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December 7, 2023

World Environment Day Festival on again in M’bah

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Cartoon of Pitts Family Circus. Image supplied.
Cartoon of Pitts Family Circus. Image supplied.

Looking for a fun day out that helps save the environment? Then get along to the Caldera Environment Centre’s annual World Environment Day Festival on Sunday 4 June.

Steve Harris the CEO from ENOVA, the community owned electricity retailer, will be speaking and answering questions about the industry. With close to 2,500 customers ENOVA is the industry leader in offering 12 cents per Kilowatt hour. You will be able to find out what new plans they are working on to support local energy generation.

Connecting people to nature is the theme for the UN world environment day and it invites you to think about how we are part of nature and how intimately we depend on it.

Andrew Price and Kacey Clifford from the Tyalgum Energy Project are bringing two alternative electric bikes for people to look at and Greg Reid from Tweed CAN (Tweed Climate Action Now) will provide the latest information about solar generation.

There will be informative hands on workshops provided by Tweed Shire Council, a kids space and the Hoopla Kids circus. Music from Taraf Tambal, a Balkan Gypsy band, and local bands Monkey and The Fish and Broadfoot, plus The Pitts Family Circus, whose newest one-year-old addition to the troupe, has already been part of several performances, when in the right mood!

Get along to Knox Park, Murwillumbah from 10am-3pm Sunday 4 June, weather permitting, for a great environmentally friendly family day.


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