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...

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...

EcoTourism proposal wins international design competition
Chris Ryan and VEIL ‘alumni’ Michael Trudgeon (Crowd Productions) have been successful in being selected as one of three winners in an...

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...

Vision Broadmeadows: Design Event
Eco-acupuncture: trajectories and sites of intervention in 2010

Sustainable Broadmeadows: Workshop
Collaborating with Hume Council to explore opportunities in Broadmeadows.

EcoCity (EBD): Design Hub
Developing a ‘retrospective history of the next 25 years’

Mobility in the City of Short Distances: Design Hub
How will we get around in the City of Short Distances?

Low Carbon Urban Transport: GAMUT Workshop
Slow Transport, Public Transport, Behaviour Change.

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...

Integrated & Sustainable Landscapes
Addressing homelessness with the development of integrated & sustainable living systems.

Reprogramming the EBD Landscape
What might people understand about process, time & their effect on the world, if the spaces they inhabit are woven around a post-industrial...

Visible Technologies Bike Trail
Creating physical and aural landmarks along integrated bike & stormwater trails.

Extending Westgate Park
Creating a functioning space that connects technology, industry, ecology, awareness and social activities.

Gama-dji Gurr: the Seed
Gama-dji Gurr: a seed emerging, waking up from sleeping Woiwurrung