Moreland Energy Foundation

Walk On Moreland is a new community group, initiated following ZCM’s Greening Moreland Forum, setting out to improve pedestrian safety at targeted locations, and to support a walking culture throughout Moreland.

Walk On Moreland believes that walking is fundamental to our wellbeing and happiness, and wants to raise safety and quality of pedestrian infrastructure across Moreland.

“Our street designs and driving culture make walking unpleasant at best, and often simply dangerous. And this is especially true for our more vulnerable friends, such as the elderly, children, people who have difficulty walking quickly or long distances, and people using wheelchairs, prams, shopping trolleys, etc.”

Walk On Moreland seeks to make walking the preferred way to get from A to B in Moreland, by making it safe, convenient, comfortable and fun.

To do this, they are initially focussing efforts on advocating for the installation of a safe crossing at the intersection of Munro Street, Railway Place, and the Upfield Bike Path. “Every hour each afternoon we have 200 pedestrians and bikes trying to cross between 1,500 cars.”

Walk on Moreland will be at the Munro Street intersection from 3.30-5.30pm, Wednesday 11 April, collecting signatures and raising the profile of this issue. Walk up and say hi!

If you’re interested in finding out more or getting involved in Walk On Moreland, visit the Walk On Moreland website ‘like’ them on Facebook, or head to the Munro Street crossing on Wednesday 11 April.

Founded in 1976 as the Train Travellers Association, the Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) is the recognised consumer organisation representing passengers of all forms of public transport. It is a non-profit, non-partisan, voluntary organisation.

The PTUA works to ensure a better public transport system through lobbying governments and public transport authorities, working through the media and with other bodies to promote and educate about the benefits of public transport, and undertaking research into transport policies.

The PTUA is continually working hard to get improvements made to Melbourne's public transport system.

Key successes which they have had influence on include:

• All-night trains on New Years Eve
• The Box Hill tram extension
• Craigieburn & Sydenham electrification
• Increased weekend frequencies
• The Boronia interchange
• Increased services on SmartBus routes
• More St Kilda trams on Sundays
• Keeping bikes on trains
• Establishment of the Public Transport Ombudsman

For more information, see www.ptua.org.au

The Fawkner Community House is a friendly, welcoming house, where you can drop in to make new friends, gain new skills, share ideas and experiences and learn more about sustainability too! 

Download the PDF for details of how they have reduced their impact on climate change.

Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies, pronounced ‘series’

CERES is an internationally recognised model of a sustainable society located in Brunswick. CERES shares its name with the Roman Goddess for agriculture.

Watch an interview below with Noel Blencowe from CERES.

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