EcoCentre

The Port Phillip EcoCentre is a place where environmental solutions are hatched and nurtured.

3 Week old little penguin chick
Photo by Zoe M Hogg

The EcoCentre is a not-for-profit community-managed environment group, supported by the City of Port Phillip. The EcoCentre provides a base for a number of affiliate groups involved in a range of activities, that promote biodiversity and community action.

The EcoCentre committee welcomes anyone interested in joining EcoCentre project teams, affiliate group activities and suggestions for new environmental initiatives.

2007 - 2008 Annual Report

October 2008 Eco Newsletter out now

Venue Hire

We have meeting room capable of accommodating about 50 people for hire.
Check our meeting room page for more details.

Affiliates

EcoCentre affiliation is open to not-for-profit groups who are engaged in environmental projects and/or community-building programs... more >

Donations Welcome!

or Click Here to donate via the
City of Port Phillip Site

Events:

Event LIst

Projects:

EcoHouse
Little Penguins
Blue Wrens
Westgate Park
Beach Buddies

CALLING ALL ARTISTS

The Port Phillip EcoCentre is seeking artists with an environmental edge, interested in its 2009 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM – For which Government funding will be sought.

Interested artists are invited to come down to the Port Phillip EcoCentre and obtain an application form which they are then invited to submit outlining their project idea. Applications close on Friday the 5^th of December 2008.

Volunteers - We need YOU

Current positions:

1. Marketing assistant wanted to write articles, publicize events and EcoCentre programs.
   Time negotiable. Contact Gail Fugimara 9596 6289 email storm_gail@ hotmail.com or Neil Blake at the EcoCentre 9534 0670 email coord@ecocentre.com.
   
2. Handy person to assist with general maintenance tasks and to be part of a team to paint the EcoCentre in January 2009.
   Time negotiable. Contact as above.

St Kilda Coast Tours.

St Kilda
Walk on the Wild side

The Beach Buddies St Kilda coast activities for families
continues into the Autumn!

Highly qualified Beach Buddies tour guides will take your family on a tour to enjoy and learn about the delights of St Kilda’s coastal environment at night.

Enjoy some great games and activities while learning all about:
• Local wildlife and plants
• Conservation and management issues
• What you can do to care for the coast

The tour ends at the begining of the St Kilda breakwater, with the possibility of seeing penguins and rakali.

Tour price is $18 per adult, $12 per child (under 16) and concession.

For groups of 3 or more a free Beach Buddies bag is included, containing:
• Penguin Panic board game
• DVD of amazing underwater Port Phillip Bay
• Coast Care Coast Action activities book
• Earthcare booklets and activities

Wear warm clothing, closed footwear and bring a bottle of water.

Time changes monthly, please confirm when making booking.

All children must be accompanied by an adult. Dogs are not permitted. A non-refundable booking fee of $5 per group is applicable. Additional Beach Buddies bags are available to buy @ $15 each, please advise how many are required when booking.

More information at: www.stkildapenguins.com.au

Bookings: Beach Buddies Bookings

or email info@ecocentre.com

or Phone (03) 9534 0670

All profits go towards further community education and protection of Port Phillip Bay.

‘Beach Buddies’ is an eco-tour run by Port Phillip EcoCentre with support from Reichstein Foundation, Melbourne Community Foundation’s Ballandry Fund, Coast Action/Coastcare and Earthcare St Kilda.

Clear Comfort double glazing.

The EcoCentre has supplies of this double glazing product.

Visit the EcoCentre to see the installed product and buy a kit for your home.

Click the link above to go to the Clear Comfort site for more information.

To buy online click on EcoShop.

ClearComfort SuperKit

1 sheet of membrane, 10 metres long x 1.6 metres wide
1 roll permanent tape, 50 metres long x 15mm wide
Full instructions for D.I.Y. installation
Price: $180.50

ClearComfort MiniKit

1 sheet membrane, 120 cm long x 80 cm wide
1 roll permanent tape, 4 metres long x 15mm wide
Full instructions for D.I.Y. installation
Price: $19.30

3 Way Water Saver Device

Use you waste laundry water to irrigate your garden.

On sale at the EcoCentre, $8.00 each.

Full details and instructions

To buy online click on EcoShop.

Showerhead Exchange Program

The EcoCentre has another batch of showerheads to exchange for residents of the City of Port Phillip. Bring along your old showerhead and exchange it for a three star water efficient showerhead, Monday to Friday 10:00am - 4:00pm.

For more details go to:
www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/showerhead exchange

Indigenous Plants of the Sandbelt - a Gardening Guide for South-Eastern Melbourne...

...can be bought at the EcoCentre for $25 per copy. The book provides a full coverage of the natural history of the Sandbelt and the plant communities that colonized the region over the past 6,000 years. The book features full colour photos of each species and many wildlife species. Plant descriptions include horticultural notes. Flowering season, and koori use. The book also has sections on local geology, habitat creation and contact details of indigenous plant nurseries in the Sandbelt

This book has become my gardening bible! Now I'm gardening with nature... not against it! Tony of Brighton

EcoCentre Membership

Become a member of the EcoCentre and benefit from its resources; the meeting room, library, internet, networking and become part of an environmentally sustainable organisation.

Download and return the completed form to the EcoCentre

Individual membership $16.50 per year.

Household membership $22.00 per year.

Affiliate membership $22.00 + $1.10 for each member (ceiling of $200.00) per year.

If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to the EcoCentre public fund please download the donation form, mail it with you donation to the EcoCentre and we will send you a receipt.

Updated: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 15:45