Eastbay REAP  


































SUSTAINABLE LIVING

 

Everybody knows our global environment is suffering and most people, given the choice, want to do something constructive about it. But where do you begin, locally? How can one person even make a difference?

 

At home in New Zealand, you could reduce your impact on the planet, have a healthier lifestyle and save money (e.g. on power bills, shopping, gardening and motoring). The Sustainable Living programme is a practical way of making small changes to limit your environmental impact at home. It’s your opportunity to step up, do your bit for the environment and find you can have fun doing so.


Learn how you can save money and the world at the same time. Find out what would make your house healthier, or how you can reduce your weekly waste.

 

 

TOPICS COVERED:

·         Energy

·         Transport

·         Shopping,

·         Gardening

·         Waste

·         Water

·         Sustainable Housing

 

EDIBLE GARDENS

Where to start

·         incorporating edibles into existing landscapes.

·         location, location, location.

·         small but productive beginnings.

·         maps, planners and organisers.

No-dig gardening   

·         the easy environmentally friendly way of creating and maintaining gardens.

Companion planting       

·         how to maximise yields while creating bio-diversity and growing healthier plants.

Edible plants   

·         an edible bio-diversity in the bay of plenty.

Growing grains and seeds  

·         Rice, Amaranth, Corn, Sorgum, pumpkin seeds

Fruiting calendars          

·         designing a garden that produces all year.

Children’s gardens         

·         ideas on how to design gardens with children for children.

·         how to make your garden child friendly and your children garden friendly.

Recycling            

·         making your garden from recycled materials.

·         turning your garden into a recycling machine –worm farms, compost & Bokashi.

Sourcing             

·         where to get hold of plants and seeds.

·         simple plant propagation.

Making the most of animals in your garden.

·         encouraging and utilising –frogs, native insects, beneficial insects, lizards and worms.

·         chicken tractors.

·         worm farms.

·         Bokashi.

Storing the harvest

·         seed saving, preserving and vegetable and grain storage.

 

For more information Contact Eastbay REAP at info@eastbayreap.org.nz