Green Light CALENDAR of EVENTS for Cairns & FNQ . 15 Dec 2014 If you received this Calendar of Events by direct email (and not via an online forum) and you prefer not to receive it, please reply with a brief message. Thanks. . Green Light Guide to Cairns & FNQ GreenGuideFNQ.net . Green Light Guide to Cairns and FNQ support Facebook page https://facebook/groups/GreenLightGuideFNQ . . If you have an event you would like to be listed in the Green Light Calendar, please send to GreenCalendarFNQ@gmail . (If possible, please send info in the format of the Green Light Calendar). Thanks, Geoff Holland (Editor) . Entries new for this week are in PURPLE . For LETS Trading Days, please go to tablelandlets.org . . . . Wed 17 Dec 2014 CSG Free Kuranda Meeting 16:00hrs, Kuranda Visitor Information Centre, 1 Therwine Street, Kuranda If you feel you could contribute in any way, have skills, ideas or a presence please come along and join us to create awareness in our local community about Coal Seam Gas and the effects it brings to the people and the land. We want a CSG Free Planet...little steps start in our own back yards! ♥ We will be meeting again at 4pm in Centenary Park next to the Info Centre. If it’s raining we will head to the Original Markets Community Hub. We hope to see you all there. Hosted by Sylvia Conway . . . . Wed 17 Dec 2014 Marketing TIps - Dive Into Digital (FREE) 17:30 – 19:30hrs ARC Disability Services Building, Manunda, Cairns The Digital Enterprise Program delivers FREE group information sessions and provide one-on-one mentoring to help not-for-profit community groups as well as small to medium businesses to better understand how to take advantage of online opportunities such as social media, creating a website, marketing tips, e-commerce, security and legal. Dive Into Digital arose out of a core project (as part of the Cairns Digital Economy Community Engagement Strategy) funded through the Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations’ (DEEWR) Local Employment Coordinator initiative and Regional Development Australia Far North Queensland & Torres Strait Inc (RDA FNQ&TS) and delivered in partnership with the Cairns Chamber of Commerce (CCOC). A diverse and informed Reference Group provided support to the project, with members from Digital Economy Cairns (ICT cluster), Cairns Regional Council, the Queensland Department of State Development, Infrastructure & Planning, the Queensland Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation & the Arts, NBN Co and Telstra. diveintodigital.au/ [email protected] eventbrite.au/e/creating-a-website-mareeba-tickets-13540962383?aff=eorg . . . . Sat 27 Dec 2014 Yungaburra Market 7:30hrs – 12:30hrs 4th Saturday of the month yungaburramarkets/ . . . . . Sun 11 Jan 2014 Mareeba Seedsavers meetup 10:00hrs-16:00hrs at Vila Alba, 17 Middlemiss St, Mareeba Guest speaker Michael Alba talking on forest regeneration. Tel 4092 1116 Please bring any organically grown seeds you can spare from your garden for the seedbanks anything you’d like to share, (cuttings, seedlings, produce etc) for the share-tables, folding chair? Something yummy to share for lunch and morning/afternoon teas, coin donation for admin. Friends,family,or just bring you! . . . . Fri 16 Jan – Thu 22 Jan 2015 Australian Fruit Festival Cairns Holiday Park, 12/30 Little Street, Cairns Far (out) North Queensland is raring up for the 2015 Australian Fruit Festival in January! Inside on the grape vine leads are suggesting it’s looking to be a bumper fruit season too.. Mother Nature might be preparing us a nice gift this year.. Just have to come along to find out! There are many WWOOFING options too for those who want to contribute to the creation of Fruitful paradise on Earth and Future Fruit abundance. Let’s plant the seeds of Abundance for generations to come. A gathering in Australia for all those who love the High Fruit, 80/10/10, Fruitarian or Raw Till 4 lifestyles and embrace Peace, Health, Community and Cruelty-free living. Please see flyer posted on our Australian Fruit Festival group page with all the details. We look forward to meeting and getting to know you all and have a fantastic time as we all experience Cairns and surrounds beautiful fruity tropical waterfall creek and beach paradise. So we can calculate the minimal ticket price please let us know if you are attending, a maybe or not attending. And feel free to share this post with your friends. Thankyou :) https://facebook/events/1516324281940235/ . . . . Sun 18 Jan 2015 Kuranda-Sprouts Seedsavers meetup 10:00hrs – 16:00hrs at Sarah-Jane’s, 9 Barang St, Kuranda Mob 0416 488 908 . . . . Sun 01 Feb 2015 Cairns Seedsavers meetup Please bring any organically grown seeds you can spare from your garden for the seedbanks anything you’d like to share, (cuttings, seedlings, produce etc) for the share-tables, folding chair? Something yummy to share for lunch and morning/afternoon teas, coin donation for admin. Friends,family,or just bring you! (address and time to be announced) becmbarnes@gmail . . . . Tue 17 Feb 2015 Permaculture Cairns meeting 18:00hrs for 18:30hrs start, at the Flexible Learning Centre, 90-92 Clarke St, Manunda permaculturecairns.org.au/ https://facebook/groups/276252819061997 . . . . Wed 25 Feb 2015 Joe Salatin Tour 2015 – Regenerative Agriculture “Growing the North’s Family Farming Economy – Opportunities and Obstacles” Conference Luncheon – Hilton Hotel, Cairns 13:00hrs – 16:00 hrs regenag/web/joel-salatin-tour-2015.html . . . . Wed 25 Feb 2015 Joe Salatin Tour 2015 – Regenerative Agriculture “So you think you know food? ‘Food politics & the role of the consumer in shaping the modern food economy.” Tanks Arts Centre 18:00hrs regenag/web/joel-salatin-tour-2015.html . . . . Thu 26 Feb 2015 Joe Salatin Tour 2015 – Regenerative Agriculture Masterclass “You Can Farm”: The entrepreneur’s guide to start and succeed in a farming enterprise Crack - A - Jack Function Room, Mareeba regenag/web/joel-salatin-tour-2015.html . . . . Fri 20 Mar – Mon 24 Mar 2015 Course “Thinking like an ecosystem” - Hill Top Farm – working with nature Increasingly we are using practical tools like Permaculture design to mimic natural systems and become more sustainable. However what about our thinking? Can we also evolve our thinking to improve the foundations of our decision making? Come and be part of a learning community exploring different tools to help us think more like an ecosystem and consequently, work more with nature. Contact: Dr Wendy Seabrook Email: [email protected] Tel: (07) 4069 5058 Web: hilltopfarm.wix/beyondsustainability . . . . Sat 21 Mar 2015 Resilient Communities Workshop 2015 – Plant Propagation with Lois Hayes 09:00hrs for a 09:30hrs start to 12:30hrs, Flexible Learning Centre, 92 Clarke Street, Manunda Learn how to save money by takings cuttings and propagating new plants, separate clumps of blubs and tubers and make a seed raising mix. Learn what seeds to plant, raise seedlings, and maintain them to plant out. Registration is essential. There is a $20 fee for this workshop and payment can be paid online: - Permaculture Cairns Bank details : BSB 704-966 Account: 100009440 please include your Surname as Reference, This workshop will be held at To register email [email protected] permaculturecairns.org.au . . . . ************************************************************************** Local businesses-for-sustainability to support include: Community Foods Organic, bio-dynamic non GM, minimally packaged natural wholefoods (and more). Run by volunteers and co-ordinators as a co-operative. Food for people not for profit. Nuts, seeds, & dried fruits, grains (including quinoa, spelt, & basmati), beans, peas, & lentils, pastas (including spelt & rice), oils, tahini, miso, tamari, & shoyu, snacks, herbs, & spices, soy & rice milks, honey & molasses, shampoo, conditioner, & soaps, Wemoon pads & household cleaning products. Also post-consumer recycled toilet tissue. Trading hours: Mon - Thurs 10am - 6pm Fri 8am - 6pm Sat 9am - 2pm Sun closed Address: 74 Shields St, Cairns Email: shop*comfoods.org.au Postal address: PO Box 7483, Cairns 4870 Tel: 4041 5335 Web: comfoods.org.au . . . . Connect Magazine Connect Magazine is a free monthly journal (or gold coin donation) hardcopy and online. A project of the Bee Universal group. Themes: CommUnity, Spirit, The Arts, Environment, Health & Well being Connect Magazine began in March 2004. Connect Magazine’s objectives are: To be the best holistic publication in Far North Queensland—keeping people connected with each other and what is happening here. To publish information and inspiration that integrates our community and promotes Peace and Harmony. To be an affordable medium for people and to support the profitability of our clients and local community groups. To remove the barriers that separate us from each other and our true Divine Selves. We believe that infinite possibilities exist and that there are no limits to what we can achieve. Bee Universal Inc. is an innovative not-for-profit organisation based in Cairns. Contact: Renee Cashman Email: connect*beeuniversal.org Web: beeuniversal.org Email (advertising): sales*beeuniversal.org Tel: (07) 4055 7172 . . . . Earth Toys Earth Toys is dedicated to providing a unique and beautiful selection of quality educational, eco friendly, recreational and creative toys to all ages! People can also shop online (see website below). Trading hours: Tue-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-3pm. Closed Sun and Mon. Address: Shop 6 Oceana Walk, 55 Lake Street Cairns Qld 4870 Contacts: Brad and Bree Tel: (07) 4041 7678 Web: earthtoys.net/contact-us.html . . . . Enviromart Australia Sells a wide variety of products to help you save energy and water, reduce pollution and your eco-footprint. Address: Shop 3, 164-170 Aumuller Street, Bungalow (cnr Scott St) Contact: Alan and Diane Creasey Email: info*enviromart.net.au Postal address: PO Box 656, Bungalow, Qld 4870 Tel: 07 40412233 Web: enviromart.net.au . . . . Fusion Allergy Free Café Fusing organic produce with good quality products to provide you with a unique healthy eating alternative. Trading hours: Mon-Fri 7am-3pm, Sat 7am-2pm Closed Sundays and Public Holidays. Address: 2/135 Grafton St, Cairns (cnr Grafton and Aplin Streets); PO Box 1808 Cairns 4870 Contacts: Pennie and Ritesh Email: fusionallergyfreecafe*gmail Tel: (07) 4051 1388 Web: fusionorganics.au . . . . Greenhouse Environment Shop Established in 1992, the Greenhouse Environment Shop diverse range of gifts, books, music, cards and children’s toys. We donate a percentage of the profits annually to local conservation groups - and in doing so we extend your shopping dollars green power. Address: Shop 1, 55 Spence St, Cairns Contact: Anne Email: shop*greenhousecairns.au Tel: 4031 8787 Web: greenhousecairns.au . . . . Lafew Tea House Home of Lafew Kombucha. Organic café. Movies That Matter on Wednesday nights. Tai Chi classes. Address: 33 Sheridan Street ~ Cairns ~ Qld~ 4870 Email: Lafew.k@gmail Mobile: 0475 762 838 Web: facebook/lafewteahouse . . . . Neil’s Organics Organic and biodynamic produce and products. Trading hours: Mon – Fri 9am - 6pm Saturday and Sunday 9am - 3pm Address: 239 - 241 McLeod Street (Corner of McLeod and James Streets) Cairns Email: caring*neilsorganics.au ; info*neilsorganics.au Fax: 4051 1898 Tel: 4051 5688 Web: neilsorganics.au . . . . Organic Motion Permaculture design consultation & design, edible landscaping, specialising in tropical edibles Address: 7 Barron falls road, Kuranda Contact: Blake Hudson Mob: 0448 938 270 Web: organicmotion.au . . . . RealFood Network Receive your box of fruit and vegetables each week from the Realfood Network. All locally grown! (food security!) Most is organic. Food is delivered to various nodes throughout the city. $50 per box – great value. Also available from their stall at Rusty;s Markets on Fri, Sat and Sun. Contact: Chris Gloor Email: chris*realfoodnetwork.au Mob: 0414 608 234 (Chris) Tel: (07) 4055 2666 (Chris) Web: realfoodnetwork.au . . . . Recycled cycles Bicycles made from recycles bicycles. Address: 17 Gordon St, Earlville, Cairns 4870 Contact: Lenore Evans Mob: 0437 541751 Tel: 4054 1756 Web: recycledcycles.au . . . . Snoogies Health Bar Quality food. While only some is organic, much is raw food. Trading hours: Mon-Fri 9am-2pm Address: Mainstreet Arcade (between Lake St and Grafton St). Contact: Aron and Nuri Facebook: https://facebook/pages/Snoogies-Health-Bar-Cairns/204341536272557 Mobile: 0409 340 024 . . . . Habits 2 Health Organic produce and products. Address: 1/110 Hoare St, Manunda, Cairns Facebook: Habits 2 health https://facebook/habits2health Tel: (07) 4053 2333
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