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   Enviro Craft Australia , 
New Zealand & United Kingdom  
Enviro Craft Australia will begin working in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Our fabulous staff from England ( all our sydney crew who are residing there for now) will hopefully  delighting the crowds at  GLASTONBURY ,  Goose fair, Nottingham, Nottinghill carnival, Strawberry fair cambridge, Reading festival london, lord mayors parade london and many many more. Emgland has more festivals than you can poke a stick at in such a short season each year. Our sister organization  "Fiele Enviro" in Ireland are very inspiring and we hope to forge links with them and attend some of their events in the future. UK crew Simon Hollaway, elloise, claire, rob, lexy, kazzia, and the girls from Tottness vegetarian restaurant in Devon who made the solstice gathering at stone henge a real hoot.

Enviro Craft  Melbourne has been busy with Commonwealth Games and many councils and smaller events. We are guests in 2007 at the Sustainable Living Festival at Federation Square and  with Art Play. The Annual Mad Hatter's Tea Party, picnic in the park and many more local councils summer music programs.. Melbourne Moomba Water Festival  down on the the  banks of the Yarra River in Alexandra Gardens 3rd year uning iwth Melnourne City Council . This year we have been invited to create the "Web of Life" at the Castlemaine State Festival in the botanic gardens. Coordinator Popcorn ( her real name on her drivers licence)

Central Queensland  (central & north region) was lots of fun with  the Yeppoon Village Festival of arts & music and also Greening Australia  .A new addition to our yearly calender is the the inaugural "Better Earth Expo" in Thuringower Shire Townsville. Coordinator Frith petersen.

Brisbane Enviro Craft run by Susannah Dwyer will be coordinating things there . Were we worked with Strathpine Council in 2006 at the beatiful wetlands. We are looking at major events at South bank and  Woodford Folk Festival once more.

South Australia working on the Limestone Coast "Better Life Festival" in Mt Gambier and we are looking at attending the Womad & the Adelaide Fringe Festival for the first time .

Sydney Newcastle Central Coast & Woolongong program in  is full as ever with Coast Fest just over and the "Peats Ridge sustainable music & arts festival . Starting the new year and all the Australia Day celebrations- opera on the beach, parramatta and penrith lakes just to mention a few. The Big Day Out and Chinese New year in feb. Pecky's Disabilities services all year, councils sustainable days, schools, festivals some include Festival of the Winds,  Hornsby garden expo, opera in the park, jazz in the park, hawkesbury field day community expo, willoughby spring fair and parade, woollahra Sculpture prize kids sculpture day, gifts of nature ethical and organic marketspaddington , vacation care programs, early childhood development training and hundreds of other small jobs throughout the year. Warringah Community day and schools environmental expo, manly dam project creating hundreds of lanterns  with schools celebrating the water .
 The great escape will see enviro craft doing more site decorations, and crazy hats and much more this year. Coord for (syd) Bonnie Kay

Orange out western NSW has a new festival "Freshly Plucked" where we made a 5mx 4m and 3m high kinetic flower bed environmental art installation..see photo below. Our rural program and environmental materials pack "do it yourself" se;f help kit has been successful going out to isolated and indigenous communities all over Australia.

All bookings are done through head office in Sydney -  02 94814083  or mobile 0415232106 . It is possible you may be put through to another office and when faxing always check and use the one that is given on the day and not use it again another time unless you check.
Hey here is  this new concept - old fashioned mail post your contracts and information to:- POBox W37  West Pennant Hills NSW 2125 !

If you would like to be a featured artist in the Enviro Craft artists section contact us. Simon Hollaway (currently working in UK ) upon his return will be conducting amke it from the skip project. Simon takes groups on tours scrounging and then in a couple of hours makes things like A dinner table from a pallett.  Suzannah Dwyer makes recycled jewerly from computer chips, we have mad amazing workshops comming up this year. See section other in our menu.


 
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Enviro Fest at Coast Fest 2005/06
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 Enviro Camps and Festivals
Enviro Craft Australia & New Zealand  will conduct workshop camps and festivals throughout  the year . Our first day workshops will be near Pitt Town on the outskirts  of  Sydney beside the Hawkesbury River.  These days are designed to give space to ideas and spread out over the whole day focusing on individual projects as well as group designs.  Some of the activities include  making water craft  floating sculptures  to be used  at the Enviro Fest for  our spectacular fiery ending.  Participants young and old will be encouraged to make simple dwellings from straw bale and mud.  Tepee making  and Yurts all designed to be used for Enviro Camps in the future. Some of the materials used will be Hemp Cloth and  twine. The object of the craft days is to introduce the ideas and follow up with Enviro Camp complete with a fire and  music. This will progress to the Enviro Fest.  A weekend of  transforming  natural  elements and making environmental art installations  .  Some of these will be used at other festivals  .  Children will make clay pots and fire them,  tepees, hanging cocoon  baskets to sit in from the trees. Basket weaving and loom weave frames. Parents and children will be able to design and make things together. Individuals of all ages can create giant spider webs throughout the site making it all into a magical world of spinning and woven fibers and twigs . Circle stones will be used to create a labyrinth maze and exciting sculpture .  The activities are on going and it will be up to you which craft you choose at any one time.
Using all the elements to awaken the senses in an exploration of environmental  discovery.  A parade of giant puppets made during the weekend and made percussive instruments will be the culmination of the performing crafts and arts while the dwellings and static arts will be home to campers and add a tribal dimension to the whole event.




Enviro Camp site
 Camps will be held every holidays and involve building a straw bale bunk house and amenities block. Like our sister organization in England we would like to continue camps near the city and build up to longer and more intensive workshop programs in ecological and sustainable programs for young people. Emphasis will  be on creation of art and craft and bringing in master weavers running classes in very advanced and introductory levels.  Potters who will show how to dig for clay and fire on the site. All the artists involved on these projects will have their own special  projects. Environmental awareness and sharing through stories, singing, maze building, Camp fire and dwelling construction. The camp site is right on the Hawkesbury river held in Sackville at the oval up the hill, the Sackville school of arts and the environment centre . Weekend or holiday camps available. Bring your tent or camper van and enjoy the outdoors. Bring your own food .



Enviro Fair
Be outrageous build a giant reptilian creature from nothing . Explore the creatures of your imagination and let them come forth.  Enviro Festival will have music and stalls and is planned for 2007 in the Hawkesbury area. 
Sustainable houses, water use, gardens , energy and much much more. Tree planting and  conservation projects will be conducted on the weekend. Participants are able to camp and  those who are keen can build a temp dwelling a humpy or wattle and mud bamboo structure.
Festival will incorporate all the fair and camp projects and be a long weekend of food stalls produce music theater and music.
Activities for children will be the focus of the festival where parents are encouraged to participate and play. Their may be some mud baths so bring swimmers and changes of clothes . Enviro Fest will be open to all community groups interested in alternative technologies and farming practices. Unlike field days Enviro Fest will encourage participants to be hands on and make and create a learning environment  open to all comers. Sharing of skills and knowledge. Permaculture, composting, worms, recycling and so much more. All interested parties email us and be apart of the festivities free.

Bellingen Global Carnival-
africansuzznna  susannah in the bamboo souk
Peats Ridge Sustainable Music & Arts Festival

  onion dome Artist KRE

                                                                      Freshly Plucked Festival- Orange NSW 2006     
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