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24.01.2022 Wonderful to see the new section in the Village Pump Sustainable Samford celebrating local action! Congratulations to Samford Show Society for their visionary decision to make next years show a sustainable show ... and to the Mount Samson year 2 & 3s lobbying for Litter free lunches

23.01.2022 Happy International Eucalypt Day! We celebrated with the first ‘Sustainable Living Workshop’ for the year hosted by the amazing Stacey Currey from Shining Forest Studio She shared her love of botanical dying and the magic of the dye pot with us and for that we thank you! Check out the pics of our fabulous crafternoon creating from nature ... I hope you all enjoyed connecting over sustainable handcraft as much as I did! Stay tuned for more after Easter Leah

23.01.2022 At our Community Conversations recently (topic: War on Waste) a few of us talked about the possibility of heading to see this film together. Just looking for interest at this stage? Anyone want to join us? We could carpool from Samford possibly to the Palace theatre at the Barracks? Tentative date: Sunday 23rd June. We might be able to organise nibbles and a glass of wine included in the ticket price - no need to commit yet but please let us know if youre interested and we will decide whether to go ahead! Cheers, Ellena & Leah x

22.01.2022 A Huge Thank you to Jodie from Fresh Local Provisions, Jenni and Graham from Millen Farm and Alice and Phil from LOOP Growers for sharing your journeys with our community! There is something super inspiring about sharing food, stories and a few beverages in a beautiful location with those who share common goals and philosophy around food production and distribution So proud of our future makers!! Thank you to those who joined us ... See you next month for WoW Leah

22.01.2022 We hope you are looking forward to this afternoons Community Conversation about Technology as much as we are ... Struggling with tech and your children? We will discuss some pros and cons and share practical tips See you at 200 @ Little Tree Bake & Brew House

22.01.2022 Vote for Costa!

21.01.2022 Want to do something in your local area? Heres your chance!

21.01.2022 #FlashbackFriday Did you know that Samford Commons emerged from the Samford Futures Process? You can read more about the extensive community engagement process here at www.samfordfutures.com.au where the community identified 8 key areas of importance including Sustainable Samford, Arts and Culture and Sustainable Food Culture ... check out the video to hear from participants

20.01.2022 Did you hear the good news? Millen Farm will be running an additional farmers market on Saturday mornings, 9 am 12 noon, commencing this Saturday 23rd March. Drop-in to pick up your veggies for the weekend, naturally grown and freshly picked. Mary-Ann Shapcott #Samford #buylocal

19.01.2022 The STEAM Immersion Program for Year 7 & 8 students of the Moreton Bay Region kicked off yesterday! Samford Commons in conjunction with Grace Lutheran College Rothwell, Innovate Moreton Bay and Advance Queensland are providing an outside the box program based around Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics. Samford Commons is co-ordinating the program aligned with our focus of sustainable living, working, learning and playing. The program is being held from Dec 1-4 in various locations around the region. Stay tuned for some posts about what we get up to!

19.01.2022 This is the amazing Dr Fiona Simpson that the students on our STEAM Immersion program got to meet back in December. She shared her story and showed the students around her lab. So inspirational! Lets hope this story attracts some funding for her and her team!

18.01.2022 Day 2 (Monday) of the STEAM Immersion Program saw students engaged in a Design thinking workshop facilitated by STEM Punks. Students explored the challenges of environmental monitoring and designed a product to solve a problem using coding sensors and the internet of things. After lunch they headed to Eden Bush Foods and were immersed in sustainable bush food production and got to sample some of the bush food in their afternoon tea.

18.01.2022 Join us for a community discussion about the future of Samford Commons and a short AGM. Thursday 12th November, 6:30 for a 7pm start Samford Community Hub. Despite a tumultuous year Commons' working groups have been busy with various projects. Come for an update, to give input and to get involved! Drinks and nibbles supplies. All welcome!... See the facebook event here: https://fb.me/e/1MaDtB1Tc See more

18.01.2022 Introducing our first 'Sustainable Living Workshop' for 2021 with Stacey Currey from Shining Forest Studio at SCHUB on Sun, 21 March ... limited places - please book through Humantix link in the event

18.01.2022 Are you a future maker rather than future waiter? Are you striving for sustainability in your everyday, your community and/or your work or business? Join Samford Commons for just $10 per year. As part of a volunteer run not for profit community organisation striving for a sustainable future through connection, education, events and projects, you can join others taking action in your community. Join or renew here https://samfordcommons.org.au/product/standard-membership/

18.01.2022 Calling All Members & Supporters - Past and Present Meeting - 7:00pm Tonight - Blue Building Please join us to provide your feedback so that we can provide meaningful engagement with Council during their community consultation process around the proposed new Community Hub. If you were engaged in the Samford Futures process or any of the Samford Commons events and activities then please attend to share your thoughts on the future of Samford Commons. See you tonight!

18.01.2022 War on Waste groups next event. Save the date

17.01.2022 We are super excited that Shane Sugrue from Unqualified Design Studio and co-founder of Modifyre Festival will lead our Community Conversation on Sunday ... Check out his bio here and below or events for the details Happy Friday

16.01.2022 Today, on this International Day of the Volunteer, we would like to send our heartfelt gratitude to our tireless volunteers who keep keeping on! Thank you for your enduring dedication to the vision of sustainable living, learning, working and playing and the hours and hours of volunteer time, energy and effort you contribute

16.01.2022 We are proud to launch this year's Community Conversation and Sustainable Living Workshop series with a Community Screening of the hybrid doco/movie - 2040: The Regeneration Join us at 6:00pm on Sat 6 March @ SCHUB for a vision of hope for our future that is suitable for all ages! Cash bar and grazing boxes available ... $10//$25 group incl. complimentary Samford Commons membership Book your tickets through Humantix link in event See you there!

15.01.2022 Love native plants as much as we do? Thanks to the SDPPA you can claim yours by grabbing your copy of The Village Pump

14.01.2022 Samford - were ready for you! Samford Commons AGM starting soon, everyone welcome

13.01.2022 SC is proud to partner with local crew Ink on the Couch to bring this youth arts event to our region Tickets still available at the door! First band at 8:15 til 12 at Pine Hills Sports Centre Bunya

13.01.2022 Hi everyone, we are ready to go! Please enter via the stairs at the rear of the bank.

12.01.2022 Thank you to the future makers who braved the weather for our Community Conversation Little Tree Bake & Brew House today! Special mention to our conversation leaders Elizabeth, Daisy and George and the young people who shared their perspectives so eloquently! We are already excited for next month ... stay tuned for details of 4 Aug

12.01.2022 Reminder about tonight and change of building! Short AGM & Community Conversation tonight about the EOI for former Commons site - 2204 Mount Samson Rd - Now at Comnmunity Hub All welcome (Please RSVP) - Check out the new SCHUB Building - Gates closed so please enter via Tennis Court road to car park... See you there! See more

11.01.2022 Thank-you to everyone that came and joined in on our Community Conversation on Sunday afternoon at Little Tree Bake & Brew House. Ellena will post some of the links she shared as promised (in the next few days). In the meantime, here is an article some of you may be interested in reading. See you on the last Sunday of next month - topic to be advised! https://www.theguardian.com//ten-things-you-can-do-now-to-

11.01.2022 Remember this? Our first official meeting in 2014? It followed a lot of consultation with the community in previous years.

10.01.2022 Can you help tomorrow? At our Community Conversations recently our wonderful guests the LOOP Growers shared a philosophy they like to live by, being actionists rather than activists. This resonated with us, what action can we take today? Even the smallest action within our environment is worthwhile. Organisations like the eco-corridor give you a place to start!

10.01.2022 Do you prefer your fruit and veg grown local and love supporting Samford’s not for profit community organisations? Check out the Millen Farm Farmer’s Market today and every Wednesday 2-5 at the netball courts (between tennis and bowls)

10.01.2022 Samford Commons gratefully acknowledges the award of this grant to MBRC pursuant to the Federal Govts Building Better Regions Fund, together with the efforts of Peter Dutton MP and Darren Grimwade to secure this support and the matched funding which MBRC has committed. As Commons stakeholders, members and the broader Samford community will know, this follows a long history of community engagement and planning. Samford Commons looks forward to continuing to work with stakeh...olders already using the site, namely Millen Farm, Samford Community Library, Samford Support Network and Marist 180, as well as those stakeholders not yet on site and the local community, in engaging with MBRC with the mutual goal of ensuring that development of the site meets the needs of the Samford community. Thank you Peter Dutton MP and Darren Grimwade for sharing our vision for a hub to service the needs of the Samford community. See more

09.01.2022 Celebrating the launch of International Compost Awareness Week 2019 with Costa Georgiadis

08.01.2022 Thank you to those who joined us and the Samford Chamber yesterday to kick off the festive season! This year we were proud to present a low waste table with decorations from the pantry, garden and craft cupboard instead of buying new. As always we ate from real plates and drank from real glass wear ... and no one missed the paper serviettes! Ill post more detail in the War on Waste group if youre interested Thanks to those in the Buy Nothing group who helped me find the natural treasures and to Mel and Daisy for contributing the beautiful gums and poinsettia ... great company and lots of laughs! Leah

08.01.2022 Costa Georgiadis and his helpers and the official open!

08.01.2022 Day 3 STEAM Immersion Program - This morning the students got to visit the Translational Research Institute and experience the day to day happenings in science, technology and medical research as told by Dr Fiona Simpson (cancer researcher). Absolutely inspirational!

07.01.2022 We are having a lovely afternoon at Little Tree Bake & Brew House

07.01.2022 A reminder about tonight’s screening of 2040 kicking off at 6pm ... click through to purchase tix and bring cash for grazing boxes and drinks

07.01.2022 Thank you future makers for joining the Launch of the Community Conversation series today at Little Tree Bake & Brew House ... who lavished us with gorgeous nibbles and background music to accompany Dr George Quezadas inspiring conversation starters Stay tuned for the next topic for the last Sunday of April #sustainablefuture #seeyouinsamford #futuremakers

06.01.2022 Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas (in the Village) ... Looking forward to joining with The Samford & Districts Chamber of Commerce this evening to celebrate Christmas in the Village! Please join us and bring a plate to share and a tipple if you dare ... From 5:30 pm in John Scott Park Leah

05.01.2022 How great was Millen Farm on Gardening Australia this week! and did you catch Kumbartcho Sanctuary & Nursery too! What a great showcase of our region.

04.01.2022 Get your fresh produce today.