Soap Making with Natural Materials – 26 August and 23 September 2017
Honorlea held another two natural body products workshops in August and September. These two workshops were soap making – and there is much more to it than you’d think. Honorlea is a qualified formulation chemist and so is very skilled, but the science is explained in a manner that makes people feel at ease and all the workshops are held in an informal and relaxed atmosphere. She also prides herself on sourcing natural materials from reputable suppliers and also takes account of “air miles” explaining that being “certified organic” doesn’t necessarily mean the product hasn’t had an impact travelling around the world. Researching local natural products and supporting local communities is a particular passion for Honorlea – she spent 13 years in outback Australia working with local communities and learning lots about traditional ways of doing things – and from that developed a sound knowledge base. She is very open to sharing whatever information she has researched. Honorlea has also developed Kakariki Natural Body Products kits to sell – see https://www.facebook.com/kakarikinb/# and has a Christmas event planned for 25 November 17 in the Education Centre – bookings essential – see more details at http://www.southlandcommunitynursery.org.nz/education-centre/activities/workshops/
Networking – you never know who you’ll meet at a workshop! Sophie Cundall age 10 was accompanied by her gran and together they made soap, but Sophie also told us about the Bee Mobile Phone App that she and two Makarewa school friends had made to help save bees.
The girls not only won the South Island regional prize in the Tech Girl Superhero competition but also the prestigious United Nations Environment Award which means they have the opportunity to pitch their app in San Francisco, August 2018. – see this link for all you need to know about bees http://www.beefriendpi.com/. They are now fundraising to go to San Francisco!
Chris
Posted: 27 September 2017