a consultancy for those looking to 

disrupt.

we work on

disrupting 

the why, what and how we take, make and waste so as to shift

  • Disruption means designing better, ensuring resource efficiency and reducing waste; pricing inputs correctly (especially those sourced from nature); decoupling profit from production (through new business models) and being transparent about what and how much resources are used and where they have come from.

  • Disrupting means moving from linear to circular, eliminating waste and pollution, keeping products and materials in use and producing in a way that restores and regenerates natural systems.

  • DIsrupting means restoring and regenerating areas and communities; providing fair and just access to resources; ensuring a much greater level of transparency over resource use, (accounting for all impacts), tracing supply chains and delivering on deeper engagement and respect for local communities, valuing their creativity and knowledge.

of current patterns of production and consumption.

through

designing new

especially around concepts of ownership and responsibility

Building resilient, thriving and sustainable operations by:

  • embedding accountability across the lifecycle of a product

  • making better products,

  • enabling multiple and shared ownership by facilitating repair and reuse and recovering raw materials (for remanufacturing and recycling).

with each other and, especially, with nature

Establishing connections, collaborations and partnerships across the ecosystem and, importantly, building a relationship with nature by:

  • understanding reliance on nature (quantifying and disclosing all ecological dependencies)

  • reducing, repairing and restoring nature (through, for example, better design)

  • acting for the future, and protecting the planetary commons in the process.

ensuring that people, planet, place have power

  • Embedding actions rooted in care, connection and creativity, and deeply place-based.

  • Adopting a more inclusive approach and working with communities directly affected

  • Delivering just, fair and safe levels of production and consumption.

our

services 

  • Nice (and ace) words from some of our clients

  • Julie is a master facilitator. She creates positivity and action from every group session.

    Mia Swainson

  • Our conversations with Julie are always fruitful and she provides the clarity and feedback loops to get the rubber hitting the road.

    Michael O’Neill | Victorian Government

  • Julie is efficient, organised and responsive. More importantly, she brings a real warmth, energy and passion to all her interactions and this plants the seeds of change in others.

    Petrina Apfel | NSW Government

  • Julie added so much value to our planning discussions and kept the conversations on track and outcome focussed.

    Jacqui Bell | Federal Government

examples and clients

join

a community of disruptors

Weekly newsletter, personal reflections about disruptions.

Monthly musings on disruptions and disruptors, mostly fashion/fibre related.

Quarterly convening of an online space for disruptives to chat.

See also Canberra Environment Centre, Local Environmental Heroes podcast. It’s well worth a listen, not just if you live in CBR.