features
february 2009
topic
talks
Tune in to a range of speakers in the Festival's talk tents and get inspired by a diversity of topics from practical lifestyle ideas to deeper sustainability issues.
hosted by Sustainable Living FoundationFri 20th | 9:00am - 6:00pm
hosted by Sustainable Living FoundationFri 20th | 9:30am - 10:20am 
Nick Ray hosted by Ethical Consumer GroupFri 20th | 10:30am - 11:15am
Frank Fitzgerald-Ryan hosted by Vox BandicootFri 20th | 10:30am - 11:15am
hosted by ArtPlayFri 20th | 10:30am - 11:15am
Alanna Moore hosted by Permaculture IrelandFri 20th | 11:00am - 2:00pm
Carolyn Shurey & Carolyn Pickburn hosted by Nillumbik Shire Council, Edendale Environmental EducationFri 20th | 11:30am - 12:15pm
Maeva & Peter Elliott hosted by Maeva ElliottFri 20th | 11:30am - 12:15pm
Arron Wood hosted by ResourceSmartFri 20th | 11:30am - 12:15pm
Naresh Giangrande & Sophy Banks hosted by Transition CastlemaineFri 20th | 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Tim Forcey hosted by Climate Emergency NetworkFri 20th | 1:00pm - 1:50pm
hosted by FairtradeFri 20th | 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Larissa Brown hosted by Centre for Sustainability LeadershipFri 20th | 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Hilary Bowman, Ben Buchanan hosted by SYN MediaFri 20th | 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Jacques Boulet hosted by Oases Graduate School and Community Learning and Research CentreFri 20th | 2:00pm - 2:50pm
Peter Shepherd-Wilson hosted by Waterwise SystemsFri 20th | 2:00pm - 2:50pm
Brian McLean hosted by Tri Nature Pty LtdFri 20th | 2:00pm - 2:50pm
Cara SandysFri 20th | 2:00pm - 2:50pm
Rob Gell, Amie Green, Brendan Condon, Liz Franzmann & Buzz Thompson hosted by Sustainable Living FoundationFri 20th | 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Yahvinah Morris hosted by SoulvegFri 20th | 2:00pm - 2:50pm
hosted by SLIC: Sustainable Living - Intentional CommunitiesFri 20th | 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Dr. Craig Sommers hosted by The Temple CafeFri 20th | 3:00pm - 3:50pm
Murray Irwin hosted by Environment VictoriaFri 20th | 3:00pm - 3:50pm
Mrs. Noela MacLeod hosted by The Country Women’s Association of Victoria Inc.Fri 20th | 3:00pm - 3:50pm
Alex Fearnside hosted by City of MelbourneFri 20th | 3:00pm - 3:50pm
Frank Fitzgerald-Ryan hosted by Vox BandicootFri 20th | 4:00pm - 4:50pm
hosted by Reconciliation VictoriaFri 20th | 4:00pm - 4:50pm
Brendon Condon & Matt Wright hosted by Climate PositiveFri 20th | 4:00pm - 4:50pm
Petra Kahle, Tamara Griffiths & Mariette Tuohey hosted by Permaculture MelbourneFri 20th | 4:00pm - 4:50pm
Peter Ellyard hosted by TPN TXT the publisher of Designing 2050Fri 20th | 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Mark Doneddu hosted by Vegetarian Network VictoriaFri 20th | 5:00pm - 5:50pm
Leila Greenfield hosted by GreenBloxFri 20th | 5:00pm - 5:50pm
Jan van de Graaff hosted by Sustainability VictoriaFri 20th | 5:00pm - 5:50pm
Richard Paterson hosted by Cool Change Natural Spring WaterFri 20th | 5:00pm - 5:50pm
John Wiseman, Kim Chalmers, Don Henry. Moderator: Alexandra de Blas hosted by Australian Conservation FoundationFri 20th | 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Andrew Partos & Iain Walker hosted by SLIC: Sustainable Living - Intentional CommunitiesSat 21st | 10:00am - 10:50am
Meghan Street hosted by Vegan RevolutionSat 21st | 10:00am - 10:50am
Raphael Siket hosted by ecolibriaSat 21st | 10:00am - 10:50am
Dr Ian McPhail, Matt Ruchel, Hedley Thomson hosted by Victoria Naturally AllianceSat 21st | 10:00am - 11:30am
Mark Di Iorio hosted by GoGreen Creative Pty. LtdSat 21st | 10:30am - 10:50am
Nick Ray hosted by Ethical Consumer GroupSat 21st | 11:00am - 11:50am
Brendan Condon & Giselle Wilkinson hosted by SLIC: Sustainable Living - Intentional CommunitiesSat 21st | 11:00am - 11:50am
hosted by Southern Cross Permaculture InstituteSat 21st | 11:00am - 11:50am
Maeva & Peter Elliott hosted by Maeva ElliottSat 21st | 11:00am - 11:50am
hosted by Young Engineers Australia (YEA) and the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ)Sat 21st | 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Kate Pears hosted by The Clothing ExchangeSat 21st | 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Amelia Young hosted by The Wilderness SocietySat 21st | 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Dave Kennedy hosted by HRV AustraliaSat 21st | 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Adam Grubb hosted by PermablitzSat 21st | 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Sinta Santoso hosted by PrimasoySat 21st | 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Prue Simmons hosted by Conservation VolunteersSat 21st | 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Leonie Duncan hosted by Environment VictoriaSat 21st | 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Maurice Belnat hosted by ecoMasterSat 21st | 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Damien Moyse hosted by Alternative Technology AssociationSat 21st | 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Rachael Maza Long & Deborah Cheetham hosted by Ilbijerri TheatreSat 21st | 1:00pm - 1:50pm
James Neil & Angela Petruzzi hosted by LIVOS AustraliaSat 21st | 2:00pm - 2:50pm
Phil Bourne, Kate Lewer, Isobel Lamont & Peter Cock hosted by SLIC: Sustainable Living - Intentional CommunitiesSat 21st | 2:00pm - 2:50pm
Gay Hawkins hosted by University of NSWSat 21st | 2:00pm - 2:50pm
Matt Wright hosted by Beyond Zero EmissionsSat 21st | 2:00pm - 2:50pm
Sean Willmore hosted by The Thin Green Line FoundationSat 21st | 3:00pm - 3:50pm
The Sorghum Sisters (Siti Ibrahim, Nuria Khalil and Rahma Ibrahim) and Maria Tsopanis hosted by AMESSat 21st | 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Damien Moyse hosted by Alternative Technology AssociationSat 21st | 3:00pm - 3:50pm
Karl Fitzgerald & Ascelin Gordon hosted by Earthsharing AustSat 21st | 3:00pm - 3:50pm
Dr William (Bill) James Metcalf hosted by SLIC: Sustainable Living - Intentional CommunitiesSat 21st | 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Philip Sutton hosted by Climate Emergency NetworkSat 21st | 4:00pm - 4:50pm
David Holmgren hosted by Holmgren Design ServicesSat 21st | 4:00pm - 4:50pm
Samuel Alexander hosted by The Life Poets' Simplicity CollectiveSat 21st | 4:00pm - 4:50pm
hosted by Friends of the Earth Organic Food Co-opSat 21st | 4:30pm - 5:30pm
hosted by Cycling Promotion FundSat 21st | 5:00pm - 5:50pm
Dr Gavin Mudd, Dr Jim Green hosted by Friends of the EarthSat 21st | 5:00pm - 5:50pm
Tim Cotter hosted by AwakeSat 21st | 5:00pm - 5:50pm
Leif Cocks & Hardi Baktiantoro hosted by Australian Orangutan ProjectSat 21st | 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Neesh Wray & Shaun Murray hosted by Westside CRAGSun 22nd | 10:00am - 10:50am
Ben Nicholson hosted by Green Roofs AustraliaSun 22nd | 10:00am - 10:50am
Renato Colangelo hosted by Renato’s Urban Veggie GardensSun 22nd | 10:00am - 10:50am
Anton Vigenser (CEO - Clean Ocean Foundation), Stephen Cannon (President-Watershed Victoria) & Edwin Adamson. Compere - Dominic Gilligan hosted by Victorian Water ForumSun 22nd | 10:00am - 11:15am
Julie Weatherhead hosted by Peppermint Ridge FarmSun 22nd | 11:00am - 11:50am
Tracey Freinberger hosted by Tri Nature Pty LtdSun 22nd | 11:00am - 11:50am
Bridget Gardner hosted by Fresh Green CleanSun 22nd | 11:00am - 11:50am
Mark Wakeham hosted by Environment VictoriaSun 22nd | 11:00am - 11:50am
Monica Weightman hosted by Reconciliation VictoriaSun 22nd | 11:30am - 12:30pm
Giselle Wilkinson & Melanie Chan hosted by SEEDSun 22nd | 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Alan Pears & Dr Peter ChristoffSun 22nd | 12:00pm - 12:50pm
hosted by Sustainable Living - Intentional CommunitiesSun 22nd | 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Paul Fogarty hosted by PermablitzSun 22nd | 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Michelle Brisbane hosted by Ethical Investment ServicesSun 22nd | 12:00pm - 12:50pm
Tim Costello, Cameron Neil & Ian Dawes hosted by World Vision AustraliaSun 22nd | 1:00pm - 2:30pm
hosted by Southern Cross Permaculture InstituteSun 22nd | 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Matthew Wright & Mark Ogge hosted by Beyond Zero EmissionsSun 22nd | 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Michael Grosvenor hosted by Michael Grosvenor ConsultingSun 22nd | 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Hal Tropp hosted by Vegie Curry ManSun 22nd | 1:00pm - 1:50pm
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Gerard MimmoSun 22nd | 2:00pm - 2:50pm
Jennifer Joi Field hosted by Cultural MappingSun 22nd | 2:00pm - 2:50pm
Peta Christensen hosted by Cultivating CommunitySun 22nd | 2:00pm - 2:50pm
Elliot Fishman hosted by Institute for Sensible TransportSun 22nd | 2:00pm - 2:50pm
Matt Wright hosted by Beyond Zero EmissionsSun 22nd | 2:00pm - 2:50pm
Lish Fejer & Sean Fitzgerald hosted by Sustainability VictoriaSun 22nd | 3:00pm - 3:50pm
Fay Loveland, Sean Walsh, Marita Finch and Caroline Higgins hosted by Fay Loveland, Sean Walsh, Marita Finch and Caroline HigginsSun 22nd | 3:00pm - 3:50pm
Story Tellers: Rabbi Shamir Caplan (Jewish), Brian Powel (Aboriginal), Julie Perrins (Christian), Geoff Berry (Spiritual Seeker), Anthony Foster (Buddhist), Yasser Soliman (Muslim). Panellists: Br Tahir Usmaan (Muslim), Cath James (Uniting Church), Dr. Jo-anne Hughson (Hindu), Anne Boyd (Catholic), Rabbi Jonathan Keren-Black (Jewish). Moderator: Barney Zwartz hosted by GreenFaith AustraliaSun 22nd | 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Janet Stanley hosted by Monash Sustainability InstituteSun 22nd | 3:00pm - 3:50pm
Chris Loader hosted by Bus Association VictoriaSun 22nd | 3:00pm - 3:50pm
Paul Wildman hosted by KalgroveSun 22nd | 3:00pm - 3:50pm
Cecilia Macaulay hosted by Cecilia MacaulaySun 22nd | 4:00pm - 4:50pm
Frank Fisher & Anthony James hosted by National Centre for Sustainability Swinburne University of TechnologySun 22nd | 4:00pm - 4:50pm
Daryl Taylor hosted by integralevolutionSun 22nd | 4:00pm - 4:50pm
Madeline Laurenson & Pat Arundell hosted by Rain Gardens Australia Pty LtdSun 22nd | 4:00pm - 4:50pm