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It’s Time to Get Creative About Our Purpose
Partnership, Impact
It’s Time to Get Creative About Our Purpose
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Partnership, Impact
Running For Good
Health, Environment
Running For Good
Health, Environment
Health, Environment
Global Warming is Spoiling Sex
Partnership, Health
Global Warming is Spoiling Sex
Partnership, Health
Partnership, Health
An Illustrated History of Fermenting
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An Illustrated History of Fermenting
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Partnership, Health
Charities Might Need to Fail
Technology, Design
Charities Might Need to Fail
Technology, Design
Technology, Design
The Head Chef Who Lives in a Tiny Home
Food, Environment
The Head Chef Who Lives in a Tiny Home
Food, Environment
Food, Environment
A Gut Feeling: How the Gut Affects Our Mental Health
Partnership, Health
A Gut Feeling: How the Gut Affects Our Mental Health
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Partnership, Health
Exploring Sydney’s Social Enterprises
Business, Impact
Exploring Sydney’s Social Enterprises
Business, Impact
Business, Impact
Brae: A Restaurant That Serves Food
Food, Environment
Brae: A Restaurant That Serves Food
Food, Environment
Food, Environment
Building a Giant Biodegradable Eel Trap
Food, Environment
Building a Giant Biodegradable Eel Trap
Food, Environment
Food, Environment
The Obligation to Prevent Animal Suffering
Environment, Health
The Obligation to Prevent Animal Suffering
Environment, Health
Environment, Health
Let's Talk About Women in STEM
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Let's Talk About Women in STEM
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Partnership, Impact
 
 
 
 
 

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We've teamed up with one of our favourite social enterprises, @thesocialstudio, to offer a $500 gift voucher to @aceandjig, a sustainable fashion label that's just landed in their Collingwood store. We'll be launching this giveaway very, very soon. If you want to get your mates in on this, better tag them in this post!
Q: What does an artisan bakery (@thebreadandbutterproject), an arts company (@_studio_a_), a cafe (@heartcafebondi) and an ethical clothing label (@thesocialoutfit) have in common?⠀ •⠀ A: They are all social enterprises improving the livelihoods of under-represented and disadvantaged communities in Sydney.⠀ •⠀ How? ⠀ Link in bio.
"Very often, when I tell people I work with artists with intellectual disability, I am assumed to be a volunteer art therapist. There is a common cultural assumption that people with intellectual disability can only partake in art as therapy.”⠀ •⠀ That's Gabrielle Mordy, CEO and artistic director of @_studio_a_, speaking. Studio A provides professional development to artists with intellectual disability. They are part of a growing network of social enterprises in Sydney improving the lives of under-represented and disadvantaged communities. We take a closer look later this week. ⠀ •⠀ Pictured: Studio A artist Emily Crockford with her design for City of Sydney Site Works (June, 2019). Photo by Katherine Griffiths.
Artist Ren Ri has fitted out the interiors of Simone Rocha's new store in Hong Kong with massive honeycomb structures inside giant transparent boxes. Ri is also a beekeeper and moved the hives every week to help the honeycomb naturally evolve into shape. Ever since @honeyfingers' article about modern beekeeping and the Drawing Matter event, the editorial team have become advocates for our winged friends. More bee love pls.
"As we eat our way into a new cultural narrative, one that emphasises regeneration, biodiversity and natural processes, Dan (@chefdanhunter) maintains that 'we need to fully digest the fact that eating is an environmental act. We try and cook a cuisine that celebrates the possibilities of a sustainable environment.'" • Matters Journal co-editor Mathew Bate visited @braerestaurant, one of Australia's most sustainable restaurants, and went deep with head chef and owner Dan Hunter. Link in bio ↩︎ • Photo by Colin Page.
@braerestaurant is one of Australia’s best restaurants. Last week it won Regional Restaurant of the Year at the 2020 Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Awards and last year it came second to Azurmendi in Spain in the World’s 50 Best Sustainable Restaurant Awards. Matters Journal co-editor Mathew Bate dined there recently and spoke to Brae's head chef and owner, @chefdanhunter. Full story drops later this week. • ⠀ Photos by Timothy Bate.
Studio José de la, in collaboration with the Japanese tech firm Mirai Innovation, has created an experiment that allows people to design the shape of a vase using their mind. The experiment suggests that in the future people people that either don't have the physical capacity or the technical skill to make things with hands will be able to make, build and create. During the experiment participants used an Aura headpiece and were seated in a quiet room, where their minds could control certain features of a vase.
Bunurong artist, Mitch Mahoney and Mutti Mutti and Bunurong/Wemba Wemba artist Maree Clarke are creating a 10-metre-long eel trap out of river reeds in Footscray. We spoke to Mitch Mahoney about the role ancient wisdom will play in a more sustainable future and how we, like eels, can adapt to changing environments. • Link in bio. • @footscrayarts + @scigallerymel
"We're trying to address subjects like sustainable living, Aboriginal technology and what non-Indigenous people and Australia as a whole can learn from 60000 years of Aboriginal people managing our land and our waterways." – Bunurong artist Mitch Mahoney. • Bunurong artist Mitch Mahoney and his aunty, Bunurong/Wemba Wemba artist Maree Clarke, are building a huge eel trap made out of river reeds at @footscrayarts for @scigallerymel this month. It'll be launched into the Maribyrnong river, below @footscrayarts, this Friday at 6pm. Interview with Mitch coming soon.
 
 
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