Eco Sleuth is an interactive workshop for Primary and Secondary schools students. It provides students with an opportunity to learn systems thinking especially pitched to their level of understanding. Through individual and team research, students are able follow the trail of various ecological disasters, attribute degrees of responsibility and become empowered to do something to prevent them in future.

Tilting at Treadmills

Tilting at Treadmills is an empowering video on sustainability which shows easy ways in which to make your home more energy efficient. <......more>

This revolutionary portable accommodation facility can house up to 50 people. It was initially designed for the homeless, but is also ideal for emergency hospital and disaster relief. It can be dropped into remote areas as temporary accommodation, brought to airports during air traffic delays, parked by hotels for the over indulgent to sleep it off, or highway rest areas as a temporary sleeping facility.

Working on the principle of water being the most effective naturally occurring form of thermal mass, the Hydrothermal Cell enables houses to do away with the need for heating and cooling equipment, particularly where houses are being retrofitted.

Fitting over existing hot water systems the Cosy allows a saving of between 3 - 6% of total Greenhouse emissions. If each home in Melbourne were fitted with this device, it would go a long way toward reaching Australia’s obligations under the Kyoto (yet to be signed) Agreement.

Originally conceived as a dramatic centerpiece for Melbourne's Docklands Development, the Glass Barque comprises an under water restaurant; hotel and conference facilities, accommodation in the towering (Gratznel cell covered) sails of the ship which generate their own power from the sun.

The central focus of the centre is a Cosmic Serpent that winds its way through the bushland. It contains displays of species interaction from nanodes to bacteria to large mammals. The skeleton of the snake represents the chain of DNA connecting all species. The floor is a time line showing how humankind is only a fairly recent development, the corridors mimic the extinction events Earth has experienced.

Throughout the snake are domes, Earth, Air, Fire and Water which allow visitors to experience these elements and understand how they work in our natural system. Another dome contains a rainforest and explains the intricacies of the rainforest system, tree growth, basic hydrology, and the importance of trees for the production of oxygen, pure water, healing plants, biodiversity and a health balanced environment.

The entire complex will be powered by renewable energy, and displays of renewable technology will be on show throughout the park. Although originally the council granted only 7 acres of land for the building of the centre; recent discussions have shown that it may be possible to lease the entire 100 acres.

As this is the major stopping off point for Puffing Billy, one of the major tourist attractions of Victoria, the center has the possibility of educating a great number of visitors. Interest in the centre as an educational tool has been expressed by all levels of the education establishment.

The installation of an Eco Firesafe & Emergency Power Supply & Water Home Protection System allows a house to be protected from external fire, provides emergency drinking water and power.

Eco Shutters enable single glazed retrofitted houses to save up to 40% of the heat loss or gain through windows.