Rotterdam Eco-Innovation Lab: REIL
At the completion of his keynote address at the Global Urban Summit in Rotterdam on the 4th December 2009, Prof. Chris Ryan was joined by Prof. Han...

What's at a Suburban Sustainability Festival?
Among the delicious chai and the recycled tetra-pack wallets, some unexpected ideas and projects to catch the imagination... In October 09, we were...

Stringybark Sustainability Festival
Proposing resilience in Melbourne's suburbs. At the Knox Stringybark Suburban Sustainability Festival on October 17 & 18, VEIL was proud to...

Localised Solutions: VEIL conference
Are we on the edge of a 're-localisation' revolution? A one-day conference and forum, exploring the value, diversity and implications of a networked...

Retrofitting the Suburbs: upcoming VEIL Hub
What happens when a forward-thinking council shares its expertise with design students? Last Thursday, August 6, VEIL and the Sustainable Landscapes...

Presentation to Australian Women in Agriculture by Kirsten Larsen
The attached presentation was prepared as a 'perspective' on climate change for young leaders in Australian agriculture. Adapting to climate change...

Sustainable and Secure Food Systems - Summary Presentation
This presentation summarises the key findings of the VEIL policy challenges report Sustainable and Secure Food Systems for Victoria: What do we know?...

'Food Matters', Kirsten Larsen at Melbourne Social Forum Hot-House Festival
Kirsten highlights that to avoid irreversible climate change we need to fundamentally and immediately transform what and how we eat. Food production...

Food Sensitive Urban Design at Agri-Food 2008
VEIL's policy research manager Kirsten Larsen presented to the Sydney Agri-food conference on the concept of 'Food Sensitive Urban Design' - a term...

References
VEIL has set up research 'libraries' to keep track of information and resources that we come across during our research. If something has piqued our...

Visioning a Sustainable Broadmeadows
Collaborating with Hume City Council to explore the richness and opportunities possible in Broadmeadows. On 12th October 2009, we held a Visioning...

EcoCity (EBD) Design Hub
Developing a ‘retrospective history of the next 25 years’ In April 2008, the EBD Design Hub was held, exploring the possibilities for developing...

Mobility in the City of Short Distances: Design Hub
How will we get around in the City of Short Distances? The Mobility Hub was conducted in December 08 and January 09, and was informed by research...

Low Carbon Urban Transport Workshop with GAMUT
VEIL had the pleasure in assisting GAMUT (The Australasian Centre for the Governance and Management of Urban Transport) with four day workshop on...

Stories from Francois Jegou Workshop
Meet the people who live in the Food Depot community; listen to their stories and learn about life in 2032.

Ursula Tischner - Eco-Design: Product Service Systems
Ursula Tischner, architect and industrial designer, has more than 15 years experience in Eco-Design. These clips are from a lecture Ursula delivered...

Interview with Prof Chris Ryan
VEIL director Professor Chris Ryan was interviewed for Design Victoria on "Designing for a Sustainable Future". In this video Chris discusses the...

Roberto Perez - Cuba's Green Revolution

Kirsten Larsen - Sustainable Food Systems for Victoria

Sheridan Blunt - Melbourne City as Catchment
Sheridan Blunt is the Coordinator for the "Melbourne as Catchment" Research Project for the Melbourne City Council. Catchments are often thought of...

Documents: Workshop 1
Documents related to the first workshop are attached below. These are: Background paper Workshop handbook - outlining the dynamics and drivers and...

Food Supply Scenarios: Workshop 1 (23rd November)
The first workshop for our VicHealth Food Supply Scenarios project is being held on 23rd November. The overarching aim of the Workshop is to generate...

Food Supply Scenarios: Workshop 1 (23rd November)
The first workshop for our VicHealth Food Supply Scenarios project was held on 23rd November. The overarching aim of the Workshop was to generate...

Briefing Paper: Distributed Water Systems
The second briefing paper in VEIL's distributed systems series is ready for release - Distributed Water Systems: A networked and localised approach...

VicHealth funds VEIL Food Supply Scenarios Project
VicHealth has funded a VEIL-led consortium to investigate whether challenges to food production and increasing accountability for the environmental...

Gama-dji Gurr: the Seed
Gama-dji Gurr: a seed emerging, waking up from sleeping Woiwurrung An urban plan vision for EBD based on integrating water and water technology...

Breezeway
A passive energy clothes-dryer for shared living spaces.   A design to eliminate the clothes dryer - one of the top energy users in the household -...

Sustainable Dreaming
Public access allows people to become aware of the space, and its processes, as the site slowly evolves through space and time. Sustainable Dreaming...

Graft
A symbiotic relationship between pedestrian pathways and the buildings of the EBD. The Graft is a structural intervention that strikes a pedestrian...

UteRail
Human-powered haulage from the pathways to the rooftop gardens. The Uterail multi purpose trailer is able to manoeuvre over rough surfaces like...