EcoCommons is aiming to become the portal of choice for ecological and environmental analysis in Australia! We are building a platform which will become a super-highway, shortening the time from question, to answer, to environmental decision. We want to leave you more time to do the most interesting part: the science. Imagine a place where you can: - easily explore and acquire environmental data - access processed data ready to use in species distribution models and other experiments at the touch of a button - learn about the latest cutting edge scientific methods - trial multiple scientific modelling methods at the click of a button - run your own code in the cloud, freeing up your personal computer - join a growing community where you can collaborate across institutions and jurisdictions EcoCommons Australia consolidates and provides a significant upgrade to the existing Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory (BCCVL), and the command-line environment ecocloud.