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It’s amazing how rich a local neighbourhood with urban ecology. This was filmed around Elster Creek aka Elwood Canal, a ...
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June 24, 2019
Video: Elster Creek Wildlife – Melbourne urban ecosystems
Waterways are the arteries of the Earth. Plastic pollution is clogging waterways, endangering wildlife, the climate, and our way of ...
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June 14, 2019
Video: Unclogging Earth’s arteries – plastic in Port Phillip Bay
As a Brighton Sea Scouts Venturer, Sam Perkins noticed an alarming amount of microplastic appearing at the Holloway Bend Beach ...
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June 13, 2019
Stopping plastic pollution in its tracks
By Francisca Alliende I moved to Australia in 2018 as an experienced landscape architect. I’ve always had a passion for ...
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June 13, 2019
Finding my roots through the EcoCentre
It’s been a difficult week of community conversations with everyone from retiree volunteers to schools, where we’ve even had 8-year-olds ...
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May 31, 2019
The sound of sleeves rolling up
By Keith Badger If you told me ten years ago that I’d be a climate activist, I would have laughed. At ...
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May 1, 2019
Climate Epiphanies: How to transform a corporate heart
Isabel Robinson, as told to Josh Solomonsz I first went to Papua New Guinea when I was 19. Before then, ...
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March 6, 2019
There and Back Again: An International Development Worker’s Tale
St Joseph’s students joined hands-on catchment care to raise $20,000 through Living Water Workbees, allowing them to install rainwater tanks and a ...
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January 23, 2019
How St Joseph’s Primary School saved $20,000 when installing a raingarden
This summer, beachgoers are urged to slip, slop and slap sustainably by using sunscreen not containing toxic chemicals, to avoid ...
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December 19, 2018