Planet:Home – A Sustainable Living Festival, this Saturday

Did you know that we have one of the best sustainable living resources in the city right here in Northeast Seattle?  Well, now you do! And they’re having a festival this Saturday, chock-full of green learning opportunities.

Sustainable NE Seattle is hosting Planet : Home – A Sustainable Living Festival this Saturday, August 21st, from 10am-5pm at the Hunter Tree Farm (7744 35th Ave NE).

Event description, from the Sustainable NE Seattle website:

Free workshops, speakers, food, live music, demonstrations, hands-on science and art activities for kids! Come learn how you can reduce your environmental footprint and share your experiences in trying to live more sustainably! Learn about solar cooking, bicycle repair (bring your bike!), cheese-making, weatherizing your home, growing your own tea (bring a cup!), sod replacement, worm bins, bee-keeping, tool repair (bring your tools!), edible landscaping, knowledge-sharing with community elders, rain gardens, and much much more. Take home ideas for environmentally-friendly living and maybe win some eco products to help you on your way.

Morning schedule includes:

• Annette Cottrell – SustainableEats.com
• Tom Watson, King County’s eco-consumer – incorporating recycled materials into your garden
• Rob Stevens of Puget Sound Beekeepers Association – beekeeping basics
• Emily Bishton of Green Light Gardening – gardening for wildlife
• Heidi Mair – herbal and medicinal gardens
• Julianne Jaz – dye gardens
• James Reichstadt – cheese making demonstration

Afternoon schedule includes:

• Linda Chalker-Scott, WSU Extension Specialist for Urban Horticulture and author of ‘The Informed Gardner” – Q&A on soil building and other garden topics
• Barry Lia of the Washington Biodynamic Group – biodynamic gardening techniques
• Wilson Atteberry – Washington State renewable energy incentives
• Jenny Pell of Permaculture Now! – permaculture techniques
• Janine Van Sanden – no waste living
• Lacia Lynne Bailey of Seattle Farm Co-op – goats

Cheese making? Fixing your own bike? Live music? FOOD? PRIZES?!

Eh, they had me at “cheese.”