On Saturday the 17 of May, we held MGC’s monthly working bee.
We were lucky enough to be joined by the Australian Conservation Foundation, the Wattle team, and our very own local MP Gabrielle de Vietri, as well as our fantastic students and community members.
In spite of the weather, we had a super productive session. Most of us worked on removing weeds and rubbish, whereas others worked on restoring vegetation and improving the landscape.
After all our hard work, we finished with tea, and a range of baked goods for everyone.
As we discussed on the day, a huge reason as to why we host these working bees is working towards the restoration of Wurundjeri land. Since colonisation, invasive weeds and urbanisation have damaged the habitats’ vegetation and biodiversity. MGCs’ Yarra bank is a significant site to traditional owners, and our monthly working bee is just one of MGCs’ many initiatives that aim to acknowledge the enduring presence, and culture of Indigenous communities.
Our next session will be on the 21st of June from 9:00am – 11:00am at MGC, so if you are looking to be involved in a short, communal, and rewarding volunteering experience, this one’s for you!
Maddie van Vliet
Year 12
What are we doing at MGC?
Thanks to a generous donation from the Parents association, we now have a new fleet of waste stations that are helping our staff and students sort their waste on site.
We also continue to promote our Solar Cone Composters located at convenient locations all around the school grounds. These wonderful digestors-of-organic-materials can handle all sorts of food scraps (INCLUDING meat, bread and dairy that our worms refuse to consider) and they also can digest all the biodegradable packaging that our wonderful friends at the school Canteen, Bocca Foods, produce.