Sustainability Education & Training Centre

Featuring an amazing water-saving garden, training rooms, award-winning interpretive classrooms and revegetated grounds, our Sustainability Education & Training Centre in Moorabbin, Melbourne offers a rich learning environment for all ages. The centre is available for professional development and training programs, visits by appointment and hire.

Sustainability Education & Training Centre Garden ... Revegetated Grounds ... Training Room ... Giant Compost Bin ... Wastelands Exhibit ... Recycling Room

Sustainability Education & Training Centre Garden

A beautiful resource demonstrating best practice approaches to water conservation as well as energy and waste wise behaviours.

Featuring a variety of water tanks, mulched indigenous, native and other themed plantings, a tank to toilet system and demonstration grey water recycling, the garden will actually reduce water consumption at the site by 900 kilolitres annually.

The garden also features composting, hydroponics and a fully redeveloped wetland. A topical feature is our demonstration oval, featuring drought-tolerant turfs and underground drainage to collect runoff for reuse - a vital approach to address ovals hardened and damaged by drought.
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Model revegetated grounds

When Gould League first came to the Moorabbin centre, the grounds were sparse and bare. Now visitors can explore an urban forest, with mature native trees, nestboxes, peaceful shady seating and perfect grounds for minibeast forages. This amazing transformation demonstrates how effectively urban areas can be revegetated to provide beautiful and healthy spaces that boost native biodiversity and provide homes for Australian wildlife including birds, butterflies, frogs and possums.

Professional Development Training Room

Spacious and with lots of natural light coming in through windows that look out onto our revegetated native gardens, our training rooms provide a pleasant environment for learning, sharing and meeting other like-minded participants.

Giant Compost Bin

It can be a little intimidating the very first time you go through the Incredible Shrinking Machine but it's well worth it for an amazing journey to the secret inside workings of a compost bin. Weave your way through the vegetable cuttings to say hello to a friendly spider but watch out for the giant hand! Complemented by a sound and light show, this wonderful room was Highly Commended at the National Awards for Excellence in Interpretation.

Wastelands Exhibit

Wastelands provides an interactive exploration through the world of rubbish and recycling. Explore this treasure trove of discovery to find out everything you need to know about waste, rubbish and recycling. How long does plastic last in the environment? Where does our rubbish go? And what are our options?

Recycling Room

Laid out with a traditional shop counter, this room models various types of packaging and how plastic travels through the various stages of recycling providing a bright and interesting environment to learn more about Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and takes you on a journey with the packaging you throw in your recycle bin.