National Volunteer Week (16 May to 22 May) is Australia’s largest annual celebration of every volunteers’ vital dedication towards a better society. During this...

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Blog May 18, 2022

Home Is Where Our Gardeners Are – Volunteer Week 2022

Microplastics are everybody’s problem, and affect people and wildlife everywhere on the planet. Currently studies are proving microplastics are present in the air...

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Blog April 6, 2022

Microplastics Update – Part 1: Where We Are at and Where We Are Going

The original EcoCentre structure was a 1966 brick veneer build, in a fenced off garden corner that was home to the Park-Keeper of...

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Blog January 13, 2022

The Original Ecohouse Cottage Had an Energy Efficiency of Less Than One Star

The 15th Annual School Sustainability Festival was held online for the first time in November 2020, uniting schools across Victoria to celebrate inspiring...

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Blog December 17, 2020

School Sustainability Festival 2020: Celebrating youth leadership in climate and biodiversity

Effective green teams in your school can help drive a culture of sustainability. Here are some of our top tips on how to...

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Blog August 25, 2020

Resources: Creating Effective Green Teams in Schools

Potentially a world-first, Caulfield Primary School has installed a bilingual compost system with signage in both English and Japanese. The Student Environment Club...

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Blog June 2, 2020

Bilingual Compost Bins at Caulfield Primary School

This guide is republished from Sustainable Port Phillip. Read their other worm farm guides here.  Where should I put my worm farm? Worm farms...

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Blog November 15, 2019

A Guide for Happy and Healthy Worm Farms

The EcoCentre’s August 2019 free Teachers’ Environment Network (TEN) workshop explored the topic of Climate Change in the Classroom. A full house of local...

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Blog October 2, 2019

Resources: Climate Change in the Classroom

The Port Phillip EcoCentre has teamed up with Bayside City Council, City of Port Phillip, Victorian Government and Kids Teaching Kids for the...

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Blog September 4, 2019

Kids become teachers at Victoria’s longest-running School Sustainability Festival