Bite Sized Activism

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1. Helping reduce our environmental footprint collectively Bite-sized activism for STREAT
2. Hello! Harriet Louise Fiona
3. What we’ll be talking about today • STREAT • The problem • Experiments • What we learnt • Siptember
4. About STREAT
5. 7 Cafés, a bakery, roastery & catering
8. “I know I dropped out, but as soon as I got out of jail I knew where I wanted to be and that was back at Cromwell. Thanks for taking me back and putting me into Entrée.”
11. • OAM recipient 2019 • 2016 Victorian Local Hero • Multiple social enterprise awards
12. https://tinyurl.com/streatplanet
13. The Planet Plan’s areas of focus Community and connectedness Places Eco & food systems Water Material & products Energy Transport Waste
14. The problem
15. Up-cycled re-usable cups (hippy to hipster) 10-minute zen Remember your cup research Baseline waste audit Cold drinks innovation
16. We’re not short on willing volunteers…
17. … but they tend to be a bit pressed for time
19. Untapped corporate volunteer days STREAT open to innovation Skilled volunteers Planet plan and mini briefs Is it possible to create distinct chunks of work matched to skills?
20. Introducing, bite-sized activism
21. UoM Internship STREAT HeathWallace 2017
23. Nudges
24. eWater
25. 180,000 new employees
26. UoM Internship STREAT HeathWallace 2017 eWater & worms - nudges in bathroom Innovation volunteer 1 day a week Feb 2018 Horticulturist Nov 2018 HCD experiments - impact framework Ongoing
27. The experiments
28. Objectives: • Usefully harness volunteer time • Measure the impact • Create meaningful outcomes • Build a volunteer network • Contribute to the Planet Plan 
 (aka actually get sh*t done) Fears: • Volunteers might not commit • It might be too hard to manage (time/effort)
 RMIT - Exec MBA Design Relay ANZ charrette Impact framework Ideation Volunteer partnerships Experiments
29. RMIT Executive MBA
30. We’ll generate some great solutions to help STREAT reduce disposable coffee-cup use and lay the foundation for an ongoing relationship with RMIT Hypothesis: RMIT MBA
40. Learning: We got some awesome ideas from the students
41. Learning: We got some awesome ideas from the students We were amazed with the passion from students
42. Design Relay
45. • Harness corporate volunteer days • Create elements for Siptember • Spread Siptember word on social media • Volunteers will feel that they’re part of something bigger • Build volunteer network and relationships Hypotheses: Design Relay
46. • Volunteers may pull out or not turn up • The work involved in set-up won’t be sustainable Risks:
49. Day 3 Day 2 Day 1
50. “I felt more hope about the future than I have in a long time and it was exciting to see the collaboration between Bec & Jamie Forsyth occur.” “I met two nice women who connected with me on LinkedIn and we are going to meet up at the STREAT cafe in a few weeks' time to discuss possible work opportunities for me.” “I thoroughly enjoyed the day. It was a wonderful combination of design thinking, social enterprise and behaviour change.”
51. Learning: • Corp volunteer days • Returning volunteers • Siptember elements • RMIT course credit • Publicity • A surprise…we’ll come to later
52. Learning: • Almost too many people! • Skill curation needed • Opportunities to improve handover • Corp volunteer days • Returning volunteers • Siptember elements • RMIT course credit • Publicity • A surprise…we’ll come to later
53. Learning: • Need to know constraints up front • Almost too many people! • Skill curation needed • Opportunities to improve handover • Corp volunteer days • Returning volunteers • Siptember elements • RMIT course credit • Publicity • A surprise…we’ll come to later
54. Corporate engagement
55. • We will get usable outcomes for STREAT • Corporate communities’ involvement will raise awareness and change behaviours internally • Smaller amounts of time will get better participation • Where there’s indirect contact volunteers may bail Hypotheses: Corporate engagement
56. Ideation workshop
57. Ideation workshop
58. ANZ Charrette
59. • Community Cupboard for ANZ • Relationships are important Learning:
60. Smaller amounts of time- off piste! Learning: • Community Cupboard for ANZ • Relationships are important
61. What have we learned?
62. Committed vs. uncommitted volunteers Learnings
63. Committed vs. uncommitted volunteers Enthusiasm can (sometimes) run out of control Learnings
64. Committed vs. uncommitted volunteers Enthusiasm can (sometimes) run out of control Clear signalling of intention is vital Learnings
65. How can you activate this for yourself?
66. Creating a fertile environment
67. https://tinyurl.com/streatplanet Make a plan
68. Be deliberate
70. Notice the ripples
71. Unexpected positives Unexpected wins
73. Be open and ready for the ripple effect
74. Stewardship
76. Just get shit done!
80. We’d love you to be part of Siptember! Take the Siptember 
 Tiny Habits Challenge https://tinyurl.com/siptember Share your success stories #rememberSIPtember
81. Thank you
82. Update