Keep Victoria Beautiful in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Non-profit organisation

Keep Victoria Beautiful

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Address: Level -2, HUB Melbourne, 696 Bourke Street 3000 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.kvb.org.au

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25.01.2022 Check out Tomorrow Today's acceptance speech after taking home 2 big awards the evening of the Sustainable Communities - Tidy Town Awards!!

24.01.2022 Be sure to go to our website to see if you have become a finalist in the 2020 Keep Victoria Beautiful Sustainable Cities Awards!

24.01.2022 Do you know of a great new project in your town like the 'Washed Up. Not Wasted' initiative that is stoping single use plastic and landfill waste at the Mount Martha Farmers Market? Could they use an extra $1,000 to get that project started? If so, be sure to enter it into the 2021 Sustainable Communities - Tidy Town Awards! and they could win the KVB GIFT FUND of $1,000! ENTRIES NOW OPEN - www.awardsonline.net.au/2021/tidytowns/

22.01.2022 #KVBSustainableCommunities-TidyTowns 2020 Awards Overall Town Finalist spotlight: Bannockburn Bannockburn is a rural township near Geelong, located in Golden Plains Shire, which is one of top ten fastest growing regional Local Government Areas (LGA) in Victoria by percentage. ABC Rural Golden Plains Shire Council Geelong Advertiser Ballarat Courier

22.01.2022 #KVBSustainable Cities 2020 Awards Winner Social Well-Being (Community): impact, ‘Delivering Dignity with Gifts & Services’ Impact Glen Eira City Council Caulfield Glen Eira Leader Herald Sun... The Age ABC News 9 News Melbourne 7NEWS Melbourne 10 News First Melbourne See more

22.01.2022 Thank you again to the supporters of the #KVBSustainableCities 2020 Awards Victorian Government News AwardsOnline

22.01.2022 Do you know of a great INDIGENOUS CULTURE project in your town like the Nanneella Estate Primary School - 'Meeting Place Mural' project that worked with the local Yorta Yorta mob to create this incredible mural using traditional painting methods? If so be sure to enter it into the 2021 Sustainable Communities - Tidy Town Awards! ENTRIES NOW OPEN - www.awardsonline.net.au/2021/tidytowns/

21.01.2022 Meet one of this years Gift Fund Recipients: @naturedkids Their project 'Nature Play Every Day' was generated in response to Covid-19 restrictions. It Encourages families to enjoy healthy, happy fun in their backyards or nearby nature. There has been great community engagement in the project & interest from a wide range of organisations such as OzChild & Salvation Army who are helping them expand the initiative & distribute the 'Playpacks' to their marginalised families. The... $1,000 will go to fund 100 children in their program. Be sure to check out their social media to see all the incredible work they are doing during these difficult times.

20.01.2022 #KVBTidyTowns 2020 Awards Overall Town Finalist spotlight: Rye The coastal town of Rye is a popular holiday destination in Victoria, approximately 100 kilometres south of Melbourne. Amongst its many attractions is the ‘Octopus’s Garden’ at the Rye Pier a 200 metre underwater trail with signage introducing visitors to the local underwater wildlife. ABC Rural Mornington Peninsula News Group... Mornington Peninsula Leader See more

20.01.2022 Beechworth is a finalist in the 2020 Keep Australia Beautiful National Sustainable Communities - Tidy Towns! Be sure to register and tune in to see who will win!

20.01.2022 The Mologa & District Landcare Group would like to invite everyone to their belated 100-year ANZAC Day Ceremony at the WWI Memorial in Mologa at 8am. The community of the district and from other states will assemble there to pay their respect to those brave men who have paid the ultimate price. After the ceremony there will be a BBQ and time for everyone to have a chat.

20.01.2022 #KVBTidyTowns 2020 Awards Overall Town Finalist spotlight: Swan Hill Swan Hill is a bustling modern town set within a stunning ancient landscape and stretching out alongside Australia’s mightiest river the Murray River. Swan Hill is a thriving, modern city combining the community spirit of traditional rural life with the facilities and conveniences of a much larger urban centre.... ABC Rural The Guardian Gannawarra Times See more

20.01.2022 Celebrate the KVB 2020 Australian Sustainable Communities - Tidy Towns Awards from the comfort of your home! Join us for this year’s Awards Ceremony and show your support! We will go LIVE on Saturday 10 October at 7:30pm on the KVB Tidy Towns YouTube channel #KVBTidyTowns

20.01.2022 Today is International Preservation of the Ozone Layer Day! Celebrated by the United Nations Environment Program, 35 years of ozone layer protection is appreciated. Thanks to global efforts such as the Montreal Protocol, ozone-depleting substances are now limited in usage, allowing us to enjoy sunlight at a healthy exposure!

20.01.2022 It’s always great seeing the projects first hand! We love the #RemiAndGrub concept in @officialmorningtonpeninsula to encourage people to dispose of their rubbish properly. Keep up the great work down in @morningtonpeninsula!

19.01.2022 Did you tune into the Sustainable Cities awards last Thursday? If so, we would love to hear your feedback! Please take this survey if you have a quick 5 minutes to spare and help us out :) Link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx

19.01.2022 #KVBTidyTowns 2020 Awards Overall Town Finalist spotlight: Dimboola Dimboola is situated in the Shire of Hindmarsh in the Wimmera region of western Victoria. The quiet town is surrounded by agricultural land and boasts as one of its main attractions the beautiful Wimmera River the longest landlocked river in Victoria and the Little Desert National Park. ABC Rural Dimboola Banner Dimboola Courier PRIME7 @DimboolaTownCommittee

17.01.2022 Monash City Council is helping create the next generation of environment leaders with the Bush Kinder program. Check out more below Over the past few years, Monash Council has received strong interest from early learning centres to provide nature play experiences for their children in outdoor environments. In response, Monash has developed bush kinder spaces in our sporting and recreation reserves. The bush kinder program works collaboratively with early learning centres ...to design and install the bush kinder spaces. Children create mud maps of what they’d love to play on and explore. Council then repurposes large tree logs, rocks and other elements to invite children to experience the reserve in a whole different way; through climbing, balancing and swinging on these natural elements, discovering the insects, birds and skinks that benefit from the habitat, and helping to plant native species that increase the nature value of the space. Children from the centres also grow indigenous plant seedlings, which they help to plant and care for in the spaces. The bush kinder spaces brings nature back into our sporting reserves, enjoyed by the children from the centres and other families who visit the reserve and watch sporting matches. The program has involved corporate volunteers, nearby neighbours, as well as early learning centre staff, children and families. We are installing a new bush kinder space every year, and with each new space young people, wildlife and insects benefit and grow in so many ways. The Bush Kinder Spaces Program is part of the Monash Council’s umbrella Green Shoots program (connecting the community with nature). @cityofmonash #nature #naturekids #bush #bushkinder #education #youngleaders #environment

17.01.2022 A few words from our CEO, Sabina Wills: When the home office isn’t the right place for me to be. Normally the excitement is building for the Tidy Towns Awards night. Planning a visit to the current winner - #Beechworth in the beautiful Indigo Shire Council The amazing Emma White has prepared an amazing online event.... But I miss being out and look forward to seeing you all as soon as it is safe to do so. Here we were last year at #Dimboola in Hindmarsh Shire Council. See more

17.01.2022 Shoutout to one of our finalists for the Social Well-Being award, 'The Briars' Hay Drive! This Hay Drive was made in response to the droughts that farmers experienced in 2018, so the community decided to donate their hay instead of selling it to the farmers. Thanks for your compassion!

17.01.2022 Do you know of a great ENVIRONMENT project in your town like the 'Wimmera River Protection' program that added public access near the river while putting in river protection works to protect the environment to create an enjoyable area for walking and cycling? If so, be sure to enter it into the 2021 Sustainable Communities - Tidy Town Awards! ENTRIES NOW OPEN - www.awardsonline.net.au/2021/tidytowns/

17.01.2022 Meet one of the 2020 Sustainable Cities Gift Fund Recipients: Network West Jasmine, like so many ordinary Australians during the COVID-19 pandemic, decided to help her community. Using her networks and her sewing talent, Jasmine offered to sew surgical gowns for Western Health. They happily requested a mere 6,000 gowns! Given the scale, Jasmine reached out to her friends and local Neighbourhood Houses. Pat, coordinator of Point Cook Community Learning Centre and herself a sk...illed seamstress, embraced the idea and began working on creating a pattern and a project. During lockdown, Neighbourhood Houses were looking for ways to stay engaged with their communities. Twelve Neighbourhood House coordinators immediately rounded up their sewing groups. With the help of a local tailor, they laser cut fabric donated by Spotlight, and the project got underway. Thousands of gowns later, we are scaling back as the need recedes. Resilient communities are able to bounce back from a crisis, and they build resilience through strengthening the interconnections that weave the fabric of our community together. That’s the intention and outcome of ‘Sewing Scrubs: Building the fabric of community in the west'.

17.01.2022 #KVBTidyTowns 2020 Awards Overall Town Finalist spotlight: Mount Martha Mount Martha is located 68 kilometres south of Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula. Mount Martha is a scenic and tranquil location where the surrounding bushland meets the coast. ABC Rural Mornington Peninsula News Group Mornington Peninsula Leader

16.01.2022 Do you know of an incredible local project in your area? Be sure to enter your communities’ projects into the Keep Victoria Beautiful #KVBSustainableCommunities_TidyTowns Awards so they can be recognised! Head over to the KVB website to check out more: www.kvb.org.au... Share your posts on how you are making a difference with your hashtag: #KVBTidyTowns

16.01.2022 Do you know of a great WASTE project in your town like 'The Peninsula's Last Straw' that converts businesses to become plastic straw-free and has recycled over 300,000 plastic straws? If so be sure to enter it into the 2021 Sustainable Communities - Tidy Town Awards! ENTRIES NOW OPEN - www.awardsonline.net.au/2021/tidytowns/

16.01.2022 #KVBSustainableCommunities-TidyTowns 2020 Awards Overall Town Finalist spotlight: Benalla Located on the Broken River gateway to the High Country north-eastern region of Victoria, Benalla is home to the famous silo art, the Benalla Art Gallery, the Winton Motor Raceway and the nationally significant Winton Wetlands. ABC Rural Benalla Ensign

16.01.2022 Happy Thursday from the KVB staff!! Yesterday we were able to all get together for the first time in months at @highergroundmelbourne for lunch! It was so great to catch up for a few laughs and some amazing food! We can’t wait to catch up in person with all our volunteers this year!

15.01.2022 #KVBTidyTowns 2020 Awards Overall Town Finalist spotlight: Rosebud Named after a famous local shipwreck, the main township of Rosebud sits on the Victorian Port Phillip coast. Rosebud is the quintessential seaside village with many wonderful attractions for young and old, including its famous Rosebud Pier, which extends about 300 metres into the water. ABC Rural Mornington Peninsula News Group Mornington Peninsula Leader

15.01.2022 For all those who played trivia at the awards this year, here is a photo of ABBA supporting Keep Australia Beautiful (KAB) in 1977

14.01.2022 The recipient of the #KeepVictoriaBeautiful Dame Phyllis Frost Award is Andrew Kelly Yarra Riverkeeper Association Herald Sun The Age ABC News... 9 News Melbourne 7NEWS Melbourne 10 News First Melbourne See more

14.01.2022 Do you know of a great ENERGY project in your town like the Indigo Power - 'Powering North East Victoria' that collaborates with 15 volunteer organisations to provide clean energy projects across the region? If so be sure to enter it into the 2021 Sustainable Communities - Tidy Town Awards! ENTRIES NOW OPEN - www.awardsonline.net.au/2021/tidytowns/

14.01.2022 #KVBSustainableCommunities-TidyTowns 2020 Awards Overall Town Finalist spotlight: Beechworth Beechworth sits nestled in the foothills of Victoria’s High Country and is one of Victoria’s best-preserved historical gold towns. ABC Rural Ovens and Murray Advertiser Myrtleford Times Wangaratta Chronicle The Border Mail

13.01.2022 Do you know of a great COMMUNITY project in your town like the Echuca Neighbourhood House's 'Free Community Soup Deliveries' who during the 2020 pandemic delivered soup to those who needed it most? If so be sure to enter it into the 2021 Sustainable Communities - Tidy Town Awards! ENTRIES NOW OPEN AT https://awardsonline.net.au/2021/tidytowns/

12.01.2022 Let's give @libbys_koala_crusade a standing ovation for taking home the Young Legend award in the Sustainable Cities awards! You truly are a legend Libby!!

12.01.2022 Meet your KVB Sustainable Communities - Tidy Towns and KVB Sustainable Cities MC ... Charlie Ranger!!! Charlie has been working as an MC, Actor and Stand Up comedian for over 15 years and will be hosting this years Keep Victoria Beautiful Award Ceremony. His improvisation skills, humour and professionalism combine to create a balanced vibe that is engaging, puts audiences at ease, and most of all, creates an instant personal connection. There’ll be plenty of laughs this... year, as Charlie brings the Award ceremony live to a Living room near you for Virtual Beechworth on 10 October 2020 at 7:30pm from the KVB tidy Towns YouTube channel: http://ow.ly/wWsZ50BzIQQ #KVBTidyTowns 2020

11.01.2022 #KVBTidyTowns 2020 Awards Overall Town Finalist spotlight: Mornington Mornington is located on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. It is an attractive tourist destination boasting excellent restaurants and cafes as well as historical buildings. Mornington holds several annual festivals as well as cultural and art events. ABC Rural Mornington Peninsula News Group Mornington Peninsula Leader

11.01.2022 And now announcing the Keep Victoria Beautiful Sustainable City of the Year for 2020 MONASH!! #KVBSustainableCities City of Monash Monash Leader Herald Sun The Age ... ABC News 9 News Melbourne 7NEWS Melbourne 10 News First Melbourne See more

11.01.2022 Join @Monashcouncil at 7pm tonight at their council meeting to hear our CEO, Sabina Wills talk about this years #KVB Sustainable City of the Year! Link to join: http://webcast.monash.vic.gov.au/

10.01.2022 Be sure to tune in tomorrow night to see KVB’s CEO, Sabina Wills say a few words to this years Sustainable Cities winner Monash!

08.01.2022 #KVBSustainable Cities 2020 Awards Winner Waste (Community): Moon Rabbit, ‘Together We Can Eliminate Single-Use’ Darebin City Council Moon Rabbit Cafe Herald Sun The Age... ABC News 9 News Melbourne 7NEWS Melbourne 10 News First Melbourne See more

07.01.2022 Congratulations City of Monash!!!!

07.01.2022 Do the Right Thing - Leave nothing behind Rubbish left in parks can easily get washed into waterways leading to the ocean. Take all your rubbish with you when you leave your picnic or outdoor event this includes food and organic waste.... Head over to the KAB website to check out more: http://kab.org.au/campaigns/ Share your posts on how you Do The Right Thing with the hashtag: #dotherightthingoz

06.01.2022 Meet one of the 2020 Sustainable Cities Gift Fund Recipents: Berwick Lodge Primary Sensory Garden! Their beautiful Sensory garden is over 1500m and includes a solar powered water feature, a dry creek bed, jetty, musical instruments, dinosaur discovery area, chess/checker board, Helmeted Honeyeater garden, art works, wind mill, outdoor classroom, blackboard and interpretive educational signage. The Sensory garden has plants to calm and enhance the senses and caters for all ...abilities. The garden can be accessed on weekends by the community, and is a wonderful space to enjoy. Their next stage is to use the gift fund to incorporate interpretive, educational signage including Augmented Reality(AR) capable markers to educate and share environmental knowledge with our community. Augmented Reality(AR) allows technology to be incorporated within a natural environment. The Helmeted Honeyeater is the main character within a story which Augmented Reality(AR) will bring to life. Augmented Reality(AR) will assist in educating the community about a critically endangered species, which is our school logo, and encourage greater environmental awareness.

06.01.2022 #KVBTidyTowns 2020 Awards Overall Town Finalist spotlight: Horsham Located on the banks of the Wimmera River, Horsham is a wonderful gateway into the region's nearby natural attractions. Surrounding Horsham are vast wheat fields, pastoral land and colourful fields of wildflowers. Horsham is also renowned for its dynamic arts and cultural events. ABC Rural ABC Wimmera Wimmera Mail-Times The Weekly Advertiser

05.01.2022 Still in awe over the Pun Puns at Willum Warrain that we saw yesterday on Earth Day!

05.01.2022 This Sunday is Sustainable House Day, an online event that gives a virtual tour of the most sustainable homes all around Australia. The day will also include a range of talks discussing sustainable home strategies which can help reduce your own carbon footprint. Save the date and check them out at https://sustainablehouseday.com/.

05.01.2022 #GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a day to encourage people to do good. Over the past seven years, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. Here at Keep Victoria Beautiful (KVB), we have the Gift Fund to support community groups throughout the state of Victoria who are taking action by starting a new project. These groups receive $1,000 from Keep Victoria Beautiful to assist th...em on their journey. Today, we ask that you #give a little by donating to our Gift Fund to support our local communities. Any amount helps - no matter how small or how large! Link to donate: https://www.paypal.com/fundraiser/charity/3509383

05.01.2022 ATTENTION ALL VOLUNTEERS!! Sustainable Cities Award entries open in ONE month! Be sure to start gathering your projects that are making a difference in your community to enter into this years awards! ... Message us with any questions you have regarding your entry at [email protected] or through our social media. go to www.kvb.org.au for more information on categories. We cant wait to see what everyone has been up to this past year! See more

05.01.2022 Today is World Maritime Day! Hosted by the United Nations, World Maritime Day is to acknowledge and appreciate the effort of over 2 million seafarers which contribute to transporting 80% of the world's trade. Maritime is transitioning towards a more sustainable future in the transport of goods. Check out the online event on the United Nations website!

04.01.2022 Do you know of a project supporting regional communities? Be sure to enter your communities’ projects into the Keep Victoria Beautiful #KVBSustainableCommunities_TidyTowns Awards so they can be recognised! Head over to the KVB website to check out more: www.kvb.org.au... Share your posts on how you are making a difference with your hashtag: #KVBTidyTowns

04.01.2022 Meet one of the 2020 Sustainable Cities Gift Fund Recipients: @theplasticrunner Karin founded the globally recognised group, The Plastic Runner in 2018. In over two years, they have brought over 30 plogging events in a diversity of places around Victoria and have engaged with more than 400 volunteers during our events, collecting an estimate of 1,000 kilos of litter from parks, trails and river banks. The Plastic Runner was born out of Karin's passion for environmental prote...ction and running in nature. Karin is the CEO and Founder of the project, running as a social enterprise that uses all funding towards event facilitation and community engagement on litter prevention. Currently, they are one of the Community Allies for Clean Up Australia, partnering up in their latest campaign the "Plog-a-thon", which aims to promote safe cleanups while keeping social distance and active living during COVID-19 times. They are aiming to keep growing our platform and event facilitation and guidance to other groups.

02.01.2022 #KVBTidyTowns 2020 Awards Overall Town Finalist spotlight: Dartmoor Dartmoor is a small rural township in the southwest corner of Victoria, bounded by the Glenelg River and the Lower Glenelg National Park. The Dartmoor and District Progress Association is a dedicated group of volunteers who lead the community in many ventures and have a strong influence in promoting community pride. ABC Rural Warrnambool Standard Portland Observer & Guardian

01.01.2022 #KVBTidyTowns 2020 Awards Overall Town Finalist spotlight: Hastings Located approximately 75 kilometres south of Melbourne, Hastings started as a Western Port Bay fishing village and has a very busy and colourful foreshore and marina. A significant area of Western Port north of Hastings has been declared a Marine National Park, and the entire area is part of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.... ABC Rural Mornington Peninsula News Group Mornington Peninsula Leader See more

01.01.2022 #KVBSustainable Cities 2020 Awards Winner Young Legend (Community): Libby Fisher, ‘Libby’s Koala and Wildlife Crusade’ Nillumbik Council Whittlesea Leader Herald Sun The Age ... ABC News 9 News Melbourne 7NEWS Melbourne 10 News First Melbourne See more