Collingwood Children’s Farm

Bring the kids along for some eco-friendly fun!

Located a short distance from the city, the Collingwood Children's Farm can be found alongside the Yarra river. When you arrive you will be enticed in with hectares of paddocks, gardens, orchards, rustic buildings and shady trees.

Running every week since 1979 the Collingwood Children's Farm is a not-for-profit community resource providing country experiences for city people. Recently it has become the perfect place for city slickers to get their weekly dose of the country farming lifestyle. The market gives farmers an opportunity to sell bring their own produce into a city atmosphere and sell to a wide variety of customers.


Children are encouraged to feed the animals, help the famers, pick their own produce & plant seeds in the veggie patch. The Collingwood Children's Farm represents everything we are about at the Green Tree Foundation, and we are proud to feature them on our blog and Facebook. The Farm encourages sustainability buy sourcing local produce, rather than importing interstate or from overseas. Another aspect of the market is the education it provides to our younger generation. The kids get out there and have a good time, but more importantly their learning about sustainability and living green.

The farm is open Open every day of the year. Visitors can milk the cow at 10am and 4pm, bottle feed young lambs, wander around, feed the animals, help with farm chores, go into the paddocks with the sheep and goats, cuddle a guinea pig, waddle with the ducks, feed the chooks, look for eggs or just sit and unwind under a shady tree or on the banks of the Yarra river.


One thing we learned when visiting the farm this weekend, was that all the stallholders are also the growers and makers, therefore they are happy to answer any questions about their practices. You can find everything from Mt Alexander Fruit Garden's Organic fruit to Holy Goat Cheese, based just east of Castlemaine! 


Make sure to mark it down for next month... And for more information visit: http://www.farm.org.au/

By Joel

Melbourne Sustainability Drinks

An open invitation is extended to all 

who are “passionate about sustainability”!

Melbourne Sustainability Drinks has become one of Melbourne’s most highly regarded and successful monthly events. An open invitation is extended to all who are “passionate about sustainability”!

It is a monthly event where each time different guest speakers tell something about their sustainable idea. This event provides an opportunity to meet other people interested in creating a more sustainable world, exchange ideas and hear different perspectives about the social and environmental challenges we face. Come and meet a wide range of passionate people who are interested in making a positive difference.

The September guest speaker is Bruce Jeffreys:

Bruce Jeffreys is on a mission to transform our cities by reducing the number of cars on our local streets. With Nic Lowe, Bruce co-founded GoGet CarShare, Australia's first car sharing program that today is the world's fastest growing scheme.

                         

For more information and up coming events make sure to visit: http://www.melbournesustainabilitydrinks.com

 by Mendis

Environmental Leadership Congress

"Accelerating the shift to a fairer future 

by building a movement of inspired leaders"

YLTW is a 3 day youth environmental leadership congress conducted simultaneously in multiple locations, connected by digital media.

Innovative workshop techniques combined with social networking and web 2.0 technologies focus attention on 3 ways to make a difference:

INFORM: learning to live within the limits of one planet;

INNOVATE: inspiring, innovating and creating social change;

INVOLVE: connecting change makers locally and globally.

DAY 1: Global Challenge: Eco footprint; Pulse of the Planet (update on global sustainability challenges including climate change, biodiversity, food, water, energy, economic, wellbeing); coming to terms with the depth of these challenges; visioning our sustainable community;

DAY 2: Be the Change: Creating change brainstorm: one planet living plan; social innovation for sustainability; sharing ideas in locations around Australia, inspiring local change stories; action planning to achieve vision;

DAY 3: Begin it Now: Youth-led Community Forum for government and local businesses, parents, teachers, principals and the public- designed and run by youth. ABOUT THE PROGRAM - REGISTER HERE

By Farhan