Kin: The Inner West sustainable futures festival

Name: Kin: The Inner West sustainable futures festival
Start: 2024-11-24T11:30:00+11:00
End: 2024-11-24T17:00:00+11:00
Location: Temple on the Park

Schedule

Sun Nov 24 2024 at 11:30 am to 05:00 pm

UTC+11:00

Location

Temple on the Park | Alexandria, NS

KIN is a day of interaction with art, music, and workshops, harnessing the momentum that already exists within us; that which allows us to 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺, and 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. KIN is created for members of the Inner West who are concerned about the climate and environmental crises and would like to connect with and share a creative space around this issue with likeminded others in their local community. KIN reminds us of our connection to each other + place, the ways these connections shape our context and understanding of our past, our present, and will shape our future.
Since our first KIN event last year, we have offered a program of actions, spaces, events + initiatives, to share ideas and emotion, support projects, and foster relationships that support a network of climate concerned peoples. We have been an amplification of the movement through the spaces we create, the events we hold + the embodiment of our values.
We will be offering art and music from 11:30am - 5pm and hope everyone can join us at 12pm for the Welcome to Country led by local Aboriginal Elder Aunty Jo. We will also be running the following workshops. Please order a general entry ticket plus a special ticket on the next page for any of the workshops you would like to attend that have limited capacity:
- 12.30-2pm: Weaving Workshop with Gadigal Elder Aunty Jo (limited seats): Drop in to a weaving circle led by local elder Aunty Joanne Selfe to learn to warurabunga (make string). A cultural practitioner, a holder of sky knowledge, and master grass weaver, Aunty Joanne Selfe uses the cultural practice of weaving to share her understanding of complex Indigenous knowledge systems. She shares her knowledge through the stories and cultural practices she was taught by her mother, Elders and community knowledge holders.
- 12:30-1:30pm: Waste Free and Vegan Cooking Workshop (unlimited): A fun and informative demonstration of preservation techniques and cooking methods and secrets with local queer chefs, Fallon and Emily. Taste tests abound!
- 2-3pm: Community Networking Event (unlimited): There are so many people concerned about the climate crisis in our local community and this is a chance to get to know them, including their interests, concerns and hopes in relation to the climate crisis. The recent Covid crisis highlighted the value of our neighbours and local community in the face of a crisis and who also knows what solutions and innovations lay in the untapped resource of our local hivemind!
- 3-3.30pm: Meditation class with Tibetan Buddhist Meditation teacher Liam Terris (limited seats): Building resilience is essential when living through the climate crisis and the practice of meditation has shown to have extensive benefits on mental health and well-being. Research has also shown that meditation practice improves engagement in sustainable behaviours and reduces consumption. This class will be led by local Rigpa meditation teacher Liam Terris.
-3.30-4pm: Laughing Yoga with Mao (limited spaces): Laughter yoga is a practice of breathing, light movement and connecting with others to enable relaxation and joy. It is a practice enabling us to laugh without jokes, one that engages our brain rather than our minds. It helps relieve our body of stress, breathing and connecting with one another with our eyes. Laughing Yoga is part of our resilience program, creating endorphins, well-being and enhancing connection without consumerism to support ourselves and communities during this time of crisis. This event will be held outdoors in Camperdown park so will be cancelled/rescheduled if it rains.
- 3-4.30pm: Introduction to Social Permaculture with Lea Nagel (limited seats): Lea draws on 6 years of practice in remote Brazil to share this workshop designed to give participants an easy and fast general understanding of Permaculture as a holistic practical life philosophy and not just the simplistic and reduced interpretation of an organic farming system. You will learn about the 3 ethical principles and the 7 areas of life, based on the Flower of Permaculture created by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren.
If you miss out on a ticket for any of the limited seated workshops we will be creating a waitlist. Please send an email to [email protected] and let us know your name and what workshop you would like to go on the waitlist for.
We will also be holding two short lightning talks between 3.30 and 4pm. For the first, Mamoon will talk to us about 'Home Electrification' and the second will be on 'The Power of Social Norms and Social Diffusion' by Clinical Psychologist and founder of What Can I Do? Australia, Felicity Jefferson.
Free cacao will be available for attendees arriving between 11.30am-1pm, while free tea and coffee will be on provided for 11.30am-4.30pm. We will be selling vegan wraps for those wanting to have lunch on site. Please bring a keep cup and a plate/cutlery to help reduce waste.
This is a free event. However, if you are in the position to pay it forward, we kindly suggest a donation of $10-$100. All donations go towards supporting future free events as part of our Inner West Climate Community Program that focuses on building connection, resilience and empowerment around the issue of the climate crisis in the Inner West of Sydney. The hosts of this event, What Can I Do? Australia are a 100% volunteer run, grassroots and not for profit organisation.
Accessibility: The space is wheelchair accessible, find one of our volunteers on the day to help lay out the ramp for the front door at Temple on the Park or contact us at [email protected] before the day.
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Fran Middleton @franmiddleton
Ilaria Mita @imoncym
Monica Pronk @monicaprinkphotography
Sophia Fleming @soapydishes
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Cover graphic features the work of Sophia Fleming ‘Half a mind’ (2023)

We acknowledge that this land area traditionally belonged to the Gadigal + Wangal peoples of the Eora nation, and their nonhuman kin, who have an intrinsic connection to the land and have cared for country for over 60,000 years before colonisation. These are lands of continuous Indigenous reclamation, and resurgence.