Zero Waste Victoria presents the Zero Waste Festival online - a festival of hope, action and regeneration!

Our Zero Waste Festival vision is to connect a community of changemakers who are inspired, passionate and empowered about a waste-free future. Our Mission? We generate inclusive conversations to inspire zero-waste actions.

Imagine a world without waste with Joost Bakker, a discipline crossing creative, 'poster boy of zero waste living' (aptly named by The New York Times), innovator and entrepreneur whose mission is to show us how to "imagine a world without waste" with real life researched solutions. He has pushed the boundaries of architecture, hospitality, floristry, growing food and design through his zero waste restaurants Silo and later Brothl (nutritious bone broth from A+ grade bones from top restaurants such as Rockpool) to lining Hosier Lane with free tulips that were destined for compost to highlight the waste in the floristry industry. He sees the potential and believes there is no such thing as waste because waste is a failure of the imagination.

He will be joined by Matt Stone and Jo Barrett. Partners in and out of the kitchen, they met through mutual friends, and knew one another for ‘a long-time’ before working together. It was working together that they realised they shared a similar ethos. Today Matt is Head Chef at the esteemed Oakridge in the Yarra Valley and Jo is Head Pastry Chef and Senior Sous-Chef and together with their teams they are earning some serious applause in their respective fields. Matt and Jo both worked at Joost’s zero waste restaurants Greenhouse by Joost, Silo by Joost and Brothl.

They will be presenting a hands on solution to getting local, connected and reducing your waste. You won’t want to miss this as they will be announcing their exciting new innovation project that kicks off in Melbourne next month!

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