Come along and learn all about composting with Bokashi bins, worm farms, and cold (traditional) compost bins with facilitator, Judy. Read More
The Spring edition - learn creative new ideas to use up those forgotten ingredients hiding at the back of your fridge, at this FREE local workshop. Feed your family for… Read More
Come along to the first of two workshops in the EcoMatters Series. Spring time is optimum for preparing and growing a wide variety of food. Read More
Come to this workshop and get great ideas and inspiration to help you save money and the environment. Read More
Join visual artist, Xin Cheng, for a meditative workshop repurposing local organic material offcuts into super cosy felt slippers. Read More
No matter where you are on your reducing waste journey, come and be inspired by steps that can be taken, whether you are starting out or would like to keep deepening this conscious lifestyle choice. Read More
Don your aprons and get ready for an evening filled with creativity and fun as we present the ultimate cooking challenge: 'Back of the Fridge, Saved from Landfill, Loving your Leftovers, COOKING GOODNESS!' Read More
Come and visit the Love Food Hate Waste stall at the Franklin Hospice Garden & Lifestyle Festival. Read More
Come and take part in Pip's Love Food Hate workshop at the Cost Effective Sustainable Living Expo at Forrest Hill School on Saturday 4 November, from 12noon to 1pm. Read More
Join naturopath Paloma Velásquez for this popular workshop to forage seasonal ingredients from the EcoMatters Teaching Garden and make a colourful plant-based Spring feast. Read More
Join us for a special evening of Christmas shopping with a difference. Discover locally crafted gifts and sustainable living items at the EcoMatters Store and give gifts with purpose this year. Enjoy refreshments, special offers and learn more about the brands we are proud to sell in our store. Read More
It falls! It's free! Catch it while you can! In this workshop with multi-talented inventor Laurie Dee, you'll learn how to build you own DIY rainwater system for a few hundred dollars - reducing your water bill and saving you money over time. Read More
Got invasive weeds? Live close to the Waitākere Ranges? Get rid of them at your local community weed bin. Read More
Got invasive weeds? Live close to the Waitākere Ranges? Get rid of them at your local community weed bin. Read More
Learn creative new ideas to use up those forgotten ingredients hiding at the back of your fridge and kitchen cupboards, at this FREE local workshop. Read More
Join artist Ronja Schipper in this pre-Christmas workshop, designing and making a pair of earrings and a necklace. You'll learn how to transform waste to wonderful by 'up-bicycling' discarded bike inner tubes to craft unique jewellery pieces. Read More
Want to find out which weeds you should bin, bag or put in a barrel? The EcoMatters Nature Team will be here to give advice and answer any questions you have about pest plants. Read More
Got invasive weeds? Live close to the Waitākere Ranges? Get rid of them at your local community weed bin. Read More
Got invasive weeds? Live close to the Waitākere Ranges? Get rid of them at your local community weed bin. Read More
Join us to rescue the Waitahurangi Stream from rubbish and finish with kai together. Read More
Want to find out which weeds you should bin, bag or put in a barrel? The EcoMatters Nature Team will be here to give advice and answer any questions you have about pest plants. Read More
In this free workshop, you'll learn more about the entire recycling and upcycling process, get hands-on experience with a 3D pen and create objects from recycled plastic sourced right from our households. Join us in making a positive impact, one plastic object at a time! Read More
Got invasive weeds? Live close to the Waitākere Ranges? Get rid of them at your local community weed bin. Read More
Love Food Hate Waste facilitator, Amanda, will be partnering with Waitematā Waste Away, presenting at this event. Amanda will be educating attendees about the scale of food waste in NZ and also creating delicious snacks from food that would normally have been wasted. Read More
Join master upcycler and sculptor Andrew Hall in this one-off workshop to design and assemble a fence constructed from bicycle parts. Learn tips and tricks when dealing with metals, and have a go at metal working skills such as cutting and drilling. As a group, we will get creative to assemble random parts into a cohesive whole. The fence will become a functional feature at the entrance to the EcoMatters 'Lookout' building. Read More
