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Is Climate Change a Laughing Matter?
Environment, Arts
Is Climate Change a Laughing Matter?
Environment, Arts
Environment, Arts
Are Screens Killing Kids' Imaginations?
Technology, Health
Are Screens Killing Kids' Imaginations?
Technology, Health
Technology, Health
The Melbourne Innovation Districts
Design, Environment
The Melbourne Innovation Districts
Design, Environment
Design, Environment
Should Technology Persuade Us to Do the Right Thing?
Technology, Design
Should Technology Persuade Us to Do the Right Thing?
Technology, Design
Technology, Design
Being Online When the Internet Can Self-Reflect
Technology, Health
Being Online When the Internet Can Self-Reflect
Technology, Health
Technology, Health
Regenerating Our Relationship to Agriculture
Environment, Food
Regenerating Our Relationship to Agriculture
Environment, Food
Environment, Food
Meeting a Death Doula
Health, Design
Meeting a Death Doula
Health, Design
Health, Design
Consciousness Hacking: Plugging In to Plug Out
Technology, Health
Consciousness Hacking: Plugging In to Plug Out
Technology, Health
Technology, Health
A Tour of Brisbane’s Social Enterprises
Business, Impact
A Tour of Brisbane’s Social Enterprises
Business, Impact
Business, Impact
Australia's First Dementia Village
Health, Arts
Australia's First Dementia Village
Health, Arts
Health, Arts
Building a Solar Powered Website
Design, Environment, Partnership
Building a Solar Powered Website
Design, Environment, Partnership
Design, Environment, Partnership
Matt Wicking Is a Future Maker
Arts, Environment
Matt Wicking Is a Future Maker
Arts, Environment
Arts, Environment
 
 
 
 
 

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"Here [at @home.onebrunswick], the coins I hand over for a meal go directly to a variety of programs committed to feeding schoolchildren in need and resolving youth homelessness." – Melbourne is home to a large ecosystem of social enterprises. We sent one of our writers on a walk through the streets of Melbourne to discover some of them [link in bio]. . . 📸 : Tommy Kuo
Later this week we take a walk through the streets of Melbourne to check out some social enterprises creating change. First stop: tucking into a bagel from @home.onebrunswick's cosy kitchen (pictured). – Sign up to our newsletter to read it first 📸 : Tommy Kuo
Here's a thought. What if we could use wasted food and use it to grow fungi that can be turned into sustainable "living" cement? Chloe Baker is well on her way to prove that this may be actually be possible and scalable [link in bio]. – 📸 : @tomross.xyz
Building with concrete adds a pretty large amount of carbon into our atmosphere ever year. So what if we told you that we might be able to create more sustainable concrete using mushrooms, potato and sawdust? Well, that's exactly what Chloe Baker, a student at Monash University, is experimenting with and it is pretty damn awesome. – Full story coming soon. 📸 : @tomross.xyz
'From Peel To Peel' by Italian designer Emma Sicher combines wasted food with bacteria and yeasts to create biodegradable/disposable food packaging. The process involves the use of a scoby, like you use to ferment kombucha. Emma has used apple, beetroot and potato thus far, with the thicker packages made by letting the fermentation process continue longer.
"To achieve better health for individuals we need to look beyond traditional, individualistic ideas of healthcare and examine the health inequalities written in our postcodes." – Dr Alexander Bowden. – Does your postcode determine your health? [link in bio]
Those of us that can't afford to buy sustainable bespoke furniture are usually left strolling through the IKEA labyrinth. But fast-furniture, like fast-fashion, has a hefty environmental cost. So, later this week we take a look at affordable furniture that is made to last, assuming the middle ground between affordability and sustainability. – Does sustainability come at a price that most of us cannot afford? Comment below, we'd love to know what you think. . . Pictured above are some beautiful pieces from @heimurdesign that don’t break the bank.
Three courses. Six questions. One evening. . . @convo_aus happens once every quarter, bringing people together to dine and discuss topics that aren't often explored, especially with people you have only just met. We wholeheartedly share Convo's sentiments about the sacredness of the dinner table and the conversations that happen around it. – So, to celebrate a good old convo we've got a double pass (RRP $180) to giveaway to Convo's next dinner experience. We'll be sending out an email tomorrow morning, so become a newsletter subscriber before then for a chance to win – mattersjournal.com/subscribe. – When: 8th December, 2018 Where: 5 Easy Street, Collingwood, VIC 3066
Claudia Pasquero and Marco Poletto, who make up the London-based design studio EcoLogicStudio, with 'photo.synth.etica', which they recently launched at Dublin's 2018 Climate Innovation Summit. The "urban curtain" captures C02 from the atmosphere in real-time by drawing air up its cavities and having the algae sequester carbon. Each panel sequesters as much carbon, per day, as roughly 20 trees. The carbon that is removed from the air is turned into biomass, which can then be used in the production of bioplastics, which can create more urban curtains ad infinitum. It also glows in the dark. That's probably the coolest thing about the project.
 
 
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