EcoTown
The Brisbane 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 build 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.
Below is September 2021 timetable.
Our February 2022 timetable will be released closer to the Show date, check back soon!
EcoTown MC
Paula Lancaster, Envirotech EducationPaula is passionate about the skills Envirotech can teach to restore and conserve marine habitats. Additionally, the understanding of what sustainability actually means is a passion of Paula’s, as prior to her joining Envirotech she thought environmental sustainability was about the “trees”! Paula believes strongly in building relationships with industry to certify that Envirotech’s teaching is current and to ensure diverse and real information and advice for their students.
10:00am
Sustainability qualificationsEnvirotech Education
10:30am
How to live a sustainable lifeAqualess
11:30am
Easy composting without wormsDCS Compost
12:30pm
What's all the buzz about bees?Nativo Bees
1:30pm
Making the most of your subtropical food gardenSustainable Cuisine
2:30pm
Hempcrete - For a healthy homeResolute Construction Solutions
EcoTown Residents - September 2021
Amaroo Eco
Amaroo Eco was created to present a range of environmental friendly products that will save you time and money.
It all started with trying to get chemicals away from cleaning your home and work place.
Aqualess
It’s time for a different approach to garden watering.
Given the challenges confronting us with climate change, we have to be much more efficient in the use of our scarce water resources. Aqualess introduces WaterUps® - it provides the perfect solution for saving water in gardens and growing healthy plants.
Direct Compost Solutions
Direct Compost Solutions deliver a clever composting system with the Compot, an ideal solution for anyone with a small garden or who generates only a small amount of kitchen waste.
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Eco Marketplace
ECO Marketplace is the online home of environmentally friendly products in Australia. They take the guesswork out of shopping for products that are safe for consumers and the environment.
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Envirotech Education
The Envirotech Sustainability Faculty is dedicated to making sustainability an important driver for business growth. Envirotech is currently one of a handful of education institutions in Australia offering the Diploma of Sustainable Operations and related environmental courses, passionate about sustainability they are constantly developing new courses involving sustainability.
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Everything Bamboo
Everything Bamboo's aim is not only to make it a business but to help protecting our living environment by using more natural sustainable resources. Bamboo is one of the world's most prolific and fast-growing plants which will help saving trees and reversing some of the devastating effects of global pollution and warming.
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Nativo Bees
Nativo Bees is an experienced native bee company based in Brisbane, ready to supply beehive box, colonies, native bee honey, and pollination service. Nativo Bees specialize in bee biology, we understand the bees' life, their necessities and their interactions with the environment.
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Norwex
Norwex® microfibre offers proven cleaning and personal care solutions to eliminate not only harmful, chemical-laden cleaners from the home, but single-use disposables like paper towels, floor pads and wipes. Great for the environment, saving time, money and your families health.
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Propre Australia
Welcome to the future of cleaning! Propre is a complete range of Australian made and owned, ECO friendly, toxic free, effective cleaning concentrated products.
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RePodder
This World First Home Coffee Capsule Recycler is set to reduce your carbon footprint while you continue enjoying the convenience of quality capsule coffee at home. rePodder™ will process ANY brand of Nespresso-compatible aluminium coffee pod (capsule).
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Resolute Construction Solutions
Resolute Construction Solutions Pty Ltd was founded in 2018 to provide training, materials and construction solutions using healthy and sustainable building systems and products.
Using hemp and rice straw, natural limes and water to create stunning and healthy living spaces limited only by imagination.
Sustainable Cuisine
Sustainable Cuisine is a boutique plant nursery and demonstration garden on the Sunshine Coast. They grow a wide range of subtropical plants- most of them with a culinary purpose! They love educating gardeners on what to do with these ingredients and get excited about sharing their passion for making delicious dishes from homegrown produce.
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