ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS, ARTICLES, GROUPS, JOBS, AND PLACES - MELBOURNE

Forest therapy

Banyule Flats Reserve 36-38 Somerset Drive, Viewbank, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Is it time to do something for you? Come on a guided forest therapy walk this spring at Banyule Flats Reserve. Inspired by the Japanese Public Health Practice of Shinrinyoku (also known as forest bathing), forest therapy is an evidence-based approach where the restorative power of nature is harnessed to heal many ailments of modern […]

Free

Green Gathering Brighton: Summer Garden Prep: Maintenance and Harvest Planning

Communal Garden Airlie st Airlie st, Brighton, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Come and join the journey of growth, sustainability, and togetherness by being a part of a gardening community at Airlie st Communal Garden in Brighton. Monday 28th October: Summer Garden Prep: Maintenance and Harvest Planning Monday 11th November: Garden-related Activity Run by Residents Monday 25th November: Creative Harvest Workshop

Free

Melbourne Bayside Group Meet Up 🏖️

Port Phillip Eco Centre WHERE Port Phillip Eco Centre 38 Blessington St St Kilda, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Come along to the Eco Centre meet up with people in the Wilderness Bayside Group and help plan upcoming events and actions for The Wilderness Society. If you live Melbourne's Bayside and Port Phillip areas and want to take community action for nature, join us for one of our regular meet ups.  By joining our […]

Free

Online: Bloom at Home: How to Grow Your Own Cut Flowers

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Did you know that flowers are flown in planes all around the world every single day, contributing to significant carbon emissions? Despite the beauty they bring, the majority of flowers for sale in shops around Australia are imported. However, there's a shift happening in the floral sector towards sustainability here in Australia, so flowers are […]

Free

Online: Great Victorian Fish Count presentation night

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Join us online to celebrate the beginning of this year’s Great Victorian Fish Count! We’ve got some amazing speakers in the pipeline to join us. Plus we’ll dive into what we found during last year’s fish count. More details to come! RSVP on website.

Free

Online: Public lecture – Linking Land and Geospatial Intelligence for Sustainable Development

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Land data and knowledgeare currently insufficientto sustainably manage the environment and implement climate actions. CSDILA’s recent work for the World Bank has highlighted the urgent need for interdisciplinary solutions. Climate actions like regeneration, reforestation and renewable energy targets require land – much of which is already used for other purposes. We need to work together […]

Free

Sow and Tell: Writing the Garden

Wayi Community Garden - Newlands Neighbourhood House 20 Murray Rd, Coburg North, VIC, Australia

Event description Sow and Tell: Writing the Garden Gardens are rich and fertile places for writers. They are places of uncertainty, where things stir under the surface and we are not sure what will emerge. They are places of creativity and vitality, where new life blooms. Gardens hold their own stories too, and listening to […]

$12 – $18

Native wildflower meadows with Katherine Horsfall

NECCHi Newlands Neighhbourhood House 20 Murray Rd, Coburg North, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Event description Come and learn about native wildflower meadows with Katherine Horsfall whose research in grasslands restoration at the University of Melbourne has lead to planting millions of native seeds to create nurturing, inspiring, biologically and culturally important grassy floral wonderlands in small urban spaces. These include threatened indigenous species. We will meet at our […]

Free – $10

Farm Raiser Tour & Working Bee – Urban Ag Month

Farm Raiser Urban Farm 15 Perkins Ave, Bellfield, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Join farmers Charlotte and Eve for a tour of Farm Raiser Urban Farm and a working bee to launch our Spring/Summer events series. We'll show you around the farm, explain our systems and answer your questions, then we'll get our hands dirty with some fun farm tasks. Please bring close toed shoes, a hat and […]

Free

Tomato Growing for balcony and small spaces

Rooftop Garden at Burwood Brickworks Shopping Centre 70 Middleborough Rd, Burwood East, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Learn how to grow Tomato's within small spaces and balcony settings. You will leave with top tips and a Rooftop grown seedling to look after!

Free