Council offers residents of Sutherland Shire a range of free 'waste wise' workshops to help reduce landfill.
Bookings open three weeks before the workshop. Some workshops are delivered online via Zoom.
Composting and worm farming
This hands-on, fun workshop gives you the opportunity to learn how easy it can be to reuse your food scraps creating nutrient rich fertiliser to improve soil conditions and decrease the amount you send to landfill.
Participants also receive a free compost bin or worm farm at the end of the workshop (limit of 1 per household).
More than half of residential garbage can be composted. Instead of contributing to methane gas emissions in landfill, this material can become a valuable soil conditioner and replenish the nutrients in your garden.
Productive organic gardening
This hands-on practical workshop teaches you to create a healthy and abundant ecosystem by helping you understand nature and replicating it in your garden at home. You will also learn how to prepare and plant a delicious edible garden, therefore reducing the waste you bring home from the supermarket.
Plastic Free July
Do you want to learn how to live 'Plastic Free'? Join these fantastic workshops and you will learn how to reduce plastic waste.
Food preserving and pickling making
Learn about the age-old practice of pickling to sustainably keep food fresh, while reducing food waste.
Fermenting
Enjoy this unique workshop and learn about the age-old practice of fermenting while reducing food waste.
Enjoy this unique workshop to learn about the age-old practice of fermenting, while reducing food waste.
Holiday program for children
It’s never too early to start learning about how to protect the planet by eliminating waste. Children aged 3 to 7 will be introduced to discover the benefits of avoiding waste, recycling, composting, reusing and sharing.
It’s never too early to start learning about how to protect the planet by eliminating waste.
Bokashi (accelerator composting)
Have you mastered composting and want to push on further and learn more? Come along to this interactive workshop and learn to make your own accelerator that ferments organic matter. This also can be used in an airtight kitchen top container to break down your organic matter - perfect for unit dwellers.
Balcony and small space gardening
Have you ever wanted to grow your own vegetables but don’t think you have enough space? Learn how to grow vegetables in pots and reduce the waste you bring home from the supermarket.
Learn how to grow your own herbs at home to save money, reduce food waste, and ensure you’ve always got access to delicious, fresh herbs.
Menu planning and food waste avoidance
Learn how to plan your meals, reduce your food waste, improve your health and save money.
Why plan your meals? Come along to this interesting workshop and learn to plan your meals using available, sustainable, seasonal local produce. Discover practical skills to help you love your food and minimise your food waste.
Natural skincare
Learn how to reduce packaging by making your own skincare products just from simple and natural ingredients.
Green cleaning
This fun and informative hands-on practical workshop will teach you how to reduce waste while making your own cleaning products from simple and natural ingredients.