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Workshops and Education

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Learn how to build resilience to natural disasters at home and work and do the right thing for the Sustainability of our beautiful bushland shire.

Receive handy tips from our experts on how you can maximise your work and home budget to save you money in the long term.

Are you wanting to renovate your home? Maybe your garden landscaping needs an update? Curious about Solar or what you can and can’t recycle? Perhaps you just want to know how to reduce those energy and water bills at home and at work..

If this is you, come along to one of council’s free workshops. We are looking forward to working with you on Sustainable Hornsby 2040.

Upcoming workshops and events

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Rethink Your Wardrobe
Rethink your habits and learn how to sustainability source and dispose of your clothing.
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Passivehaus Online Talk and Tour
Be inspired by a sustainable futuristic home in your neighbourhood.
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Compost and Worm Farming Workshop
Join the Hornsby Shire composting community and save the environment by turning food waste into nutrient rich compost for your garden.
Comfortable Homes in Summer and Winter
Comfortable Homes in Summer and Winter
Join us online for a free workshop to hear how you can improve the comfort of your home.
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Chipping for Mulch – Mt Kuring-gai
Bring along your garden prunings and branches to our free chipping service and take home free mulch.
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How to Mend Your Clothing
Learn how to mend your clothes rather than throw them away!
Jane Milburn
Slow Fashion Workshop with Jane Milburn
Councils from Northern Sydney bring you Regenerative approaches for Fashion Sustainability.
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BIN-GO: How to recycle better
In this interactive session, the audience plays a game of "bin-go" to discover what can and can't be recycled.
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Community Recycling Centre Open Day
Come and celebrate the Community Recycling Centre’s 5th Birthday!
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Introduction to SunSpot – is solar good for your roof?
Thinking of getting solar panels? Need some more information to make a decision?
Kimbriki
Kimbriki tour
On the tour of the Kimbriki site, you will see how your green waste is transformed into a usable garden product.
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Toy Swap
Are your children's toys lying around gathering dust or have they simply outgrown them?
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Zero Waste Christmas Decorations
Create environmentally conscious Christmas decorations without creating new plastic.
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Chipping for Mulch – Galston
Bring along your garden prunings and branches to our free chipping service and take home free mulch.
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Worm Farm Workshop
Let worms transform your kitchen waste into fantastic natural fertiliser.
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Bicycle Repair
Learn how to proudly practice the art of bicycle repair and live a more sustainable way of life, helping to reduce your carbon footprint.
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Chipping for Mulch – Westleigh
Bring along your garden prunings and branches to our free chipping service and take home free mulch.