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We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our very first Upsoil Coolseat at Eighteen Pence Lane, a bustling cafe at Yarra's Edge, Melbourne. Andrew and the team have embraced their new addition, and the response has been fantastic. Customers not only enjoy great food and amazing service, but are also excited about the difference they can make in reducing food waste!  The installation and support team gathered around the latest coolseat, and the first in Melbourne! Our goal? To make composting easy, stylish, and to develop self-sustaining solutions that revolutionise how we handle food waste as a society. Cafes and restaurants can enjoy cleaner bins, lower costs, more seating, and increased customer engagement, while municipalities can reduce truck pickups and raise awareness about food waste. Together, we’ll help councils achieve zero waste goals and contribute to the UN’s sustainability targets.  Michael Mobbs assists cafe staff in feeding food scraps to the worms in the new Yarra's Edge coolseat at Eighteen Pence Lane cafe. Our project is a finalist in the 2024 Fishermans Bend Digital Innovation Challenge and your support can make all the difference! Help us end food waste, keep nutrients local, and grow vibrant communities! If awarded funding, we can deliver a pilot in 2025 and invest in engaging the community, prototyping new solutions, and building a network of data-connected coolseats across Yarra’s Edge. To vote, check out our pitch video, click vote for Upsoil Collective, then scroll down, enter your email and click the blue ‘Submit’ button. Make sure you receive an email to confirm your vote! Voting closed 11.59pm, Thursday 29 August.  Screenshot of the Fishermans Bend Digital Innovation Challenge finalists on the City of Melbourne voting page. Vote for Upsoil Collective, then scroll down and hit "submit" to finalise your vote! In Chippendale, Sydney, coolseats already make a huge impact. The community composts 300 to 400kg of food waste weekly on the side of the streets, safely turning it into rich compost to produce fresh vegetables, herbs, and prompting lively discussions about sustainability. People are engaged, kids are playing, worms are thriving, and conversations about reducing waste are happening.  Various coolseat prototypes and installations being used by the community in and around Chippendale, Sydney. People visit not just for coffee, but for worm juice and compost, and schools and nurseries join us for educational tours. There’s no smell, no pests, just community spirit and growing awareness that we can all make a difference.
Now we are bringing new innovations to the Fishermans Bend development precinct in Melbourne. Upsoil Collective is poised to grow with incredible support from our partners in worm farming, fabrication, maintenance, sensors, tech engineering, and irrigation. Please support us by voting Upsoil Collective for Fishermans Bend (remember to enter you email and click 'submit' to finalise your vote)!
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What an absolute blast! The 2024 Fishermans Bend Digital Innovation Challenge finalists pitch night hosted by City of Melbourne was a very well-organised event, and great fun for everyone involved! Well done to all the finalists for getting our ideas shortlisted, and for standing up on the night and pitching our little (actually, really quite massive) hearts out!
On Thursday 15 August composting will walk onto the stage at Fishermans Bend, Melbourne.
Zoe Wang and Michael Mobbs will pitch Upsoil, shortlisted in the Fishermans Bend Digital Innovation Challenge, an all-in-one mix of data displays tracking local food waste composting; a seat to relax on above the compost; and a garden bed with productive food plants in the middle of the city. |
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