Download a full summary of the festival: SLF Post Event Summary
The 2011 Our Living Coast Sustainable Living Festival was hailed a huge success by all; Council staff, presenters, hosts, schools, participants, public and stallholders.
The key themes of the festival this year were Energy Efficiency, Climate Change and Local Food. The Festival was supported by the NSW Government Office of Environment & Heritage – Home Power Savings Program.
An estimated 5800 adults and children from across the region participated in one of the many Festival events that were held during the week from Sunday 30th October to 6th November.
- Costa Georgiadis & dirtgirl judging scarecrow competition at Botanica
In 2011 we were fortunate to have Costa Georgiadis as the Festival Ambassador and a visit from dirtgirl for the Botanica festival. Having these two high profile guests were a big draw card for attendees and catered for those passionate about the environment and localisation as well as drawing in a younger audience to the Botanica.
For a full run down of the festival follow the links:
- 30th October – Food Film Festival
- 3rd November – Show Us Ya Dish & Bellingen
- 4th November – Green School’s Friday
- 5th November – Workshops and film screening
- 6th November – Botanica festival
The Sustainable Living Festival, after 4 years of increasing growth, has now earned its place as a signature event on the Coffs Coast calendar. This year commercial sponsorship, from Southern Cross University and Telstra Coffs City, a Grant from; NSW Government Office of Environment & Heritage – Home Power Saving Program was obtained to further promote and facilitate the festival in its entirety over and above the NSW Government Trade & Investment grant which was received for the 2010/2011 events.
The Festival has now become one of Coffs Harbour City Council’s biggest events of the year. Its uniqueness and its strength lies in its educational nature, its community- based values and the delivery of the Festival by many different sections of Council working together in partnership with each other and with local community groups and schools.
Costa Georgiadis quite correctly emphasised, in his speech at Botanica, the value of such community based festivals in moving us towards a more sustainable future.
The funding received for the past two years from Trade and Investment NSW has now come to an end. We hope to pursue further funding to build it into an even bigger event for 2012 and beyond.
For more information about the festival please contact the Event Coordinator, David Laarhoven on 02 6648 4643.
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