Melbourne Invests in Systemic Transformation (MIST), is a new collaboration between local and global capital holders, fund managers and thought leaders. Convened by Regen Melbourne, the initiative seeks to achieve a paradigm shift in the impact and approach to deploying purpose-led capital across Greater Melbourne.

This year marks the tenth anniversary of a group of actors coming together to make Sydney’s Parramatta River swimmable again. Swimmable Birrarung Lead Convenor Charity Mosienyane spoke with one of the Parramatta project’s leads, Sarah Holland-Clift, about what our own river-healing initiative could learn from this Sydney success story. 

As the Swimmable Birrarung project moves into the Organising phase of Regen Melbourne’s SOIL framework, a new report outlines the Fields of Action underway for the river for 2024 and beyond. 

ICYMI: the Swimmable Birrarung project recently found itself in the throes of a national media frenzy. From breakfast television to the pages of national mastheads – this community-led project was thrust into the spotlight with all the excitement, speculation and skepticism that comes with it. So how did we get here, and what does it all mean? 

A Swimmable Birrarung by 2030 might be Wildly Ambitious, but look a little further afield and you’ll find plenty of cities that have developed strong urban swimming cultures, despite the (systemic) odds. 

The Swimmable Birrarung is a vast and ambitious project to regenerate our city’s iconic river so it’s not only swimmable, but healthy, clean and teeming with biodiversity. Regen Melbourne CEO, Kaj Lofgren, explains what’s currently standing in the way of this epic vision.

What’s next for the Melbourne Doughnut? Regen Melbourne Research Lead Alison Whitten and CEO Kaj Lofgren explain how our Doughnut will help sustain our regeneration efforts in the years to come. 

The Wildly Ambitious Goal of Regen Streets is to help catalyse a wave of regenerated streets across Greater Melbourne. While it might seem a fairly simple word, understanding how a wave works can actually help us determine Regen Melbourne’s role in this field, writes Lead Convenor Nina Sharpe.