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Melbourne Community Farmers’ Market March Newsletter
Posted in Models by Ferne Edwards on March 11th, 2009
Melbourne Community Farmers' Market March Newsletter
Seeking nominations for the 2009 Riverprize – the world’s largest river restoration award!
Posted in Seeking by Ferne Edwards on March 3rd, 2009
Community groups and catchment authorities working on restoration of rivers across Australia can apply for the award until 30 April 2009. The National Riverprize ($200,000) is now funded by an Australian Government grant under its Water for the Future plan. Australians can apply for both the national and international award. All finalists are invited to present their projects at the International Riversymposium – the preeminent international conference on freshwater resources management in Brisbane (21-24 September 2009).
Nomination forms and entry guidelines are available at International Riverfoundation’s website .
The Sustainable Cities Round Table on Sustainable Sharing is on TONIGHT!
Posted in Events, Sustainable Cities Round Tables by Ferne Edwards on February 26th, 2009
The Sustainable Cities Round Table on Sustainable Sharing will be held tonight from 6-8pm at Shed 4, North Wharf Road, Victoria Harbour, Docklands. The venue is quite tricky to find (basically its near the end of Bourke Street in Docklands) – please check out the directions below on how to get there. I’d also recommend you leave a bit early – the exhibition will be open before the event. Also, you are welcome to bring promotional materials about your sustainability initiatives with you to share with others – tables will be provided for this. The evening is shaping up mighty fine – we are holding the event as part of the ECO-CITY Melbourne Exhibition and have lots of inspiring speakers and a great musician. It will be great to see you there!
Best, Ferne
Ferne Edwards
Sustainable Cities Research Officer
Victorian Eco-Innovation Laboratory (VEIL)
Australian Centre for Science, Innovation and Society (ACSIS)
SustainableMelbourne.com and the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab (VEIL) proudly present
SUSTAINABLE CITIES ROUND TABLE – SUSTAINABLE SHARING
6-8pm Thursday 26 February 2009
Shed 4 North Wharf Road Victoria Harbour, Docklands VIC 3006. Melways Map: 2E 7D (see detailed directions below)
It may seem strange that weve highlighted sharing as a sustainability issue. Yet as the West has become more industrialised weve also grown more individualised producing more products per person. At this Sustainable Cities Round Table we explore how we can learn to share again. Topics include shared spaces, such as composts and co-houses; shared products and materials, such as the renewed retro world of no longer daggy hand-me-downs, and shared services, such as permablitzes and group purchasing power.
Speakers are:
Kate Luckins, Founder of The Clothing Exchange – Releasing fashion waste from closeted detention; the tale of The Clothing Exchange
Christian Ferrante, Director, Green Hanger – The story of a well hung Aussie
Adam Grubb, Co-ordinator, Permablitz network, Director, Very Edible Gardens – Permablitz: Eating The Suburbs
Joanne Hay, Co-creator of Herdshare.com – an online solution for share farming animal foods – Herdsharing for the future
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Eco suburb plan unveiled for city
Posted in Visions by Ferne Edwards on February 25th, 2009
The article below announces the ECO-CITY Melbourne Exhibition – an outcome of the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab. To read the full article click here.
Eco suburb plan unveiled for city
Jason Dowling and Natalie Craig, The Age, February 25, 2009
A VISION for a suburb of the future with no cars, an 80 per cent reduction in carbon emissions and the ability to grow its own food has been unveiled by a State Government-funded thinktank. And it could happen on a site just two kilometres from the centre of Melbourne.
A 20-hectare site for the new green suburb has even been identified on land owned by VicTrack, the government body that owns the state’s rail assets. The lease on the site known as E-Gate, just off Footscray Road, expires in 2014 and Major Projects Victoria has been working with VicTrack on possibilities for the land.
Now, the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab, a university-based thinktank funded by the Government, has come up with ideas for a new environmentally friendly suburb at the site.
An exhibition of the proposals from 200 university students, known as Eco-City Melbourne, will go on show from tomorrow.
Seeking local sustainable sharing examples
Posted in Events, Seeking by Ferne Edwards on December 5th, 2008
The first Sustainable Cities Round Table event for 2009 will focus on the topic of “Sustainable Sharing“. It seems strange that weve highlighted sharing as a sustainability issue. Yet as the West has become more industrialised weve also grown more individualised producing more products per person. At this Sustainable Cities Round Table we explore how we can learn to share again.
We are currently looking for people and organisations from across the board (government, industry, academia or community) who may be involved in such sustainable sharing initiatives. This may include topics of – but certainly not restricted to – shared spaces, such as laundries, composts and co-houses; shared products, such as the renewed retro world of no longer daggy hand-me-downs, and shared services, such as permablitzes and group purchasing power. We enjoy both the more established ideas as well as the fresh emerging ones!
If you are involved in this area or know of someone who is, please post a comment under this post or contact Ferne Edwards at fedwards @unimelb.edu.au or (03) 8344 9268.
Audio files available of Roberto Perez, Cuban permaculturalist
Posted in Models by Ferne Edwards on November 27th, 2008
Roberto Perez, Cuban permaculturalist (featured in the documentary The Power of Community), travelled to Australia recently to speak about Cuba, food and fossil fuels – see the post “Event – Organic Cuba: Abandoning Fossil Fuels – Public meeting featuring Roberto Perez – 5 April“. A popular guest, Perez gave an inspiring talk at London Food Link’s Big Autumn Do in September 2008. He focused on how Cuba responded to peak oil and its transition to a more sustainable model of agriculture which included thriving urban agriculture projects throughout Havana.
His presentation was recorded and can be listened below:
Part 1
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The Metropolitan Transport Forum’s Great New Transport Plan!
Posted in Models by Ferne Edwards on November 26th, 2008
The Metropolitan Transport Forum, as part of the pt4me2 project has produced a visionary transport plan for Melbourne. The Metropolitan Transport Forum (MTF) is an advocacy group comprising members from 19 Melbourne metropolitan local governments, associate members and others representing transport companies, and participants from the State Government and environment groups. MTF promotes and works for sustainable, equitable and efficient transport options across metropolitan Melbourne by providing a forum for debate, research and policy development, and by disseminating information to improve transport choices. This report is not a policy statement of individual members of the MTF, and the views presented are independent of its associate members. The pt4me2 is a project of the MTF, aimed at giving the community a better opportunity to have an informed say about public transport in Melbourne.
To download the document click here.
Check out the Greenhouse by Joost at Federation Square!
Posted in Models by Ferne Edwards on November 24th, 2008
What: An Australian first in sustainable design and innovation, by visiting the Greenhouse by Joost, a temporary exhibition over the Spring and Summer period of 2008|09. Its built entirely from recycled and recyclable materials.
When: 7am to 11pm daily, ’til 29th January 2009
Where: Federation Square, next door to ACMI, Flinders Street, Melbourne
Do you know of anyone sharing backyards for food production?
Posted in Events, Seeking by Ferne Edwards on November 21st, 2008
Back in 2007 when Sustainable Melbourne was launched, I posted some information about the “Sharing backyards idea“. I think its a great idea with a lot of potential and was wondering if anyone knows of anyone living in Melbourne who may be practising this? If so, could you please drop me a line in the comment box below or alternatively email me at fedwards @unimelb.edu.au? I’ve included a brief abstract of the idea below and you can also check out the complete post at “Sharing backyards idea“.
The “Sharing Backyard” idea breaks the barrier to limited urban space for green production by identifying unused backyards and forming partnerships to grant more people access to grow their own food and appreciate urban space. According to Patrick Hayes, benefits of sharing backyards include building social capital, increasing economic wellbeing, boosting physical and psychological health and revitalising cultural health. Read more in Hayes’ article posted below, “The Sharing of Backyards Idea“.
Peats Ridge Festival
Posted in Models by Maeztri on November 12th, 2008
What: Peats Ridge Sustainable Arts & Music Festival
When: 29 December 2008 to 1 January 2009
Where: Glenworth Valley, NSW – 1 hour north of Sydney
Tickets: through Moshtix
Peats Ridge is the first major event in Australia to run completely on renewable energy and winner of the NSW Government 2008 Green Globe Award for Environmental Sustainability across all industries.
