Denmark Community Garden and who are consistently marvellous.
Read MoreAre Compostable Nappies Really Compostable?
They’re becoming more common – “eco-disposable nappies”. Biodegradable, chlorine free, fragrance free, chemical free, cloth-like… the list goes on and the packaging is convincing.
Read MoreSlow 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.
Read MoreDreamcatchers and Driftwood Mobiles with an Upcycled Twist
Sewing with Scraps workshop takes a seaside theme, with shells, driftwood and of course, fabric scraps.
Read MoreLooking for Parent Ed Classes with Cloth Nappies?
Thanks to a grant from the Waste Authority, Green Skills has been training local Parent Educators how to use modern cloth nappies, and provided nearly all Perth’s maternity hospitals with an Antenatal Cloth Nappy Demo kit.
Read MoreDenmark Community Garden Holds Successful Second Workshop
The new Denmark Community Garden held its second organic garden workshop on the 13th April 2019 attended by 11 people. Neal Collins shared his enthusiastic knowledge about organic food growing. 5 raised beds were planted out with herbs and winter vegetables. Much fun and learning was had by all at this Green Skills’s event. The…
Read MoreFreehand Wines at Not Waste Festival
So many things to see and do at this years festival but don’t worry you won’t starve! Freehand Wines have got you covered with an amazing selection from their Mexican menu.
Read MoreNot Waste Bizarre
Come and enjoy the best of Denmark’s Up-cycling, Reuse, Repair. Gain some skills! Be inspired. Admire or even purchase some of the incredible art and craft on display. Or kick back and enjoy some food or drink. Freehand wines have a beautiful selection of wines for sale (and full sized glasses) while you listen to…
Read MoreCarbon Element
Denmark is known for it’s amazing contemporary dance performances and this night will not fall short of that.
Read MoreHarry Jakamarra and Elwood Grey
Not Waste Festival is very proud to have these two amazing brothers from Broome come and play as a part of there current tour.
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