MAKE GOOD DREAMER

Julia and Jordy Kay are the entrepreneurs behind the incredible success of Great Wrap - a company that produces compostable cling wrap and pallet wrap, originating in Melbourne. During our conversation, Jordy and Kay stepped us through the company's inception four years ago to its current state of operation - a 10,000 sqm factory in Tullamarine. They also shared insights into their valued university R+D partners and the process of turning potatoes into plastic.

Bassike is an iconic fashion label started in 2006 by Deborah Sams and Mary-Lou Ryan with the simple intention of creating sophisticated clothing with organic cotton fabrics. This set up the framework for a successful label with sustainable thinking in its brand DNA. When we caught up with Deb we unpacked the importance and challenges of producing clothes in Australia, making clothes to last and their recent BCorp certification.

Brae, a renowned restaurant and 23-acre farm in Birregurra, Victoria, is co-owned and led by chef Dan Hunter. We caught up with Dan to unpack the thinking and processes behind Brae's innovative and incredibly detailed dining experience. He shared how their pursuit of pleasure drives the creation of food that evokes emotions, memories, and delight, how they incorporate lesser-known cuts of local meat and how they practice regenerative farming.

Tim Read is a doctor who has lived in Brunswick since the early 1990s. A passionate climate change activist, Tim was elected as the state MP for Brunswick in 2018 and became the first Greens MP for the electorate. Tim is a little outside of the artist, designer and entrepreneur guests we usually have on the show. However, we felt that policy design and the high-level implementation of design ideas through state parliament was an interesting process to unpack and discuss on the show. 
In this conversation we covered the process for policy ideas to become law and legislation, the power of public health to drive change in other sectors such as energy policy, welfare/homelessness, social housing and transport and what Tim's day to day life is like when working as a state MP.

Nick Dowse is the founder of “Honey Fingers”, an urban beekeeping collective, honey brand and creative studio in Melbourne.  Honey Fingers explores bee cultures and the intersections between farming, food, art, history, design and education in the context of bees, bee keeping and honey. 

Joost Bakker is an artist well known for his creative and evocative repurposing of waste and discarded items. Joost's latest project is called Future Food System—A self sustaining, zero waste, productive house that demonstrates the potential of our homes to provide shelter, produce food and generate energy.