{"id":3098,"date":"2019-06-21T09:29:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T09:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=3098"},"modified":"2019-06-21T09:29:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T09:29:27","slug":"ecosuburbia-event-for-smart-liveable-sustainable-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/06\/21\/ecosuburbia-event-for-smart-liveable-sustainable-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecosuburbia event for smart, liveable sustainable city"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"inner-head\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner-desc\">\nLaman Street behind Civic Park will come to life with eco-market stalls, a local food swap and a range of activities to get kids thinking about sustainability when Newcastle Library hosts the Ecosuburbia Fair Share event tomorrow, Saturday 22 June.<br \/>\nCity of Newcastle is collaborating with Permaculture Hunter and Purple Pear Farm to showcase the fair and host an \u201cAussie Street\u201d City Hall talk by permaculture co-originator David Holmgren tomorrow.<br \/>\nAuthor of RetroSuburbia, the downshifter\u2019s guide to a resilient future, Holmgren espouses a way of life aligned with the City of Newcastle\u2019s strategy to create a smart, liveable and sustainable global city.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"RetroSuburbiainside2-(4).jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Ecosuburbia-event-for-smart,-liveable-sustainable\/RetroSuburbiainside2-(4).jpg.aspx\" alt=\"RetroSuburbiainside2-(4).jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"RetroSuburbiainside1-(4).jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/Ecosuburbia-event-for-smart,-liveable-sustainable\/RetroSuburbiainside1-(4).jpg.aspx\" alt=\"RetroSuburbiainside1-(4).jpg\" \/><br \/>\n\u201cOur community collaborating to host the father of an internationally recognised social and environmental movement illustrates Newcastle\u2019s commitment to living smarter and more sustainably,\u201d Manager Libraries and Learning Suzie Gately said.<br \/>\n\u201cHis Aussie Street talk cleverly brings RetroSuburbia\u2019s ideas into our everyday lives, using 100-plus photos and water-coloured illustrations and practical concepts from his exciting new book. Come along to be part of Holmgren\u2019s remarkably insightful, thought-provoking vision for a resilient and sustainable future.&#8221;<br \/>\nTickets\u00a0for the Retrosuburbia &#8216;Aussie Street&#8217; talk\u00a0with David Holmgren sold out within 48 hours.<br \/>\nThe Ecosuburbia Fair Share event from 10am is proudly delivered in collaboration with Newcastle Libraries, Hunter Permaculture and Purple Pear Farm. It will also host Slow Food Hunter Valley Soup Kitchen and live music by Newcastle Folk.<br \/>\nEcosuburbia is part of the City\u2019s embrace if the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in particular\u00a0<em>Goal 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Goal 10 Reduced Inequalities,\u00a0<\/em>which are now part of the Newcastle 2030 Community Strategic Plan<i>.<\/i>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laman Street behind Civic Park will come to life with eco-market stalls, a local food swap and a range of activities to get kids thinking about sustainability when Newcastle Library hosts the Ecosuburbia Fair Share event tomorrow, Saturday 22 June. City of Newcastle is collaborating with Permaculture Hunter and Purple Pear Farm to showcase the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/06\/21\/ecosuburbia-event-for-smart-liveable-sustainable-city\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ecosuburbia event for smart, liveable sustainable city&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}