Thriving Tasmania: emerging stronger

29 June and 9 July 2020, Virtual Zoom event, Tasmania.

Thriving Tasmania is a virtual conversation that connected 140 Tasmanians of diverse backgrounds and ages to share our ideas, dreams and wishes about what COVID-19 has shown us and what is important to us to emerge and shape a thriving Tasmania in July 2020. 

This vital and vibrant event showed how we can use technology in a new way of engaging our community using a collaborative, strengths-based approach as well as provided connection, optimism and agency to a shared future horizon.

We are thrilled to share with you the Thriving Tasmania Summary. You can check out the outcomes at https://www.tasmanianway.org/thrivingtasmania.

Tasmanian Way Forum: Shaping our food and waste systems for a circular economy

16 September 2019. Parliament House, HObart, Tasmania.

The first Tasmanian Way Forum convened fifty leaders and decision makers from government, business, industry, community and research to discuss the actions required for a resilient, connected and vibrant future for Tasmania. The Forum was co-hosted by Eat Well Tasmania Inc and the Local Government Association of Tasmania with funding from the Department of Premier and Cabinet’s Tasmanian Climate Change Office. The Forum initiated the Tasmanian Way process to co-create a state-wide plan to shape our food and waste systems for a circular economy in Tasmania and to position Tasmania as a global leader in the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  

Forum Outcomes

• Identified key priorities in our food and waste systems, including a preliminary set of measurable 2030 targets to complement the Tasmanian Government’s Climate Action 21: Tasmania’s Climate Change Action Plan 2017-2021 (Climate Action 21), and the (draft) Waste Action Plan

• Uncovered good news stories, opportunities and roadblocks in Tasmania that are advancing more sustainable food and waste systems

• Determined some next steps to progress towards a circular economy

Download the Forum Report

Tasmanian Way: Shaping Our Future

20 September 2018. The Room, Hobart, Tasmania.

"This consultation provided a great opportunity to begin a process of thinking about how to shape Tasmania’s long-term future. In so doing, there’s an opportunity for Tasmania to share its journey with other island communities from around the world - learning from their experiences and, ideally, serving as a beacon for others facing similar challenges." - Saul Eslake, Economist.

This is the event that sparked the idea for the Tasmanian Way.

The Australia Institute Tasmania, Planning Matters Alliance Tasmania and Global Island Partnership convened a select group of thought leaders, change-makers and strategists to ask the question is there a need for a mechanism or group to help us collaborate on shaping Tasmania’s future?

The answer to this question was a definite YES! There was agreement that we need to set goals and targets for Tasmania that lasted longer than election cycles and to have a collaborative and inclusive process to do this. We should look at what has been done well overseas to help us figure out a good approach for Tasmania.

Tasmania can learn from others around the world. The consultation was virtually joined by Celeste Connors and Chelsea Harder of Hawaii Green Growth and Kate Brown of the Global Island Partnership. Hawaii Green Growth is a public-private partnership and sustainability hub where partners are collaborating to advance statewide sustainability goals. The progress to the goals are tracked by an open data-impact Dashboard.

Read more here.