Mark your calendar!
The Pocket’s annual Eco FUN Fair rides again June 1 this year, with a pot-luck community dinner to follow (see details for that at end of this page). 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 Home Energy 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
- Vetta Windows (windows/doors)
- Sustainable (sustainable residential & other architecture)
- The Master Group (heat pumps)
- Toronto Hydro
- Toronto Home Energy Network
- Advantage Air Tech (heat pumps)
- Toronto Home Energy Network
- Pocket Change
- Eco activities for kids and families, including face painting and a solar radio station
- Delicious plant-based BBQ and concession stand
- Vegan Cookie Sample Station!
- Bike Swap
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Clothing Swap - SEE DETAILS HERE
- Plant Swap - bring your spare seedlings and plants
- Try out an e-bike, with Zygg
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Big Tent Speakers Series! approximate schedule:
- 1:30 - 2:15p Meet the Pocket's Elected Representatives + Special Presentation Honouring our Founders, Paul Dowsett and David Langille
- 2:15 - 3:15p amazing talk TBA
- 3:15 - 4:15 Interview/Case study, "A 100% Electric Home for $10,000: One Pocket Family's Journey" featuring Jake Miller (Toronto Home Retrofits), Sarah Grant (Goldfinch Energy) and Adam Caplan
- Plus enjoy many more exhibitors, such as:
- Live Green Toronto
- LEAF (native trees and shrubs at discounted prices)
- Toronto Environmental Alliance
- The Atmospheric Fund
- Toronto Field Naturalists
- Toronto Nature Stewards
- Park People
- Seniors for Climate Action Now (SCAN)
- Green Neighbours Network of Toronto
- Pocket Community Association
- Toronto Region and Conservation Authority Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Program
- TERRE (Toronto East Residents for Renewable Energy)
- StopPlastics
- Skills for Change
Check this page often - we'll keep updating as new activities and exhibitors are announced.
Community Potluck Dinner
Come dine with us outdoors and enjoy some great entertainment - all welcome!
Please arrive @ 5:40pm with your dish; dinner will start just before 6pm Bring your own reusable cutlery and plate. Water bottle refill station available and some beverages (juice, pop, sparkling water) available - pwyc.
Bring a pot-luck dish to share and a serving spoon/implement for it if needed (label your container/implement so you can find them again to take home). 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]
Community Dinner, 2024 Pocket Change Eco Fun Fair
A big thank you for their support: Pocket Community Association and Toronto Home Energy Network