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The Sustainable Cities Round Tables are regular events that feature a variety of speakers who provide three minute glimpses of what they are doing to create a sustainable Melbourne. The talks are diverse in their perspective, topics and approaches whilst also balancing well-known leaders with fresh, local talent. Each event includes workshops designed to engage the entire audience. Workshop outcomes are published online. If you would like to attend these events place your name on the Sustainable Melbourne email list to receive an invitation. If you would like further information about these events please contact Ferne Edwards, Sustainable Cities Research Officer, Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab. You can see the complete list of speakers from the Sustainable Cities Round Tables.
“Trash is treasure” - A synopsis of the Sustainable Cities Round Table on Waste
Posted in Sustainable Cities Round Tables by Ferne Edwards on October 28th, 2008
Please read the delightful article by Sue Jackson about the recent Sustainable Cities Round Table - Waste Not Want Not. This article first appeared on aduki online.
TRASH IS TREASURE
By Sue Jackson
On a grey morning last winter I hit the jackpot. Walking past a neighbouring house, I noticed a cardboard box leaning up against the front fence with a ‘Free’ sign attached. Looking around carefully to make sure no one was watching, I bent down to inspect its contents, and found a hardly used Tupperware container, the perfect size for my signature biscuits and muffins. I tucked it under my arm and continued on my way with a smile on my face, never realising that I’d just become a statistic.
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Food Waste Workshop Outcomes 4, Sustainable Cities Round Tables, 24 September 2008
Posted in Sustainable Cities Round Tables by Ferne Edwards on October 27th, 2008
A Food Waste Workshop was held at the Sustainable Cities Round Table - Waste Not Want Not, 24 September 2008. Three key organisations redistribute food that is still edible to people in need: SecondBite, FareShare (previously One Umbrella) and VicRelief Foodbank. Participants at the Sustainable Cities Round Table received a five minute explanation of the key issues of the growing food waste issue that links to poverty, hunger and urban environmental issues, and then worked together in small teams to answer the following four questions.
1. Can you think of ways to help better manage these issues of food waste redistribution
2. Can you think of opportunities that could occur across the city system? ie. in terms of transport, water, urban planning, etc
3. Can you think of ways to reduce the amount of food that is generated further up the chain
4. Can you think of new opportunities or businesses that could emerge from the topics mentioned above?
The responses from the fourth question are listed below.
Key issues:
1. Awareness - that food rescue agencies exist and have the capacity to collect surplus food, so we can start making a dint on the amount of good quality nutritious food that goes to waste.
2. Funding - the cost to run our organisation is increasing, and will continue to do so. This is of vital importance as we begin to tackle to problem on a much larger scale. Collaboration, information sharing and pooling of resources will be key in addressing this.
3. Logistics - Not so much a problem but an area that will need a lot of focus (money!) and collaboration as we implement statewide strategies, incorporating multiple agencies and both internal and external logistics companies.
4. Can you think of new opportunities or businesses that could emerge from the topics mentioned above?
• Start producing organic varieties so as to encourage people to go for healthy food instead of junk food
• Set up brown fields with in house treatment of various types of waste and set up a centralized distribution network for recycled products
• Opening as business/restaurant, sourcing form “dumpster”
• Council compost business
• More urban garden spaces
Tags: food distribution, food waste, social equality, Sustainable Cities Round Tables, wasted food
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Food Waste Workshop Outcomes 3, Sustainable Cities Round Tables, 24 September 2008
Posted in Sustainable Cities Round Tables by Ferne Edwards on October 27th, 2008
A Food Waste Workshop was held at the Sustainable Cities Round Table - Waste Not Want Not, 24 September 2008. Three key organisations redistribute food that is still edible to people in need: SecondBite, FareShare (previously One Umbrella) and VicRelief Foodbank. Participants at the Sustainable Cities Round Table received a five minute explanation of the key issues of the growing food waste issue that links to poverty, hunger and urban environmental issues, and then worked together in small teams to answer the following four questions.
1. Can you think of ways to help better manage these issues of food waste redistribution
2. Can you think of opportunities that could occur across the city system? ie. in terms of transport, water, urban planning, etc
3. Can you think of ways to reduce the amount of food that is generated further up the chain
4. Can you think of new opportunities or businesses that could emerge from the topics mentioned above?
The responses from the third question are listed below.
Key issues:
1. Awareness - that food rescue agencies exist and have the capacity to collect surplus food, so we can start making a dint on the amount of good quality nutritious food that goes to waste.
2. Funding - the cost to run our organisation is increasing, and will continue to do so. This is of vital importance as we begin to tackle to problem on a much larger scale. Collaboration, information sharing and pooling of resources will be key in addressing this.
3. Logistics - Not so much a problem but an area that will need a lot of focus (money!) and collaboration as we implement statewide strategies, incorporating multiple agencies and both internal and external logistics companies.
3. Can you think of ways to reduce the amount of food that is generated further up the chain?
• Impart training to restaurants/chefs etc. to design/devise energy efficient recipes which can be easily adapted even in households
• Change farmer contract –overproduction of crops
• Eating seasonally
• Restaurants (less over supplying, reduced portion, better storage)
• Cultural change (what people think is acceptable to buy ie. blemishes on fruit/veg)
Tags: food redistribution, food waste, social equality, Sustainable Cities Round Tables, wasted food
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Food Waste Workshop Outcomes 2, Sustainable Cities Round Tables, 24 September 2008
Posted in Sustainable Cities Round Tables by Ferne Edwards on October 27th, 2008
A Food Waste Workshop was held at the Sustainable Cities Round Table - Waste Not Want Not, 24 September 2008. Three key organisations redistribute food that is still edible to people in need: SecondBite, FareShare (previously One Umbrella) and VicRelief Foodbank. Participants at the Sustainable Cities Round Table received a five minute explanation of the key issues of the growing food waste issue that links to poverty, hunger and urban environmental issues, and then worked together in small teams to answer the following four questions.
1. Can you think of ways to help better manage these issues of food waste redistribution
2. Can you think of opportunities that could occur across the city system? ie. in terms of transport, water, urban planning, etc
3. Can you think of ways to reduce the amount of food that is generated further up the chain
4. Can you think of new opportunities or businesses that could emerge from the topics mentioned above?
The responses from the second question are listed below.
Key issues:
1. Awareness - that food rescue agencies exist and have the capacity to collect surplus food, so we can start making a dint on the amount of good quality nutritious food that goes to waste.
2. Funding - the cost to run our organisation is increasing, and will continue to do so. This is of vital importance as we begin to tackle to problem on a much larger scale. Collaboration, information sharing and pooling of resources will be key in addressing this.
3. Logistics - Not so much a problem but an area that will need a lot of focus (money!) and collaboration as we implement statewide strategies, incorporating multiple agencies and both internal and external logistics companies.
2. Can you think of opportunities that could occur across the city system? Ie. in terms of transport, water, urban planning, etc.
• Edible landscape – trees with edible fruits and parks
• Community gardens
• Grow your own
• Information systems about where excess food is to cut down the length and time of transport (something similar to the op shop blog)
Tags: food redistribution, food waste, social equality, Sustainable Cities Round Tables, wasted food
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Food Waste Workshop Outcomes 1, Sustainable Cities Round Tables, 24 September 2008
Posted in Sustainable Cities Round Tables by Ferne Edwards on October 27th, 2008
A Food Waste Workshop was held at the Sustainable Cities Round Table - Waste Not Want Not, 24 September 2008. Three key organisations redistribute food that is still edible to people in need: SecondBite, FareShare (previously One Umbrella) and VicRelief Foodbank. Participants at the Sustainable Cities Round Table received a five minute explanation of the key issues of the growing food waste issue that links to poverty, hunger and urban environmental issues, and then worked together in small teams to answer the following four questions.
1. Can you think of ways to help better manage these issues of food waste redistribution
2. Can you think of opportunities that could occur across the city system? ie. in terms of transport, water, urban planning, etc
3. Can you think of ways to reduce the amount of food that is generated further up the chain
4. Can you think of new opportunities or businesses that could emerge from the topics mentioned above?
The responses from the first question are listed below.
Key issues:
1. Awareness - that food rescue agencies exist and have the capacity to collect surplus food, so we can start making a dint on the amount of good quality nutritious food that goes to waste.
2. Funding - the cost to run our organisation is increasing, and will continue to do so. This is of vital importance as we begin to tackle to problem on a much larger scale. Collaboration, information sharing and pooling of resources will be key in addressing this.
3. Logistics - Not so much a problem but an area that will need a lot of focus (money!) and collaboration as we implement statewide strategies, incorporating multiple agencies and both internal and external logistics companies.
1. Can you think of ways to help better manage these issues of food waste redistribution?
• Bring the people to the food
• Community kitchens for both rich and poor, ie. all sections of societies
• Target big users, ie. colleges
Tags: food redistribution, food waste, social equality, Sustainable Cities Round Tables, wasted food
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RSVP now for the Sustainable Cities Round Table on Healthy Cities!
Posted in Sustainable Cities Round Tables by Ferne Edwards on October 24th, 2008
SustainableMelbourne.com and the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab (VEIL) invite you to:
The Sustainable Cities Round Table on Healthy Cities
Village Roadshow Theatrette, The State Library of Victoria
6-8pm, Wednesday12 November 2008
A free event!
In partnership with the Australasian Centre for the Governance and Management of Urban Transport (GAMUT) and the State Library of Victoria.
Register your attendance to RSVP@SustainableMelbourne.com by 7 November.
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Tags: environment, Events, healthy cities, Sustainable Cities Round Tables, transport, urban centres
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Announcing the Sustainable Cities Round Table on Healthy Cities, 12 November
Posted in Sustainable Cities Round Tables by Ferne Edwards on October 10th, 2008
SustainableMelbourne.com and the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab (VEIL) invite you to:
The Sustainable Cities Round Table on Healthy Cities
Village Roadshow Theatrette, The State Library of Victoria
6-8pm, 12 November 2008
A free event!
Presented in partnership with the Australasian Centre for the Governance and Management of Urban Transport (GAMUT) and the State Library of Victoria
Please register your attendance to RSVP@SustainableMelbourne.com by 7 November
A truly sustainable city must also be a healthy one. At this Sustainable Cities Round Table we will explore the nexus between environment and health. How are healthy cities also more environmentally-friendly? How can greater happiness help the planet? We will hear from a range of experts and practitioners in topics covering carbon-neutral transport to consumption, parks and diet. This event also features international guest speaker, John Whitelegg.
The Sustainable Cities Round Tables are a regular series of events that showcase local environmental initiatives and encourage networking for people working in urban sustainability issues across the government, academic, industry and community sectors. To view footage of previous events visit www.sustainablemelbourne.com and click on “Sustainable Cities Round Tables” at the top of the screen.
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Jonathan Crocket speaks about dry composting toilets at the Sustainable Cities Round Table, 24 September 2008
Posted in Sustainable Cities Round Tables by Devin Maeztri on October 9th, 2008
How can you have a Sustainable Cities Round Table on the topic of Waste Not Want Not without talking about compost toilets!!!! Don’t worry - I didn’t overlook this - and so our final short presenter for the recent Sustainable Cities Round Table on Waste Not Want Not was Mr Jonathan Crocket, Executive Consultant from the very respectable and international firm, GHD, who spoke about “Urine separating – dry toilets“. Did you know that 41% of the worlds population, 2.6 billion people, don’t have the privilege of access to any sort of private and hygenic toilet? Learn more about how toilets can become more sustainable from Jonathan’s presentation posted below.
Tags: compost toilets, dry composting, Sustainable Cities Round Tables, urban design and built form, water conservation
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Penny Algar speaking about sustainable art at the Sustainable Cities Round Table, 24 September 2008
Posted in Sustainable Cities Round Tables by Devin Maeztri on October 9th, 2008
Penny Algar, Artist and Landscape Designer, spoke at the recent Sustainable Cities Round Table on Waste Not Want Not about some of the artists work featured in the show “Embodied Energy” at the Counihan Gallery, Brunswick. Most of the artists worked with recycled or found materials of one form or another and all are committed to a sustainable art practice. It was a very successful exhibition with very favorable reviews in the Press. To view Penny’s presentation please see below.
Tags: art materials, embodied energy, sustainable art practice, Sustainable Cities Round Tables
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Amelia de Bie on the joys of op-shopping, Sustainable Cities Round Table, 24 September 2008
Posted in Sustainable Cities Round Tables by Devin Maeztri on October 9th, 2008
Amelia de Bie, founder of Iotia and the blogsite, I op therefore I am, spoke about this latter venture, titled “Melbourne’s collaborative op shopping blog” at the recent Sustainable Cities Round Table on Waste Not Want Not, 24 September. Not perturbed by the fact that she was not in Australia at the time of the event, Amelia prepared an online version of her presentation which can be viewed below. Even though she wasn’t able to physically be there on the night, it was still a delight to present her work at this forum!
Tags: alternative fashion, clothes recycling, online initiatives, op-shopping, Sustainable Cities Round Tables
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