CO₂ - Kick The Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy is the theme of the 2008 World Environment Day. From 9:00am to 4:00pm on Sunday 1 June 2008 at the PCYC on Maryborough Street in Bundaberg you'll find local food and drink, energy efficient & renewable energy products, local community organisations, live entertainment, tons of environmental and alternative energy displays, workshops on everything from solar cooking to no dig gardening, and all the free mulch you can legally carry! Also, don't miss your chance to win a Solatube 250mm skylight, fully installed in your home, from Allsafe Energy Efficient Products - valued at $500!

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Inside the PCYC, check out a film about sustainability or learn from experts talking about the environment, climate change, waste and recycling and more. Entry to the Bundaberg 2008 World Environment Day Celebration is FREE! Best of all, we'll be offsetting the day's emissions so the entire event will be carbon neutral! Sponsored by the Burnett Mary Regional Group, 93.1 Sea FM, Naturechain Magazine, Duffy's City Buses, the Bundaberg Bugle and Allsafe Energy Efficient Products.

Kick the CO₂ Habit by walking, biking, carpooling or riding the bus to World Environment Day! The 10,000 Steps/LeadOn walk from the library to the PCYC begins at 9am (see flyer for more details), and FREE Duffy's Bus rides head out from Bargara and Branyan State School starting at 9! (View the full timetable) Organising your own carpool, walk or bike ride to World Environment Day? Be sure to let us know!

INDOOR SCHEDULE:
9a Movie End of Suburbia
10:30a Indigenous Leader & Mayor Welcome to Country/Mayor's Open
11a Alison Rickert, ACF Australia's Inconvenient Truth
12p Local School Kids Presentations
12:30p Fiona Waterhouse, FEX The Financial & Energy Exchange
1p Rick Haywood, WPSQ Protecting Our Natural Environment
1:30p James Stanfield, Waste Mgm't Waste & Recycling in the Bundaberg Region
2p Entire Panel Question and Answer Session
2:40p Movie The Power of Community (Cuba)

OUTDOOR SCHEDULE:
9a Brock & Emma (Music Marquee)
9a No Dig Garden Demo (Community Garden Marquee)
9:45a Something About Fire (Music Marquee)
9:45a Earthpulse Solar Demo (Basketball Courts)
11:15a Roadmasters (Music Marquee)
11:15a Solar Cooking Demo (Scout Camp)
12p Justin Hansen (Music Marquee)
12p Solar Boat Race Demo (St. Luke's Boat Pond)
12:30p James Stanfield Mulch Demo (Waste Svcs. Truck)
12:45p Trevor Glass, Mint Leaf: The Importance of Local Food (Music Marquee)
1:15p BMRG Marquee Earthtrade Launch (Music Marquee)
1:45p Ben Penna & The Journey (Music Marquee)
2:45p Randal Ing & Friends (Music Marquee)
3:30p Five Days Late (Music Marquee)

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Workshops, displays and activities:
Mulch Madness: All the free mulch you can legally carry, May 31 & June 1 at all Bundaberg Region Waste Management facilities and June 1 at the PCYC (click for details)
10,000 Steps Walk from the Library to the PCYC beginning at 9am (see flyer)
FREE round trip bus rides provided by Duffy's City Buses

Participating Organisations:
SustainaBundy, BMRG, Bundaberg Landcare, Hinkler-Burnett Greens, Bundaberg Community Development, Bundaberg Community Garden Project, Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland (Bundaberg Branch), Bundaberg District Scouts, 10,000 Steps, local Rural Fire Brigades, and more!

DOWNLOAD THE COMPLETE PROGRAMME OF EVENTS HERE. (820kb)