Upcycled Sun Catchers – Birkenhead
Come and join us for this EcoFest and school holidays event! In this workshop, our friends from The ReCreators, will show you how to create vibrant Sun Catchers, which can…
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Come and join us for this EcoFest and school holidays event! In this workshop, our friends from The ReCreators, will show you how to create vibrant Sun Catchers, which can…
🪴🎨 Get creative with New Lynn Community Hub these school holidays 🌱🖌️ Paint your own design on a terracotta pot, with optional microgreen planting. Afterwards, it's yours to keep 🧑🎨💭…
🌸Get creative and go green at our Kids Craft Workshop! 🌸 Join us at SUSTAINABLE PAPAKURA for a fun, hands‑on session where tamariki turn EVERYDAY SCRAP RESOURCES into an item…
Enjoy a guided tasting of carefully selected organic wines, paired with an introduction to sustainable wine-making practices. This relaxed and informative session offers an opportunity to learn more about how…
Make a seasonal wheel and learn what and when you can grow and eat. Facilitated by Gardens4Health.
Pick 'N' Mix Textiles for Adults & Teens Support sustainability and get creative with the Thread Exchange! 🪡 This hands‑on programme encourages the re‑use of fabric and showcases how fun…
Celebrate Ecofest at Botany Library! Support the re-use of textiles with the Thread Exchange. Cut out a sewing project with a specialised machine, and assemble the project in the library…
Journeys We Have Travelled brings together five Auckland-based artists — Louise Clement, Tracye Eriksen, Leanne Gibbons, Ellen von Collas and Tracey McKeown Working primarily with recycled and repurposed materials, the artists transform discarded…
🧵Complete those projects or learn to mend together!🧵 Got a tear, a button missing or a rip you’ve been ignoring? Trying to find motivation to finally use that cute sewing…
Florence Saves Clothes will combine a Westmere garage and the fun mobile mending van into a pop-up ‘open studio’ space from April 17 to 20. Come and learn more about…
Enjoy a guided tasting of carefully selected organic wines, paired with an introduction to sustainable wine-making practices. This relaxed and informative session offers an opportunity to learn more about how…
Join us to learn how to make your own terrarium! (Suitable for kids aged 7–12 years) We’ll start with a short introduction, then you can create your own using the…
Show your care for the environment by what you wear! Learn core jewellery techniques, and show off your skills by designing and creating unique jewellery from local beachcombed sea glass…
Join us at Kelmarna Community Farm for this weekend-long hands on earth building intro. A cob oven is an excellent introduction to earth building materials and methods, all transferable to…
Let kids unleash their creativity these school holidays by crafting their own stick-bound notebook! Using simple materials, they’ll make and decorate a unique notebook inspired by the outdoors. They can…
🌿 Create Your Own Herbal Balm Learn how to make your own soothing herbal balm for cuts, scrapes, dry skin and everyday irritations in this hands-on workshop. Guided by medical…
Got a broken appliance or a hole in your favourite garment? Bring it to our free Repair Café at Tāmaki Zero Waste Hub! Our skilled fixers will help troubleshoot and…
Florence Saves Clothes will combine a Westmere garage and the fun mobile mending van into a pop-up ‘open studio’ space from April 17 to 20. Come and learn more about…
Spend your Saturday morning overlooking the Waitematā Harbour, learning the art of raranga in a welcoming, beginner-friendly environment. These pop-up weaving workshops offer tamariki, rangatahi, and whānau a hands-on introduction…
Step inside the multi award-winning urban gallery of Lisa Watkins, better known as MyShinyMadness. For EcoFest 2026, Lisa opens her own Urban Sustainability Gallery — a rare indoor and outdoor…
Enjoy a guided tasting of carefully selected organic wines, paired with an introduction to sustainable wine-making practices. This relaxed and informative session offers an opportunity to learn more about how…
💄 Natural Lipstick & Lip Gloss Making Create your own natural lipstick and lip gloss using nourishing ingredients such as cocoa butter, vitamin E and plant-based pigments. Choose between beeswax…
Join us to explore options for more sustainable substrates, materials and processes that we can use in our art making. Supported by Waiuku Zero Waste, we will look at a…
Sorry this event has been cancelled. Make zines about the climate, sustainability, eco-consciousness and more with the Albert Eden Climate Action Network.
Give your old clothing a new life in this creative, hands-on upcycling workshop! You’ll learn how to transform a T-shirt into a stylish and practical book bag, while also picking…
Celebrate EcoFest and the school holidays at Botany Library! Turn rubbish into an out-of-this-world alien UFO using recycled cup lids 🛸 A fun, eco-friendly craft that shows how recycling can…
Florence Saves Clothes will combine a Westmere garage and the fun mobile mending van into a pop-up ‘open studio’ space from April 17 to 20. Come and learn more about…
Join us at Rānui Library for a fun, hands on Seed Bomb Workshop as part of EcoFest 🌍🌿 In this relaxed and creative session, you’ll learn how to make seed…
Enjoy a guided tasting of carefully selected organic wines, paired with an introduction to sustainable wine-making practices. This relaxed and informative session offers an opportunity to learn more about how…
Who lives around the kauri tree? Kauri snail, pīwakawaka and perching lily! Learn about these and other kauri friends, then create your own out of self-drying clay. Join Pest Free Kaipātiki and Birkenhead library for a…
Join us for an evening of live music celebrating the release of SW4CA Vol. 3 Album - Rangatahi addition! Enjoy acoustic performances with an environmental theme from our aspiring youth…
Journeys We Have Travelled brings together five Auckland-based artists — Louise Clement, Tracye Eriksen, Leanne Gibbons, Ellen von Collas and Tracey McKeown Working primarily with recycled and repurposed materials, the artists transform discarded…
The West Auckland Resource Centre is delighted to bring you Eco-Threads once again. Fill a box full of fabric for $5 and load up on free swatches for your next…
Florence Saves Clothes will combine a Westmere garage and the fun mobile mending van into a pop-up ‘open studio’ space from April 17 to 20. Come and learn more about…
Celebrate community, connection, and creativity at the launch of the Waiuku Zero Waste UFO (UnFinished Object) Crafting Circle. This welcoming space is for anyone with half-finished craft projects waiting patiently…
Journeys We Have Travelled brings together five Auckland-based artists — Louise Clement, Tracye Eriksen, Leanne Gibbons, Ellen von Collas and Tracey McKeown Working primarily with recycled and repurposed materials, the artists transform discarded…
Journeys We Have Travelled brings together five Auckland-based artists — Louise Clement, Tracye Eriksen, Leanne Gibbons, Ellen von Collas and Tracey McKeown Working primarily with recycled and repurposed materials, the artists transform discarded…
Step inside the multi award-winning urban gallery of Lisa Watkins, better known as MyShinyMadness. For EcoFest 2026, Lisa opens her own Urban Sustainability Gallery — a rare indoor and outdoor…
Enjoy a guided tasting of carefully selected organic wines, paired with an introduction to sustainable wine-making practices. This relaxed and informative session offers an opportunity to learn more about how…
The West Auckland Resource Centre is delighted to bring you Eco-Threads once again. Fill a box full of fabric for $5 and load up on free swatches for your next…
This event has been postponed to Sunday 3rd May 2026. Ready to clear the clutter and uncover some local treasures? Join us for The Great Exchange, Waiheke’s celebration of sustainability…