Regeneration Projects

Momentum continues to build! 🌍

That's a wrap! Listen to Founder Matt Sykes walk through Regen Year 23/24, our impact highlights and how the way we do business makes us stand out. Discover our official RY23/24 Impact Scorecard - https://lnkd.in/gnnwNwrY #impact #transparency #regenerativebusiness #netbenefits #bcorp Credit: Video by Intern Tin Wai Cheng, RMIT University

This is sensational news for the #SwimmableBirrarung movement!

Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo swimming in the River Seine, and now the Yarra City Council signs #SwimmableCities Charter through Mayor Edward Crossland!! Congratulations to the City of Yarra for becoming the first municipality in Australia to sign the Charter, and for creating a precedent for other Council's to integrate urban swimming into their Climate Emergency Plan commitments. This is an incredible milestone for the local #SwimmableBirrarung movement. Building upon its experience, Regeneration Projects is excited to support other councils and communities in starting their own journeys to become swimmable! For inspiration, read the Story: https://lnkd.in/gmBpJin9

We believe in the #RightToSwim and we believe that 'Safe, healthy and swimmable waterways should be accessible to all people.' We're super proud to be a Signatory of the first ever Swimmable Cities Charter! This is a crucial part of our role as an Actor in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, as a #BCorp that is acting upon the Declaration of #Interdependence and as a 1% for the Planet business member. Along with fellow actors in the international #SwimmableCities movement, we're committed to working in alignment with the Charter's 10 principles. The Paris Olympics marks a once in a generation moment, triathletes are set to swim in the River Seine after 100 years of being too polluted, and this could inspire millions of the next gen to connect #HumanRights with #NatureRights. Now is the time for leaders and decision-makers to stand up for the #climateresilience of urban communities and the waterways upon which their quality of life depends. Become part of the Movement! 1. Check out the NEW website - https://lnkd.in/gVaVP3kd 2. Listen to our LATEST podcast about Charter - https://lnkd.in/gh_NE5sE (Featuring Ana Mumladze Detering & Chris Romer-Lee (Swimmable Cities) & Johann Durand (Blue Flag International)) #SwimmableCities #Grassroots #Leadership #GenerationRestoration UN Environment Programme Global Environment Facility The World Bank IUCN B Lab Nordics, B Lab U.S. & Canada, Sistema B, B Lab UK, B Lab Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

Exciting News! We're thrilled to collaborate with the Yarra Riverkeeper Association (YRKA) and RMIT University on a brand-new Two Bays podcast series: 10 Steps Towards a #SwimmableBirrarung! This series demystifies misconceptions (like: why is the Yarra brown?) and sparks new conversations about climate resilience, mental health, and urban design. Over ten episodes, you'll hear from inspirational local business, government, academic and community leaders at the forefront of climate action. By the end, you'll see the Birrarung/Yarra River in a whole new light! A. LISTEN to the Two Bays Podcast: Apple - https://lnkd.in/gZTgxEay Spotify - https://lnkd.in/grYpJppv B. FOLLOW at Two Bays, A Business & A Kitchen Table Podcast C. BIG THANK YOU goes to all of our Episode guests (in sequence): 1. Meg Elkins (Yarra Yabbie & RMIT) and James Mugavin (Löyly Studio) 2. Amanda Donohoe (Yarra Yabbie & Servants Community Housing Limited) & Andrew Kelly (The Waterway Network) 3. Dr Erin O'Donnell (Melbourne Law School) 4. Skye Haldane (City of Melbourne), Thomas Flugge (McGregor Coxall) and Chris Speed (RMIT) 5. Ana Mumladze Detering (Pan European Urban Bathing Network, Danube Canal Swimming Association, Vienna, & Swimmable Cities), Chris Romer-Lee (Studio Octopi, Thames Baths & Future Lidos) and Johann Durand (Blue Flag International) 6. Janet Bolitho (YRKA), Bill Robinson (Yarra Pools) and Dr Loretta Bellato (Swinburne University of Technology) 7. April Seymore, (Port Phillip EcoCentre Inc.), Liam Higgins (VOLI) and Anthony Despotellis (YRKA) 8. Karin Traeger Hermosilla (La Loyka) and Hilary McAllister (For Wild Places) 9. Andrew Vance & Sophie Hart (Melbourne Girls' College) and Don Vogt (Australian Conservation Foundation Inner Melbourne) 10. Mayor Edward Crossland & Councillor Sophie Wade (Yarra City Council) #twobayspodcast #melbourne #swimmablecities #community #grassroots #climateaction #naturepositive #GenerationRestoration #parisolympics

Did someone say a NEW Episode just dropped?! Don't miss on these insights from Amanda Donohoe (Servants Community Housing Limited) and Andrew Kelly (The Waterway Network)! #SwimmableBirrarung #SwimmableCities

Dear Madame Anne Hidalgo (Mayor of the Ville de Paris), We wish to express our support and solidarity with all your efforts taken to make the #RiverSeine swimmable again. Your work inspires citizens and politicians as a model for a sustainable relationship between humans and Nature in cities all over the world. It was a pleasure to swim with you in June 2024, in the lead up to the #ParisOlympics. Keep rocking! With love, People of the #SwimmableCities movement MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA Birrarung / Yarra River Yarra Yabbies (inc. Meg Elkins, Amanda Donohoe & Co.) Yarra City Council (inc. Mayor Edward Crossland & Councillor Sophie Wade) The Australian Greens (State member for Richmond Gabrielle de Vietri) Yarra Pools (Bill Robinson) Yarra Riverkeeper Association (Janet Bolitho) Löyly Studio (James Mugavin) Swinburne University of Technology (Loretta Bellato) Regen Melbourne (Charity Mosienyane & Nicole Barling-Luke) Regeneration Projects (Matt Sykes, Local organiser & Swimmable Cities, Convenor) PS: If you like listening to podcasts, here's Episode #1 of a NEW Series called '10 Steps towards a Swimmable Birrarung / Yarra River' that features some of the champions of our local movement (like Meg Elkins & James Mugavin) - https://lnkd.in/gABAHuPA (Made in collaboration with the Yarra Riverkeeper Association and RMIT University, edited by interns Tin Wai Cheng and Adam Dinh-Vu) #SwimmableBirrarung #Melbourne #WorldBathingDay Two Bays, A Business & A Kitchen Table Podcast (Photos by Suzie McErvale)

NEW episode ready to drop on #WorldBathingDay (June 22) 🌏 Nice work Tin Wai Cheng, @Adam Dinh Vu, Janet Bolitho and Matt Sykes! 🏊🏼🏊🏾♀️🏊🏾♀️🏊🏾♂️

🌿 Time to Turn Over a New Leaf with Your Local Waterways! 🍃 In the prelude to our “10 Steps towards a swimmable Birrarung” series of the we explore how the Yarra River, known as the Birrarung, is a vital part of Melbourne’s quality of life. 💧 As a small local business committed to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, Regeneration Projects invites you to join us and our series partners – the Yarra Riverkeeper Association and RMIT University - in supporting the peace-making process between people and Nature. 🤝 Let’s work together to inspire change in our own backyard (and beyond), by creating a nurturing relationship between the Birrarung and our community. Share your ideas, dreams and experiences with us! https://lnkd.in/gxa63GdQ #TwoBaysPodcast #SwimmableBirrarung #BIGSWIM #Melbourne #SwimmableCities #GenerationRestoration #IndigenousKnowledge #Peace #Reconciliation