Banksia Gardens Community Centre is a neighbourhood house located in the public housing estate of Broadmeadows, in the North of Melbourne, Australia.As it can be seen in the previous post we have recently received funding to set up an Eco-Living Demonstration Centre, which is quite a fancy name for a sort of environmental education centre.
But one of the things that make this project exciting is our commitment to combine this new environmental focus with our community development practice, as we believe that communities experiencing disadvantage should not be excluded from the "Sustainability Revolution". Thus, the aim of the project is to make substantial sustainable modifications to the building and to our operations and to use these as a demonstration for the community at large.
So during the first stage of this project, visitors to this blog should be able to keep track of the changes made to the building and to share with us the lessons that we learn as we make this project become a reality.
Obviously your feedback is welcome and it is one of the reasons why we have set up this blog. We invite you to share this journey with us. We are convinced that it will be a worthwhile one, even though we are also sure that we will find many challenges ahead.
