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25.01.2022 A great local event about energy saving tips for your home! Book in to learn more about reducing your bills and what opportunities are available for solar.

24.01.2022 Interested in what your plastic footprint might look like? Take 3 have put together a survey so you can get a snapshot. Check it out here: https://survey.artd.com.au/s3/48e0904ac1d7

24.01.2022 The City of Greater Dandenong has developed a short animated clip on the importance of keeping litter out of rain gardens. It combines a bit of humour with a great educational message. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVZf-asv2-Y

23.01.2022 We're holding an online session next week which will take a close look at those buzzing beauties, bees! Whether you're interested in how kids can learn about bees in the classroom to having your very own bee team, listen in and get your questions ready! Register here: https://yarraranges-vic.zoom.us//tJEucuCqrDgoE9STFcYoiYmSR

22.01.2022 Keeping chickens, extend your networks and other exciting sustainability opportunities! - https://mailchi.mp//speakers-announced-for-2019-learning-f See our mid-term update and don't miss your chance to book into our upcoming Professional Development and Networking Session!

21.01.2022 Our PD session on Healthy Waterways is coming up just after the next school holidays. Don't forget to lock it into the calendar now - Wednesday 16th October, 4:30-6:30pm! Book in here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/healthy-waterways-term-4-pd

20.01.2022 This webinar is coming up tomorrow (Saturday 13 June) with a focus on sharing your garden with wildlife. Starting at 10am, join the Yarra Ranges Gardens for Wildlife team, and Richard Rowe from Sustainable Gardening Australia, to learn how to incorporate food sources, water, shelter and nesting places for our local wildlife in your garden. A local webinar with great content for all those living in the eastern region, not just for those from Yarra Ranges! Register to attend... at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sharing-your-garden-with-wi See more

20.01.2022 Don't forget - our Term 3 Professional Development/Networking Session on Chook Keeping is coming up on Tuesday 3rd September. Book your free tickets now: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/chook-keeping-chooks4charit

19.01.2022 In case you missed this good news story from back in April, I thought it might brighten your Wednesday! A new type of cling wrap that is compostable from a very local company in Melbourne! https://www.bankaust.com.au//wrappers-delight-how-compos/

19.01.2022 There are some great webinar opportunities coming up, including this fantastic one from Reconciliation Victoria. Explore teaching the cross-curriculum priority Aboriginal Perspectives using the National Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week themes. The event is on Tuesday 30th June, 10am to 12pm, register now, it's free!

18.01.2022 Although we can't get together today to plant trees on #SchoolsTreeDay there are plenty of other things we can do apart to celebrate nature and the environment. National Tree Day have got a range of education resources available and are encouraging people to #HugaTreeforNTD, so get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather!

18.01.2022 There is no Planet B, so let's Fight for Planet A! If you missed last week's episode, it's available on ABC Iview. The next episode airs tomorrow night! If you missed what it's about, Craig Reucassel looks at some of the key actions that people can take in their own lives. They've also launched an online Carbon Counter where people can pledge to reduce their emissions as an individual, group or even a school! Check out the website for more information

18.01.2022 A great initiative is being held tonight at The Basin Preschool. If you're a local and wanting to participate, don't forget to RSVP!

17.01.2022 Yesterday was World Soils Day (5 December), and all of our EASL Councils (Knox City Council, Manningham Council, Maroondah City Council, City of Whitehorse and Yarra Ranges Council), in partnership with industry and government, have renewed their commitment to cut contamination in household green bins. Our EASL Councils have signed up to the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Groups The Back to Earth Initiative, which works with industry to promote green waste recycling, reminding us all about what can go into our green bins. Back to Earth shows us that what goes into our green bins is turned into something valuable compost. Council takes green waste from household bin collections to a commercial facility to be composted. This is why its important that plastic, glass and other rubbish is kept out.

16.01.2022 At the 2020 LfS Conference, our afternoon Master Class will focus on the challenges of food waste. Mark Boulet, from BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, will lift the lid on all things behaviour! At the end you will have a better understanding of what makes humans tick, how this can help us create positive change, and learn from an applied behaviour change approach. Early Bird tickets close soon - book now: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/2020-learning-for-sustainab

15.01.2022 Bees in a Learning Environment | EASL Webinar - https://mailchi.mp//speakers-announced-for-2019-learning-f

14.01.2022 EASL's Newsletter is out! If you missed it, subscribe through the website our read it here. https://mailchi.mp//easl-in-september-including-pds-tens-m

13.01.2022 A great opportunity to learn how best to grow tomatoes this summer! Check out the two dates coming up soon

12.01.2022 Yarra Ranges Council are running a webinar this weekend about food security and growing food locally. It ties into tonight's Fight for Planet A episode. It has a range of interesting speakers from around Melbourne including: Chris Andrew. General Manager of Black Duck Foods Nornie Bero. Head chef and owner of Mabu Mabu Dr Nick Rose. Executive Director of Sustain: The Australian Food Network and lecturer at William Angliss Institute Prof. Roger Hegarty. Professor of Animal Science at University of New England, AU and guest expert on Fight for Planet A: Our Climate Challenge

12.01.2022 Do you have chooks or want chooks at your school or early learning centre? Do you want some tips on how to best keep them in this setting? Come along to our Term 3 Professional Development Session, where these questions, and many more, will get answered by the chook keeping experts, Chooktopia! Bookings Essential: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/chook-keeping-chooks4charit

11.01.2022 We are excited to welcome Damon Gameau, Australian actor and director, as our keynote speaker for the 2020 Learning for Sustainability Conference. Damons newest film, 2040, is an innovative, feature length documentary that explores what the future would look like by the year 2040 if we embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet. You can watch the trailer for the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-rTQ443akE We will join the journey with Damon to see what embracing change can achieve. Book your tickets now, early bird sales still on: https://lfsconference2020.eventbrite.com.au

11.01.2022 Want to cut down on food waste at school? The Love Food Hate Waste team at Sustainability Victoria are looking for schools to pilot their new lesson plans, mapped to the Victorian curriculum. Find out more information and/or register your interest on their website: https://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au//Love-Food-/schools

08.01.2022 Yarra Ranges Council are running a webinar, Youth Voice for Climate Action, this Saturday at 11am which is open to anyone aged 10-17. There will be a panel of youth speakers who will be chatting about the involvement they have had with local environmental youth groups and why they are passionate about climate activism. There will then be a youth friendly presentation on YRC's draft Liveable Climate Plan which is currently open for community consultation. Whether you live in the area, go to school locally or just love visiting, join in and share your thoughts on what Yarra Ranges Council should be doing to tackle Climate Change. You can find the registration information through the event page!

08.01.2022 Beautiful video from Knox City Council about World Environment Day. Remember, small things can make a big difference to our environment. #WorldEnvironmentDay #TakeTimeForNature www.knox.vic.gov.au/wed

06.01.2022 For those who live, work or play around Yarra Ranges Council, check out these great events happening on Saturday 29th February. Two special screenings of 2040: The Regeneration (Belgrave and Lilydale), featuring a Q & A with director, Damon Gameau! Book your tickets now! https://events.humanitix.com.au/2040screeningsbelgrave https://events.humanitix.com.au/2040screeningslilydale

06.01.2022 Are you keen to encourage your students to keep up some of the good travel habits formed during the last few months when heading back to school? We're holding a session next week looking at travelling actively and how schools can support the whole school community to successfully transition to using active travel. We'll also take a look at the data around how travel patterns have changed during COVID-19 and what future travel routines could look like! https://events.humanitix.com/easlactivetravelwebinar

06.01.2022 Today is World Environment Day, a day for action and awareness about environmental issues all around the world. I find this year's theme, TIME FOR NATURE particularly meaningful and I will be taking a moment today to connect with nature and appreciate the beauty around me. Join me by sharing a favourite photo or a thought on your favourite local nature spot. This is mine, one of the Mountain Ash giants at Grants Picnic Ground, Mt Dandenong.

05.01.2022 National Science Week kicks off tomorrow! It's a great chance to highlight the importance of Science and the role it plays in our everyday lives. To register an event, or find one near you, check out the official website: https://www.scienceweek.net.au/

05.01.2022 Early Bird 2020 LfS Conference Tickets are closing soon and other local opportunities! - https://mailchi.mp//speakers-announced-for-2019-learning-f

05.01.2022 Only a few days to go until holidays but don't forget to remind your students about entering into the Speaking 4 the Planet Competition. It closes Friday 25th September! Prizes include Sodastreams, vouchers and environmentally themed books. Find out more on the EASL website: http://easl.com.au/activities/speaking-4-the-planet

05.01.2022 EASL Learning for Sustainability | Term 2 Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/498058fe/easl-news-update-term-3-4179022

05.01.2022 We are excited to invite young people in the EASL region to participate in a new internationally renowned Arts-based competition, Speaking 4 the Planet. An entirely online competition, submissions can be in one of 6 categories: drama, art, writing, public speaking, memes and TikTok This program offers students the opportunity to express themselves creatively on a sustainability topic. This year the theme is 'I am Water'. EASL are partnering on this fantastic initaitive with Environment Education Victoria -EEV and Speaking 4 the Planet. It is the first time S4P has been run in Victoria! For more information join us at an online information session this Thursday 6th August, 3:30pm on Zoom. https://yarraranges-vic.zoom.us//register/WN_ld_1IGMURyGLj

04.01.2022 Our Learning for Sustainability (LfS) Conference is back and planned for the middle of Term 1 2020 so that you can get inspired for all of your sustainability initiatives for the coming year. Grab your Early Bird Tickets now: https://lfsconference2020.eventbrite.com.au

04.01.2022 PrimeSci! are running a great range of science related school holiday programs! These are all online and can be booked through the link below!

02.01.2022 Last chance to book in for our free PD on Healthy Waterways. It's on Wednesday 16th October, 4:30-6:30 at Blackburn Lake Sanctuary. Bookings close Monday 14th October, get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/healthy-waterways-term-4-pd

02.01.2022 Just a reminder that our Speaking 4 the Planet Information Session is this afternoon at 3:30pm. Register to attend and find out all about this fantastic competition. https://yarraranges-vic.zoom.us//register/WN_ld_1IGMURyGLj

02.01.2022 Yarra Ranges Council, in partnership with local community groups, are offering a free forum on Friday 9th August at Burrinja Upwey focusing on how individuals can respond to the challenges of climate change. This evening event is particularly relevant for educators, parents and young people who are experiencing anxiety and other mental health responses and are wanting to hear about approaches they can take. For more information and to book, please see the website: https://ww...w.yarraranges.vic.gov.au//Community-Solutions-in This event is open to those within the EASL region. Speakers include Dr Susie Burke & A/Prof Lauren Rickards and there will be an opportunity for people to connect to relevant groups at the end of the evening.

01.01.2022 Bees in a learning environment session TODAY and new programs announced! - https://mailchi.mp//bees-in-a-learning-environment-session