Bundy region kickS the co₂ habit

 

Visit BMRG at the Bundaberg 2008 World Environment Day Celebration is on at the PCYC on Sunday June 1 starting at 9am. This year's theme is CO₂ - Kick The Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy. Entry to this carbon neutral event is free, and so are the workshops, demos, live music, speakers and movies. Local food, drink and other products will be available for purchase.

 

In support of World Environment Day, Bundaberg Region Waste Management and Recycling has caught a case of “Mulch Madness.” On Saturday May 31 and Sunday June 1, pick up all the free mulch you can legally carry, free! Mulch will be loaded by machine at University Drive, Qunaba, Meadowvale and Childers. All other facilities will be self load only! Free self load mulch will also be available at the event itself at the PCYC on Sunday June 1. Remember, bring ropes and tarps!

 

You can catch a bus to the celebration at the PCYC, completely free of charge! Throughout the day Duffy's City Buses will run special bus routes with stops at many schools throughout the region, and with hail-and-ride available anywhere along the routes. Visit www.sustainabundy.org or contact Duffy's for the full bus timetable. You can also join the 10,000 Steps/LeadOn walk to the PCYC from the library, beginning at 9am. Attendees are also encouraged to organise a bike ride or a carpool - remember, four people in a car quadruples it's efficiency.

 

Guest speakers at the event include Fiona Waterhouse, CEO of FEX Climate, the carbon and environmental arm of Financial and Energy Exchange Ltd., as well as Ken McLeod from the Ethos Foundation and Alison Rickert from the Australian Conservation Foundation. Live music will be provided by local musicians Ben Penna and The Journey, Randal Ing, Five Days Late and more. While you're at the event, visit Allsafe Energy Efficient Products' tent for your chance to win a Solatube 250mm skylight, fully installed in your home, valued at $500! Also, be sure to bring your old mobile phone to the World Environment Day Celebration – there will be a MobileMuster drop off point so those useless mobiles can be recycled instead of going to landfill. And until May 22, visit the SustainaBundy display in the Bundaberg Library for information about World Environment Day and a massive selection of books, DVDs and magazines about sustainability. After W.E.D., resources in the display will be available for borrowing by anyone with a library card.

 

For more information visit www.sustainabundy.org or call 4196 0043.

 

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