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It’s time for radically ambitious, collaborative action: Earthshots for the regeneration of our city.
An Earthshot is a declaration of intent to solve complex social and ecological challenges. Earthshots recognise that social and ecological regeneration are inseparable. They set an ambition of possibility, coherence of a collective response, and agitation of the conditions we operate within. Earthshots are whole-of-city in scope, long-term in commitment, and open to many entry points.
The Earthshots to cover the major cultural and ecological layers of what makes Greater Melbourne come alive: waterways, streets and food. These are also the places where we are and will experience the increased risk first hand, in different ways. These are not a top-down vision handed down by an institution. The Earthshots are collectively-owned ambition – returned to the city as an organising framework for action.
'Earthshot' language comes from 'moonshot' – the race to land humans on the moon in the 1960s. An ambitious goal was set without knowing how to get there. A goal only possible through collaboration, innovation and intent. An Earthshot refocuses that scale and ambition back on our planet, with the aim to accelerate new ways of operating and creating conditions for our city systems to thrive.
Because the scale of the challenges demand it. We are all invested in the social and ecological future of this place.
Looking at the conditions we need not just outputs. Oriented towards multi-benefits not single solutions.
No one organisation can own the scope of the Earthshot. We are interconnected, so too must our response be.
There is no blueprint. Forward-leaning action looks like smart collaboration, not waiting for everyone to agree.
Committed to building broad support over time. An Earthshot is a platform for entry points, not a closed project.
These Earthshots are in service to place. They build on what makes this city thrive and centre care for our future.
Our Earthshots are grounded in the insight that social and ecological resilience are inseparable. You cannot have a liveable city on an exhausted planet. You cannot have a thriving community without a thriving place.
As a platform for action the Earthshots provide directionality that lets many different actors align without being instructed on what to do. Our role is to operate as the connective tissue between different parts of the system, moving between different postures depending on what the work needs. In order to do this each Earthshot has built, over time, an architecture to hold the back-stage together.
A thriving and swimmable Birrarung, from source to sea
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