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Microplastics are everybody’s problem, and affect people and wildlife everywhere on the planet. Currently studies are proving microplastics are present ...
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April 6, 2022
Microplastics Update – Part 1: Where We Are at and Where We Are Going

At our Term 2 TEN, 2022 we visited the Elsternwick Park Nature Reserve. Once a public golf course, the park ...
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June 28, 2022
Hands-on Biodiversity at Elsternwick Park Nature Reserve

At our Term 1 TEN, we heard from teachers, parents and students who form part of the Waru Waru Sustainable ...
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April 5, 2022
Carbon Neutral Schools – Waru Waru Sustainable Schools Alliance

EcoCentre Building Upgrade – FAQs / City of Port Phillip, in conjunction with the Victorian Government, is upgrading the EcoCentre ...
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February 22, 2022
EcoCentre Building Upgrade – FAQs

Dr Liz Fenwick recently retired from the EcoCentre’s Committee of Management. Here she reflects on her decade at EcoCentre and ...
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February 3, 2022
A Special Thanks to Dr. Liz Fenwick

The original EcoCentre structure was a 1966 brick veneer build, in a fenced off garden corner that was home to ...
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January 13, 2022
The Original Ecohouse Cottage Had an Energy Efficiency of Less Than One Star

Our Yarra River, Birrarung, is a thriving river for our thriving city. It provides a unique place of transition, both ...
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December 14, 2021
Infographic: Yarra River Litter (Yarra Riverkeeper Association)

When she was a Year 9 student, Chenxin Tu joined Be the RE-Generation, our Baykeeper youth volunteer program. She contributed ...
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December 7, 2021
The power of finding out you’re not alone in caring

Following on from our Teacher Environment Network workshop on ‘Our Big Blue Backyard: Student Learning and the Bay’ we ...
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November 10, 2021
Our Big Blue Backyard – Student Learning and the Bay
