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When it comes to regenerating our city (and planet!), we need to look at what makes us human: our ability to learn and transform, and our connection to nature and each other. 🌱 And then we need to centre those things. In her first Field Note, Yasmina Dkhissi, our new Adaptive Futures Lead, explores what it will take for us to work together, find common ground, and ask the right questions as we make our way through the climate and biodiversity crises. Read now on The Regen Gazette ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gexZH5qJ

On the off chance you’ve been sleeping under a doughnut since July, we’d like to formally invite you to subscribe to Melbourne’s newest, most snackable and most satiating food systems newsletter: The Cornucopia. 🌽🥦🌮🍐🍳🌶 Written by our very own Food Systems Lead, Dheepa Jeyapalan, The Cornucopia is your one-stop shop for global food systems news and insights, as well as news, events, grants and courses a little closer to home. Issue #4 has just dropped, and you can read and subscribe via Substack here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gXd8_dYs

The Yarra Riverkeeper Association's Birrarung Riverfest kicks off this weekend, and we've seen a record number of Melburnians sign up to attend the huge range of events that'll be taking place up and down our beloved Birrarung. 💦 Regen Melbourne will be hosting and co-hosting some of those events. If you haven't booked your spot already, we suggest you do so pronto, because FOMO is simply no fun at all. Hit the links and grab your tickets below: 🏊♀️ Swimmable Cities | An online forum that will bring together experts from Paris, Copenhagen and the Parramatta river to dive into the ins and outs of restoring our waterways ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gQfdkZVM 🦄 City Nippers | Want your kids to learn how to respect and enjoy our urban waterways? Look no further. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gjzkb7xv 🎾 Sport + Waterways: A Ripple Effect | Head down to the Birrarung to learn how Melbourne's sporting scene can help build climate resilience by restoring our Birrarung ➡️ https://lnkd.in/geMy9JyZ 💌 Letters to the Birrarung | Join us for an unforgettable morning cruise along the river, during which artists, writers and scientists will share their love letters to the Birrarung ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gRybgEVj Thanks to our team, partners and friends who are facilitating the above events: Carolyn Tate, Charity Mosienyane, Patagonia, Regeneration Projects , Melbourne River Cruises, Life Saving Victoria, Yarra Pools, Green Planet Sport. 💚

How does the flow of money and culture out of Melbourne impact the wellbeing of people in other parts of the world? 🤔 Join Alison Whitten as she hosts Regen Melbourne's final two City Portrait workshop sessions this week, where we'll be exploring these especially juicy topics and so much more. Tell your friends. Tell their friends. And sign up here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/grzpDNqJ

In a little over a week, our friends at Yarra Riverkeeper Association will be kicking off the second ever Birrarung Riverfest, a community-led celebration of our Melbourne's iconic and beloved river. Running over three weeks, the festival has over 30 (THIRTY!) events on offer, including: 🚶♀️ HEAPS of educational walks and riverside adventures for all ages 🌱 Community tree planting in Warrandyte 🎨 Art installations, classes and demonstrations up and down the river 🦄 Sunset jazz at Ponyfish island 👨👧 Extra-special special father's day events 🐥 Birding at Westgate Park 🚣🏻 River clean ups at Yarra Bend 💦 A Swimmable Cities forum (hosted by Regen Melbourne's own Charity Mosienyane) 🎬 Film screenings and workshops ...and so much more! If you haven't booked your tickets yet, consider this your sign to fix that, and act now for a healthy, protected and loved river ➡️ https://riverfest.com.au/

“I hope attendees come away with a renewed appreciation for how special it is to have such a beautiful, natural feature in our city, and all the life and biodiversity that it supports.” This September, thousands of Melburnians will come together to celebrate and take part in Melbourne’s most exciting new festival: Birrarung Riverfest. 💦 Hosted by our friends at Yarra Riverkeeper Association (YRKA), the community-led festival will take place over three weeks and feature a huge range of events taking place up and down our beloved Birrarung/Yarra River. From platypus spotting to kayak clean ups, art installations to riverside jazz, we sat down with Carina Watson from YRKA to find out more about the program for 2024. Read now on The Regen Gazette ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gUA_y64H Check out the full Riverfest program here ➡️ https://riverfest.com.au/

Are you looking for more impactful ways to take climate action, but don’t really know where to begin? 🌱 Small Giants Academy Climate Leadership Accelerator is now open for professionals and community leaders who want to utilise their skills and resources for the good of people and planet, and implement transformative initiatives in their workplace (and beyond!).  During the 10-week curriculum, participants will explore new topics with expert guides and climate leaders, identify solutions, meet like-minded peers, and leave with a practical action plan for climate solutions in their own industry. Speakers on the program include Lesley Hughes, 4th & 5th IPCC report writer; Rachel Lowry, CEO of Bush Heritage Australia; Geoff Manchester, CEO of Intrepid Travel, and Ronni Kahn AO, Founder of OzHarvest. So what are you waiting for? Find out more and apply to join the next intake ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e7qq2C5N

What is Doughnut Economics? What is Regen Melbourne's City Portrait? And how does Regen Melbourne’s City Portrait help bring Doughnut Economics to Melbourne? 🍩🤔 If these questions keep you up at night, tune in to the latest episode of the Modern Maze, featuring our very own Alison Whitten. Over the course of an hour-long conversation, Alison breaks down the who, what and why of the City Portrait, and how we’re utilising it to guide our work moving forward. Thanks to Arya Padey for the conversation. Tune in here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gnBtcA6A And explore the City Portrait here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gAJPywd3

Though we might've all become a little *too* comfortable with remote working over the last few years, coming together as a team as often as we can remains absolutely critical to our work. Yesterday, we got together to play with our new #livingstrategy. We've been taking it apart, putting it back together again, and combining the elements in new and unexpected ways. And it's been fun. Very fun. We also went for beach walks, shared stories, broke bread, slurped soup and enjoyed the exceptional company of Buddy the dog. Huge thanks to Nina Sharpe (and Buddy) for hosting us 💚 If you haven't done so already, you can dive into the Living Strategy here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gwQqHSSv

Meet Yasmina. Yasmina is a humble human who cares for the wellbeing of the planet and its people. She turned this deep sense of care and admiration for the natural world into action and has held a number of research and strategy roles over the past 12 years, across the public and private sectors, locally and internationally, exploring and building pathways to more resilient futures. Yasmina has brought a human-centred lens to the range of collaborative and trans-disciplinary climate mitigation, adaptation and resilience research and innovation programs she has co-designed and implemented; balancing blue-sky strategic thinking with real-world impact. Deeply inspired by Nature’s beauty and genius, Yasmina looks to Nature for common ground, for connection to ourselves, one another and to the world we are all a part of. Ultimately, Yasmina believes most humans care for their health and wellbeing and that of their loved ones; and that creating the patterns that connect us to who we are, our nature, our human nature, will bring us home. A home we care for and cares for us. As it happens, Yasmina Dkhissi is also Regen Melbourne's new Adaptive Futures Lead. She joined the team this week, and we couldn't be more excited. Welcome, Yasmina. We're so happy you're here. 🌱💚✨