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The Mount Pleasant Natural Resource Centre Inc. (MPNRC) is a
non profit community hub that promotes sustainable living and
meaningful environmental connection.
Managed by volunteers the MPNRC offers a wide range of natural
resource management services including:
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Natural resource management information
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Equipment and facilities for community
groups
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Volunteer project facilitation
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Volunteer support and development
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Community education and training programs
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Community monitoring
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Referral services to technical advice
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Interested in volunteering?
Volunteers are integral to the operation of the Centre. We have
a diverse range of available volunteer positions.
Check them out
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A Farmers
Market in Mount
Pleasant?
What do
you think of a farmers market in Mt Pleasant? Do you want a
vibrant community space connecting growers and consumers,
embracing fresh local food and sustainable living?
The Mt Pleasant Natural Resource Centre Inc. is currently
exploring the idea of running a country farmers market. We want
to provide our community with better access to fresh and healthy
produce and encourage sustainable living practices.
We
are currently preparing a concept and scoping document that will
be submitted to The Barossa Council for consideration.
We are also gathering community support and building a
network of potential stall holders, suppliers and customers.
The Mt Pleasant Natural Resource Centre Inc. believes that
consumers are seeking qualities in their food
beyond those provided by factory farming. To us, the
benefits of a community marketplace include: promotion of
healthy cooking and eating, reduction of food miles, consumer
contact with local producers, a sustainable regular dynamic
community event, encouraging regional biodiversity, increased
viability for small business and family farms and a greater
sense of community pride.
We want to know what you think.
Pick up one of our surveys
here
or any of The Barossa Council Library branches, or the Mt
Pleasant Natural Resource Centre.
Fill in the survey and return to
the Centre by Wednesday 30th June and you will go into the
running to win $100 worth of yummy locally produced food from
Springcreek Organic Produce in Springton.
The establishment of a Country Farmers Market here in Mt
Pleasant forms part of our greater vision to provide a community
sustainable living demonstration site.
Using the former Council works depot on the corner of
Melrose & Phillis streets, the Mt Pleasant Natural Resource
Centre is developing a space that will incorporate:
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S.C.R.A.P
(Sustainable Community Recycling & Produce Centre)
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community meeting
room & workshop facilities
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regular Country
Farmers Market featuring a variety of learning opportunities as
well as
access to locally grown
produce
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school education
facilities
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sustainable
building demonstrations
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native plant
nursery
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aquaponics
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raingarden
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water wise
demonstration gardens
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regular community
education programs & courses
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opportunities for
increased community
connection
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volunteering
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community garden
Most of our activities rely on the work of
volunteers.
Get involved from a few hours per month, learn new skills
‘on the job’, meet an interesting and diverse range of people
and enjoy contributing to your community.
If you have an interest in volunteering and want to help
make the farmers market a
reality in Mt
Pleasant, phone Faye on 8568 1907, or call in for a chat.
For detailed volunteer job descriptions, check out
volunteers...
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News
Community Environment Centre Development
The Centre is developing nearly an acre of land into a
sustainable living demonstration site.
For more info on this initiative as well as other
exciting projects click
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On Thursday 17th
and Friday 18th September 2009, Mt Pleasant became a hive of
activity as over 1000 primary school students, teachers,
parents, and volunteers came together for the biannual Mount
Pleasant Natural Resource Centre Inc.
Sustainability
School Days.
more information...
What the students
liked…
I liked
to see and pat the ringtail possum and snake.
I thought it was a good way to learn.
I learnt a lot from the aquaponics session.
I enjoyed doing Aboriginal Culture because I learnt lots.
I also liked the sustainability web it was fun and
interesting.
I enjoyed the puppet show about how the river got polluted and
the macro invertebrates leaving.
I learnt a lot about the environment and how it doesn’t
take many people to pollute it.
I learnt that we have to save water.
It was very good fun and lots of things to learn about.
I liked the task when we got in groups and made the trees out of
paper to represent carbon molecules.
I learned a lot without using school books.
I liked holding the snake and the turtle and the puppets.
I enjoyed learning about weeds and the native trees and the quiz
about them.
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