EcoTown
The Melbourne Home Show team is excited to present EcoTown, an interactive and educational feature focusing on sustainability and making homes more eco-friendly! Learn how to make more sustainable choices, whether you’re buying new furniture, renovating a kitchen, or building a whole new home!
EcoTown Demonstration Area
Want to learn how you can make every room in your home more sustainable? Then visit the EcoTown demonstration area for live presentations from industry experts.
ECOTOWN AMBASSADOR - WOMBAT
Wombat is a self-confessed sustainability nut who lives on the South Coast of New South Wales. As a kid he spent as much time outdoors in the environment as he could, but it wasn’t until he had kids of his own that he started to wonder if we were doing enough to keep this planet pumping.
So, as any pondering man would, Wombat challenged himself to live a life with as little impact on the earth as possible. He even lived off the grid in a shipping container for 2 years, with no connection to power, water or sewer.
The idea was to show people that it was possible to live like this; and encourage others to do the same. But he soon realised this wasn’t realistic for most people and he needed to find something everyone could do, something that was relatively easy and accessible.
Now, he travels with our Home Shows (among other things), sharing his wealth of knowledge, tips and advice for the everyday household. Wombat is passionate about encouraging others that it is possible to live a life using sustainable; recycled & upcycled materials. His home renovation is currently underway using just these reusable materials.
Wombat is so excited to meet you in EcoTown, to share his own experiences with like-minded people and advise you on some of the best sustainability life-hacks for your own homes.
EcoTown Timetable
Up to date as at 13 April 2022, subject to change.
10:30am
Tim Renwick, Jodie Hartley, Brett Millington, and Liz Ritchie | Independent Builders NetworkThe Grass is always Greener: Making the Move to Country Victoria
11:30am
Michele Tardini | Australian Institute of Building BiologyHow to Create a Healthy Home
12:30pm
Wombat - EcoTown AmbassadorHome Show Grown with Wombat
1:30pm
Kirsteen Macleod | The Compost DepotAn Introduction to Composting
2:30pm
Ashton Edgley | Hive to Hive BeekeepingWhat's the Buzz?
3:30pm
Wombat - BinfluencerWombat Talks Rubbish - Recycling Right
4:30pm
Fiona Parry-Jones | Graphenstone Paint & Certified Partner of Sensitive ChoiceSustainable Tips to Consider Before Your Build or Reno
5:30pm
Ami Bateman | Pleasant StateThe Cleaning Revolution
6:30pm
Ashton Edgley | Hive to Hive BeekeepingWhat's the Buzz?
10:30am
Tim Renwick, Jodie Hartley, Brett Millington, and Liz Ritchie | Independent Builders NetworkThe Grass is always Greener: Making the Move to Country Victoria
11:30am
Ashton Edgley | Hive to Hive BeekeepingWhat's the Buzz?
12:30pm
Wombat - EcoTown AmbassadorHome Show Grown with Wombat
1:30pm
Louis Walmsley | Monash Precious PlasticsWhy we think plastic is precious & how to treat it
2:30pm
Kirsteen Macleod | The Compost DepotWorm Farming for Beginners
3:30pm
Wombat - BinfluencerWombat Talks Rubbish - Recycling Right
10:30am
Tim Renwick, Jodie Hartley, Brett Millington, and Liz Ritchie | Independent Builders NetworkThe Grass is always Greener: Making the Move to Country Victoria
11:30am
Ami Bateman | Pleasant StateThe Cleaning Revolution
12:30pm
Wombat - EcoTown AmbassadorHome Show Grown with Wombat
1:30pm
Andrew Little, Darren Christie & Colin Buckler | iHemp VictoriaThe Wonders of Hemp
2:30pm
Dhruv Iver | Australian Energy FoundationEnergy Efficient Tips for your Home
3:30pm
Wombat - BinfluencerWombat Talks Rubbish - Recycling Right
ECOTOWN RESIDENTS
More residents moving in daily!
AEF
Stand K14The Australian Energy Foundation is leading the way to an equitable zero carbon society. They accelerate the energy transition by empowering communities to take action.
Through their energy expertise, tenacity, and partnerships, they demonstrate the pathways to a zero carbon society,
influence and inspire to build understanding, investment and action and deliver solutions that have a positive impact.
They are practical visionaries; a national for-purpose organisation whose work benefits all Australians.
Australian Institute of Building Biology
The Australian Institute of Building Biology aims to encourage like-minded individuals to connect with each other, offer education online, through workshops and community events and assist the public with referrals to building biologists throughout Australia.
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The Compost Depot
Stand K12The Compost Depot is dedicated to trying to stop food scraps from getting into landfill, by offering compost drop off stations.
They believe that food scraps should be given back to the Earth and not to landfill.
Hive to Hive Beekeeping
Come and visit Ashton Edgley at EcoTown and discover some fun facts about beekeeping!
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iHemp Victoria Inc.
Stand L17Building with hemp is an environmental solution to other building materials, fast growing and more product per tonne than forest timbers creating sustainable and recyclable building materials such as: concrete, composite wood alternatives and natural fibre insulation.
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Pleasant State
Pleasant State's revolutionary concentrated bars dissolve in water to create effective, non-toxic and plastic-free multi-purpose, bathroom and glass cleaning products.
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Precious Plastic Monash
Stand L15Precious Plastic Monash's mission is to reduce plastic pollution by building and empowering a global community to use plastic as a precious resource. They have a strong commitment to community, education and design.
Vegepod
Vegepd is the world's number one contained, self-watering, raised garden bed. For easy and effective garden growing!
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