Earthcare St Kilda is a non-profit volunteer group that works in partnership with local government, state government bodies and scientists to improve the natural resources of the City of Port Phillip, from Port Melbourne to Elwood.
We do what we can, where we are
Earthcare volunteers come from the City of Port Phillip and further afield to work on a number of practical marine and terrestrial projects. These projects are aimed at protecting the local natural environment, as well as increasing the diversity and extent of indigenous flora and fauna.
Earthcare St Kilda volunteers also facilitate opportunities for local residents to experience and learn more about the wide array of plants and animals with which we share our lives, and to join in projects which are designed to protect and improve the local environment.
Current Earthcare St Kilda projects include:
- Monitoring the health of Little Penguin and Rakali populations.
- Providing a Penguin Guide service each night during the day light saving period to educate visitors and minimise the impact of visitors on the penguin colony.
- Revegetation of foreshore and reserves.
- Reducing the impact of Northern Pacific Seastars around St Kilda pier and Brighton Baths.
- Seagrass bed surveys.
- Surveys of local bird and plant species, both resident and transient.
- Friends of Elster Creek, protecting and improving the environment along Elster Creek and Elwood Canal.
- Public education for school groups, visitors and other interested parties.
- Submissions to government on development proposals which may impact the natural environment of the City of Port Phillip.
Where required, projects are undertaken with the approval of and permits from the relevant government bodies such as Parks Victoria and the Department of Sustainability and Environment.
Members receive regular emails and newsletters about Earthcare St Kilda activities.
For more details on how to become an Earthcare member, click here.
Upcoming events
The upcoming events for the next three months are shown below, see our events page to browse all future events.
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| 25th 8.30am Elster Creek Bird Survey Elwood Canal at Ormond Esplanade |
15th 8.30am Elster Creek Bird Survey Elwood Canal at Ormond Esplanade |
28th - National Tree Day 10.00am Revegetation with Friends of Elster Creek Elwood Canal at Tide Street |
| 30th 10.00am Revegetation Point Ormond/Tea Tree Reserve at beach car park at end of Ormond Avenue |
Contact Us
Email: earthcarestkilda@gmail.com
Post: PO Box 287 Elwood VIC 3184
Latest News
Our winter newsletter is now available!
The Earthcare St Kilda Annual Report 2012-13 is now available.
No Penguin Viewing Now
The St Kilda Breakwater will be closed until September 2013.
Check out the Friends of Elster Creek!
The number of cigarette butts and glass left on our beaches has halved since the introduction of City of Port Phillip’s No Cuts No Butts campaign. This is great, but there’s still work to be done. Litter dropped in our streets flows down our drains and ends up washed out into the bay and back onto our beaches.
