Sustainable Coastlines | Events | Waterfront Workshops

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Sustainable Coastlines and Waterfront Auckland proudly present Workshops on the Waterfront. These free workshops are aimed at five to twelve year olds and their parents, offering fun learning experiences delivered through practical workshops. The activities always commence with educational presentations and then proceed to instructive demonstrations that teach hands-on skills for creating useful products out of waste items. Examples are shown to motivate children to come up with their own ideas for putting the value back into otherwise-discarded objects. All project materials and tools are supplied.

Upcoming workshops

Workshops will run for just under two hours and there will be two sessions running per workshop date: one starting at 11am and another at 1pm. Register online to secure your spot now, as these workshops have a limited capacity.

The workshops are run from the Sustainable Coastlines Education Station, our modified shipping container that serves as a mobile classroom, which will be situated on Jellicoe Street (outside the Viaduct Events Centre) at the Wynyard Quarter on Auckland CBD’s Waterfront for all of the workshops. Simply register online and turn-up at your workshop session time and date. The next workshop is on:

Sunday 19 May, 2013

Workshops

There are three different educational workshops offered, all delivered from the Sustainable Coastlines Education Station located at Jellicoe Street on Auckland CBD’s Waterfront.

Plastic Mosaics

Creating colourful artworks from waste. Participants will be guided in the construction of a marine animal from brightly coloured rubbish collected during coastal clean-ups, either on a pre designed ‘flat’ template, or a three dimensional mini sculpture to take home. Creative input will be encouraged, so children can make whatever they choose and share ideas with peers.

Upcycling

Making planters and planting seedlings. Participants will be guided in the construction of a planter from materials that would otherwise be entering the waste stream. Participants can choose to make a half-bottle herb planter or a hanging bird feeder from old plastic bottles which they can take home. Other projects will be encouraged and discussed.

Investigating Electronics

Disassembling and investigating electronics. Participants will explore different forms of waste from products they use, and understand them through ‘dissection’ of a mobile phone. Discussion will focus on the effects electronic materials have on ecological and human health and explain the responsible and safe way to dispose of E-waste. Participants will also make a small take-home artwork.

Further information

For any questions or further detail, contact our Project Manager Chris Cochrane on chris@sustainablecoastlines.org or 027 469 7080, or call our office on 09 948 8454.

When? Sunday 19 May, 2013