Sustainability Street is an exciting program that brings people together to create healthier, safer and more environmentally friendly neighbourhoods. Developed by Melbourne based environmental educators Vox Bandicoot , the program is being trialled in Adelaide through the support of the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Board, the Adelaide City Council and the City of Marion.
Next workshops
| Adelaide City Council Residents |
City of Marion Residents |
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North Adelaide Community Centre
176 Tynte Street, North Adelaide
First Tuesday of each month
@ 6.30pm
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Edwardstown Bowling Club
Raglan Avenue, Edwardstown
First Wednesday of each month
@ 7pm
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How does it work?
Council works with communities to provide the skills and knowledge to make your street the most sustainable environment and community you can. The program is based on a simple, efficient training program and each group receives a Sustainability Street manual.
The idea stems from the reality that everyone wants to create a safer and healthier living environment for themselves and their children. The best way to do that is by bringing people together to pool knowledge and resources.
Sustainability Street puts the idea of Thinking Global, Acting Local into practice.
What is involved?
Being a Sustainability Street involves getting together with neighbours, attending workshops in your street and bringing enthusiasm to the process of making your lives and your neighbourhood more sustainable.
Three workshops kick off the program. At the introductory session, we explain the process, learn about each other's interests and skills and install a Sustainability Street sign.
The second two workshops look at household energy and water use and how you can save on your bills and reduce greenhouse emissions. We can later run workshops on sustainable living topics you and your neighbours choose. They might include:
- Composting and worm farming
- Attracting wildlife to your garden
- Non-toxic cleaning
- Growing natives, vegetables, herbs
- Improving a local park or open space
As the program develops, the street may decide to hold extra get togethers, street parties or working bees. At a minimum, the program is a basic training course to help people live more sustainably at home and in the neighbourhood. Anything above and beyond is limited only by the imagination and energy of the participants.