Upcoming Events Across Canberra
SpringFest
Tuggeranong Uniting in collaboration with SeeChange Tuggeranong, is hosting a Sustainable Spring Festival and Market Day. Embrace the spirit of Spring and community this season! Tuggeranong Uniting invites you to our SpringFest25 Spring Fair. This vibrant event is the perfect way to enjoy Spring and get a head start on your Christmas gift shopping with unique ideas!
Clothing the Loop: Sustainable Fashion Festival.
Bring your simple textile repairs to the SEE Change pop-up repair cafe 10am-1pm.
Clothing the loop is a collision of fashion, art, design and activism presented by local change makers Australian Dance Party and Kelli Donovan to inspire circular textiles and fashion economies in our ACT community. The day-night festival features sewing and textile art workshops, panel discussions, giant clothes swap, local designer fashion parade and performances addressing the growing fast fashion and waste crisis. Book here
Home Soil Tours
Morning tour: 10:30am-12:30pm
Afternoon tour: 2-4pm
Rachael and Damian grow interesting and super tasty veggies in positive ways! Their garden is 'beyond organic' and built on interconnected systems that divert waste, build soil, and promote diversity both above and below ground. Come visit their garden and learn about their journey and techniques! Register here
Spring planting - Gindilanwari - Dunlop Microforest
Join local volunteers Natasha and Jasmin Clancy in this spring planting of tough local natives at the Gindilanwari (Joyful Place) - Dunlop Microforest (in the park near Woolworths)
Living Streets Canberra meeting
Want to help make our environment for walking safer, more accessible, convenient and comfortable? Join us at our next meeting on Tuesday, 21 October at 6-7pm, online.
Western Edge Guided Walk: Cooleman Ridge
Join Conservation Council ACT and Cooleman Ridge Park Care Group for a guided tour for visitors to enjoy the views and vegetation of Cooleman Ridge
Gardening Across the Generations
Gardening connects us to the land, to our food, and to one another. This panel explores gardening across generations and families, communities and ecosystems.
Eco Crafternoon
Come along to Eco Crafternoons, a relaxed and creative space to enjoy crafting, connect with like-minded people, and explore sustainable approaches to art. These sessions are a chance to share ideas, swap supplies and resources, and use creativity to raise environmental awareness—all while enjoying a cuppa of your choice.
Repair Café @ The Community Toolbox
Bring along your broken items to get them repaired!
Canberra City Farm Open Day
We’re celebrating our first ten years at Dairy Road with a gala open day! The gate is open to all with a fun and inspirational community event
Tuggeranong Repair Cafe
Bring along broken items, clothes and appliances to the repair café so they can be fixed and saved from landfill. Held on the last Sunday of each month, run by the Tuggeranong See Change group.
Kambah Community Garden Open Day and Seedling Sale
Kambah Community Garden is gearing up for what it hopes will be its best and biggest open day yet.
Repair Cafe @ Ginninderry
Join in, repair or make things, share a cuppa, and learn some handy skills!
West Belco Bike Bus
West Belco Bike Bus, First Monday of each month @ 7am, starting at Kippax shops, through to the National Triangle.
Western Edge Guided Walk: Gula (koala) habitat
Enjoy a guided walk outdoors with views to the Western Edge and connecting with the area’s biodiversity and natural resources.
Hughes Repair Cafe
Hughes repair cafe is held at Hughes Community Centre, on the second Saturday of the month from 10am-1pm.
Celebrating our Wonderful Western Edge!
Join the Conservation Council ACT for an end of year community picnic to celebrate our wonderful Western Edge and all the amazing people involved in looking after this very special part of Canberra.
SEE Change Annual General Meeting
SEE Change invites all members to attend its Annual General Meeting.
This is a great opportunity to learn about the wide range of activities conducted by SEE Change and join our volunteer Board.
SouthFest
This vibrant festival brings together the best of Tuggeranong, celebrating our community's spirit, creativity, and sustainability. Come and visit the SEE Change stall with electric bikes to try. More details here.
Eco Crafternoon
Come along to Eco Crafternoons, a relaxed and creative space to enjoy crafting, connect with like-minded people, and explore sustainable approaches to art. These sessions are a chance to share ideas, swap supplies and resources, and use creativity to raise environmental awareness—all while enjoying a cuppa of your choice.
Visible Mending for Clothes
Learn to darn and embroider your woollens and other holey garments to give them a new lease on life after the dreaded moth attacks. We’ll explore a range of different darning and embroidery techniques perfect for covering and reinforcing small holes.
Wicking Bed Wine Barrel Workshop
Wicking beds are a great way to conserve water while producing great crops. And they don’t have to cost a fortune either. Join Canberra’s own ‘Wicking Witch of the West’ – Cally Brennan from Canberra Permaculture Design – who will show you how easy it is to make your own wicking garden bed or plant pot. Register here
Ainslie Urban Farm Tours
Ainslie Urban Farm Tours, Saturday, 22 November, Morning tour: 9:00-11:00am Afternoon tour: 11:30-1:30pm, Ainslie
Lyneham Commons Food Forest - 10th Anniversary Picnic
Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Lyneham food forest!
Western Edge Guided Walk: Murrumbidgee River Walking Track
Enjoy a half day outdoors with views to the Western Edge and connecting with the area’s biodiversity and natural resources. Explore the Murrumbidgee River Walking Track, guided by Canberra Bushwalking Club.
Repair Café @ The Community Toolbox
Bring along your broken items to get them repaired!
Tuggeranong Repair Cafe
Bring along broken items, clothes and appliances to the repair café so they can be fixed and saved from landfill. Held on the last Sunday of each month, run by the Tuggeranong See Change group.
SoilEd Summer Arvo Picnic
Join in our late afternoon summer picnic at Watson Microforest, to celebrate the launch of SoilEd CBR – a one-stop-shop online resource all about building healthy soil and more sustainable lifestyles here in Canberra.
We’ll have soil-related DIY guides and factsheets to take home, a free carbon capture workshop run by Fiona Buining (Ainslie Urban Farm) and crafts for kids. Bring a picnic rug, snacks and refreshments. Some yummy treats will also be provided.
RSVP for the event here
SoilEd CBR was made possible with assistance from the ACT Government under the Community Zero Emissions Grants Program. Check out the webpage here
Western Edge Guided Walk: Woodland Birds
This walk led by Kim Farley of Canberra Birds, will explore a little-known block of woodland at the far western end of Stromlo Forest Park. We should see and hear a good range of Canberra’s many woodland birds.
Webinar: The People's Blockade of the World's Largest Coal Port
Join Conservation Council ACT for an online screening of Rising Tide's new documentary 'Turning the Ship' about last year's Blockade, followed by a panel discussion with Rising Tide organisers about this year's Blockade and how you can get involved in Australia's fastest growing climate movement.
Climate Change Levers
Join SEE Change’s interactive online workshop, Climate Change Levers, facilitated by accredited ambassador Bede Doherty, where you and your family can explore climate solutions using an MIT-designed simulator to test scenarios—from forest loss and renewable energy to hydrogen and policy choices—and discover which actions and combinations can have the biggest global impact. Book HERE
Make your own tailor's ham
Learn how to make and use a tailor's ham - a must-have for anyone who sews anything. For precise pressing of curved seams, darts, collars and more. It can also help with pinning and holding fabric while you work. And now you can have your own. Everything you need is provided.
Register HERE
Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf
Discover the story of Piet Oudolf — the visionary behind New York’s High Line project, which transformed an abandoned elevated rail line into a wildly popular urban wonderland.
Planting like a painter, and seeking beauty not only in living plants but also in their dead counterparts, Oudolf’s meticulously planned outdoor spaces are symphonies of garden art.
Part of Floriade About Town, bringing Floriade to the whole city.
Book HERE
Hughes Repair Cafe
Hughes repair cafe is held at Hughes Community Centre, on the second Saturday of the month from 10am-1pm.
Living Streets Meeting
We will be planning more ‘walkshops’. Next two are likely to be in Manuka and Yarralumla. We would like to have at least one in each district of Canberra. Is there a specific spot that would you like the walking environment assessed for what it’s like, what works and what doesn’t work?
Repair Cafe @ Ginninderry
Join in, repair or make things, share a cuppa, and learn some handy skills!
Tuggeranong Repair Cafe
Bring along broken items, clothes and appliances to the repair café so they can be fixed and saved from landfill. Held on the last Sunday of each month, run by the Tuggeranong See Change group.
Repair Café @ The Community Toolbox
Bring along your broken items to get them repaired!
Hughes Repair Cafe
Hughes repair cafe is held at Hughes Community Centre, on the second Saturday of the month from 10am-1pm.
Repair Cafe @ Ginninderry
Join in, repair or make things, share a cuppa, and learn some handy skills!
Climate Change Levers
Join this interactive webinar to learn more about climate change mitigation
Tuggeranong Repair Cafe
Bring along broken items, clothes and appliances to the repair café so they can be fixed and saved from landfill. Held on the last Sunday of each month, run by the Tuggeranong See Change group.
Repair Café @ The Community Toolbox
Bring along your broken items to get them repaired!
Rural Regeneration Meeting
Come along to the first Rural Regeneration meeting - the first rural SEE Change group
Sewing machine basics
Learn to use your sewing machine (or one of ours). Do you have a sewing machine in the cupboard that you’d like to dust off and use? Would you like to feel confident borrowing the tool library sewing machines?
Hughes Repair Cafe
Hughes repair cafe is held at Hughes Community Centre, on the second Saturday of the month from 10am-1pm.
Repair Cafe @ Ginninderry
Join in, repair or make things, share a cuppa, and learn some handy skills!
Tuggeranong Repair Cafe
Bring along broken items, clothes and appliances to the repair café so they can be fixed and saved from landfill. Held on the last Sunday of each month, run by the Tuggeranong See Change group.
Repair Café @ The Community Toolbox
Bring along your broken items to get them repaired!
Hughes Repair Cafe
Hughes repair cafe is held at Hughes Community Centre, on the second Saturday of the month from 10am-1pm.
Repair Cafe @ Ginninderry
Join in, repair or make things, share a cuppa, and learn some handy skills!
Energy Efficient Demonstration Home tour
This demonstration home explains and shows visitors firsthand what they should look for to easily achieve a more energy efficient and sustainable home, that is more comfortable to live in and cheaper to run.
Energy Efficient Demonstration Home tour
This demonstration home explains and shows visitors firsthand what they should look for to easily achieve a more energy efficient and sustainable home, that is more comfortable to live in and cheaper to run.
Mending Circle @ The Community Toolbox
Come along to mend your clothes and textiles for free. Sewing machines provided. More info here
Tuggeranong Repair Cafe
Bring along broken items, clothes and appliances to the repair café so they can be fixed and saved from landfill. Held on the last Sunday of each month, run by the Tuggeranong See Change group.
Repair Café @ The Community Toolbox
Bring along your broken items to get them repaired!
Demonstration Verge Garden Network Winter Workshop
This is workshop 3 of the Demonstration Verge Garden Network project.