Fed Square’s regular meditation classes have gone online, free for any to access from the comfort of your home. Escape the stress and busyness of modern life to discover the peace of meditation for yourself in these free livestreamed 30-minute meditation sessions, suitable for beginners and regulars alike – Classes brought to you by Kadampa Meditation Centre Australia. New streams come out every Tuesday, from 12:30 pm – 1 pm. Please press the play button to start. 

Join Fed Square for World Space Week To celebrate World Space Week this October, we’re interviewing an astronaut and YOU get to choose the questions! That’s not a bit of cheeky wordplay – an actual NASA astronaut who’s been to space and lived to tell the tale is joining us for an exclusive interview, and we’re putting out the call to submit your questions! This might just be one of the biggest and most out of this world hookups we’ve ever pulled together. If you want to be star-struck by a real spacefarer, submit your question below by Friday 11 September and if it fits the bill we’ll ask Dr Andrew Morgan. *Submissions are now closed.* Check back right here during Space Week 4 – 10 October for a video of the interview, plus a slew of space-related goodness!  

Welcome to the Anything But Square podcast! This is the home of our exciting podcast, Anything But Square, where every week we unearth the most hilarious, most exciting and most secretive stories in Melbourne. New episodes are released each Wednesday, and you can find them here or on the streaming platform of your choice. From interviews with the city’s most colourful personalities to recorded lectures by legends of sport, media and industry, there’s only one place in Melbourne for an audio kaleidoscope of experiences: Anything But Square!

Make your own face mask in 12 easy steps! Back in 2015, if you’d asked us the question ‘Where do you see yourself in five years’ time?’ we’re sure our response wouldn’t have involved fashionable yet functional fabric features for the face, yet here we are. It’s 2020 and, in Melbourne, masks are mandatory. Watch Fed Square’s very own CEO, Xavier Csar, esteemed leader and resident in-home mask-maker, take you through a step-by-step process on how to make a mask.

Sustainability Goes Virtual at Fed Square this September  Sustainable September is returning to Fed Square, with the Virtual Square set to play host to inspiring events and content throughout the month in support of a positive environmental message.  With a mix of live events, fascinating videos, exclusive film screenings, content for things that can be done at home and insightful podcast conversations, as well as the return of the incredibly popular Little Food Festival, Sustainable September truly has something for everyone, and it is all available virtually.  Content for the month is provided by the Sandro Demaio Foundation, Sea Shepherd, Monash University, Sustainability Victoria, OzHarvest, Food Art Week, the Royal Botanical Garden, and many other incredible partners. Big names including Alice Zaslavsky, Stephanie Alexander, Beci Orpin, AfroHub, and Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson will be taking part in activities during Sustainable September, a month that reminds us that while we might not be able to come together right now we can still all do our part to nurture our environment. 

Sustainable September is coming to Fed Square, with the Virtual Square set to play host to inspiring events and content throughout the month in support of a positive message about health, community and the environment.   To celebrate Sustainable September, Fed Square’s weekly podcast Anything But Square will be releasing a series of sustainability focused episodes throughout the month.  Fed Square CXO Suzana Bishop is joined by Sandro Demaio, CEO of VicHealth and founder of the Sandro Demaio Foundation, to discuss the Little Food Festival and his mission to educate people about the importance of food to good health.   The popular Little Food Festival, delivered by Fed Square in partnership with the Sandro Demaio Foundation, the City of Melbourne and Monash University, returns in 2020 in virtual form.   Kids, join us online on 30 September for an immersive and vibrant celebration of the power of food to inspire learning, featuring an incredible curated line up of at home do-it-yourself activities, entertaining videos and interactive content.    Drawing on the themes of environment, health and community, the Festival includes a video showcase of stories and activities.  The videos will be accompanied by a downloadable booklet full of activity sheets so that kids can learn and play along as they watch. The videos will be hosted by Alice Zaslavsky and will feature talent from Bee Healthy, Sage Garden, Oz Harvest, Honey Fingers, Lentil As Anything, Beci Orpin, Stephanie Alexander, Costa Georgiadis, Julia Ostro, and Pawa Foods.   Monash University staff and students have curated several pieces of content again this year for the festival.  We’re excited to announce that Minecraft is back this year – with a new challenge for kids to build a food sustainable world.  In addition to this you will have the opportunity to participate in a citizen science food waste and packaging challenge.  Both of these challenges will be launched in early September and winners announced September 30. Monash’s Little Food Library is back too with story time like you have never experienced it before.   This free event will be open for registration from 7 September, so watch this space for a link to where you can sign up. Registrants will receive resources to get them ready for the festival including material lists, activity sheets, and other bespoke resources created by video presenters. On the day itself, the videos will be launched in amongst live crosses from host Alice Zaslavsky via Fed Square’s Facebook and Instagram pages.   The Little Food Festival will run from 10am to 3pm on 30 September, but registrants are encouraged to log on in early September to start working on the Minecraft and Citizen Science challenges.