Composting and worm farming workshops
Gosford Council will hold a free composting and worm farming workshop at the Peninsula Leisure Centre on Thursday, May 9, from 1pm to 1:30pm.
The workshops are part of Council's Green Living theme with other workshops across the Gosford LGA covering topics such as backyard permaculture, energy efficiency in the home, cooking with leftovers and keeping backyard chickens.
The Green Living Workshops were launched on Saturday, March 23, to coincide with Earth Hour.
Gosford Council's environmental education officer Ms Anni Griffiths said that holding the workshops with the backdrop of Earth Hour would help turn awareness into real change.
"We hope that through these workshops residents will be able to recognise actions that contribute to their carbon footprint and simple initiatives that can be put in place to reduce it.
"Each workshop will also feature a relevant give away to all participants to kick start their environmental efforts." said Ms Griffiths.
A composting and worm farming workshop and a detox your home workshop were also held at Ocean Beach Surf Club on Wednesday, March 27."
Ms Griffiths said the workshops were "very successful" with over 40 people attending the composting and work farming workshop while the detox your home workshop was attended by 17 people.
"All received thorough instruction and demonstration on how to build and successfully run a worm farm or compost bin, comprehensive take home notes and a free worm farm or compost bin," said Ms Griffiths.
"Feedback from all participants was very positive.
"At the cleaning with less chemicals workshop, attendees received expert instruction and notes as well as a little bag of goodies aimed at getting them onto the road of detoxing their house of household chemical cleaners.
"Using non-toxic products for cleaning rather than stronger chemical based cleaners has many benefits.
"It reduces the amount of toxins you and your family are exposed to, is generally cheaper than commercially produced cleaners, can result in less packaging waste and is less harmful to the environment," said Ms Griffiths.
Booking for the workshops are essential.
Phone 4325 8912 to register.
Email, 15 Mar 2013
Anni Griffiths, Gosford Council