Challenge your perceptions of sustainability through this unique creative platform and restaurant.
Breakfast, 8am (bookings essential): ECO’S YOUNG GUNS Katie Patrick, Publisher Director Green Pages Magazine; Rachel Bending, Designer and founder of Slingfings and Bird Textiles; Matt Perry, Partner Republic of Everyone; Ben Peacock, Partner Republic of Everyone; John Eusson, Director Eusson Consulting (MC).
Daily Designer, 2.00pm (free with Museum admission): Kent Gration.
MORE ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Katie Patrick began as an environmental engineer and project manager but left to pursue her passion for furthering the concept of ‘green’ as a landmark brand. Featured as the first environmental CEO on the front cover of Business Review Weekly, Patrick runs Green Pages, Australia’s largest sustainable media organisation which produces the Annual Eco Directory, Quarterly Lifestyle Magazine and a website. Patrick is also involved in environmental advocacy through her role as vice chair of the Property Council Sustainability Committee.
Rachel Bending is a pioneer in sustainable fashion and interior design practices. As a Byron Bay-based designer, she founded Slingfings, followed by Bird Textiles in 2006 with showrooms now in Byron Bay and Sydney’s Surry Hills. Bird garments are made from SKAL-certified organic fabrics with patterns designed in-house and hand-printed in Australia using water-based dyes. All products in the homewares and lifestyle fashion ranges are manufactured using 100 per cent renewable solar power.
Matt Perry started his career at M&C Saatchi in London and New York, working on brands including British Airways and Rolls-Royce. He then moved to Australia via South and Central America where he became concerned with environmental issues. In Australia, Perry established a sustainable forestry business in Queensland, became managing director of bellamyhayden Melbourne and studied at the Centre for Sustainable Leadership. With Ben Peacock, he co-founded Republic of Everyone, focusing on making sustainability relevant and engaging.
Ben Peacock is a writer, animal lover and cancer survivor. After moving to Bangkok in 2005 for work in the advertising industry, he was first diagnosed with cancer. Following an amazing recovery, Peacock co-founded Republic of Everyone, an agency dedicated to using the tools of advertising and social media to create a better world. Apart from winning the Animal Action Award, Peacock also became spokesperson for the Cancer Council and the author of Lessons From My Left Testicle.
John Eussen has been a leader in the textiles and interiors industry for more than 20 years, specialising in sustainable and environmentally friendly decor. He worked in high-profile management roles before leaving the corporate world to pursue his penchant for interiors. His passion for a sustainable future has since led him into a raft of inspired roles, from being an Al Gore Ambassador for the Climate Change Project to working as a consultant for global sustainability conferences.
Kent Gration worked as a graphic designer in Melbourne and Brisbane for eight years before establishing Integration Studio in 2004. This multidisciplinary design company works with graphic, product and furniture design. Gration established Integration Studio to address social and environmental issues through design using a multifaceted approach. His current furniture range, Wambamboo, addresses growing concerns regarding the overuse of non-renewable, polluting materials in the furniture industry and their long-term environmental and sociological effects.
POWERHOUSE MUSEUM
500 HARRIS STREET, ULTIMO
DAILY DESIGNER TALKS ARE FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION
BREAKFAST: $66 PER PERSON
DINNER (INLCUDES ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES): $110 PER PERSON
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
