2024 EcoFair Toronto Activities
- Self Spa: Make Salts, Scrubs and Face & Body Masks with Anarres Natural Health Apothecary
- Play the Climate Fresk quiz
- Make miniature art projects with Creative Reuse Toronto
- Experience our Swytch demo e-bike with ecoMVMNT
- Bring electronics for reuse/recycling with Free Geek Toronto and see what is inside a computer
- Planting and tasting microgreens, explore our worm bin and learn more about vermicomposting with Green Thumbs Growing Kids
- Sock Drive in Support of Na-Me-Res
- Test drive an EV with Plug’n Drive
- Bring canned food or olive, canola or vegetable oils for The Stop food bank
- Join Members of TEECC to Play SOLUTIONS
- Workshops with Toronto Mobile Bicycle Repair Co-op
- Test ride Zygg ebikes
Anarres Natural Health Apothecary
Self Spa: Make Salts, Scrubs and Face & Body Masks
Why use stuff made with mystery ingredients and laced with industrial chemicals that harm you and the environment? You’ll learn what each natural wholesome ingredient does according to traditional and contemporary knowledge, and how to create body care products to meet your own individual needs. In just a minute or two, we’ll guide you through choosing the best clays, minerals, salts, oils and essential oils for your body and skincare, and go home with a custom face mask, a body scrub or a bath salt! All ingredients used are fairly traded or local, and as sustainably harvested as possible.
The Climate Fresk quiz version is an interactive activity aimed at people aged 15+. Come join us to play!
Climate Fresk is an international grassroots community on a mission to spread climate awareness and inspire action.
Come join our interactive exhibit where participants of any age and ability can make miniature art projects using classic weaving and knotting techniques with a variety of scrap materials.
Creative Reuse Toronto is A not-for-profit arts and environment organization helping to build a community of sustainably-minded makers in Toronto.
Come experience our Swytch demo e-bike on the west side of the barns!
With the Swytch eBike kit, you can easily convert your favourite bike into an electric bike. It’s easy to install, compatible with 99% of bikes, and adds only minimal weight, making those steep hills a breeze and your rides more enjoyable.
At ecoMVMNT, we market and distribute eco-friendly products to Canadian consumers and retailers. Every eco-product we launch comes with our “Environmental Seal of Approval,” and for every customer order, we plant a tree by donating to “Trees for Life” on their behalf.
Free Geek Accepting E-Waste at EcoFair Toronto
Free Geek Toronto is a technology reuse not-for-profit organization that uses unwanted electronics/computers to increase access to technology, offer employment and training opportunities, and reduce the environmental impact of technology.
We’ll be collecting unwanted electronics and computers for reuse and recycling, and promoting what tech looks like. Come to our table to drop off your old tech and to see what’s inside a computer! We’ll also be bringing some laptops with Linux on them to better promote extending the life of technology.
Green Thumbs Growing Kids
Activities:
- Planting micro green activity – kids get to decorate their cups, fill with soil, add seeds and water
- We will have a tray of microgreens for people to taste
- We’re bring some worms so that kids can learn more about vermicomposting
Green Thumbs Growing Kids is a for-impact food and nature literacy non profit in three adjoining dense urban neighbourhoods in downtown east Toronto.
We partner with schools, City and community agencies to help foster urban agriculture, green space enjoyment, physical and mental health benefits. We promote environmental education by doing.
NEW Sock Drive in Support of Na-Me-Res
This year EcoFair is offering support to the equity-deserving Indigenous community by holding a New Sock Drive on behalf of Na-Me-Res (Native Men’s Residence).
Na-Me-Res helps homeless Indigenous men in Toronto with temporary, transitional and permanent housing. Their street outreach and support services provide Indigenous-specific service using a mobile approach with support workers and Elders, who engage with homeless clients to secure housing, develop a crisis plan, access services, and foster a greater sense of cultural awareness.
Na-Me-Res takes care of the whole person with their Indigenous cultural-based approach filled with respect and spirit.
We thank EcoFair attendees and volunteers for their donations of new socks.
Come to the Plug’n Drive tent on the west side of Wychwood Barns to sign up for the opportunity to take an EV on the road for a test drive during EcoFair!
By providing education and information about electric vehicles we inspire Canadians to make the switch from gas burning vehicles to clean energy vehicles to reduce the Green House Gas emissions and combat climate change.
EcoFair is supporting a Food Drive for “The Stop Community Food Centre”
EcoFair attendees are invited to bring a non-perishable food item to donate to The Stop’s food bank.
While our EcoFair food vendors will be providing us with delicious healthy food, regretfully, with rising food prices, The Stop’s food bank is struggling to provide healthy food for everyone. Food bank use at The Stop has spiraled by 32% in the last 12 months, so drives like this are critical for their success.
We are inviting EcoFair attendees to help by bringing a non-perishable food item that is safely within its “best before” date to donate to The Stop Community Food Centre. Full details HERE.
Examples:
- Canned protein items, such as tuna
- Canned tomatoes or pasta sauce
- Canned or dried beans or lentils
- Olive, canola or vegetable oils
About The Stop: For over 40 years, The Stop has been dedicated to increasing access to healthy food in Toronto. We are proud to be an integral part of the community, offering support, fostering health and togetherness, and challenging inequality. We run extensive emergency food access and social service programs, aiming to address the effects of systemic poverty: food insecurity, social isolation, unequal access to land, and difficulty navigating health and government systems.
Your $5 donation to The Stop will also be gratefully accepted at the EcoFair Silent Auction table.
A huge thank you for helping The Stop meet the crucial need for nutritious food.
Join Members of TEECC to Play SOLUTIONS
A game of Hope and Action for the Climate
It’s a race against time to fight climate change. You will work together to reduce global emissions before it’s too late! As you strategically deploy various climate solutions, you will be tested on your knowledge and your ability to prioritize. You will need to think critically about each solution and discuss with your teammates in order to avoid catastrophe.
The game is non-competitive. The version that will be played at the EcoFair is very casual – visitors can join for as long or as short as they like.
Toronto East End Climate Collective (TEECC) is a small collective with a large impact. We closely examine policy and issues at the core of the climate crisis. We promote positive solutions and speak out for their implementation. We are non-partisan and enjoy constructive relationships with our representatives at all levels.
More info at: solutionsthegame.com
NOTE: TEECC is not selling the game at the fair, just playing it.
Drop by the Christie Street side of the barns at 2024 EcoFair where you will find Toronto Mobile Bicycle Repair Co-op’s pedal-powered team of bicycle mechanics.
Workshops:
- 11:30 to 12:00 Safe Cycling
- 1:00 to 1:30 Basic Bike Mechanics
- 2:00 to 2:30 Safe Cycling
- 3:00 to 3:30 Basic Bike Mechanics
Our pedal-powered mechanics provide on-site repair services, reducing emissions while promoting eco-friendly transportation. As a worker-owned cooperative, we not only support sustainable practices but also advocate for safe cycling through workshops and education. We proudly maintain bike fleets for a growing group of partners, helping businesses and organizations reduce car reliance and contribute to cleaner air and healthier cities.
Test ride great Zygg ebikes at EcoFair
We will have several different models of e-bikes available. We’re a new kind of e-bike “shop” – in addition to traditional sales & service, we offer subscription electric bikes as-a-service by the month for commuters, families, fun seekers and other riders – and – food delivery, hotels and other commercial customers. We are also Canada’s largest seller of used e-bikes, fully refurbished by our expert technicians.
E-bikes, made simple. Short & long term rentals, and sales of new and used e-bikes for commuters, families + more!
