CERES Education
Education lies at the heart of CERES, which has grown from its humble beginnings into one of the largest sustainability education providers in Victoria. CERES Education provides a wide range of services:
Schools excursion & Incursion Programs
Excursions Bring your school group to CERES.
Incursions CERES Education comes to your school.
Teacher Professional Development
The Outreach team takes the CERES knowledge and skills to schools and early childhood centres through the ResourceSmart Schools program and on request
Vocational Education & Training
VET programs include a range of pre-accredited programs in Horticulture, Environmental Education and the Cert II in Horticulture and Kitchen Operations.
Youth and Adult Disability Program
A day service program allowing young adults with a disability to engage meaningfully with the operations at CERES.
Adult Workshops & Courses
Choose from gardening, cooking, craft, permaculture and sustainability. Our learning experiences nurture you and the earth.
Travel with
CERES Global
CERES Global invites you to travel on unique participatory, cross cultural, educational and skill sharing programs.
Education Blog
Mini Case Study: Growing Plants Can Change Your Life
Gregory Lorenzutti Gregory Lorenzutti is a Brazilian-Australian artist based in Melbourne, Australia, working between the spaces of photography, dance and urban farming. Photography, dance... and farming? Strange bedfellows you might think, but [...]
Science Corner Edition 3
Ever had a burning science question that felt too silly to say out loud, or that lead you down a Wikipedia hole? CERES Energy Education Coordinator Tom Lang wants to answer it! Send your [...]
Smart Urban Forests at CERES
A new Swinburne University-led pilot program introduced at CERES Community Environment Park is using water-sensor technology to better manage urban forests. Swinburne University Water Resources Engineering senior lecturer, Dr Scott Rayburg, and his team [...]
No time not to use the regular plates
On Friday I went with my sons and several thousand other Victorian children to the steps of the Treasury Museum for the Students Strike For Climate Change. From a respectful (non-embarrassing) distance it was [...]
Exploring Permaculture in Timor Leste June 2018
by Jane Burns, CERES Education Outreach Area Manager I recently had the opportunity to facilitate a trip to Timor-Leste (East Timor) with CERES Global Education to learn about how this country [...]
CERES in October – Permaculture of the Inner Landscape
As Permaculturalist Prof. Stuart Hill says, “We’re not going to be saved by nuclear power, not even by solar power; nor by any religious or political doctrine. The only thing that can save us is [...]