1 Million Women Festival of Solutions

1 million women is turning 15 and we are celebrating.

Come party at our Festival of solutions, our event is for everyone.Be inspired by slow fashion icons, women from the front line of climate change, world leaders, zero wasters, climate scientists, performances from superstar musicians who have spent their careers fighting for our precious earth and DIY demos from the experts on how to live lightly on our planet.

Then after the Main Event, browse our Solutions Marketplace with over 40 stalls bursting full of climate solutions and all the ways that enable us to live a life that’s lighter on the planet.

Bring your family and friends and let's fill our hearts with optimism and joy and climate action.

Our incredible lineup - Speakers, panel discussions, DIY demos and performances 

• Wendy Matthews - Aria award winning Singer-songwriter

• John Butler - Aria award winning Singer-songwriter, front man of John Butler Trio

• Jess Hitchcock - Indigenous singer-songwriter who has stirred the Australian music scene as a genre-defying force

• Gina Chick -  Inspirational speaker & writer bringing the barefoot wisdom of nature to us all

• Natalie Isaacs - 1MW founder, Author of 'Right Here Right Now' & 'Every Woman's guide to saving the planet'

• Tishiko King - Proud Torres Strait Island woman, Marine biologist, climate campaigner

• Clare Press - Filmmaker, presenter, host of 'The Wardrobe Crisis' podcast, Author of 'Wear Next' 

• Maggie Zhou - Writer & slow fashion advocate 

• Nina Gbor - Circular economy & Slow fashion educator

• Simon Toohey - Zero waste chef, lover of plants, Masterchef Seasons11&12

• FixItChicks - Science/sustainability chicks, Lish&Jen, helping us fix, do, change, learn to be energy-smart and save

• Yael Stone - Celebrated Actor & climate communicator

• Lish Fejer - ABC's Sunday Brunch & GIY superstar (Green It Yourself)

• Craig Reucassel - ABC's War On Waste extraordinaire

• Elana Stone - Award winning singer-songwriter, All our ex's live in Texas

• Christiana Figueres (via video) - Led the landmark Paris agreement, co host of Outrage&Optimism podcast, co- author of 'The Future We Choose', former United Nations Climate Chief 

• Lesley Hughes - Climate Scientist, Australian academic

• Laura Wells - Model & Ocean Conservationist

• Aim Choir - Australian Institute of Music Choir

Main event is from 10am-12:30pm

Doors from 9am and the Solutions Marketplace is open til 2:30pm, after the main event.