After the highly successful peaceful community protest at the Hazelwood coal fired power station last month, Victorian Minister for Energy and Resources, Peter Batchelor, has signalled that he intends to come down hard on the communities right to protest at power infrastructure such as Hazelwood.

Bring the family along to Batman Park for some truthful discussion on Labor's push to expand the nuclear industry in Australia. October 24.

The folly of the State Government’s North-South pipeline water policy will be exposed by author, adventurer and lifelong water-engineer Steve Posselt, as he paddles and drags a kayak from Echuca to Melbourne, beginning August 1. Steve arrived in Melbourne on sunday Aug 16.

"He will make you laugh, he will make you cry, and he will make the revolution irresistible". friday August 7th

A film night looking at the effects of 'reforestation' - the establishment of mass scale plantations - on Indigenous and farming communities in Uruguay. Tuesday May 26.

There will be a screening the documentary 'Out of the Blue Into the Red' which follows the community campaign against the desalination plant planned for the coast near Wonthaggi and the fight for a better Water Plan for Victoria.

a showing of the classic Australian Alps ski film, Sunday   24 May

The 'In the Hot-House' festival combines the celebration of music, art, craft, dance, films and food with an exploration of the environmental and social challenges that exist in our own backyards and around the world.  Learn how to take action on climate change as some of the best of Melbourne's environmental and community groups show you 'What you can do' and present alternatives perspectives on the crises facing us today. April 17 - 19.

Please join the annual Palm Sunday rally for peace and disarmament. Sunday 5 April.

Friday 17th April - Sunday 19th: at Vic Uni & CERES Environmental Park.

Speakers, workshops, stalls, live music, childrens entertainment & more. A celebration of music, art, craft, dance, films and food with an exploration of the environmental and social challenges that exist in our own backyards and around the world.