CERES Environment Park Blog
Working to reduce base load power demand
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. [...]
Cretan Brotherhood – New Entrance
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 [...]
A Sense of Community for the Hard of Hearing
CERES is an all-inclusive community that has always been welcoming to everyone – including those who are deaf or hard of hearing. We specialise in tailored programs for marginalised groups such as people with [...]
CERES take action through Zero Carbon Evolution prize
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 – [...]
A brighter green future
The future is bright for green jobs with skills sets such as biofuels research, wave energy producers, solar cell technicians, next generation battery engineering, plant genomics, wind energy workers, and urban food growers to [...]
History Of The Arnhem Weaver’s Workshops & Why We Travel There Two Times A Year
In the far north of Australia, there is a vast tract of Aboriginal owned land called Arnhem Land. It covers hundreds of kms of coast, small islands and large tracts of sub-tropical Savanna woodlands. [...]
Feature Changes Around the Park
This month, along with all our usual maintenance work across the site, we completed four improvements across the park that our visitors might appreciate. 1. Namalata Willem Approximately two years ago I met with [...]
Weaving Stories in Ink and Pandanas: Trace’s Picture Journal From Mapuru, Arnhem Land.
They say a picture tells a 1000 words... when I stop to sketch I look closer, I notice and appreciate so much more… and enhance memories later when I look at the sketches… and [...]
The Great Turning
In Melbourne this week the turning of the season has properly arrived with cool nights, shorter days and the dreaded turning back of clocks. If you were lucky you might have escaped the city [...]
5 myths about CERES that we wish were true
At CERES, we get asked the same questions over and over from first time visitors. Embedded in many of these questions is the possibility of hope for a better future for humanity and our [...]