CERES Community Environment Park

CERES - Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies, is an award winning, not-for-profit, sustainability centre located on 4.5 hectares on the Merri Creek in East Brunswick, Melbourne. It is also a thriving community, an urban farm, Australia’s largest deliverer of environmental education, an event and conference venue and a place rich with social and cultural diversity. CERES is recognised as an international leader in community and environmental practice. Built on a decommissioned rubbish tip that was once a bluestone quarry, today CERES is a vibrant eco-oasis. 350,000 people visit CERES each year. Many more engage with us through our Outreach programs which takes sustainable education into schools across the state. CERES’ green technology displays, buildings, education and training programs and social enterprises (CERES’ Organic Market, Café, Permaculture Nursery and Fair Food organics delivery) demonstrate food security, sustainable agriculture, energy efficiencies, renewables and water conservation in action. Community groups such as the Bike Shed, Community Gardens and Chook Group that call CERES home are also part of CERES’ culture. These activities are directed to fulfilling our mission to: * Address the causes of climate change, * Promote social wellbeing and connectedness, * Build local and global equity, and * Embrace and facilitate rapid change. CERES is a model for a future with sustainability, innovation and connectedness at its heart. Come, be welcome, you never know what you will find on our rambling paths.