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FEATURED PROGRAM

Port Phillip Baykeeper

Join Neil Blake, OAM, the award-winning Port Phillip Baykeeper and monitor the pulse of our bay area.

GET INVOLVED

Community Programs

Explore our diverse programs and many ways to get involved in Port Phillip’s environmental well-being. Don’t just learn about our local ecosystems, come roll up your sleeves and take action to create real change with us.

Port Phillip Baykeeper

Port Phillip Baykeeper

Port Phillip Baykeeper / KEEP OUR BAY HEALTHY Baykeeper Neil, a voice for Bay health Neil Blake OAM, is the...

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Shaping Best Practices

Shaping Best Practices

Combining citizen science with advocacy and policy The Port Phillip EcoCentre’s multidisciplinary Impact Team leverages science, law and community to...

Beachkeepers

Beachkeepers

What is the project? The origins of the Beachkeepers of the Bay was established by the Port Phillip EcoCentre at...

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Multicultural Bay Ambassadors

Multicultural Bay Ambassadors

The Multicultural Bay Ambassadors Program is a four month volunteer internship program for emerging professionals to develop skills in community...

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Multicultural Excursions

Multicultural Excursions

The EcoCentre garden is a shared community garden featuring Aboriginal cultural plants, a rain garden, heritage vegetables, a propagation area,...

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Corporate Volunteering

Corporate Volunteering

Corporate Volunteering / MAKE AN IMPACT Team building opportunities Our nature based Corporate Volunteering experiences can invigorate and further connect...

Environ Leaders Program

Environment Leaders Program

Environment Leaders Program

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St Kilda Repair Café

St Kilda Repair Café

What do you do with a broken toaster? A bike with a bent wheel? Toss it? No way! Bring it...

Community-DeepTimeWalk

Deep Time Walks

Deep Time Walks

Learn about our Earth’s history and our impact as humans. Each step on this 4.6km walk represents a moment in...

Indigenous Connections

Indigenous Connections

The EcoCentre respectfully acknowledges the Yalukut Weelam Clan of the Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional...

Community Tile Tawny Frogmouth Sightings

Tawny Frogmouth Sightings

Tawny Frogmouth Sightings

Map of recorded Tawny Frogmouth sightings in SE Melbourne, reported since December 2010 - Record your tawny sighting here!

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Wildlife and Nest Boxes

Wildlife and Nest Boxes

The EcoCentre has a long-running urban habitat and nest box program that provides much-needed homes (habitat) for Eastern Rosellas, Microbats...

NatureSpot

NatureSpot

NatureSpot biodiversity surveys is a citizen science project where anyone can contribute to catalogue plants and animals living in our...

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Zero-Waste Events

Zero-Waste Events

At the EcoCentre, our venue is the perfect spot if you’re looking to host a Zero-Waste event!

Book A Speaker

Book A Speaker

The EcoCentre offers highly engaging, knowledgeable speakers and workshop facilitators with a range of specialist expertise for your event.

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Past Programs

Drain detective water sampling Session 3 October 2018

Drain Detectives

Drain Detectives

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Alive Outside

Alive Outside

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Litter Hotspots: Turn off the Tap!

Litter Hotspots: Turn off the Tap!

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Be the RE-Generation

Be the RE-Generation

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