You’ve probably heard of a ‘Moonshot’, but how about an ‘Earthshot’? This year, Regen Melbourne is thrilled to (re)introduce our trio of wildly ambitious Earthshots – three interventions we believe will help us unlock systemic transformation across Greater Melbourne. Here, Nicole Barling-Luke explains why they’re imperative to our work.  

Last month, Sweltering Cities, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation and Regen Melbourne hosted a half-day workshop: ‘Hot Food: Building Melbourne’s Food System Resilience in a Warming World.’ Our Food Systems convenor Dheepa Jeyapalan reports back on what we learned.

In April, Regen Melbourne’s will be co-hosting a ‘Hot Food’ workshop in collaboration with Sweltering Cities and the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation. Here, our Food Systems convenor Dheepa Jeyapalan chats with Sweltering Cities founder Emma Bacon to discuss what it’ll take for Melbourne’s food system to become truly resilient. 

If we want to fix the deeply rooted issues in Melbourne’s strained food system, first we need to make sense of it. How did we get here? What have we come to accept as ‘status quo’? And what’s standing in the way of meaningful collective action? In our latest report, ‘The Foodie City we need to become' our Food Systems Lead Dheepa Jeyapalan explores the challenges and abundant opportunities that lie ahead.

Between the cost of living, climate change, COVID, and conflict, the deep flaws and inequities in our food systems have been laid bare. In her new role as Regen Melbourne’s Food Systems Lead, Dheepa Jeyapalan reflects on the challenges and opportunities ahead of us as we collaborate to create a fairer and more regenerative food system for our city.