I am a Co-Founder of Green Collect. Based in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia) and founded in 2005, Green Collect is non-profit social enterprise and inclusive workplace creating new jobs through circular economy services, delivering innovative solutions for resources discarded from offices and homes.
Green Collect is founded on 2 interconnected principles:
1. that we recognise the value in all people, that their background, life storey and lived experiences are important and something we can all learn from
2. the value in materials, recognising how things are made, what they are made from, that they derived from the earth and that we are are interdependent on the natural ecosystems.
Our vision was to create a place that represented and lived out these values counter to the systems we live in.
Systems that have not recognised the value in all people or the natural environment, systems that historically create inequalities, exclude people and exploit resources.
Here at GC, all people are welcome and all items we collect through our activities are handled carefully and individually to identify the best outcome, environmentally, socially, and financially.
I am so excited to finally find references and frameworks that can contribute to the work we do and offer an alternative model.
