MCMC supports educators, from early years to tertiary level, to teach Indigenous perspectives with local biodiversity references and stories. In 2022 we led the first Community of Practice gathering in Darebin to situate Merri Creek’s catchment, especially our waterways and biodiversity and to support educator’s local connection to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country, seasons, and language.

In our aim to connect educators to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country, and as non-Indigenous educators, we follow advice which asks us not to tell First Nations People's creation stories. Instead, we are able to connect interculturally with stories about different concepts of seasons or material stories such as those about uses of indigenous plants, various plant language names and signs around us such as about the name ‘Merri Creek.’ Few people comprehend this as a bilingual phrase: Merri (Woi-wurrung) and Creek (English).

In July 2023 we were joined by people from 17 organisations at our second gathering in NAIDOC Week. We spent time on our ecoliteracy by drawing indigenous plants and noting their Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung language names, where they are known.

A key highlight was a presentation by the principal of Northcote High School, Chris Jones, about decolonising the school’s library - see The Age article about this.