Last year, the Swimmable Birrarung project enjoyed an exciting but completely unplanned viral media moment. We responded well, but were caught off guard. Here, Charity Mosienyane explains how we did things differently when the same thing happened this February. 

How do we transform our city’s streets to shape the neighbourhoods Melburnians want? Through lengthy community engagement, Regen Streets has identified seven key building blocks to get us where we need to go.  

Helena Norberg-Hodge has dedicated her life to rebuilding connections. As founder of international not-for-profit Local Futures, she’s helped reimagine the status quo, advocating for ecological and social renewal, thriving local food systems and strengthened communities via a decentralised economy.

In April, Regen Melbourne’s will be co-hosting a ‘Hot Food’ workshop in collaboration with Sweltering Cities and the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation. Here, our Food Systems convenor Dheepa Jeyapalan chats with Sweltering Cities founder Emma Bacon to discuss what it’ll take for Melbourne’s food system to become truly resilient. 

This month, we welcome Dr. Dominique Hes to the Regen Melbourne board, where she will take on a very special role: to represent nature. Here, Dominique reflects on the opportunities and responsibilities ahead - including what nature can teach us about purposeful governance within our organisations.  

Vera Wang, friend of Regen Melbourne and a grant recipient and project lead at RMIT University, reflects on how connecting the Melbourne Doughnut with the Australian Indigenous Doughnut on Global Doughnut Day created a space to connect with Country and community.

Gypsy Wright, a Bachelor of Environment and Society student at RMIT University, reflects on her student placement with Regen Melbourne.

What does ziplining have to do with climate change adaptation? More than you would think. Here’s how an adventure in Laos made our Adaptive Futures Lead, Yasmina, ponder the nature of resilient systems.