Energy! Energy! Energy! We all use it, need it, love it - but how do we sustain this relationship without contributing to global climate change? We know the story: burning finite fossil fuels emits harmful gases, so just how do we reduce our dependency on them? The Dott 07 Energy Zone aims to provide some answers to this urgent question.

In a funky, original space designed by artist Bethan Laker, we will be treated to the trip of a lifetime that promises to push anyone’s footprint knowledge off the Richter scale.

We are offering educational, guided tours and activity workshops FREE to school and community groups in the region at the Dott 07 Festival.
We want your group to come along, have fun and be inspired to start your own projects. With six exciting zones there's plenty to fuel hungry imaginations.

Guided tours run 10:00-12:00 and 12:30-14:30, through-out the festival. Activity sessions are packed with ideas and suggestions on how to live healthier, happier, more sustainable lives! Contact Cara to book: 0782 456 9741

Join the movement debate at the BALTIC on Thursday 18 October, 13:00 - 16:00.

The session begins with a keynote from Anthony Townsend, research director at the Institute of the Future in Palo Alto, California, who asks: "must we keep on moving?". We'll also discuss Dott 07 project's Move Me, Sustainable Tourism, Welcomes and Mapping the Necklace.

The Movement Dilemma debate is FREE but you must book your place. This one of six Dott Debates taking place during the festival.

The Schools Zone will be buzzing with free workshops for school pupils of all ages and things-to-do for all the family. The zone will have a designated Activity Area that will host a fantastic programme of events centered on the results of the Dott 07's Eco Design Challenge.

This inspired project involved over 15,000 students and teachers from the region designing sustainable alternatives to some of the systems currently operating in their schools.

The five finalist schools are up for the Eco Design Challenge Awards where they will pitch their ‘sustainable solutions’ to an esteemed panel of judges.

Come along to the Centre for Life on Tuesday 9 October and listen to Australian peformance artist Stelarc discuss his work including his latest creation 'Walking Head' - a six-legged walking robot.
Stelarc's work explores and extends the concept of the human body and its relationship with technology.

The FREE talk starts at 18:00. Spaces are limited, so you must book. Contact: Hayley at Centre for Life 0191 243 8269.

See Stelarc's 'Walking Head' at the Centre for Life, Times Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, from 8 - 26 October.

Presented in collaboration with Amino and funded by the Centre for Life.

Sandwiched between a wet Friday and a wet Monday, the Gods were smiling on Middlesbrough for Urban Farming's Town Meal last Saturday.

Vegetables which have been sprouting in homes, streets, school yards and community centres, for the past eight months, were ceremoniously harvested and shared with the community in the town’s Centre Square as the finale to the urban farming project.

Come along to the Food Zone at the festival and hear stories from the people involved in the project. Rumour has it there will be vegetables growing behind Baltic Square and there could be some live cooking demonstrations!