The Sustainability Hub

Tuesday 11 October – 6 December 2016 8 sessions from 10:00am – 4:00pm Interested in creating change for sustainability through education and communication? CERES has been in the business of educating students and the community in sustainability for over 30 years. Our experienced educators will take […]

Mentone Primary School students participated in a DRI workshop and created this presentation to educate about keeping waste out of the bay for water health and marine life as well as improving biodiversity for a healthy ecosystem.    

  Mentone Primary School students wrote this song and made the presentation to educate about keeping the bay clean for marine life. The whole school learnt the song!    

Empty containers into collection buckets and students then have fun watering the plants with the watering cans. It is amazing the amount of water that would otherwise go to waste.

  By Jane Burns Education Outreach Manager Schools can be well placed to provide a learning environment for educating the next generation of sustainable leaders. What sustainability looks like at each school is of differing kinds and degrees but based on the elements of the […]

Don’t waste water! Please see the attached newsletter article.

mason gaia and tibaud Miya and Alexandra1 Our grade 1/2 students completed powerpoint presentations on how our school could be more water efficient. These were presented to the principal and school architect.

Mentone primary is pleased to announce it is a joint recipient of the 2015 ‘I sea, I care’, award for School of the Year! We were named together with St. Catherine’s for our work towards sustainability and teaching in school. A special mention to our ‘I […]

By Jane Burns Education Outreach Manager Eco solutions Naturally occurring biological, chemical or physical processes have mitigated or deferred global warming for millions of years by accumulating and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere in the process known as carbon sequestration. However, depletion of the […]

Written by Jane Burns CERES Education Outreach Manager Last month CERES Outreach were fortunate to spend a day on the S.V Pelican1, a 62-foot sailing catamaran working as a scientific research vessel and for people and communities to gather on board for knowledge sharing and […]