By Dr Bibiana Chan
During the heavy downpour in the Mid-North Coast, I was in Canberra visiting family and friends. I was lucky to have escaped yet another unprecedented weather event. I hope our CFS members were not affected by the wet weather too much.
My first day back in Sydney, I facilitated my 4th Climate Action Mixed-Art Workshop for 20 Balgowlah Cubs (8 – 11 yr). What a timely activity to discuss how we could take ‘Climate Action’ to slow down the impact of ‘Climate Change’. For these young cubs, it was a way to help restore the health status of Planet Earth via creative arts. In a small old fashioned scout hall, 20 young cubs and 6 leaders were busy creating their masterpieces using household plastic waste and dried flowers/leaves (mostly from my garden). I encouraged them to plea to make a small change in their daily routine as their ‘climate action’. Be it ‘Reduce water consumption by taking shorter showers’; choose to ‘Repair their everyday items rather than dispose them in the bin‘; ‘Reuse cleaned takeaway plastic food containers; Re-Imagine using single-use plastic as craft material. Recycle as far as possible.
Community Flower Studio is a Sustainable Florist. We try to source our flowers from local growers. We use bio-degradable zip-lock bags to pack raw materials for our succulent terrarium workshops. We recycle and reuse plastic wrappings. We collect all green waste and turn it into compost for our indoor plant.
If everyone makes a small effort to practise the 5Rs (Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Repair and Re-imagine) of Climate Action, Planet Earth will restore to its good health soon. Plea to take your Climate Action Today!
