Sustainability in the Suburbs
About the Expo Exhibitors Volunteers Workshops & Activities Entertainment Kids Raffles & Giveaways Media Releases & Interesting Items Contact Us Sponsors Where is CREEC
About the Expo
The Sustainable Living Expo is a ‘gold coin donation’ annual event held at the Caboolture Region Environmental Education Centre (CREEC) which is located at Burpengary, approximately 30km north of the Brisbane CBD.
Each year Friends of CREEC Assoc. Inc. transforms the centre into a hive of activity as they showcase this one day Expo that provides information and products to help people from Caboolture and the surrounding regions improve the environmental and social impacts of their day-to-day living.
In 2008 the Expo will feature over 100 exhibitors of products, services, and information, along with activities on a variety of sustainability and green living topics. Expo attractions will include talks, displays, food, entertainment, demonstrations, and activities for children. For a broader description of the Expo please click here here
top of pageExhibitors
Up to 100 exhibitors on the day - have a look at the full list to find the exhibitors that you are most interested in here
Exhibitors can apply on the web using the following link Exhibitors Application Form top of page
There is a pdf brochure for exhibitors that can be downloaded onto your machine Exhibitor Brochure outside & Exhibitor Brochure inside
If you are having any difficulty with submitting the form, email Wayne Marsh Wayne.Marsh@moretonbay.qld.gov.au or Ph. 3888 8751
Volunteers
There are many tasks to be done for the Expo. It can be very satifying to contribute to an event like this. So why not volunteer? - we have a list of volunteering activities here. If you are ready to volunteer, you can download the form here. top of page
Workshop and Activities
Workshops will be running through the day. This is a great opportunity to hear from experts about how to live sustainably and in fact why we need to. We have a very skilled lineup available through the day. For a schedule of workshops and events go here. You will be impressed!
Entertainment
Information to be provided very soon. Please come back as the page is continuously being updated
Kids Stuff
There is a special page for kids, containing the kids poster and the Australia Zoo family pass competition. You just have to click on the doorknob to get in.
Raffles and Giveaways
This year thanks to the generosity of many individuals and businesses we were able to run a fantastic raffle offering the following prizes:
The Coffee Pack - this prize contains a hand crafted coffee table by The Camphor Laurel Timber Initiative, as well as the coffee table book titled ‘Endangered’-Tasmania’s wild places, which is a visually stunning publication containing 110 photographs by more than twenty of Australia’s best wilderness photographers highlighting unprotected areas throughout Tasmania, many of which are under immediate threat from logging, mining and similar developments. Click on the picture for a book review. Also included in this pack is a block of Organic Dark Chocolate from Cocoa Farm, a packet of Scarborough Fair – Fair Trade Organic Coffee and a Coffee Plunger with a set of 2 matching cups and a packet of Hazelnut Flavoured ‘Coffee Mate’. What more do you need for a good night in!
- The Sustainable Home Pack - The small things you do now make a big difference. Your everyday actions at home, work and play will reward both the environment and you. Live in a sustainable way and feel good about your contribution.
This prize consists of
- 5 Energy Saving Globes,
- 3 environmentally responsible alternative E-String Bags,
- 3 issues of G Magazine - Australia’s #1 ‘green magazine’,
- 3 environmentally friendly Microfibre Cleaning Cloths, for chemical free cleaning and… some vital reading;
- Tim Flannery’s book ‘We are the Weather Makers’ and
- Michael Norton’s ‘365 Ways to change the World’ …and last but not least,
- a bag from TEAR Australia to carry all these goodies in.
- The Family Garden Pack - We all need time away from the bustle of life. What better way than gardening? This ‘bloomin’ great prize contains a Compost Bin along with - a ‘how to’ manual in the form of Tim Marshall’s - ‘Recycle Your Garden’. This must have book not only explores how composting works it also shows how the materials used for composting can go much further than kitchen and green waste. There is also an ABC Gardening Australia box set of 3 DVD’s, and for the kids, a pair of Colours of Australia hand painted Garden Boots, a watering can and their very own set of tools and gardening knee pad.
And before you leave the Expo this year fill out a ‘Feedback Questionnaire’ with your contact details and you automatically go in the running to win an ‘Organic at Home’ pack which consists of an array of edibles and the beautifully photographed, informative and uplifting book ‘Organic at Home’, all packed into your very own, very cute, mini picnic basket.
Media Releases
Sponsors
It's a great event to sponsor. You can download a pdf of the sponsors brochure Sponsor Brochure outside & Sponsor Brochure inside
With all this! - why wouldn't you go?
To see some 2007 photos click here
Contact US
Events Coordinator email eventscoordinator@creec.org.au or phone Tammy on 0431 681 206 OR Wayne Marsh at CREEC email Wayne.Marsh@moretonbay.qld.gov.au OR Rod Blair - Friends of CREEC president email friendspresident@creec.org.au
mobile 0419 190 464
