FLOE had a stand at this year's Hout Bay Green Faire which took place on Saturday 28 November 2009. We shared a stand with Joseph Diliza, an amazing artist and entreprenuer who started his own business making products out of recycled material and making paper using recycled paper and alien reeds growing along rivers in and around Khayelitsha and Crossroads. The Faire was a great improvement on last year's faire, there was an impressive turn out and we had loads of fun. We used David's solar panels to make electricity to power a hi fi and LED lights. We also used a homemade cardboard solar oven to make some tea. Our stand also displayed a 'Great Wall of Trash' to get the message across about how much waste we are generating from buying packaged products. There are many buying choices we can make to cut down on this waste. The Great Wall of Trash was also up to show people just how many things one can recycle rather than sending it off to the landfill. We would like to welcome our 60 new members who signed up at the faire and would also like to thank our sponsors for their assistance: Xanita and Grosvenor Printers (Craig,Shaun & Graham) for our two beautiful X-board signs (made from post-consumer recycled paper and sugar cane waste), Jason Lewis for the totally cool signage and logo artwork, Rob & Viv (V&R Television) for loaning us their gazebo and table, Erika Raubenheimer for the use of her recycled coffee bags and Chattels for the empty plastic water bottles, Estelle and Duke for donating the proceeds of all sales made from the recycled hats & bags made by Estelle, Eco-Insulation for their bags (unfortunately we weren't able to use them in the end), and ProudlySA (Dalene) for sponsoring Proudly SA tattoos and balloons. We are proud to confirm that we have raised our first R240 which we will be depositing into FLOE's bank account today! :) Please have a look at our Facebook Group to see more pics.
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