30. Getting Buy-In from the Inside with Sydney Festival and Boomerang Labs

This episode is something a little different. What you're about to hear is a recording of a live webinar hosted by Boomerang Labs Australia, featuring a real-world case study of how sustainability gets embedded inside an organisation.

Sarah worked with Sydney Festival for around 14 months in 2023 and 2024, and this webinar brought her back together with Rosa Coyle-Hayward from the Sydney Festival sustainability working group to look at what's still in motion two years on. What seeds took root. What the working group has built.

She shared what it actually takes, without glamorising it, to turn a sustainability action plan from a document into a living practice. From the reticular activating system and why people don't engage with sustainability initiatives, to the mini green spotlight, cross-departmental working groups, the psychology of free things, and why sometimes the best strategy is to ease something in slowly rather than push it through fast, this is sustainability leadership from the inside out. Exactly what Two Homes is about.

Two Homes is for leaders who know that lasting performance, for people and planet, starts from the inside out. Two homes: the one we inhabit within, and the one we all share.

Intro and outro music: Brooks, Kai Engel

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Show Notes:

Boomerang Labs Australia — circular economy startup and innovation accelerator:

https://www.boomeranglabs.com.au

Sydney Festival:

https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au

End Food Waste Australia:

https://www.endfoodwasteaustralia.org

Green Music Australia — sustainability resources for festivals and events:

https://www.greenmusicaustralia.org

Murray Regional Tourism:

https://www.murrayregionaltourism.com.au

The reticular activating system - referenced in this episode and explored in depth in:

Two Homes Episode 21 The RAS: What You Notice Changes Everything

The mini green spotlight - five minutes of sustainability in any regular meeting:

Referenced in this episode and explored in:

Two Homes Episode 15 - What the Best Leaders Are Doing Differently