Repair Cafe Albury-Wodonga Inc
2025-02-01 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-03-01 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-04-05 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-03 10:00 - 13:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Wodonga Senior Citizens Centre, 15 Havelock Street, Wodonga, Victoria, 3690, Australia
Do you have a broken household item you’d like fixed but need a hand to do so? Then this is your opportunity.
Our Repair Café is a free meeting place to bring along broken household items such as furniture, clothing, textiles and battery-operated appliances and learn how to fix them with the help of experienced, volunteer repairers. You can also bring along small, blunt garden tools like secateurs and we’ll show you how to sharpen them. Maximum three items per person per session. A donation is greatly appreciated for the repair of your items. This covers the cost of our insurance and supplies used for these repairs.
For more information see: https://www.facebook.com/repaircafeaw/
Repair Café Albury-Wodonga is proudly supported by Halve Waste, with morning yummies donated by Kooka Brotha’s patisserie.

Street Harvest
2025-02-03 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-02-10 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-02-17 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-02-24 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-03-03 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-03-10 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-03-17 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-03-24 09:30 - 12:30 and 9 more dates | Uniting, Wodonga, 1 Nilmar Avenue, Wodonga, Vic, 3690, Australia
The Street Harvest project is being reinvigorated – Please consider growing an extra row of produce in your garden to support this project and Uniting in Wodonga.
All produce can be dropped off at Uniting (1 Nilmar Avenue, Wodonga between. 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Monday to Friday).
The project builds and encourages community capacity and improves food security for Wodonga residents by distributing excess fruit and vegetables, harvested from residential gardens, to local residents and emergency food relief agencies.
‘Street Harvest’ was a pilot project developed in Wodonga in 2010. The Street Harvest Project grew out of a passion for transforming the local food system into one that is sustainable and strong.

ACF-AWR Planning Together for 2025, F2F and Online – hybrid event
2025-02-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Check the event listing for venue details, Australia
You are invited to join us at your ACF-AWR planning meeting for 2025. We would love to have your thoughts and ideas!
When: 15 February 2024, 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Where: Hyphen, Meeting Room 1, 126 Hovell St, Wodonga, VIC, 3690 and Online (hybrid event)
The purpose of the meeting is to plan your group’s focus for the year ahead and particularly the coming Federal election.
As ACF Australia notes on their Community Hub: As we hit the halfway mark of this critical decade for solving the climate and extinction crisis, we must harness all of our power to engage the wider community and demand our next Parliament acts urgently.
ACF have a number of resources on their Community Hub including their National Agenda For Australia’s Nature and Climate that lays out exactly what the next parliament must do to the solve the dual climate and extinction crisis:

Protect nature: Stop the bulldozing of the bush
Say yes to renewable energy: Power everything we can with clean, cheap energy from wind and sun.
Say no to nuclear: Australia’s future is renewable, not radioactive
Say no to new coal and gas: No more green lights for big, climate-wrecking coal and gas polluters

The National Agenda provides a summary of the issues and a clear action plan to address them that we hope community and Parliament will get behind.
Other actions you can take:

Let candidates know you care and will vote for nature and climate. You can take this pledge, which will notify your sitting MP that you have committed to voting for nature and climate.
You can also use the community pulse as a tool for deep persuasive conversations and ask people to pledge to vote for nature and climate at stalls and events.
Share the pledge and the community pulse tool with your networks.

For those wishing to join us after the meeting for a chat with like-minded people, head to Elgins, 51 – 53 Elgin Boulevard, Wodonga.
RSVP as soon as possible to help with catering.
We look forward to seeing you soon! And, yes, we’ll have some refreshments for those attending Hyphen.

IMPORTANT: Please email us at acf.awr@gmail.com to let us know how you would like to attend. If you are attending in person we can cater for you. If you are attending online, we’ll send the link to join.
Regards,
ACF-AWR Team

An Evening with Clive Hamilton to discuss Living Hot – Surviving and Thriving on a Heated Planet
2025-02-20 17:30 - 19:30 | Hybrid: Charles Sturt University (CSU), Thurgoona campus and Zoom, Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona, NSW, Australia
Join prominent Australian academic and scholar Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University in Canberra as he discusses his latest book: Living Hot.
Living Hot tells the blunt truth about our current climate change predicament: dangerous warming is inevitable and there’s little we in Australia can do about it. So it’s time to get cracking on making Australia resilient to intensifying climate extremes. If we prepare well, we can give ourselves a fighting chance to preserve some of the best of what we have, build stronger and fairer communities, find a path through the escalating pressures of a warming world.
Date Thursday 20 February 2025
Time 5:30 – 7:30pm followed by drinks and canapes
Where CD Blake Lecture Theatre, Building 751
Charles Sturt University, Thurgoona, NSW 2640
RSVP Humanitix
To start the evening Clive will stimulate a fascinating conversation about the fate of our planet followed by a panel discussion tackling the overwhelming question of our era: what must we do if we want to survive and even thrive on our heating planet?
There will be opportunity for Q&A followed by drinks (at bar prices) and canapes.
Please feel free to share this invitation with anyone you think might be interested in attending.

All About Electric Vehicles
2025-03-01 09:30 - 11:30 | La Trobe University, Wodonga, Building AW3, Room 3114, 133 McKoy St, West Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
ALL ABOUT ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Would you like to know about electric vehicles? Thinking about making the switch to an EV but are not sure? Come along and learn all about the pros and cons of EV’s with Russell Klose. Have all your questions answered and take a look inside and under the bonnet of various electric cars, a plug in hybrid ute as well as an electric motorbike.
Russell Klose has been involved in the auto industry for years, importing cars and car parts from Japan since the 90’s. He has a keen interest in looking after the planet for the long term, and believes EVs are a step towards looking after our future whilst still giving people reliable, comfortable (and fun) transport.
This information morning will help you understand:

Types of EV’s
Pros and cons
Charging- how, where, infrastructure & apps
EV’s vs hybrids
Batteries- sizes, longevity, range
Repairs
Costs
Environmental benefits

So come along and ask Russell and burning questions you want answered!

Morning tea will be provided

Physical Fitness level required: EASY ( sitting for 45 mins, standing for 45 mins)

Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/evs

Riverina Harvest Festival
2025-03-01 12:30 - 2025-03-02 16:00 | Wagga Wagga, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
A festival dedicated to fostering food security, well-being and environmental sustainability by showcasing growers, gardeners and producers of the Riverina.
You are invited to the first-ever Riverina Harvest Festival with local flavours for everyone. Enjoy two jam-packed days filled with mingling, learning and local produce.
Day One – Conference is for those who want to deepen their knowledge and connections.
Day Two – Free Festival is a great day out for the whole family, with music, workshops and lots of local yummy food.
Day 1 – Conference Day
Dates: Saturday 1st of March 2025
Location: Wagga Wagga City Council, 243 Baylis Street, Wagga Wagga, 2650
Time: 12:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Cost: $100 (includes conference, catering and networking dinner)
Day 2 – FREE Festival Market Day
Dates: Sunday 2nd of March 2025
Location: Wagga Beach, Johnston St, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650
Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM AEDT
Cost: FREE
Program details, get tickets and much more: mli.org.au/current-projects/the-riverina-harvest-festival-2025
This project is supported by the Southern NSW Innovation Hub through funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund, Wagga Wagga City Council and Transgrid Community Partnerships Program.

Special Event - Repair Cafe will be at Gardenesque 2025!
2025-03-08 10:00 - 2025-03-09 15:30 | Albury Botanic Gardens
We are excited to be participating at Gardenesque this year!
Come along and see us at Gardenesque on Saturday and Sunday, 8th and 9th of March 2025.
Saturday 10am-4pm
Sunday 10am-3pm
Visit our Information Hub to learn how to repair and fix all your garden tools so you don’t have to buy brand new.
Help us save these items from going to landfill by choosing to learn how to sharpen or repair them.
We are offering sharpening only at this event. Limit of 1 item per person.
You can also chat with our volunteers about how you can join our community run initiative and volunteer for just 3 hours a month.
It will be great to see you!
Please note: We ask that you be responsible when bringing your item to us. Please wrap it securely in paper or cloth and carry it in a bag.
Follow us on Facebook for more details.
Will we see you there❓

Autumn planting and no dig garden bed workshop
2025-03-15 09:30 - 10:30 | beingreen permaculture, 590 Heathwood Ave, Lavington, 2641
Learn how to plant now for winter crops in a backyard setting. Includes a hands on experience
of making a no dig garden bed.

Off-Grid Living Festival 2025
2025-04-12 - 2025-04-13 | Chiltern Race Course, Racecourse Road, Chiltern, 3683
A Weekend to Celebrate & Investigate Sustainable Living
10 Festival Areas – 8 Talks Stages – Over 150 Workshops – Live Entertainment – Great Food & Drinks – Waste Free and Loads of Family Fun!
At the Off-Grid Living Festival we seek to inspire people to take new step towards becoming more sustainable each year. We don’t just talk about the problems at this event, we offer great solutions, and we make it fun and attainable to all with a great mix of education and entertainment throughout the festival.
The decision to go off-grid or live more sustainably might be for personal freedom, fun and adventure, a desire to live closer to nature, reduce bills, or it might come from a deeper feeling of guilt about your impacts on the earth. For us, it’s all of these things and more, and when we focus on the specific areas we can improve – taking one step at a time, it’s easy to feel the progress and be proud.
We invite you to come to next years festival with an intention. Think about which areas you’re going to focus on improving. How many steps can you take, and where are you willing to invest your time, money and efforts?
Find out more and book your tickets: www.offgridevent.com.au

Climate resilience at Fat Goose Farm
2025-05-17 10:00 - 14:00 | Fat Goose Farm, Fighting Gully Road Beechworth, BEECHWORTH, 3747, Australia
Join Beechworth Landcare and Charlie and Faye Robinson at their inspiring property, Fat Goose Farm, to chat about our likely climatic future, the greatest threats coming our way, and what we can do to create the best lives we can. While Fat Goose Farm is a full homesteading dream, this is of interest to everyone, even if you just have a balcony for a pot of mint!
Venue: Fat Goose Farm, Fighting Gully Road, Beechworth
What to bring: Chair and notebook. And a raincoat or brolly if it’s going to be wet. We’ll still run the event in the wet (great opportunity to see water flows!)
Cost: $5 for Beechworth Landcare members and $10 for non-members. It’s slightly more expensive to join via humanitix to cover handling fees.
RSVP: Nicki Munro at nickimunro2010@gmail.com or text 0407 797 092
https://events.humanitix.com/climate-resilience-field-day

10/10 Leadership - Youth Climate & Resilience
2025-05-28 09:15 - 16:30 | Wangaratta Performing Arts & Convention Centre, 33-37 Ford Street, Wangaratta, 3677
A FREE one-day leadership program for 15-25 year-old changemakers in Wangaratta and surrounding rural townships!
👉Care about the environment? Want change? Think things can be better!?
👉Ready to step up, make a difference & turn ideas into action?
Join the 10/10 Leadership – Youth Climate & Resilience program!
This 1-day intensive is designed to help you build skills, connect with others & take real action on the issues you care about. If you’re 15-25 and ready to make an impact, this is for you!
✅ Hands-on Leadership Workshop – Learn how to take action on issues you care about
✅ Your Ideas → Your Impact – Develop your passion into real projects
✅ Like-Minded Crew – Connect & collaborate with other young leaders
✅ Practical Support – Tools, resources & expert guidance to help you succeed
✅ Completely FREE

WHEN & WHERE:
Wednesday 28th May, 9.15am – 4.30pm
Wangaratta Performing Arts & Convention Centre
👉You don’t need to have a big idea or a plan to participate! This program will help you discover what matters to you & explore ways to take action
👉Spots are limited!

Register your interest now

Need more info? Contact Zaylee Saint-James Turner | environment@wangaratta.vic.gov.au
