Guest Post by Dr Ben Habib From 2nd-12th December 2017 I co-facilitated a CERES Global tour to India, themed around sustainable development, permanent culture and un-learning. My focus for the tour was to collect data for my research project on permaculture as a transnational social movement and to learn more about alternative education models as a [...]
Help CERES plan for flexibility CERES Community Park in East Brunswick covers 4 hectares and is packed with activities, users and structures. To guide its evolution in a manner that best uses our finite space and avoids constraining future opportunities as activities thrive or change, there is need for a guiding plan for the [...]
By Lucy Dowling-Brown, CERES Communications Intern It is Friday morning and the sky is a slate grey ceiling above the swarming primary school children. They are buzzing with excitement, running past each other in a sea of mustard yellow and navy blue uniforms. Today is excursion day for grade two at CERES Environment [...]
By Luke Wakeling, CERES Science Communications Intern On Sunday the 17th of September 2017, Australia celebrates Sustainable House Day. The CERES EcoHouse will again be part of this day, between 11am and 3pm, with support from Moreland Energy Foundation (MEFL) staff. Our homes shape our habits, and on this day we recognise the important [...]
Guest blog by Lucy Best from Positive Charge David Gordon and his partner were keen to reduce their power bills and improve their environmental impact. Installing solar was high on their list of priority actions but they also understood that finding ways to keep their electricity usage down was going to improve the impact [...]
By Luke Wakeling CERES Science Communications Intern Tom Lang loves science. He’s the leader of the CERES energy education program and is tasked with educating the hordes of inquisitive children which flock to the East Brunswick sustainability park. Tom’s passion is infectious and knowledge is deep. He holds a Masters in Science Communication and [...]
For the first time since hosting corporate volunteers at CERES, two people – Marta and Jon from NAB, volunteered on two consecutive weeks. ‘We wanted to use our two volunteer days this year as an opportunity for our team to get together and do something useful for the community', says Marta. 'We thought that [...]
The energy audit funded by Sustainability Victoria is well on its way. http://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/services-and-advice/business/energy-and-materials-efficiency-for-business/boosting-productivity/energy-assessment-grants The auditors visited us today to check on preliminary findings and to look at thermal leakage of our many refrigeration units. You can see the thermal camera being used in the Grocery cool room located in the turnaround. Information about the [...]
BIG BEN - Blazing trails, no matter where he goes! On the morning of May 4 2017, even before the site team had completed the final sweep of the path, our very own Ben Walta made the initial steps over the threshold of the long awaited new entry to the Cretan Brotherhood (CERES overflow) [...]
We’re pleased to announce that CERES were the proud winners of the Zero Carbon Evolution Community prize. The prize money was used to install two timers on the coffee machines in the CERES cafes – both at the Merri Table and the grocery coffee hub. The timers will reduce carbon emissions by automatically turning the [...]