Ecolinc, the new Science and Technology Innovations Centre, Bacchus Marsh, provides innovative curriculum programs for P-12 students which focus on sustainable environmental development practices.

The Ecolinc building, an ecologically sustainable design (ESD), incorporates state-of-the-art technology and is set within an indigenous landscape featuring a model wetland that is fed by, and filters, storm water.

Ecolinc:

• provides sustainable environmental programs for students of all ages using the resources of the Bacchus Marsh area and the technology within the Centre
• conducts sustainable environmental workshops for the community using the Ecolinc wetland and the ESD principles of the Centre as demonstration models
• develops and disseminates educational literature relating relating to sustainable environments
• offers educational tours of the Centre featuring the wetland and ESD principles, and
• provides professional development programs relating to sustainable environment for primary and secondary teachers.

Facilities
Specialised facilities include:

• Natural Resource Management and Environmental Science Laboratory
• Environmental Resource Centre
• Agriculture / Horticulture Laboratory, including micro-propagation facilities
• Multi-purpose demonstration room
• Interpretive design display areas
• Conference and meeting facilities
• Extensive glasshouse, shade house, potting shed and horticultural plots
• Composting toilets
• Model wetland.

Model Wetland
The wetland will model a complete water recycling and management process, including the collection of storm water, treatment of contaminants, filtration using indigenous vegetation and use as native habitat. Clean water will ultimately flow into the Werribee River as a result of this process.

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