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Leah Heiss finishes up with an emphasis on play and empathy for breaking down power hierarchies in #participatorydesign and #codesign - keeping the human user's needs and experiences in mind to achieve equitable and sustainable solutions! 🌱 🌍#STEAMFutures

#STEAMFutures showcasing amazing ideas and projects young people have developed to solve big problems! From zero waste programs, to a student-run SDG conference, passionate and creative youth are developing exciting ideas to secure just and green futures 🌻🤩

Viewbank College building a vertical garden to supply herbs and vegetables to the Food Tech room - we love to see young people involved in urban farming! #STEAMFutures 👨‍🌾🍅

CEO Geert A. Hendrix presenting Farmwall's work in preparing students for the future of food 🥕 This industry has many opportunities for students to pursue meaningful careers in a variety of fields - so why is Ag & Hort Studies only offered at 7% of Vic high schools? #STEAMFutures

Growing microgreens in schools is not only a great learning opportunity, but gives young people access to fresh, healthy & delicious food! A canteen that incorporates nutrient-rich, locally-grown greens into its offerings is great for the planet and for students #STEAMFutures🌱🌱

Incorporating the SDGs into learning helps motivate students by showing the practical applications of their knowledge and skills, and actively contributes to solving our most pressing global issues! Exciting to see the different ways groups address them pakronics #STEAMFutures

Final #STEAMFutures workshop for the day - pakronics presents the Micro:bit Educational Foundation 'do your :bit' challenge, using creativity and technology to tackle SDGs such as '13: Climate Action'! Another innovative approach, empowering students to make change 👨‍🎓👨‍💻🌏

Finishing off the #STEAMFutures Conference with 3 minute pitches - a microgreen-sized version of our earlier presentation 🌱❤️ It's been a great day of hearing from various STEAM organisations and educators about how we can move #TogetherTowardsTomorrow 🌍

Farmwall stands with all the amazing young people striking today for our climate and shared future, in Melbourne and around the world. If anything can secure a sustainable future, it is your passion and dedication #ClimateStrike #PeopleNotProfit schoolstrike4climate.com

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Farmwall is here at narrm ngarrgu | narrm ngarrgu | Melbourne Knowledge Week for the Social Enterprise City Impact Showcase (mkw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/event/social-e…) - a chance to showcase our work, alongside a number of other exciting social enterprises from around Melbourne! 🌱 DiaperRecycle DivTal

Cynthia Barnicoat from DiaperRecycle tells us about their approach to the problem of diverting 2 billion disposable nappies from landfill every year - by recycling the fibre filling into cat litter! A great example of circular economy practices 💩🐱narrm ngarrgu | Melbourne Knowledge Week

The father and son team behind RollUP Recycling (rolluprecycling.com.au) explain the lockdown origin story of their initiative, and how they plan to use the 135,000 tonnes of carpet which end up in landfill every year in Australia to make new products narrm ngarrgu | Melbourne Knowledge Week

Up next, Farmwall's own Geert A. Hendrix! We're talking about our corporate engagement work, using the Farmwall to promote health and wellbeing in the workplace as people return to offices after COVID 🌱

Answering questions from the panel now, about how learning to grow food is important for people in all industries in order to build resilience, and the documented benefits of greenery for wellbeing 🥦

Hearing from DivTal about their important work supporting BIPOC job seekers, and helping businesses to become more inclusive - they identify their goal as 'no longer existing by 2030,' with the hope that soon diverse workplaces will be the norm narrm ngarrgu | Melbourne Knowledge Week

Local Eats, a food delivery service organised by centre.org.au, offers home delivery without sacrificing worker conditions, profits for local restaurants, and consideration of environmental impact! A fantastic idea for more ethical eating 🍔 narrm ngarrgu | Melbourne Knowledge Week

Final pitch comes from Emily Unity of multiculturalminds.org - an extremely impressive talk on their work bringing awareness to the intersection of mental health and cultural context narrm ngarrgu | Melbourne Knowledge Week

Finishing up the night with the announcement of DiaperRecycle as winner of the Pitch Showcase, and of the People's Choice vote! Congratulations to DiaperRecycle , and to everyone who presented tonight! 🌱♥️ narrm ngarrgu | Melbourne Knowledge Week

What a great initiative by Farmwall 🥦➡️ A vending machine for microgreens: The school with a farm in its canteen theage.com.au/lifestyle/life…