CommunityEnergyNewsTravelWaste Green recovery essential to reaching Paris targets: new UN report The UN Emissions Gap 2020 report shows that we are on track for a temperature…Donna LuckmanDecember 16, 2020
CommunityEvents Coburg Christmas Farmers Market Buy local this festive season! The Coburg Christmas Farmers Market will run the Wednesday afternoon…Donna LuckmanDecember 15, 2020
CommunityEvents Coburg Night Market Coburg Night Market is back - and it's Plastic Free! Each weekend from, Saturday 5…Donna LuckmanDecember 15, 2020
NewsWaste Stay climate conscious this festive season This festive season you can make sustainability a part of your celebrations as we find…Donna LuckmanDecember 13, 2020
EventsTravel Ye Olde BUG Ride – Merri-bek Bicycle User Group Join Merri-bek Bicycle User Group (Merri-bek BUG) for a leisurely ride to Abbotsford Cycles where…Donna LuckmanDecember 9, 2020
CommunityNews Merri-bek contributes to the Victorian Parliamentary inquiry on tackling climate change The final report from the Victorian Parliamentary inquiry into tackling climate change in Victorian communities…Donna LuckmanDecember 8, 2020
NewsTravel Join a community panel on how to move towards low or zero emission vehicles Did you know that cars are responsible for roughly half of Australia’s transport emissions? Infrastructure…Donna LuckmanDecember 3, 2020
NewsWaste Let’s save food scraps from landfill We began accepting food in our green bins from July 2019, creating our Food and…Erin BrissettNovember 30, 2020
NewsWaste Food delivery for the community Since April this year, the team at the Jesuit Social Services’ Ecological Justice Hub in…Donna LuckmanNovember 27, 2020
NewsWaste Detox Your Home Detox Your Home is a safe, free service for householders to dispose of unwanted toxic…Donna LuckmanNovember 27, 2020
EnergyNews Supporting residents to make their homes energy efficient If you are a household experiencing energy bill stress, you may be eligible to take…Donna LuckmanNovember 25, 2020
CommunityNews State of the Climate 2020 Report The latest State of the Climate report by the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) and the…Donna LuckmanNovember 24, 2020
NewsWaste Putting our food waste to good use Last week our community gardens were gifted with recycled compost to help our garden grow.…Erin BrissettNovember 23, 2020
NewsWaste Top tips to using your Food and Garden Organics bin during hot weather For more top tips and how to use your Food and Garden Organics bin during…Erin BrissettNovember 20, 2020
CommunityNews Support a national response to climate change – Take action on the Climate Change Act On 7 November 2020, Zali Steggall, Independent Federal MP for Warringah, tabled the Climate Change…Donna LuckmanNovember 19, 2020
EnergyNews New household energy efficiency budget announcements On 17 November 2020, the Victorian Government unveiled a $797 million the energy efficiency package,…Donna LuckmanNovember 18, 2020
CommunityNews Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2020 Merri-bek is proud to recognise the Wurundjeri people of the Woi Wurrung language group as…Donna LuckmanNovember 17, 2020
CommunityNews Melbourne’s Climate Journey – feedback open The Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) has just released Melbourne’s Climate…Donna LuckmanNovember 13, 2020
CommunityNews Merri-bek part of a network of local governments calling for Federal Government climate action A new network of Australian local governments that have declared a climate emergency has written…Donna LuckmanOctober 28, 2020