Erin West

Erin West is communications advisor for the Australian branch of  Fashion Revolution, the volunteer-run organisation that challenges us all to ask: #WhoMadeMyClothes. Erin studied Fashion Design and Technology and worked in wholesale clothing for several years, building her awareness of the complexity of sustainability and systems within the fashion sector before joining Fashion Revolution. The […]

Petrova Hammond

Petrova Hammond is a fashion designer, educator and sustainability advocate who has spent more than two decades helping people rethink their relationship with clothing.  Through her label Lady Petrova, her upcycling work and creative education, she encourages people to see existing materials as the beginning of a story rather than the end of one. Her workshops […]

Costa Georgiadis

Landscape architect, environmental educator and television presenter Costa and his all-consuming passion for plants and people caught the attention of a nation when he became co-creator and host of Costa’s Garden Odyssey for SBS. Since 2013, Costa has continued his journey as the much-loved host of one of the ABC’s most iconic and Logie award-winning […]

Marilyn Lambert

Marilyn Lambert is Secretary of Outer East Foodshare (OEF) and has been involved since its beginnings in 2012. Outer East Foodshare combines her two loves –‘rescued’ food for people in need, and home vegetable gardening, with the added bonus of helping the environment. In late 2023 Knox City Council allocated a council owned site to OEF and […]

Josh Ball

Co-founder of Farmers Pick farm-to-table grocery subscription service  After learning that 76 billion kilograms of food is wasted in Australia every year, including produce on farms that wasn’t ‘pretty enough’ for supermarket buyers, Josh Ball joined with Josh Brooks-Duncan to found Farmers Pick. Their aim is to reshape Australia’s food system by rescuing ‘perfectly imperfect’ fresh produce, […]

Lillie Giang

Known as The Food Affectionist, Lillie Giang has dedicated her career to making cooking accessible, affordable, enjoyable and environmentally responsible. Through her television series, cooking demonstrations, festivals, libraries, schools and community events, she inspires people to cook confidently, embrace diverse cultures, reduce food waste and make healthier choices for themselves and the planet. This includes […]

Jathan Sadowski

Jathan is an Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow in the Department of Human Centred Computing at Monash University. Broadly, his research focuses on the political economy and social impacts of information technology. His latest book is The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism, and he’s the co-host of a […]

Bronwen Clark

CEO, National Growth Areas Alliance Bronwen is a nationally respected policy strategist and advocate with a career dedicated to amplifying the voices of communities often left out of the policy spotlight. As Chief Executive of the National Growth Areas Alliance, she leads advocacy for Australia’s outer suburban councils – the fastest-growing regions in the nation […]

Prof. Jeannie Paterson

Professor Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law and co-founding Director of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics  (CAIDE).  CAIDE aims to build cross-disciplinary research, teaching, policy and regulatory expertise in AI and digital ethics across the University and its wider community. It was established by the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology and […]