Mark your calendar!
The Pocket’s annual Eco FUN Fair rides again June 1 this year, with a pot-luck community dinner to follow. Our Eco Fair attracts many hundreds of people from The Pocket, the Danforth community, and across the GTA. It is a great day to enjoy the outdoors, meet friends old and new, and take part in a wide variety of fun and inspiring activities, all dedicated to protecting and celebrating our beautiful planet.
Date: Sunday June 1 (rain date: June 8)
Time: Eco Fun Fair: 1-5pm; Community Potluck Dinner to start at 5:45pm. (more details below)
Happening this year:
- An extensive Retrofit Zone, where you can talk to installers and other retrofit professionals about green home upgrades, and enter to WIN a free home energy audit! Exhibitors include:
- Energy Neighbour
- Goldfinch Energy
- The Master Group (Heat Pumps)
- Toronto Hydro
- Toronto Home Energy Network
- Advantage Air Tech (Heat Pumps)
- Eco activities for kids and families, including face painting and a solar radio station
- Delicious plant-based BBQ and concession stand
- Try out an e-bike, with Zygg
- Big Tent Speakers Series! Details to come
- Massive clothing swap! Details to come
- And a plant/seedling swap too!
- Plus many more exhibitors, such as:
- Live Green Toronto
- LEAF (native trees and shrubs at discounted prices)
- Toronto Environmental Alliance
- Toronto Field Naturalists
- Toronto Nature Stewards
- Park People
- Seniors for Climate Action Now (SCAN)
- Green Neighbours Network of Toronto
- Pocket Change Project & Pocket Community Association
- Toronto Region and Conservation Authority Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Program
- TERRE (Toronto East Residents for Renewable Energy)
- StopPlastics
Check this page often - we'll keep updating as new activities and exhibitors are announced.
Community Potluck Dinner @ 5:45pm - Come dine with us outdoors and enjoy some great entertainment - all welcome! Bring your own reusable cutlery and plates if you can. Water bottle refill station available and pop for sale. Bring a pot-luck dish to share (label your serving container). Vegan/vegetarian contributions welcome. Suggestions for dish distribution:
- Last name ending in A-G - bring a dessert!
- Last name ending in H-0 - bring a main!
- Last name ending in P-Z - bring an appetizer, salad, or side!
Questions, or want to volunteer? Email us at [email protected]
Indigenous tea/nature activity by Green Thumbelina, 2024 Eco Fun Fair
Community Dinner, 2024 Pocket Change Eco Fun Fair