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 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

NatureSpot Spring 2020 survey results are in! 279 spots, 173 fauna, 120 flora and 6 fungi submitted by citizen scientists over five weeks —...

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Blog October 29, 2020

NatureSpot Species List (Spring 2020)

Header image credit: Dolphin Research Institute Join the EcoCentre’s Matt McArthur on a dive into the Port Phillip Bay to discover the biology,...

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Blog September 2, 2020

Giant Spider Crabs of Port Phillip Bay

Along with public parks, gardens on private land can help enhance biodiversity and improve our wellbeing. Download our free Grow Wild backyard biodiversity...

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Blog July 8, 2020

Grow Wild: Guide to improve backyard biodiversity

Download our free nature bingo card and see what nature you can see, hear, and smell from your balcony or backyard! Fill in...

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Blog April 7, 2020

Nature Bingo

Guest blog post by Alive Outside Snorkelling Safari participant, Shreya (12 years old) The waves slithered onto my feet as I took a step closer....

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Blog February 13, 2020

How snorkelling helped me face my fears

Thanks to everyone who attended the last Teacher Environment Network Meeting on 30 October hosted by the wonderful Tim Mc Rae at Gardenvale...

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Blog November 27, 2019

Free Resources: Biodiversity by the Bay

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