Show Features and Fringe Events

Why not come and meet with one of our expert advisors for a free advice session? Advisors will be providing free one to one advice for up to 20 min meetings throughout the day.

Advisors on Friday 14th include: Representatives from DECC, UKTI, Enterprise Europe Network, The Energy Saving Trust, RICS, CIAT, Carbon Leapfrog, Brighton & Hove Local Planning Authority.

Friday 14th advice topics: The Green Deal, RHI, renewable energy funding, support for export, support for business growth, energy saving measures, planning issues and fleet management.

Advisors on Saturday 15th include: Representatives from Bright Green Homes LLP, Cityzen LLP, South East Wood Fuels Ltd, Sevenoaks Energy Academy Ltd and South Downs Solar.

Saturday 15th advice topics: Self-Build & Refurbishment, energy efficiency retrofit, the Green Deal, RHI, renewable energy funding, skills & training for Trades.

To book a session, please come to the Advisory Hub situated in The Build, Energy, Office & Home Zone. Sessions will be booked on a first come first served basis, so get in early to make sure you don’t miss out. Our advisors will also be taking questions on twitter, details can be found at the Advisory Hub.

This fantastic photographic journey will be on display in the shows entrance foyer.
Visit the FotoDocument installation featuring Rodney Dekker’s ‘Reclaimed Journey’s’ exhibition which they commissioned about waste & recycling in Australia.
Seventy percent of what is purchased in Australia ends up in landfill and around five billion dollars worth of food is wasted annually. Australians waste far too much but these bad habits are gradually changing for the better. Rodney Dekker’s photo essay ‘Reclaimed Journey’s’ documents the positive initiatives that are making a difference.
FotoDocument is a unique not-for-profit arts education organisation that brings visibility to positive environmental inigtiatives around the world through the powerful medium of world-class documentary photography installed in high-profile public spaces.
FotoDocument commissions professional photographers world-wide to produce extended photo essays which showcase solutions to problems associated with climate change and environmental degradation in order to inspire, engage and effect behaviour change. http://fotodocument.org

Held in seminar area 3 on Saturday the 15th only
This is an interactive fun area to learn about Waste as a resource.

Hosted by Freegle and Sussex Green Living

Watch Trashed the film a documentary that follows Jeremy Irons through once beautiful destinations that are now converted to landfills.

Visit Sussex Green Living’s recycled stand. Pedro and his recycled robots will there playing green games and sharing ideas about how people can lead a greener life, save money and help the environment.

The stand will illustrate how “there is no such thing as rubbish just a waste resource in the wrong place”. As well as green games using up-cycled materials we will be selling beautiful merchandise which the Philippine Community Fund (PCF) make out of our waste. This money benefits poor families in Manila, helping keep their children off the landfills and instead in the PCF school!

The Sussex Green Living recycled robots will be the main focus for the ‘Waste Resource Recycling Trail competition’. This will be a trail around the exhibition, all you and your family need to do is look out for Pedro the Sussex Green Living frog who will be clinging to waste resources, (otherwise known as recyclable packaging), on the stands around the show. As you spot the items write down the stand number and read the environmental fact about the waste resource. When you have found all 10 waste resources, simply answer the final question and drop off your competition entry to the Sussex Green Living recycled stand. There will be a great green prize for the winner!

Courtesy of Take One Productions (UK) Ltd we will be playing the following videos throughout the day:

Water Conservation video aimed at 10-11 year olds.
Energy for Waste - illustrating how landfill waste is now producing energy for the national grid.
Sussex Green Living 10 sustainable living tips video.
We are supplying a ‘Waste Resource Recycling Zone’ so bring along your recycling (things the council cannot recycle), see below. These recycled waste resources will financially benefit the William Penn Primary School in Coolham, West Sussex, Sussex Wildlife Trust and the Philippine Community Fund. Ask us to explain how you can set up a scheme to benefit your chosen charity, not for profit organisation or school. Or read more information about the Sussex Greener Living recycling campaign here.

There will be bins for the following waste resources:

Toothpaste tubes & toothbrushes - for the Philippine Community Fund

Baby wipe packaging bin - recycling scheme sponsored by Johnson Baby Wipes. Bring along any brand of baby wipe packaging.

Baby fruit and vegetable food pouches bin - recycling scheme sponsored by Ella Kitchens. Bring along any brand of baby fruit and vegetable food pouches.

Writing bin - recycling scheme sponsored by BIC. Bring along any old pens, ballpoint pens, felt tips, propelling pens, correction fluid, markers, regardless of their brand or material.

Mixed food waste resources - including sweet biscuit wrappers, eco coffee refill packaging, plastic lids off of coffee jars, Tassimo plastic pots and outer foil packaging for coffee, tea and chocolate drinks, Activia, Actimel and Shape yoghurt pots and bottles (only Danone pots), plastic milk bottle lids (those with a 2 or a 4 in the triangle on the lid).

Technology recycling bin - mobile phones, Laptops, notebooks, netbooks and tablets.

Aluminium ring pulls bin - these can be recycled by the Council, however come along, see and buy beautiful merchandise which the Philippine Community Fund make with them!

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Why not make a weekend of it by visiting The Eco Technology Show fringe events running in Brighton and Hove over the same weekend, offering visitors even more eco experiences from partners across the city.
These will include:

The 2013 Eco Open Houses network launches its largest event to date, showcasing a myriad of different properties. In visiting an Eco Open House you can learn and be inspired by the experiences of Eco Open Householders and see how significant savings can be made from fairly modest investments.

It is free to visit any of the houses and all are welcome. Some houses have to be booked, others just open their doors. On arrival you can learn about many different green build techniques from better insulation to wood burning, solar panels, water efficiency, to heating controls, all of which will save you money and make your home more efficient.

Some homes are old and show that it doesn’t take expensive renovation to cut bills: small alterations can make a big difference and reap significant savings. Others are new or may have won awards using cutting edge building techniques and fusing style with sustainability. Some are urban self builds, built as a family home by novice builders. What they all have in common is that the people living and using them have low energy and water bills, and enjoy warm healthy homes.

Eco Open Houses has been running for 5 years and is collaboration between the Low Carbon Trust, Brighton Permaculture Trust and Brighton & Hove City Council.

This year, the Low Carbon Trust showcases six Green Deal type homes in this year’s Eco Open Houses event as part of the DECC funded Green Deal Pioneer Places Project. Launched in February, the Green Deal is a new way for householders to pay for energy saving measures by removing the financial barriers of upfront costs, helping to make UK homes and buildings more warm and comfortable.

Newport Street is one of the six Green Deal Pioneer type homes, and shows how to better insulate a building’s fabric by tackling the much trickier areas of insulation such as the floor, or above the ceiling above a bay window. So why not come along to Brighton and Hove’s Eco Open Houses event and be inspired to make your home an eco home. A great way to see some of the ideas, products and services which will be exhibited at the show in situ.
For a downloadable brochure of all the Eco Open Houses and more details please see www.ecoopenhouses.org

People’s Day is taking place in the heart of the cultural quarter on 15 June 2013 from 11am to 5pm. Designed to celebrate the diverse communities that make up the city’s population and define its inclusive nature, the event will have activities and entertainment for all age groups.

Set on New Road, Jubilee Street, Jubilee Square, Church Street and within the Corn Exchange, City College, Brighthelm Centre and the Brighton Centre- the programme will feature live music, dance, sport, fashion, health, wellbeing and crafts and have an array of global food stalls. Community groups and volunteers taking part include Gay Elderly Men's Society (GEMS), local female acapella choir, We-Bop, Healthwatch Brighton & Hove, and the Silver Sounds Samba Band.

For more information please click here

Sustainable fashion has become a hot topic in recent years and Brighton Fashion Weeks Sustain Show will prove that environmentally conscious fashion design is as exciting and equally as glamorous as the rest of the fashion world!

The show will promote sustainability by showcasing talented fashion designers, willing to take innovative design and ethical thinking to create their stunning collections. Brighton is the ideal location for ‘The Sustain Show’ to premier. Twelve designers will unveil their collections which test the boundaries of conformity.

The show will include emerging sustainable designers such as Rebecca Jane Taylor who was given the opportunity to design and make the Speedo Unity Dress that was unveiled at the London 2012 Olympics, Liora Lassalle a Central St Martins graduate and former Brightonian who recently won the Estethica/ Veolia Re-source competition, as well as established designers such as Fabryan a high end, luxurious womens wear label and Henrietta Ludgate with her sophisticated, structural and minimalistic designs.

In an industry that has long been challenged by social, economic and environmental concerns, we aim to explore how fashion is evolving to incorporate the global challenges of producing fabrics and clothing in an ethical manner. All of our designers challenge the prejudices about eco-fashion. So let us challenge your perceptions as we prove how easy it is to combine desirable fashion with fair principles.

This is a show not to be missed and they are offering you a 25% discount courtesy of the Eco Technology Show. To claim your discount just follow this link and use the code ‘ETS13’ in the promotional code box.

For more information on the rest of the shows and to buy tickets visit www.brightonfashionweek.com
The Sustain Show is a part of Brighton Fashion Week 2013 for more information please click here