A twist on the old Jerry Maguire line, but that was how Ben and I felt when we visited the Macedon Sustainable Living Festival at Woodend yesterday. It was fabulous!
Truth be told, I saw a young girl with a badge with that quote on it and liked it so much that I had to repeat it here.
As the festival title suggests, the sustainable living festival was a showcase of all things sustainable living. I was very impressed with the size of the event, even though it was so far out of Melbourne. It was a good substitute for the SLF Big Weekend that is usually held at Federation Square, but it was bumped off by the International Cricket Cup that took over the venue. It’s just not cricket.
Anyway, we arrived at 10am, paid our token entry fee and chatted to so many cool people and ate lots of great vegan food.
But the highlight for me, and this may sound a bit morbid, was to discover a coffin that was perfect for a guy like me.
Wicker Coffin
Yes, it is a big wicker basket coffin. Let the entire world know that when it is my turn to say goodbye, this is what I want to laid to rest in. Simple, practical, and it won’t cost the earth. If you are interested, you can find further info at naturalgrace.com.au
Don’t get me wrong, there were other interesting exhibitors, like ecoMaster, Seed Saving groups, BioChar, Under the Branches to name a few.
Macedon SLF
Ben’s highlight was Edgar’s Mission where he got to talk to Timothy the Wether. It was fun to watch them both having a chat.
Timothy the Wether with Ben Webber
I am not sure if Timothy was that impressed, but he seemed happy enough.
Whilst waiting for one of the presentation (which actually got cancelled), we decided to go for a walk around Wooden. Down one of the back streets we found a little shop, more like a mini-mart called Nature’s Garden. It stocks 100% quality Organic Produce. I bought a large organic Royal Gala apple that tasted amazing, and Ben couldn’t understand why there weren’t shops like this everywhere.
In fact, on the way home that was all he talked about. It impressed him so much that it was the first thing he told Kim about when we arrived home, how Nature’s Garden was so cool, and that the mini-mart on the corner of our street should be just like it.
All in all, we had a great day, talked to some very interesting people, and enjoyed some fresh air and good food.
What’s not to like about sustainable living?
Sounds like a great day out. I found a farmers market today for the first time in a school yard in Werribee. Not large but lovely produce. Guess what i bought? Apples!
Nice find. I love those little markets, they seem to be springing up everywhere! x
Great to have the “coffin” recommendation. Will bookmark it for “later”!
A lot later, I hope! 😉
I’ve seen cardboard coffins before too but I guess wicker requires even less processing.
The festival was lovely and how funny to see me mid-photo too, hauling along a small child whilst pushing a much larger one.
It was a great day out and I have much to digest on biochar and the like. Was great to see you and Ben there too.
Can’t believe the environment comes second to cricket. But then again, I guess it should come as no surprise really. 🙁
I thought you would like the photo. I called out to you just before I took it, but you were obviously on a mission!
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I don’t know Gav, that coffin looks a bit small for you (and me). Perhaps a bigger one for us? 🙂
Yeah, it was a tad on the small side, but they do have all sizes apparently (I asked).
Sounds like a great day out, Where I grew up in New Plymouth NZ you can be buried in a natural fashion, http://www.naturalburials.co.nz/ I am not sure if this is an option here in OZ.