Cirque du Soil

There’s a number of great announcements to make and just not enough hours in the day to write about our wins, to be able to share them as much as we’d like to! For instance, I spent a bit more time going through track after track for selection in our animation, to bring the Mia Mias project to life in video - I’m a stickler for good storytelling. Happy to report - it’s now live. Together with our little team, Philip Cen Stephen Mason and Scott Bennett - I’d like to introduce Mia Mias Micro Material bank & the story behind it. For context (and anyone who is wondering where the climate apocalypse film set waste is coming from), since May 2024 I’ve had the pleasure of working with Hugo Koehne from PR productions in a new shoot, recovering food waste across film production sites. (The irony of the climate apocalypse set is not lost on us.) I had the opportunity to look at other waste streams while there, and was aghast, in particular - construction waste - which spurred the enclosure inspiration for Mia Mias. Since then I haven’t stopped thinking about the myriad of ways to disrupt this fast moving industry of waste from production and construction - starting with mobilizing materials as quickly as things get deconstructed. This is a bigger research piece that I’m now eager to embark on, regardless the outcome. From film to construction crews, please reach out if you’d like to chat! Once again, thanking the magnificent Gemma Baxter for the amazing effort in bringing this challenge together, Alireza Toran Pour from City of Melbourne, Kate Spencer from FBideas and Phil Ore and nurturing the 3 finalists to pitch night with Upsoil Collective & FutureLabs. In the meantime voting is live and closes on 29th August 2024 11:59 AEST. To vote, go to: https://lnkd.in/gzw3Tkzh Jump online, hit 'Vote on your favourite idea, type in your email address and hit submit, if should take less than a minute or 15 minutes if you want to watch all the pitches again" Big shout out to the fabulous Reece Sanders whom took the time to work through all my animation demands! www.rsdm.com.au https://lnkd.in/gjbSrBDj

Food Waste - the known but little explored conundrum! Yesterday I had the pleasure of supporting Rob Anderson and the Climateers team at the 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭. https://lnkd.in/gHNxtCi9 It was a great event and the panelists shared so many surprises and inspiring stories, and the interns from a range of universities did an excellent job facilitating insight gathering discussions in the afternoon. Empauer - Victor Barichello, Saveful - Kim McDonnell, End Food Waste Australia - Jonathan Middis, Cirque du Soil - Jean Darling, ARECO - Geoff Davis, SecondBite -Rachael Terry, Foodbank Australia, Helping Hands Mission Inc. - Melanie Gill, Farmers Pick - Joshua Ball, OzHarvest, Yarra Valley Water - Stephanie Salinas, Repurposeit Resale - Thomas Fox, Bardee - Phoebe Gardner, Eco Guardians Pty Ltd - Phillip Spring, Cleanaway Waste Management - Catherine Phillips Some of my key takeaways included: 💡 The belief that we don’t waste food is 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓-𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒔; home, small businesses to big producers. One company estimated annual loss due to food waste as about $1million in a year… effective assessment showed it to be $14million in loss! 💡 Every year 𝟏𝟑𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐬 of plastic leak into Australia’s maritime ecosystem 💡 Businesses 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 significantly; which can be a hard concept to grasp! 💡 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧:  Teams, companies, and even supply chains struggle to move beyond their own perspectives, hindering effective collaboration and overall success. There is so much 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 do to support businesses, our families and own business for a sustainable future. 📣 Collaboration is key to any initiative. Contact me to explore how we can support you and your business by building collaboration and sustainable innovation  https://lnkd.in/gy3HPRND  📣  #sustainability #CircularEconomy #FoodWasteAwareness #ReduceFoodWaste #FoodRecovery  #FoodWasteSolution

𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 | 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒⁣ ⁣ If you’re passionate about reducing food waste in Victoria or creating systems change with impactful climate solutions, then please join us at Hawthorn Arts Centre on 1st October.⁣ ⁣ We have three 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 taking place for:⁣ • 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧⁣ • 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 ⁣ • 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠⁣ ⁣ with 15 of the thought leaders and action takers in the sector.⁣ ⁣ We are looking forward to our discussions with the following changemakers on our Food Waste Prevention Panel. ☑ Geoff Davis ( ARECO PACIFIC ) ☑ Jean Darling ( Cirque du Soil ) ☑ Jonathan Middis ( End Food Waste Australia ) ☑ Kim McDonnell ( Saveful ) ☑ Victor Barichello ( Empauer ) You’ll find out more information about them and our other 10 panellists on our website:⁣ https://lnkd.in/gW9-tQi8 ⁣ 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. It’s a bit like a cross between a Conference, Trade Show and Hackathon rolled in to one. ⁣ With tickets from just $99 for citizens and non-profits, it’s an affordable day of inspiration, collaboration and opportunity.: ✔ https://lnkd.in/gPMv3Enj ⁣ #VictorianFoodWaste #FoodWaste #FoodWasteSolutions #CircularEconomy #Climateers #ActionSummit ⁣

We are excited to announce the Victorian Food Waste Action Summit will take place on 1st October at Hawthorn Arts Centre in Melbourne. We'd love you to join us for an interactive day of panel discussions, speed workshops and networking. An Action Summit is a conference, trade show and hackathon all rolled into a short format day to maximise connections, shared learnings and the unlocking of opportunity. It's a not to be missed event for people and organisations already working on food waste reduction. It's also a chance for people concerned about the climate crisis and cost of living crises to learn more and find ways to make a difference. So please join us an attendee or exhibitor. We are also creating an Ecosystem Map of all the food waste hero organisations and have a survey that will inform an Industry Report around challenges and opportunities to accelerate action. Please reshare this post and DM /comment with any questions. https://lnkd.in/gPMv3Enj

Meet the three Innovation Challege finalists at our Pitch Night. Join us, on Thursday 15 August, for the Fishermans Bend Digital Innovation Challenge Pitch Night to hear the top three big ideas to drive a regenerative future for Melbourne. Your vote will help decide the winning idea that will receive $90,000 from the Victorian Government to pilot their idea in Fishermans Bend.   The three top data-driven finalists include Melbourne EcoSound Initiative by FutureLabs, Upsoil Collective by Zoe (Fan) W. and Mia Mias Micro Materials Bank by Commune and Co / Cirque du Soil.   Come along to 191 Salmon Street, Port Melbourne or tune in via the livestream. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gCNeW6Ax 

We won two Silver Stars in the Star Wine List International Open! https://lnkd.in/e-f6ZpuF The Sustainable Wine List award is thanks, in part, to Cirque du Soil who turn our kitchen scraps into soil.