Carbon Neutral was established in 2001 by Men of the Trees Inc WA (MOTT) as a way to take positive action against climate change through getting more trees planted, but is now a separate not for profit company. MOTT retains a controlling interest in Carbon Neutral, and Trees for Life (SA) has partnered with Carbon Neutral for South Australian projects.

Carbon Neutral is committed to securing a better future for our children by making it easy to offset emissions through native tree planting and facilitating access to information on greenhouse gas emissions reduction. The organisation provides tools for people and businesses to estimate the amount of carbon dioxide produced by their activities, including driving a car, using coal-generated power, and air travel, then offers them the opportunity to have native trees planted to sequester the carbon produced by their activities. The tree planting also helps to combat salinity, provides habitat, and assists with water cleansing and soil erosion.  Through this program, Carbon Neutral have helped us to establish the Wave Rock Weekender Forest at Kalgarin between Kondinin and Hyden which we’ll add trees to each year to carbon neutralise the event.

www.carbonneutral.com.au                                                                                                                                                      www.menofthetrees.com.au

DZOLV

DZOLV Products are specialists in environmentally sound packaging products.  They scour the world to find fully biodegradable and compostable products like bags, food containers and cups, test them, and sell the products that meet their high standards.  They’ve kindly provided all the drinking cups for the Wave Rock Weekender.  The cups look and function like plastic, but are completely compostable, and break down into useable organic material.

www.dzolv.com.au

EventsCorp
EventsCorp, the events division of Tourism Western Australia, is a sponsor of the Wave Rock Weekender 2006 through its Regional Events Scheme.

EventsCorp exists to identify and attract a diverse range of events to Western Australia, and to support and develop opportunities for the tourism industry.

www.westernaustralia.com

Paddy Pallin
Paddy Pallin is an Australian family owned camping and adventure equipment supplier, and our camping partner. They’re providing all our tents and air mattresses, have used their expertise to put together our special Wave Rock Weekender Camping Checklist, and are also giving a 10% discount to ticket holders on general camping gear.
Through the Paddy Pallin Foundation they support a diverse range of Australian environmental and community programs. The Foundation helped support parts of the Franklin River campaign by funding a film and providing projection equipment for the Wilderness Society tours of Australia to raise awareness. They also run a progressive packaging reduction program in their stores.

Their Perth store is located at 884 Hay St in the city.

www.paddypallin.com.au


Synergy
Synergy is WA’s power retailer. Synergy is supplying us with NaturalPower to the Wave Rock Weekender site for the duration of the event, which means we won’t produce any emissions from our grid power use. NaturalPower is electricity generated from 100% renewable resources such as the wind and sun and is fully accredited by the national GreenPower program. Contact Synergy for more information about buying NaturalPower products for your home or business.

www.synergyenergy.com.au

Sheenagh and Dennis Collins

Sheenagh and Dennis Collins are the proprietors of the Wave Rock Motel, Wave Rock Caravan Park and the Hyden Roadhouse.  They’re local heroes with an enormous commitment to the development and vitality of Hyden, and without their generosity and assistance we would not be able to produce the Wave Rock Weekender.  We are very grateful to them and the people of Hyden for welcoming us into their town for the weekend, and we’re really looking forward to working with Sheenagh and Dennis over the long term to keep developing an awesome experience for patrons and making a quality contribution to the cultural life of Hyden.