Our experience spans working with some of the world’s largest groups & organisations to create innovative solutions to difficult problems. We’ve only just formed as a team, but below you’ll find a few recent projects and the impact delivered.
vote for the planet
PAGEVIEWS - 500,000+ | POSTS - 5,000+ | Reach - 1,000,000+ | LIKES - 50,000+
Client: A Reunion Project
Problem: With the media focusing on franking credits and ScoMo antics on the hustings, how do we shift the narrative to make climate change a primary issue three weeks out from the federal election?
Solution: Vote For The Planet
Story: We created #votefortheplanet to inform & educate the Australian public around the strength of climate policy for each political party - across all 151 electorates.
Vote For The Planet was born just 3 weeks out of the election - with zero budget - but with a burning desire to empower the hundreds and thousands of kids who are unable to vote for the type of future they would like. Several kids on election day even tried to mock-arrest Tony Abbott for his lack of action on climate issues…
www.Environment.Vote helped ignite a movement to make the 2019 Federal Election a #ClimateElection.
We took an emergent approach to empowering the people of Australia to vote for their planet - using simple how to vote cards for all 151 electorates and a real-time evolving climate policy scorecard for major parties, built on a positive impact algorithm for our best shot at a regenerative future.
Here’s a quick summary of our #votefortheplanet achievements:
In just the 7 days leading up to the election, our website had over 500,000 page views.
Obtained media coverage nationally and internationally including on the BBC news.
Encouraged parties to change their public climate policies.
The top 25 viewed electorate guides all elected or had swings to the parties we suggested, except for Kooyong (Josh Frydenberg).
#votefortheplanet was a key element of the movement for “Climate Change” to be the number one searched issue on Google for the Federal election.
swap for good
RESIDENTS - 260,000 | Reach - 300,000+
Client: Northern Beaches Council
Problem: How do we get businesses to use less (and ultimately phase out) single use packaging?
Solution: Swap For Good
Story: After moving to Manly in 2015, Sara wanted to contribute and to be a custodian of this magical part of Sydney. After Co-creating the Plastic Free Manly movement, over 130 businesses signed up to the program and collectively over 330 businesses were canvassed. Operation Straw was then born which featured in the ABC's War on Waste.
The Northern Beaches Council has now released a new program “Swap for Good”, designed to reduce to single-use plastic alongside epic toolkits for behaviour change, procurement and marketing for good. Swap for Good fosters a network of businesses who support each other to share their experiences and stories on the journey.
Sara is an ambassador of this program, backed and designed by so many amazing people, as well as being an ambassador of Plastic Free Manly.
Results: Being a new program as of June 2019, the results will soon emerge in greater detail.
alternative housing ideas challenge
SUBMISSIONS - 241
Client: City Of Sydney
Problem: How do we utilise City Of Sydney’s vast property portfolio to help solve Sydney’s housing crisis
Solution: Alternative Housing Ideas Challenge
Story: With both rents and population growth sky rocketing, City Of Sydney was looking for innovative approaches to utilising its considerable property portfolio to help solve Sydney’s housing crisis.
Matt Kendall facilitated a design sprint workshop with the Team Clover councillors and staff to devise a program that would ensure we could attract some of the best minds in architecture, planning, design, finance and social housing to tackle this curly, complex problem.
The resulting idea was the Alternative Housing Ideas Challenge.
The international challenge invited housing ideas in the areas of financing, design, building, ownership and management.
Results: A whopping 241 submissions shows level of interest & engagement with this issue.
Of those 241 submissions, seven proposals have been whittled down and shortlisted.
An independent jury selected the entries for new housing models to increase alternative and affordable housing supply across our city and reduce housing stress.
The community will have the opportunity to provide feedback on the shortlisted concepts as part of the City’s consultation to shape Sydney 2050.
newkind festival
Reach - 1,000,000+ | ATTENDEES - 1,000+
Renewable - Plant-Based - Zero-Waste - Drug & Alcohol-Free
Client: Newkind
Problem: Does Newkind change the behaviour and mindset of the participants and does Newkind have a smaller footprint compared to a standard conference?
Solution: Impact Measurement Design and Analysis
Story: Newkind is an annual 5 day conference designed to inspire and activate the next generation of global changemakers and social justice champions.
In partnership with Edge Environment, Hatched and Futuregiving - the team at reunion designed an impact measurement strategy in addition to calculating and analysing the impact of the event in terms of environmental impact, collective action and individual impact.
The reunion team have played key roles in Newkind since its inception in 2016 - as co-creators of the festival, speakers and facilitators.
Newkind brings systems thinkers, sustainability experts, academics, activists and social entrepreneurs together, to give attendees an epic learning experience… to get inspired, get connected and move forward empowered with the tools we need to change this world for the better.
