EcoFair 2010 Attractions

There were lots of ways that people of all ages could have fun and participate in the 2010 EcoFair, including activities, entertainment, information and displays, food and drinks, competitions and stalls to buy sustainable goods and services. Listed below are just some of the many attractions which could be enjoyed whatever the weather. 

Activities

Most activities were available all day long at the 2010 EcoFair.  

Here are some of the activities provided especially for children:

• Collages and Decoupage - making beautiful, useful storage boxes and folders.
• Colouring a topical picture.
• Decorating a shopping bag – with weaving, flowers, leaves and much more.
• Making Green Man masks.

• Making Willow crowns and wands.
• Taking part in a quiz.
• Making the biggest junk model ever.
• Card making competition.
• Making a musical instrument and playing it in our orchestra.

But fun is not just for children; for the adults we had:

• A Driving Simulator - challenging your driving skills.
• Planting a salad.
• Candle rolling.
• Making cork table-mats.
• Green tips competition.
• Card making competition.

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Entertainment

   

There was entertainment at the EcoFair throughout the day. Download the programme. The entertainments included:-

• Music.
• Drama.
• Story telling.
• A talk on home energy generation.
• Short films to watch.
  
• Growing your own fresh air.
  
• Gardener's question time.
• A talk on waste and its effect on climate change.
• A talk on permaculture.
• A talk on planting an edible basket.

A bar was available all day.            

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Demonstrations, Information and Displays

The public was invited to come and find out about all things planet-friendly. There were demonstrations and displays available on the following topics:

• Demonstration bee hive - what bees do and how they do it.  From South Gloucestershire Beekeepers.
• Keeping chickens - a hands-on opportunity. By Jules Moore, a local smallholder.
• Learn how to compost successfully. From the Thornbury Composting group.
• Willow Weaving. A chance to see how to make hurdles and other garden structures. Given by Winterbourne Willows.
• Dr Bike, cycle maintenance and safety checks, sales of safety gear, cycling advice and lessons. From South Gloucestershire Council Road Safety team.
• Pole lathe and shave horse, as seen on BBC's Mastercrafts.
• Green woodworking and log splitting.
  
• Pencil making.
• Basket making.
• Dying yarn using woodland products by Ricia Banther. 
• Plant an edible basket and soil testing, by Jo Wright.
• Toys and trucks from recycled wood, by the Sheiling School.
• Making things from old jeans, by Castle School.
• Green power car project, from Marlwood School.
  

There was also information about:

                   

• Sustainable and alternative energy.
• Energy saving.
• Carbon reduction from 10:10.
• Love food, hate waste campaign.
• A new look at gift giving.
• Street lighting survey by Thornbury Town Council.
• Organic gardening advice.
  
• Direct investment in third world projects.

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Food and drinks

     

Food and drinks were available through most of the day, including:- 

• Organic coffee, tea and pastries from a wind-and-solar-powered cart throughout the day from Greenbean Mobile Coffee Company.
• Light lunches and snacks provided by Romy Gill from locally sourced ingredients.
• Alcoholic and soft drinks and nibbles throughout the day and into the evening from the Chantry bar, including local organic beer and lager.
• Freshly made Organic popcorn from the Thornbury Round Table.
• Healthy snacks from Thornbury Organic Co-op.
  

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Trade stalls

There were plenty of stalls where you could buy sustainable goods and services. Sustainable Thornbury wants to promote local sustainable businesses, and a selection of these businesses were selling their goods at the EcoFair.

We invited selected local traders to sell a range of ecological products typical of those on the market. We asked that the goods on sale should be ethically produced and fairly traded, use a minimum of energy in their production and distribution, and have minimum impact on the earth's resources in their materials. While we believe all the traders featured adhere to these principles, they are, of course, not the only traders who do so.

The following traders were at the 2010 EcoFair:-