The Ecological Justice Hub is a permaculture garden and community space in the heart of Brunswick dedicated to both social and environmental justice. Reflecting Jesuit Social Services’ commitment to ecological justice, the Hub seeks to promote and restore just and thriving relationships between people, place and planet.
The Hub seeks to address social and environmental injustice through community engagement, education and training, and demonstration of ecological ways of being.
The Hub:
serves as a place for engagement with the wider community, schools, local partners and the community service sector and Jesuit Social Services’ staff and program participants;
ensures our ecological justice advocacy efforts are grounded in, and informed by, our relationship with the marginalised and the Earth; and
demonstrates more than a theoretical commitment to, and understanding of, ecological justice.
What happens at the Hub?
The Hub promotes awareness on ecological justice and place-based approaches through events, education and activities for the community.
We build ecological knowledge, skills and eco-literacy through workshops and practical ‘hands on’ projects, including:
Urban food production: growing food in the space of a former carpark and donating produce to a local food relief program
Composting: turning ‘waste’ into a valuable resource
Plant propagation – greening hearts, minds and neighbourhoods
Waste to Energy – turning food scraps collected from the neighbourhood into biogas that can be used for cooking
The permaculture garden at the hub is run by a diverse community of volunteers, sharing their love of gardening, their passion for ecological justice, sumptuous lunches and many cups of tea. The produce grown in our garden is donated to the Brunswick Uniting Church Olive Way Kitchen, which provides food relief for people who are hungry and experiencing homelessness, social isolation or family violence.
We are always seeking new volunteers and partners to assist us in this important work. Everyone is welcome to join!
We work collaboratively with partners in Merri-bek and beyond to build a local collaborative network that addresses injustice through ecological practices.
We are open to working with schools to deliver tailored offerings around ecological justice for students and/or staff. For Catholic schools, this explicitly relates to Integral Ecology, drawing on principles of Catholic Social Teaching and Pope Francis’ encyclicals Laudato si’ and Laudate Deum.
Where is the Hub located?
The Ecological Justice Hub is located at 3 Saxon St, Brunswick VIC 3056.
Find out more about the Hub
To find out more about the Ecological Justice Hub and upcoming events, sign up to our Newsletter, follow us on Instagram @ecojusticehubmelbourne, or contact us via email: ecojusticehub@jss.org.au.
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