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S3E5: Cairns Ecofiesta - fun, friendship & eco inspiration with Dan Walton Cairns EcoFiesta
- 2025/04/09
- 再生時間： 27 分
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In this episode of Food Waste Matters, we head to the stunning tropical city of Cairns, home to the Great Barrier Reef and the lush wet tropics rainforest. Our guest, Dan Walton, shares insights into Cairns Eco Fiesta—Queensland’s largest sustainability festival—and how it's driving real change in the community.Key Topics Discussed:What is Cairns Eco Fiesta?A free community festival focused on sustainability, running for 10years.Features hands-on workshops, clean technology displays, local food, and interactive family activities.Sustainability Initiatives & Waste Reduction"Wash Against Waste": A large-scale reusable crockerysystem that has dramatically cut event waste.How the festival’s focus has shifted from just recycling to waste uavoidance as the top priority.Mainstreaming Sustainability ("Mainstreaming Green")How making sustainability fun and accessible encourages behaviour change.The role of festivals in spreading eco-friendly practices beyond the core "green" audience.Cairns Council & Regional CollaborationCouncil’s role in supporting sustainable initiatives and providing a platform for community engagement.Partnering with regional councils and environmental agencies to expand Eco Fiesta’s impact.What’s Next for Eco Fiesta?Plans for Eco Week, extending the festival’s reach throughsatellite events.Expanding collaborations and potential new event formats to bring more people into the "sustainability circle."Final Takeaways:Cairns Eco Fiesta proves that sustainability can be engaging,educational, and fun. By prioritising waste avoidance and community participation, it sets a benchmark for eco-conscious events.As always, if you have questions, feedback, or a storyabout how you’re reducing food waste, we’d love to hear from you. Drop us an email at foodwastematters@honeyandfox.com.au. About Dan Walton:Dan is a sustainability officer at Cairns RegionalCouncil. Raised on an off-grid farm in Far North Queensland, Dan has over 20 years experience in local government sustainability and cut his teeth at Tweed Shire Council in Northern NSW. While at Tweed he put the implemented the in the council’s Health Safety and Environment System and ran community programs such as the Tweed Solar Neighbourhood Scheme, household retrofit programs and catchment management education. More recently his work at Cairns Regional Council has included the creation of a Nature-based Learning Grant to help get more school students on excursions to the Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics Rainforest and Cairns Ecofiesta, Council’s main community engagement event around all things sustainable. Linkshttps://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/experience-cairns/events/ecofiestahttps://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/486754/CRC-Wash-Against-Waste.pdfhttps://www.honeyandfox.com.au/https://thegreatunwaste.com.au/https://endfoodwaste.com.au/ Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/honey_and_fox/https://www.instagram.com/foodwastematters_podcast/https://www.instagram.com/endfoodwasteaus/https://www.instagram.com/thegreatunwaste/ Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/EcoEventsCairns/https://www.facebook.com/HoneyandFox/https://www.facebook.com/EndFoodWasteAus/https://www.facebook.com/thegreatunwaste/ LinkedInhttps://au.linkedin.com/company/honey-&-fox-pty-ltdhttps://au.linkedin.com/company/endfoodwasteaus