14 June 2022: GREEN-CONNECT by Kylie Flament

Green Connect employs young people and former refugees to do environmental work including reducing waste and growing fair food. Last year Green Connect employed 111 young people and former refugees, kept 157 tonnes of waste out of landfill and grew and distributed more than 35,000 kg of fair food from their award-winning farm. The Green Connect Farm is an 11-acre oasis in the middle of suburbia, growing more than 90 different fruit, vegetables and herbs using permaculture and organic principles, and offers tours and workshops to allow people to connect with and learn about where food comes from. Green Connect’s definition of “fair food” is food that is good for people who grow it (fair wages and good jobs), good for people who eat it (healthy and nutritious) and good for the planet (regenerating the land and minimising environmental impacts including food waste and food miles).

Kylie Flament is the General Manager of Green Connect. Kylie moved from an HR and strategy career in the corporate sector into management roles at the two children’s hospitals in Sydney before relocating with her young family to Wollongong where she took up the role of General Manager at not-for-profit social enterprise Green Connect – one she describes as having to be a human Swiss army knife, using every business and community development skill in her toolkit.  

This presentation will be in the Oatley Community Hall

Tuesday 14 June 2022 7 – 9 pm

Free to members. Casual attendance $5