Environmental Volunteering and Community Groups

Environmental volunteers

Environmental volunteering is a great way to be a part of your local community and offers a range of benefits including:

  • Physical and mental health and wellbeing
  • Connection to place and community
  • Work experience and skill development
  • Educational resources and workshops
  • Social events and activities

Get involved in the upcoming environmental volunteering events in Monash

If you are looking to get involved in environmental volunteering for your workplace or business, visit environmental volunteering for businesses.

There are several environmental groups in Monash that work to promote sustainability and healthy environments. Find more information below.

Friends of local bushlands and reserves

Monash’s groups help to care for our local bushlands and reserves through weeding, planting and assisting in other maintenance and education activities.

You can join one of these groups by visiting the Friends groups’ website, or turning up to one of the regular planting or weeding days, or other events.

Learn more about how we work with these groups to protect and maintain bush and parkland areas at Monash Friends Groups

Other groups

Garden Guides

Garden Guides are fellow community volunteers who have a love for gardens and increasing habitat for local native wildlife.

They volunteer their time to visit community member’s homes to help plan and develop native gardens.

No experience is needed to become a Garden Guide and council is always on the look out for more volunteers to join the program.

To find out more, please visit Monash Gardens for Wildlife program.

Monash Op Shops

There are several op shops located in Monash where you can take part in reducing waste by purchasing second-hand treasures or thrifty upcycling projects.

Find out what local op shops are near you and how you can get involved as a volunteer, by visiting Op Shops in Monash | City of Monash

Corner Store Network

The Corner Store Network is a local social enterprise coffee roastery and food preserver supporting people and the planet.

The Corner Store recruit volunteers to help with their preserving program, preventing local food waste and making delicious jams, cordials and preservatives.

To find out more, please visit The Corner Store Network.

Greenlink Nurseries

Greenlink Box Hill and Sandbelt Nurseries are not-for-profit community nurseries, specialising in the rich variety of plants that flourished in South-East Melbourne and the Sandbelt before European arrival.

Find out more about Greenlink nurseries and volunteering opportunities here:

Love Our Streets

Love Our Street groups are made up of community members who come together to volunteer their time to collect litter from surrounding streets.

Their goal is to reduce litter in our streets so that litter is not collected in our local waterways, beaches and oceans.

Find out how you can get involved with the local Love Our Streets crews below:

Clean Up Australia

Clean Up Australia supports communities to improve and conserve our environment, by helping to pick up litter, reducing pollution reaching our waterways and keeping our urban environments attractive.

Groups can register their own clean up events any time of the year, join local community clean up events or get involved as a school, business or youth group.

Learn more about Clean Up Australia.


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