EcoCentre

EcoCentre We educate, connect and inspire people to care for land, water, wildlife and community wellbeing.

The Port Phillip EcoCentre works with community and government to protect and improve Port Phillip Bay and the urban ecology of Greater Melbourne in the traditional lands and waters of the Kulin Nation. Our dedicated team of scientists, educators and volunteers design and implement innovative environmental programs. We use the physical world as our classroom to connect people with their local natu

re. Since 1999 our collective impact has transformed the way Melbourne understands wildlife, waterways and wellbeing in the age of climate change. Join the EcoCentre community:
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Make a donation:
givenow.com.au/ecocentre

Have you ever heard of the spider crab? Did you know that Port Phillip Bay is home to one of the most unique marine phen...
22/06/2026

Have you ever heard of the spider crab? Did you know that Port Phillip Bay is home to one of the most unique marine phenomenons in the world?

This Saturday, join us and our expert guest Dr Elodie Camprasse, who is passionately researching these amazing crustaceans, their behaviours and how we can support and protect them.

Open to citizen scientists of all ages! Please register via the link here: ecocentre.com/events/event/community-science-lab-drop-in-session-june2026/

Photo credit: Elodie Camprasse

Join us for our second Marine Pest event with EarthCare! 🗓️ This Saturday (20th of June) between 12pm and 2pm.📍 Brighton...
17/06/2026

Join us for our second Marine Pest event with EarthCare!

🗓️ This Saturday (20th of June) between 12pm and 2pm.

📍 Brighton Beach, opposite the surf lifesaving club (at the northern end of the Brighton bathing boxes).

The Northern Pacific Seastar aggregations are retreating into deeper waters so this event will investigate the diversity of molluscs by conducting a shoreline shell survey and will include discussion of the returning Northern Pacific Seastars and their potential impact on these intertidal communities.

Come down to learn about our amazing intertidal biodiversity and what we can do to protect our precious ecosytems from Marine Pests.

Register here: https://www.ecocentre.com/events/event/earthcare-x-ecocentre-2nd-event-marine-pest-management/

17/06/2026

2 days left to double your impact!

🌱 Thanks to our incredible community we have already raised $30k + $12k matching gifts. Can you help us reach our goal? 🌱

Please donate today to help us say ‘Yes’ to more learning, leadership, plantings, sharing, repairing, citizen science, and speaking up for evidence-based change.

Link to donate: https://www.givenow.com.au/ecocentre26

11/06/2026

You are a vital part of the EcoCentre story. Donate today - gifts before 20 June are DOUBLED. Make 2x the impact! More learning and leadership programs for kids and community, more conversations with decision-makers, and more science to back solutions. And of course: more plantings! 🌱🌱🌱  VIDEO DESCRIPTION: A woman outdoors holding a tray of plants. Donate here: https://www.givenow.com.au/ecocentre26

The EcoCentre reconnects community and decision-makers to real nature protection. For the next 10 days, every dollar up...
10/06/2026

The EcoCentre reconnects community and decision-makers to real nature protection. For the next 10 days, every dollar up to $30k will be DOUBLED by a passionate local family.

Climate change is NOT abstract. Nor is the EcoCentre’s climate action.
Restoring nature is one of the most practical ways to help the places we love recover and adapt to increased pressures. This season, that means planting 10,000+ natives for cooler neighbourhoods, vital wildlife habitat, and more stable shorelines. It means digging in alongside community, as well as speaking up about best practices, big-picture visions and what science tells us.

Together we’ve already raised $18,000. Will you double your impact today?
Give the gift of nature at: https://www.givenow.com.au/ecocentre26

A wildlife pit stop is taking shape at the Fitzroy Street entrance to Albert Park. As part of National Volunteer Week l...
04/06/2026

A wildlife pit stop is taking shape at the Fitzroy Street entrance to Albert Park. As part of National Volunteer Week last month, our community rolled up their sleeves to help restore native habitat in one of Albert Park’s busiest gateways.

Together, volunteers planted indigenous trees, shrubs, grasses and groundcovers to help transform a weedy, overgrown garden bed into a stepping stone habitat for small birds, butterflies and pollinators moving through the park. This planting helps reconnect the remnant bushland surrounding the culturally significant Ngargee Tree with the recently planted habitat area behind St Kilda Park Primary School, creating a stronger biodiversity corridor through Albert Park.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us. These small, hands-on actions add up to healthier urban ecosystems and more connected habitat for wildlife. This project was delivered by Port Phillip EcoCentre in partnership with Parks Victoria, and supported by Landcare Australia and Bupa through the Healthy Cities Landcare Grants program Landcare Australia Bupa Australia We are so grateful (and know the pollinators are too).

Climate challenges may be global, but their impacts show up right here on our doorstep: along our beaches, around Port P...
28/05/2026

Climate challenges may be global, but their impacts show up right here on our doorstep: along our beaches, around Port Phillip Bay, in our neighbourhoods and in the places our community calls home.

At the EcoCentre, we believe action is the antidote. Through community-led, place-based climate action, we bring people together with the knowledge, skills and practical solutions needed to respond to the climate crisis in ways that are local, meaningful and hopeful.

As one EcoCentre volunteer shared: “When I leave an EcoCentre program and return to the world, I feel uplifted and hopeful in a way that I haven’t in a long time.”

This EOFY, your donation helps keep EcoCentre programs independent, inclusive, evidence-based and proactive - supporting local voices to drive climate solutions at every scale.

Donate today to help grow climate action by locals, for locals: https://www.givenow.com.au/ecocentre26

Photo courtesy Ron Jore

Ever wanted to get a closer look at something? Curious about these images? Keen to see cells up close?Join us this Satur...
26/05/2026

Ever wanted to get a closer look at something? Curious about these images? Keen to see cells up close?

Join us this Saturday 30th May between 10:30am - 12:30pm. for a drop-in session where you can bring in any object you are keen to see under the microscope! You can even have a go at preparing your own plant cell sample to investigate under the microscope.

Drop in, ask questions, investigate local nature, and discover citizen science projects you can get involved in. Whether you’re a seasoned nature nerd or just a little bit curious, everyone is welcome.

Happpening at the Citizen Science Lab, EcoCentre, 55A Blessington St, St Kilda. All ages welcome. Come curious. Leave seeing your neighbourhood a little differently. Register at this link: https://www.ecocentre.com/events/event/community-science-lab-drop-in-session-may2026/

Photos courtesy Alison Orchard, Citizen Science Project Manager

What would a cooler, greener Port Phillip look like? 🌿As our city faces a hotter future, urban greening has a powerful r...
26/05/2026

What would a cooler, greener Port Phillip look like? 🌿

As our city faces a hotter future, urban greening has a powerful role to play - helping lower temperatures, boost biodiversity, and improve community wellbeing.

Join PECAN and the Port Phillip EcoCentre for a free talk exploring how community advocacy and practical action can help shape stronger urban forest outcomes in Port Phillip.

Hear from Kerry Gore, an inspiring voice on urban forests and community-led change, as he shares lessons from Glen Eira and elsewhere that helped improve urban forest implementation and strengthen greening targets.

Taking place tomorrow evening, Wednesday 28 May 2026
between 5:30pm–7:00pm at the Port Phillip EcoCentre
55A Blessington Street, St Kilda

If you care about cooler streets, healthier neighbourhoods and a greener future for Port Phillip, we’d love to see you there.

Right now, thousands of people in our community are denied the right to work and study. There are people seeking safety ...
26/05/2026

Right now, thousands of people in our community are denied the right to work and study. There are people seeking safety being forced to wait years for visa decisions without the right to work or study. With the current cost-of-living crisis hitting everyone hard, people are more reliant on the Foodbank just to get by.

When times are tough, the most basic things – like a tube of toothpaste, a bottle of shampoo, or a stick of deodorant – can feel like luxuries. But dignity shouldn't be a luxury. That’s why ASRC is coming together for a basic needs drive in St Kilda, and would love for you to join!

Happening Sunday 31 May, 11am – 1pm at Jacka Blvd Parking, St Kilda.
Learn more here: https://action.asrc.org.au/st_kilda_basic_needs_drive

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EcoCentre, 55A Blessington Street
Melbourne, VIC
3182

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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