Maidstone’s Eco Hub

26th Oct - 9th Nov

Maidstone’s Eco Hub is back for the Third year running and will open in The Mall Maidstone, on Saturday 26th October.. The Eco Hub is a pop-up information centre, From Maidstone Borough Council here to help and support you live more sustainably, save money and reduce your carbon footprint. Maidstone’s Eco Hub will open in Unit 101 on the lower level of the Mall, next to the exit to Gabriel’s Hill for two weeks. There will be a range of craft activities, talks and
demonstrations as well as competitions, prizes and giveaways.

Schedule Events and Activities
(Events in pink need to be booked on Eventbrite)

Saturday	26-Oct	Maidstone Repair Café, Solar Together Team Repair (Children’s Workshops 10.30 - 12.30pm & 1.30 - 3.30pm)
Wednesday	30-Oct	Music From Things (Instrument Making Workshops 11.30am - 12:30pm & 2pm - 3pm), Music From Things (Instrument Making Workshops 11.30am - 12:30pm & 2pm - 3pm), Citizen’s Advice Energy Advisors 10am - 12.30pm. Drop In, Mid-Kent College, South East Water, MBC’s Recycling & Waste Crime Teams, ‘Spooky Spider Plants’ Craft
Friday	01-Nov	Green Doctors (Talk & Q&A) 10.30 - 11.30am & 12:00 - 1pm, Neil Coombs Ecologist with Adonis Blue (Talk - Actions to Improve Biodiversity Where We Live) 2pm, Music From Things Demonstration 3pm, Mid Kent College, MBC’s Recycling & Waste Crime Teams
Saturday	02-Nov	‘We Are Nature’ Art Competition Awards Ceremony - 3pm, Kent Art Collective (Eco Arts Craft)
Tuesday	05-Nov	Sustainable Business Workshop (Short talks from MBC & Pennies Nursery, Carbon Reduction Fundamentals Workshop run by Lisa Whalley-Smith, Short Talk by Rachael Carley (B-Corp)) PM from 12.30 - open to the public as (Christmas cards printing on sheet scraps workshop) 1pm - 3pm, usual, Soul Stitch Society MBC’s Recycling & Waste Crime Teams
Wednesday	06-Nov	Soul Stitch Society (Scrappy Angels Workshop 10am - 12noon), Citizen’s Advice Energy Advisors 10am -12.30pm, Maidstone Climate Emergency Network (MCEN), Cleaning With Meaning, MBC’s Recycling & Waste Crime Teams, MBC’s Housing Team
Thursday	07-Nov	(ECO HUB CLOSED) Evening Event at Mid-Kent College, 6pm - 8pm Increasing Sustainability in Farming & Business: Mid-Kent College - Retrofit Introduction, Forestry Commission - Tree Planting, Hadlow College - Skills Needs & Precision Farming & Technology, Rachael Carley - How To Be More B - Introduction to B-Corp
Friday	08-Nov	Soul Stitch Society (Rag Wreaths Workshop 10am - 12noon), Music From Things (Upcycled Instruments Demonstration) 12.30pm, Mid-Kent College for Green Careers Week, MBC’s Recycling & Waste Crime Teams, Autumn Leaf Jars Craft<
Saturday	09-Nov	Team Repair (Children’s Workshops 10.30 - 12.30pm & 1.30 - 3.30pm), Maidstone Repair Café, Solar Together, South East Water, MCEN (Maidstone Climate Emergency Network), Maidstone CAN (Climate Action Network)