events

Local authorities and other sustainable living promoters - LILI would like a stand at your public event - Environment Day, Climate Change event, Green Fair, Family Fun Day etc.

We are possibly unique in the range of ways we can help with environmental education and awareness-raising. Our knowledgeable staff and volunteers will come along to answer questions from the public, bringing a whole range of interesting stuff.

We can help people by providing practical advice about alternative technologies and many other ways of achieving a lower-impact lifestyle. We can reach out to people who are not so motivated or informed, to explain environmental problems and what they can do to help.

Save your precious resources by using us to help you!

marquee
LILI’s marquee has a 6-metre frontage and is 4 metres deep, and it allows the public to browse our stand in all weathers. We can erect or dismantle it in about 30 minutes. Information boards are arranged around the walls, and there are chairs, and a table for fliers, manuals, note-taking etc.
Also, the displays are easily adabtable for indoor venues.

information boards

We will bring display boards made from FSC certified plywood, stained green with ecopaint. These feature 'what is it?'; environmental benefits, ‘what can I do?’ and further resources, plus diagrams/photos. The boards are attractive and easy to understand, drawing people into the marquee, where they can read more, ask questions, and take down phone numbers.
Display topics covered include:

  • low-impact living
  • beekeeping
  • biodiesel
  • communities
  • compost toilets
  • eco-paints
  • keeping poultry
  • lime
  • natural cleaners
  • organic gardening
  • rainwater harvesting
  • rammed earth building
  • solar hot water
  • solar electricity
  • straw-bale building
  • veg oil motoring
  • wind generators
  • wood stoves
  • more on renewable energy

demonstration equipment
We will bring along a demo solar hot water panel, which can show just how much the sun can heat your water in this country. It really works – even on overcast days (we've been known to make coffee with it on sunny days!). The panel has toughened glass, aluminium frame and collector fins with a selective surface. We can advise people on different types of system, costs involved, and how to obtain government grants.
We will also bring a solar pv panel so that people can see the difference - plus some biodiesel, lime putty, eco-paints, a straw-bale 'persuader', and even a jar of compost from a compost loo (people think it's garden centre compost).

books & manuals
We also bring along a range of books and manuals on practical environmental topics. The manuals contain precise definitions; details of environmental benefits; what people can (and can’t) do, including plans, diagrams and costings; plus further resources.

fliers and factsheets
We provide fliers promoting LILI’s other activities, for people who would like to take the next step, and attend a course, or arrange an installation or consultancy.

costs
Our standard fee is £250 (plus VAT) for a one-day event.

  

we're really inspired by the amount of interest we receive at events; here we are at Saffron Walden's Green Fair, where our marquee was full all day

 

 

 

 

 

 


each information board contains sections on definition; environmental benefits; what can I do?; and further resources, plus several photographs

 

 

 

 


 


our demonstration solar hot water panel is set up to show people that solar hot water really does work in the UK - even on cloudy days. On sunny days we've been known to make coffee with it