Sustainable Festival

This poor bugger might have copped it but at least we all got to spend the day in workshops.


It was also bloody hot and it took 10 hours to get a damn lemonade. But that didn’t really matter. We weren’t there for the bevvies, we were there to learn about sustainable living.














The Cook’s River Festival at Steel Park included ‘live entertainment, stalls crammed with information on water recycling, natural cleaning and backyard diversity. There were also workshops to explore this information in-depth.

One of the highlight’s for me was meeting up a ‘cultural consultant’ at the Sustainable Artists Gallery. My sister is a theatre maker and we were thrilled to learn that the Council will be conducting focus groups with local artists to get an idea about what they want to happen in Marrickville. In the age of interest rates, sport and John Howard, it seems grassroot support will be the only lifeline for many artists. Here’s hoping we get some results.















Mr Percival works the crowd


The other highlight for me was getting in touch with the bicycle groups. In particular the Green Way group. I’m going to register for a ‘free’ bicycle skills course. I’ll let you know how it goes.