Community explorations in possible futures for Melbourne …

On a rainy Saturday in May , a group of Melbournians gathered to live in 2030 as if we’d made it - as if Melbourne was a place where everyone has the conditions to thrive and we are living within our planetary boundaries.

The day was an invitation to explore that happens when we take our imaginations to Melbourne in the future through six different sites:
democracy, biodiversity, riverbanks, end of life, neighbourhood rituals and more than human decision making.       

And so what? What do these experiments and explorations in possible futures for Melbourne mean?  

As someone succinctly summed up at the end of the day - “this 2030 we’re exploring, it’s already here”. 

No, we don’t have pigeons making policy decisions (yet) but this afternoon we spent together showed we do have the capacities, the creativity, the humility and curiosity to explore others’ imaginations, bring forth our own and start to build pathways towards a possible future we care about. 

This is part of Regen Melbourne’s on-going collective reimagining and remaking of Melbourne. The six stations we explored and dreamed through are partial themes - there’s plenty more to come as we deeply reimagine how we value our care economy, how we distribute and regenerate our resources and how we create the conditions for everyone to thrive.

Join us for more.   

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Aviva Reed , Dounia & Roukaya Hassoun, Jai Allan Wright, Alli Edwards and the Centre for Public Impact, Pru Gell and Coalition of Everyone, the incredible team at Goodworthy, Mabu Mabu, Simon and The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust and Karin at Yarra Riverkeeper Association.

This event was part of narrm ngarrgu | Melbourne Knowledge Week,  9 May – 15 May 2022, proudly presented by the City of Melbourne.