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#  All-liquid iron flow battery promises to take charge

#  Australia can achieve net-zero emissions through renewables by 2035 – Report

#  Victorian Landcare Grants open – apply by 30 April

#  Dugald River Solar Farm begins powering outback Queensland mining…

#  New round of Port Phillip Bay Fund Grants – Close 18 April, 2024

#  Even far from the ocean, Australia’s drylands are riddled with salty groundwater 

#  Australia’s environmental scorecard went down in the roller coaster that was 2023 

# Mornington Peninsula Landcare Network March newsletter

# Report: Pine Ave Dog Park March working bee 

# First Stage of Fishermans Jetty rebuild is underway 

#  Promise of perovskite as Australian lab hits  record PV efficiency 

#  Antarctica wildlife at risk as bird flu surges around the globe 

#  South East Water community grants 

#  Webinar: protecting our legacy trees

Report: Clean Up Australia day at Mills Beach and Foreshore

#  Report: Clean Up Australia day at Hunter’s Crossing

#  Not such a bright idea:  cooling  the Earth by reflecting sunlight back to space is a dangerous distraction

#  Forget the partisan hype, Aust farmers are preparing for the extremes of climate change 

#  CSIRO voyage gets up close  to Antartica’s climate challenges 

#  DEECA March Newsletter for Environmental Volunteers and Landcarers

#  Australian Native Plant Sale, Saturday 27 April 2024 at The Briars

#  We can’t say yet if grid-breaking thunderstorms are getting worse – but we shouldn’t wait to find out 

#  The air is blowing hard and hot in the offshore wind debate 

#  Today’s farms are not your grandma’s backyard barn 

#  Time to go?  The costly impact of climate change on the housing hip pocket 

#  New old top: company announces nylon shirt recycled with enzymes 

 

MEA Objectives are:

  • Work to protect existing positive qualities of the natural and human environment, including flora, fauna, the foreshore, the public and private land, the sea bead, waterways and the structures of historical significance.
  • work to ensure the environment enhances rather than damages natural systems.
  • where appropriate work to suport, oppose or amend development proposals which impact the natural or human environment.
  • continue the campaign to defend the foreshore – our initial objective.
  • cooperate or affiliate with other organisations with similar goals.

 

What MEA does:

  • Works with our friends groups to protect and increase indigenous vegetation.
  • Coordinates a local Clean Up Australia Day campaign.
  • Educates students and the public through restoration projects, monitoring nest boxes and encouraging awareness and participation.
  • Undertakes Waterwatch water quality monitoring in local creeks, waterways and the sea.
  • Promotes removal of rubbish from beaches, storm water drains and roads.
  • Supports the conservation of historic buildings and precincts.
  • Increases awareness through newsletters, local media, our website, letters to the Governments and friends groups.
  • Works with local community networks.
  • Represents members’ interests with the Shire and other government agencies.
  • Representation on Shire focus groups regarding Mornington harbour and surrounds to protect against environmental damage through infrastructure expansion.
  • Advocates on peninsula development proposals including State plans for vegetation, green wedge and fire protection.

FRIENDS GROUPS

Our affiliated friends groups are volunteers. Groups have monthly working bees which include plant propagation, seeding, planting and weeding followed by morning tea.