It was a clear, crisp morning on Saturday the 4th of August, the silver wattles in full bloom and the resident magpies were building their nests in the trees above the worksite of the Meditation Garden. We milled about and whispered while the Melbourne Zen group practiced their weekly Saturday morning meditation inside the CERES learning [...]
By Lauren Kaszubski It’s a week into August, post my Plastic Free July challenge, and I have begun to reflect on my experience. Overall, I really enjoyed my plastic-free month; although, it wasn't entirely plastic-free – there were some slip-ups, a ski holiday, and visiting guests that brought some plastic into the month of July. I tried not [...]
CERES had a very famous electric vehicle for its use up until recently. Our Citroen Belingo was the first electric car conversion road registered in Australia. In its day it was pioneering technology and enthusiastically built by talented volunteers from the community with backing from like minded organisations (Donkey Wheel, Swinburne University). It's CERES' [...]
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 "how does that work?" question to sciencecorner@ceres.org.au and Tom will put his brains to work to find out. Here's Tom: [...]
On a sleepy Saturday, 21st of July, folks from the CERES community and many pathways of spirituality gathered at the fire circle (Ngaragee) for the first Meditation Garden working bee. This was the first structure built at CERES and the day was bitter-sweet as we were to pull it down. Noel Blencowe, known as [...]
By Freya Wrigley While most people would jump at the chance to label themselves as Superman, April Seymour feels more connected with the identity of Clark Kent. Last week I caught up with April after hearing she had committed to reducing her plastic consumption over five years ago. I found someone who ‘models a [...]
By Freya Wrigley It is easy to view #PlasticFreeJuly as the experience of giving up plastic, a process that is inconvenient and challenging. Focused on the benefit it will bring to the planet, it is easy to miss other impacts closer to you. My conversation last week with Victorian educator and powerhouse Kirsty Costa [...]
by Freya Wrigley Signing up to cut plastics out of my life this July was exciting and overwhelming, particularly as half the time I’m not even sure whether some items contain plastic or not. Now 9 days into the adventure of Plastic Free July, I imagine some of us are on target while others [...]
It’s cold outside - and the perfect time to get crafty! There are some plastics that seem unavoidable. There are those insidious plastics that carry the products we can’t live without and use everyday. They are the ones sitting on the shelf of the supermarket or chemist that we’ve been lead to believe are [...]
Presentation of the final detailed design by Philomena Manifold and Phillip Pender. Attended by Sophia Spring, Melbourne Zen, Melbourne Insight, CERES Site Team and the general public. The day started with a warm introduction from Nick Curmi followed by a guided meditation led by Sieta Beckwith. Standing on the Earth, in front of the [...]