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.

Click on this link for details of Scheduled Events and Activities

To book events in bold go to: www.eventbrite.co.uk Search - Maidstone’s Eco Hub 2024

Saturday 26-October

Maidstone Repair Café, Solar Together

Team Repair (Children’s Workshops 10.30 - 12.30pm & 1.30 - 3.30pm)

Wednesday 30-October

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-November

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-November

‘We Are Nature’ Art Competition Awards Ceremony - 3pm, Kent Art Collective (Eco Arts Craft)

Tuesday 05-November

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-November

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-November

(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-November

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-November

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)

Unable to sign up on Eventbrite? Please contact: MBC Biodiversity & Climate Change officers on: 01622 602561