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National Volunteer Week (16 May to 22 May) is Australia’s largest annual celebration of every volunteers’ vital dedication towards a ...
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Discovering What Citizen Science Means to Us – Volunteer Week 2022
In February 2022, after two decades of success and growth the EcoCentre farewelled the humble brick EcoHouse as it prepared ...
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EcoHouse Memories – Stories Under The Tree Part 1
Photo Credit: Matt Testoni Our blue backyard of Port Phillip Bay is home to some amazing natural phenomena. One of ...
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Spider Crab Watch – Help Us Solve the Mysteries of the Bay
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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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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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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Carbon Neutral Schools – Waru Waru Sustainable Schools Alliance
EcoCentre Building Redevelopment – FAQs / City of Port Phillip, in conjunction with the Victorian Government, is redeveloping the EcoCentre ...
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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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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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The Original Ecohouse Cottage Had an Energy Efficiency of Less Than One Star
