This year's Albury-Wodonga Sustainable Living Festival will be a week-long event, as its new co-ordinator Kate Nottingham plans to bolster engagement.
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Wodonga Council approached Ms Nottingham - as the driver of the successful Off-Grid Living Festival - to run the Border event.
It is jointly-funded with Albury under the Two Cities One Community banner.
"I was happy, because I've been wanting to connect with all the people up in Albury-Wodonga," she said.
"I know they're doing a lot of great things.
"I've been contacting lots of interested businesses who want to get involved, local and from further afield, and it will be a little different this year - we'll be trialing it at a week long, rather than a month.
"Perhaps next year they will figure out two weeks is the sweet spot."
A fair at Gateway Village on November 16 will kick-off the sixth annual festival.
"We'll link up with the Farmer's Market, but we'll also have 30 to 40 sustainable living stalls and lots of interactive, hands-on workshops," Ms Nottingham said.
"Things like an introduction to bamboo buildings, and how to make notebooks from recycled papers.
"There will be sustainable energy companies and plenty of sustainable products."
The theme for 2019 will be 'Small Steps - Big Impact'.
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Nearly 10,000 people have attended during the first two years of the Off-Grid Living Festival in Eldorado.
Ms Nottingham said there would be similarities with it and the Border event, but also differences.
"In comparison, Off-Grid is more diverse in that you don't have to be sustainable to live off the grid," she said.
"There's definitely a big synergy and I think the demographic will be similar."
For more details, follow the festival's Facebook page.
Those interested in sponsoring the event or being involved should email Kate at alburywodongaSLF@gmail.com.
