Participate in the waste race and test your knowledge about waste separation. Shop a second-hand vintage outfit. Or have your broken coffee machine fixed in the repair café. On Saturday 16 September there is plenty to discover, experience and learn about sustainability during the Sustainability market in and around the Town Hall Forum in Zoetermeer.
Immerse yourself completely in the theme. Various organisations, entrepreneurs and residents present their sustainable products and offers free activities On. Find out which flowers and plants are edible. Visit the exhibition ‘Wild in de Stad’ and find out which animals live around the corner from you. Or join the ‘Time Travel’ walk and let yourself be carried away in the changing time, climate and space of the living city.
From green to greener to greenest
Moreover, the Sustainability Market is packed with useful tips. The advisers at Energieloket Zoetermeer can tell you everything you need to know about radiator foil, LED lamps, heat pumps and infrared panels. The Hedgehog Sanctuary Zoetermeer explains how you can help hedgehogs in your garden. And at the Dolphinflow stand they share their knowledge about how to deal better and more flexibly with external pressure.
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“Together we make the city”
The Sustainability Market is part of it City Festival Zoetermeer 2040 and challenges you in a playful way to think along about how Zoetermeer remains a place where you can live comfortably, recreate, work and do business. “We want to involve the residents of Zoetermeer in the vision of the future in a fun way,” explains Mariëlle van den Berge of the municipality.
The municipality continues to develop as the green city of the future. “Green is the identity of Zoetermeer. Together we make the city. It is therefore valuable if residents are inspired by the activities to give their opinion or express their creative ideas.”
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Think about the future of Zoetermeer
How do we deal with the changing climate and the associated challenges in our region? This question, for example, is central to the traveling exhibition ‘Welcome to the year 2070’. Explore which natural solutions you can choose, with which you can create a greener and more sustainable living environment that works for both people and nature.
At the town hall you can also get acquainted with local politics and think together about current themes that are relevant in your neighbourhood. Don’t miss the city hall tour as this is your chance to take a selfie in the mayor’s seat.