Environment
- July - August 2008
- Plant a Tree at Fairway Reserve - 27 July
- Forests: the forgotten solution to climate change - 6 August
- Ongoing
- Scotchmans Creek and Valley Reserves - you can help preserve these precious places
- Battery Back - recycling solution
- Damper Creek Reserve - Interested in helping to preserve this community asset?
- Environment section links
- A Guide to Landscaping in Monash - 188 kB (PDF document)
- Indigenous Plants of Monash - 65 kB (PDF document)
Forests: the forgotten solution to climate change
Come along to a Public Meeting about Forests and Climate
Forests play a crucial role in protecting the planet, and us, from the dangers of climate change.
Forests are the only safe way to store the massive amounts of carbon already released into the atmosphere. It is imperative we protect them so that they can continue to store carbon into the future.
Recent studies have shown that Victoria’s forests are amongst the biggest carbon stores in the world – logging them releases dangerous greenhouse gases.
- When: Wednesday 6th August, 7:30pm
- Where: Mt Waverley Community Centre, 45 Miller Crescent, Mount Waverley (Mel Ref 70 E1)
For more information, or to register your interest, please contact Seamus Balkin at seamus.balkin@wilderness.org.au or on (03) 9038 0888.
Published - 4 July, 2008
Scotchmans Creek and Valley Reserves
These bushland reserves are great for getting some really fresh air, walking the dog (or yourself), riding the bike, jogging or just 'communing with Nature'.
Everyone is welcome at any of these events. Just keep an eye on our notice boards for upcoming activities, go to our website
(
scotchmanscreek.friends.melbournewater.com.au) or contact our Secretary, Sally Walker on 9807 5576.
Or, you could join our monthly work party in Valley Reserve on the last Saturday of each month. We meet at the amenities block at 1:30 pm for a couple of hours work in the reserve.
We also have monthly meetings at the Black Flat Community Centre – two or three a year with speakers discussing environmental issues. We would be pleased to see you at any of these.
Don't forget that Valley Reserve is ideal for a barbeque. The electric barbeques are free and there is a covered shelter in case the weather suddenly turns bad.
Published - 13 May, 2008
Battery Back - recycling solution
Harvey Norman Chadstone: corner Warrigal and Waverley Rds
We're taking back batteries from:- cordless power tools
- mobile phones
- cordless phones
- video + digital cameras
- portable disc players
- electric shavers
- portable video games
- laptop computers
- remote controlled toys
- palm pilots
Household batteries include toxic metals that can be harmful to people and the environment. When they're disposed to landfill, cadmium, mercury and lead can leak and contaminate soil and ground water. To avoid this it's important to dispose of all batteries, rechargeable and single-use, safely. By placing your used batteries in special recycling containers, you're helping to keep batteries from ending up in landfill and ensuring that the metals in batteries are recovered for other uses.
Using rechargeable batteries reduces waste. Australians use thousands of tonnes of batteries every year, most of which end up in landfill. Rechargeable batteries can be reused hundreds of times and each recharging of a battery is one less battery to purchase and dispose of. This not only helps protect the environment, but also saves you money.
MORE INFORMATION
Free call 1800 353 233 or
Visit: www.sustainability.vic.gov.au
Published - 13 June, 2007
Damper Creek Reserve
An oasis of regenerated bushland in the centre of urban Mount Waverley.
Interested in helping to preserve this community asset?
Join the Friends of Damper Creek Reserve
www.vicnet.net.au/~damper
Meetings 4th Wednesday each month 7.30, Alvie Hall
Working Bees in the Reserve each month, Sunday 10-12
Published - 1 July, 2006
Updated: 21 July 2008
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