Brisbane City Council’s
Green Heart Fair
Brisbane’s favourite sustainable living festival
Green Heart Fair
Learn how to go green at Brisbane City Council’s sustainable living festival in autumn each year, while getting outdoors and reconnecting with nature on 64 hectares of open space and rolling hills at Victoria Park, Herston.
This free, family and dog-friendly event brings together Brisbane’s leading sustainability experts ready to share practical tips and tricks to help you live a more eco-friendly life. Across the day you’ll also be treated to free native plants, live entertainment, artisanal markets, food trucks, thrifting and more.
The next Green Heart Fair will be held on Sunday 26 May 2024, so be sure to save the date and follow us on Facebook and Instagram for all the event updates!
Brisbane City Council’s Green Heart Fair is delivered in partnership with Brisbane Sustainability Agency.
2024 Fair Sponsors
2024 Fair Supporters
Exhibit at the Fair
Join the sustainability movement in Brisbane at the Green Heart Fair
Exhibitors are invited to join the line-up of Brisbane’s best sustainability organisations, experts, passionate presenters, businesses, community groups, green thumbs, creative artisans and foodies, to share knowledge and information on how to live more sustainably.
We have strict sustainability guidelines because we love a clean and green Brisbane. We aim to minimise our contribution to landfill and ask that you respect and adopt our aims and values. Our ultimate aim is to have a waste-free event where no rubbish from the event ends up as landfill by maximising recycling and reduction practices.
About the Fair
Brisbane City Council’s Green Heart Fair launched in 2009 and has grown to become Brisbane’s favourite sustainability
festival.
Delivered in partnership with Brisbane Sustainability Agency, the Green Heart Fair celebrates and promotes innovative sustainable living in a fun, family-friendly environment with free activities, entertainment and sustainability workshops.
With a strong commitment to minimising the events’ carbon footprint through recycling and reduction practices, the ultimate goal is to have a waste-free event.
Our commitment to sustainability
What we do
Waste Stations
We love educating people on waste. Around the Fair, we have multiple waste stations including general waste, recycling & organic waste bins. The stellar team from Mallow sustainability take each bin to our waste sorting station on-site and ensure everything is 100% sorted, meaning no food scraps or recyclables end up in landfill.
Waste Warriors
Our waste warriors are onsite to help residents with any questions they have about what goes in what bin! They are also roaming all day to pick up any sneaky bits of rubbish that don’t make it into the bin.
Mug Library
Our lovely coffee vendors offer discounts to anyone who brings their own reusable cup. But what if you forget to bring one? Our mug library was introduced to reduce single-use coffee cups and help visitors be sustainable even if they forget their reusable coffee cup. Visitors can grab a mug, enjoy a delicious coffee, then return it to be washed and put back into our mug library to be used again.
Reduce
We aim to reduce the amount of waste created at the Green Heart Fair. In order to do this we have implemented the following initiatives…
- The sale of single use plastic water bottles is banned at the Fair. There are hydration stations onsite for free water refills instead.
- Coffee vendors offer discounts to anyone who brings their own reusable cup.
- Keep Cup library for those who forgot their reusable cup.
- Banned plastic bags, plastic straws and the use of balloons.
Upcycle
We love upcycling! Across the festival site you will find many items from chairs, tables, signage and props that have been purchased second hand and repurposed for use at our events.
Items that can’t be reused are donated to be repurposed for those in need by our wonderful friends in the upcycling industry.
Our food vendors
Some of Brisbane’s best food trucks will be onsite feeding the hungry crowds. There is something for everyone, from vegetarian to vegan to meaty meals.
- Our food vendors source their products locally where possible.
- All serve ware is recyclable or compostable.
We only have food vendors at the Green Heart Fair who practice sustainability in their business. For example, some stalls have adopted the following;
- Recycling their cooking oil.
- Composting all food waste.
- No chemicals or artificial colours and flavours.
Do your part
To create a clean and green Brisbane there are a few things you should bring along to the Green Heart Fair:
- your hat
- reusable water bottle
- reusable coffee cup
- reusable bag
- go card for the bus or lock for your bike
- a smile
Check out our Green Heart Fair Sustainability Guidelines to learn more.
Were you caught on camera at previous Fairs?
Tag yourself on our Facebook page for all the photos from previous events.
Highlights from the May 2023 Green Heart Fair
18,000
attendees
98%
attendee satisfaction
627k+
media impressions
116
exhibitors and sponsors
19.6k
Fair followers
3.08m+
potential reach through social media
FAQs
The Fair welcomes Brisbane’s best sustainability organisations, community groups, artisans, foodies, green-thumbs, conservationists, businesses and eco experts to share information and knowledge with Brisbane residents on how to live more sustainably. Fair goers are treated to heaps of fun activities and entertainment throughout the day with a jam-packed schedule.
Parking is also available for $5 per vehicle at QUT J Block under the QUT Kelvin Grove Stadium, this is a short 15-minute walk from the Fair.
To facilitate an event that complies with current COVID guidelines, the organisers of Green Heart Fair will have the following safe event practices in place:
Regular professional cleaning of high touch points areas throughout the site
Provision of hand sanitising stations throughout the site
Electronic payment methods preferred
Protecting you from COVID-19:
Practise physical distancing
Wash hands regularly with soap and water
Keep surfaces clean
Cough or sneeze into your arm
Stay home if you are unwell and get tested
Please comply with current Queensland Health directives when attending the Fair.
Reusable water bottle
Reusable coffee cup
A smile
