This month, we road-test carbon calculators to see which ones deliver the best user experience. A carbon calculator is a great tool to determine your impact and from there take personal climate action. Most calculators collect data from you over a number of categories. All include the 4 main areas of transport, energy, water and […]
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Extinction! We are the asteroid.
Through fossil records, scientists have determined that there have been 5 mass extinctions in our geological history, including our most recent (65 million years ago) when the dinosaurs were wiped out, by an asteroid along with 50% of plant and animal species. Many researchers believe we are currently in the 6th Extinction, and it has […]
There’s an app for that!
Sometimes while on your wanderings you may have come across a plant that intrigues you enough that you want to know more about it. If you’re lucky, you may have a biologist by your side to help you answer the following questions: Is it a native? What’s its name? Could I get one for my […]
Spotlight on Westgate Biodiversity.
Fifteen Trees has been working with Westgate Biodiversity for at least 8 years now, purchasing trees for their revegetation projects and taking corporations planting (and sometimes weeding) in the park. We thought it was ‘high time’ that we put the spotlight on this fabulous organisation and its band of volunteers. Westgate Biodiversity is […]
15 ideas to run a small footprint event!
It’s not so hard to ensure your events are sustainable, it just takes a little forward planning and a couple of killer colleagues to work with. Go all out and up the ante! – 15 ideas to help you run a small footprint event – Put someone in charge to ensure the small footprint […]
A sustainable Sydenham Election Campaign.
In December 2021, supporters of Labor MP Natalie Hutchins ran a fundraiser through Fifteen Trees to raise money towards Ms Hutchin’s State Election campaign and to help reduce their carbon footprint. As a result, the funds raised has helped Natalie run as a candidate for Sydenham while demonstrating Labor’s commitment to improving Victorias environment & […]
Hobsons Bay Greens Fundraiser.
Trees are nature’s quiet achievers, capturing carbon and providing habitat for myriad native creatures. This Spring we want all Victorians to give nature a helping hand by buying a “tree for nature”. In doing so, you will be helping to turn the Hobsons Bay district green in every sense of the word. So, buy some […]
Biodiversity. What is it good for?
September is Biodiversity Month. A month to appreciate the extraordinary web of life we are part of and to encourage the protection, conservation and growth of biodiversity within Australia and worldwide. Biodiversity refers to the variety of life on Earth and it is fundamentally important. All species, including us, rely on many other […]
Snapshot of a forest!
The Great Forest National Park (Victorian Central Highlands) ‘A great city like Melbourne needs a great National Park. The Great Forest National Park is a proposal to create a huge parkland to boost tourism and save the forests and wildlife’. GFNP/Facebook The Victorian Central Highlands extends northeast of Melbourne and takes in Kinglake National Park, […]
What’s so great about native plants?
Native plants are those that occur naturally in a region in which they evolved. They are the ecological basis upon which life depends! Without native plants and the insects that co-evolved with them, local birds, reptiles and mammals cannot survive. Here are 4 great reasons to plant the native species of plants in […]
