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
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 [...]
Summer Dreaming
It wasn’t so long ago, those warmer Melbourne months; we had a great summer down at CERES and we’re looking forward to another. We are privileged to have this little green patch in East [...]
A Review of the Impacts, Causes, and Mitigation Efforts Towards Plastic Waste in Indonesian Coastal Environments
This Report was written by Nikita Cronyn from La Trobe University who joined us on our Indonesia trip in April 2018 looking at the impacts of plastic waste. This report is based on her findings from that [...]