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Volunteers drive our community-powered action, as we work to inspire, educate and demonstrate sustainable environmental practice and strengthen people's connection to the natural world.
All volunteers must complete an induction before volunteering with us. Upcoming volunteer induction sessions: |
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Friday Gardening Bees We are looking for garden volunteers to supplement our existing garden team on Fridays. Having experience and knowledge of gardening is favourable, but not compulsory. Having team spirit, lots of enthusiasm and being reliable are! Find out more. |
Garden Waterers Our garden beds are often thirsty! Volunteers help to water once (or twice) for an hour during the week, to keep our plants and veggies hydrated. All volunteers are given a run-down of the watering regime, including the hot house and seedling pots. Find out more. |
Compost Turners Regular turning of the Community Compost bins helps to promote natural break-down of food scraps to create rich soil fertiliser. Volunteers are required at least twice a week to help turn the compost with pitchforks. No positions available. |
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Repair Cafe Fixers & Menders Do you like fixing things? Mending things that are broken or torn? The St Kilda Repair Cafe needs volunteers with skills at fixing household items such as clothing/textiles, jewellery, books, shoes, bikes, small furniture, computers, electronics, small appliances and more. Find out more. |
Citizen Science: Mollusc Monitoring Help the Port Phillip Baykeeper methodologically survey live molluscs off shore, and conduct beach shell surveys and microplastic surveys across local beaches around St Kilda. Find out more. |
Citizen Science: NatureSpot A fun way to contribute to citizen science! We need your help to snap photos of local flora and fauna and upload data from your smart phone, to capture essential information on our local environment. Volunteers can contribute from their own homes on this project! Find out more. |
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Creative Nature Responders We need volunteers to help respond to love-letters written by community members to their favourite tree, plant, animal or natural place. This is an online opportunity. Find out more. |
Westgate Park Volunteer Volunteer with our affiliates at Westgate Biodiversity. Help with growing plants, propagation, spreading mulch, weeding and pruning, monitoring water quality, picking up litter, and joining monthly bird and fungi surveys. Westgate Park is located in Port Melbourne. Find out more. |
Corporate Volunteering Take your team out on a corporate volunteering day. Work with penguins, become marine biologists for a day, build nestboxes, and more! We tailor our programs to suit your group. Find out more. |
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Citizen Science: Sunscreen Sampling RMIT and the EcoCentre have teamed up to research effects of sunscreen on marine life in the Bay. We take water samples in local beaches across the summer for scientists to analyse. No positions available. |
Citizen Science: Microplastic Analysis We run monthly river trawls on the Yarra and Maribyrnong Rivers to collect scientific data on plastic pollution in our waterways. Our volunteers analyse these samples to quantify the plastic found. No positions available. |
ReVeg Saturday Gardeners We have recently launched our ReVeg Saturdays Gardening Group. Volunteers are needed to facilitate a fortnightly project group, focusing on indigenous revegetation. No experience needed, but lots of enthusiasm required! No positions available. |
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Student Placements We welcome high school and university students to complete placement with us, on programs including excursion, curriculum development, and citizen science project delivery. No positions available. |
EcoCentre Receptionist Reception Volunteers help to monitor enquiries by email, phone and face to face. This role is essential in keeping the EcoCentre moving, with lots of opportunities to assist with other exciting projects. This role requires a minimum of half a day a week availability. No positions available. |
Living Water Workbees Volunteers attend ‘Living Water Workbees’ through host community groups, helping to contribute to various projects. Volunteer hours are then converted into funding credits which are used to pay for the installation of water tanks or rain gardens. No positions available. |
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The EcoCentre acknowledges the Kulin Nations, including the Yalukut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung language group, traditional owners of the land on which we are located. We pay respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Elder members of our multicultural community.