The all-electric Eco House project is moving ahead! With the support of our partner MEFL, our beloved Eco House is getting all the help it deserves to head into the next phase of it’s life as 100% electric. Late last year, Sanden generously donated a hot water heat pump. In December it was installed [...]
Usually, the United Nations specifies a global theme for the new year, sort of a new year's resolution. In 2018, for some unknown reason, there is no declaration. Perhaps they decided not to bother, or perhaps even important global organisations can have a shaky start to the year. It's vital for CERES to look to the global stage [...]
In his 1983 book The Gift, Lewis Hyde identified that a gift must be passed on or it will stagnate and eventually become a curse. “You may keep your Christmas present,” Hyde writes, “but it ceases to be a gift in the true sense unless you have given something else away.” I'm pretty sure Farmer Steve [...]
For at least the past 7 years at CERES (as long as I have been working here), we have avoided using the "L" word in relation to why we do what we do. "Love" often makes people feel uncomfortable in an organisational context, and it feeds the myth of CERES being a collection of [...]
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 [...]
When you buy your turmeric latte at the Merri Table or a new houseplant from the Nursery, or some bulk steel cut oats from the Grocery, the staff there will tell you that they are a social enterprise, and that any profits raised from the business help support environmental education at CERES. What does [...]
The ATA office, known now as the Dig office, is being renovated. Here is Simon Harvey, an early member of the ATA, who volunteered his time to design the original building all of those years ago. Standing next to him is Mark Romei who has designed the renovation of the building. Simon told us [...]
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 [...]
There's a lot in a word. As a place that was quarried, filled with rubbish, then covered with powerlines and invasive weeds for many years, in the early days CERES was most commonly referred to as a "site". "Site" implies a kind of dead-ness. It's a place to construct a building, a distant location [...]
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 [...]