All welcome! BYO sewing machine, help us out with non-sewing jobs, such as cutting, ironing screenprinting and putting kits together or just check out what we do over a cuppa. BYO keep cup - morning tea provided. Follow the signs from the Korowal School carpark. Boomerang Bags is a global grassroots movement connecting and empowering ... Read more
Join us at 9.30am until 12.30 pm for a comprehensive tour of the main FiF Headquarters and how-to workshop by FiF Coordinator Manu ! Location: Clear View Parade Hazelbrook (see ticket link for more info) In this three hour morning/afternoon session, you will learn: Why backyard and community farms are vital to a resilient future ... Read more
A headline Festival of Resilience event - ReIMAGINE is a community-led forum of ideas, discussion and practical workshops focussed on community resilience and transformation
Join us for a special FREE screening of Regenerating Australia - the new short film from Damon Gameau and the team behind 2040 - followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. The panel will include Indigenous Singer/Songwriter and Educator Jacinta Tobin, Gundungurra man David King, the UN Chair of Planetary Health, Professor Tony Capon, and ... Read more
This film tells the stories of four inspiring thinkers who dare to think beyond the linear "take- make- waste" approach, and highlights some of the ground-breaking innovations that are redesigning our systems for a more circular future with no waste. Going Circular offers concrete solutions to encourage us to make circularity part of our everyday life, ... Read more
Do you have toys, clothes, and/or books that your children have outgrown? Join us for a morning of toy, clothes, and book swapping! While the swapping gets done, we have creative and sensory play activities so everyone is sure to be entertained. In collaboration with Mountain Kids Sensory Play and 1 Million Turtles Community Conservation Program ... Read more
The Festival of Resilience recognises that Dharug and Gundungurra Traditional Owners have a continuous and deep connection to their Country and that this is of great cultural significance to Aboriginal people, both locally and in the region.
Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.
The Festival of Resilience is a partnership between Resilient Blue Mountains and the Blue Mountains City Council.
Seed funding for the Festival of Resilience has been provided through the NSW State Government Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience Fund.
