Deals Colony

10/09/2026

R U OK? 💛
Today is a good reminder that sometimes people aren’t looking for another motivational quote.

They’re thinking:
“I wish someone could help me figure this out.”

Maybe you’re building something for yourself, your family, your community or the environment.

Maybe you have an idea but don’t have the right people, skills, resources or support around you yet.

That’s where Australia Circular Innovation Network™ can help.

Through our network, we can connect people, skills, ideas and resources to design a practical solution around where you are now — not 3 months or 1 year later.

💬 As part of our community innovation initiative, we’re offering:
40-minute FREE strategic conversations to explore what you’re building and what support could help.

And, where there’s a story worth sharing, we’ll also spotlight your journey through an article — helping others discover what’s possible.

Why?
Because not everyone is ready to invest their hard-earned money before they know what’s possible.

We believe in a gift-economy approach:
I contribute because it helps the community, not because I expect something back.

This is one way we’re creating more flexible career pathways, sharing opportunities and keeping the Zero Waste Movement moving — where no skill, story, resource or opportunity goes to waste.

And who knows?
Your idea might become the next Community Innovation Case Study that inspires someone else.

Our goal: 10,000 Community Innovation Case Studies before Brisbane 2032.
If you’re building something and thinking “I wish someone could help me with this…”

👉 Tell us your story.

Link in the comments.

09/09/2026

If you’re a Moreton Bay small or micro‑business wanting cost reduction, better supply‑chain reporting and procurement‑ready evidence, this session is worth your hour.

For many small businesses, sustainability feels like one more thing on an already overloaded to‑do list.

But here’s the fast‑track truth: you can start with what you’re already doing and turn it into practical business value, cost reduction and real evidence.

That’s why we’re bringing Dirk van der Lee from Business Chamber Queensland to the Pine Rivers Chamber of Commerce Lunch & Learn – Session 3.

🌱 Sustainability & Business Innovation Using Circular Economy

Dirk will break down simple, practical ways to apply Circular Economy principles to your product, service or business without complexity and overwhelm.

With 20+ years of management experience and a decade in sustainability + carbon reporting, Dirk leads programs that help businesses reduce costs, strengthen sustainability capability, improve supply‑chain reporting and build evidence for procurement.

He currently heads sustainability programs at Business Chamber Queensland, including ecoBiz, and previously led an international initiative to decarbonise logistics across Europe.

🎯 If you want practical outcomes not theory — this session is for you.

Book now — free for PRCC members, $15 for non‑members.
Wednesday, 16 September | 12:00–1:00pm | Online

Supported by City of Moreton Bay

(Link in comments)

Somewhere in your business right now, you're probably paying for waste you haven't spotted yet.
Session three of our Lunch & Learn Online Series is built to fix exactly that.

Dirk van der Lee from Business Chamber Queensland walks Moreton Bay business owners through the ecoBiz Circular Economy module: where you're losing money through wasted resources, how to reduce and reuse for more value, and how to turn your results into evidence for bigger contracts and supply chains.

Wednesday 16 September, 12-1pm via Zoom.
Free for members, $15 for non-members.

Proudly supported by the City of Moreton Bay.
Link in the comments.

04/09/2026

I’m on a pretty exciting journey right now — multiple projects are coming to life, and I’m loving how I’ve designed my business around circular economy and community innovation frameworks. 🌱♻️

Making my business fun, hands‑on, open to new opportunities, and meaningful has become the core of everything we build.

Last year, we co‑created an ESG + Sustainability Team Building Workshop with Happy Hobby Hour Junior, replacing the traditional Secret Santa with a hands‑on circular‑economy challenge.

Corporate teams didn’t just “learn about sustainability” — they practised it.

They explored ESG in action, circular gifting, and resource‑positive creativity, using repurposed garden waste and surplus materials to build new working prototypes. ♻️

Now we’re making the concept even easier for organisations to run.

🌱 ESG Kits — available to order

How it works

1️⃣ Tell us what you want your team to achieve

2️⃣ We design a personalised ESG activity kit around your theme

3️⃣ We send you the exact number of kits you need, matched to your budget, with simple step‑by‑step instructions for your facilitator and guests

4️⃣ Your team learns, creates, collaborates, and explores what’s possible when we design out waste

Your theme could be:
- Garden waste & composting
- Repair & reuse
- Sustainable packaging
- New product design
- Team collaboration
- Creativity & problem solving
- Sustainability learning
- Circular economy

You choose the outcome. We build the activity.
Impact Beyond the Workshop

Every kit purchased helps us fuel community innovation and create more meaningful opportunities across Australia’s Circular Innovation Network, as we work towards our goal of building 10,000 Community Innovation Case Studies before Brisbane 2032.

Ready to replace another forgettable “team activity” with something people actually learn from, build together, and keep talking about long after it’s done?

👉 Build your next team activity with us — DIY, or we can come to you!

03/09/2026

We all want to create more social value and community impact. But when you’re already busy running a business, the question is: HOW?

How do you actually turn sustainability, circular economy and “doing good” into something practical — without taking your whole team away for a full day?

This is exactly the kind of practical community impact through circular thinking that Deals Colony is passionate about

So we had to share it with our network. ♻️

We first connected with Sarah Woolmington from Impact Dragonfly through a Circular Economy module launch hosted by the Business Chamber Queensland, and this is exactly the kind of practical idea and collaboration we love to see, share and support.

We saw Sarah do an amazing job hosting the panel at the Pine Rivers Chamber of Commerce Brisbane 2032 Ready Breakfast Forum, and now she’s involved in another exciting initiative through The Goods.

FROM WASTE TO WATTS 🔋

The Goods x PowerWells Community Impact Workshop

The Goods brings together purpose-driven, B Corp Certified businesses working towards positive social and environmental outcomes.

PowerWells turns repurposed batteries into affordable, clean energy and light — powering homes, schools and futures.

Together, they’re hosting an open Community Impact Workshop where you can learn by doing.

In just a few hours you can:

🔋 Build your own PowerBank from scratch and take it home.

☀️ Work in a small team to build a PowerWell using repurposed batteries, recycled plastic, solar panels and LED lights.

❤️ Every PowerWell built on the day will be donated to communities in Far North Queensland.

🤝 Meet like-minded businesses.

💡 See what practical community impact can actually look like.

Your reward stays with you.

Your impact goes further.

And who knows?

One idea. One connection. One collaboration.

Could change what’s possible.

This is exactly why Deals Colony loves finding, sharing and supporting practical examples like this as part of our journey towards 10,000 Circular Innovation Case Studies before Brisbane 2032 through Australia’s Circular Innovation Network™.

📅 Friday, 11 September | 9:30am–12pm AEST

📍 Level 1, 100 Creek Street, Brisbane City

👉 The Goods x PowerWells Community Impact Workshop: Book your spot before registration closes

https://events.humanitix.com/the-goods-x-powerwells-community-impact-workshop

If circular economy, social value and practical community impact are on your radar, this is one to check out.

02/09/2026

Think your business is protected? What happens when you’re wrong? 👀

9 September — learn how to spot the risks, use AI smarter and strengthen your business.

🎯 Your reward? Better awareness, practical knowledge — and 100% of your ticket supports local youth and housing charities.

Worth 2 hours today. Could save you much more tomorrow.

And if you’re serious about growing into bigger opportunities, cyber readiness is part of showing you’re a responsible business — protecting your customers, data and reputation. ✅

01/09/2026

🚀 Something exciting is taking shape!
We’re growing Australia’s Circular Innovation Network — creating community projects based on real needs, while finding ways to reuse what already exists.

Our latest need?

💻♻️ Exploring underutilised or retired servers to create virtual environments for coding, testing and development.

We’re looking for businesses or organisations that may have:
• Unused server capacity they could lease or rent
• Retired servers they may be willing to donate or sell

The goal: reuse → repurpose → create value → reduce e-waste.

This is how we’re building our Circular Innovation Network — turning underused resources into new opportunities.

Have something sitting idle? We’d love to hear from you.

01/09/2026

What if your business is already more “Brisbane 2032 ready” than you think? 👀
Today we’re proud to spotlight Mental Fortitude — our newest Community Innovation Case Study.

Mental Fortitude is an independent resilience and performance brand founded on Queensland’s Redcliffe Peninsula in 2024.

Built on the belief that mindset is the foundation of everything, Mental Fortitude creates limited-run apparel designed to be more than something people wear. It is a visible reminder of identity, discipline and the first decision required to create change.

The brand has built a growing grassroots presence through fitness racing events, community activations, sporting sponsorships and collaborations across health, wellbeing and local business. As Mental Fortitude grows, its focus is on developing meaningful partnerships across sport, wellbeing and charity while building a more circular, responsible and locally connected approach to product and supply.

Born in Redcliffe. Built on resilience. Designed to create connection.

Anna and Adam are building more than an apparel brand — they’re building a resilience community.

They already had the skills, products, story, relationships and community.

Our conversation explored what could come next:

♻️ Circular and responsible product thinking
🤝 Local supply and partnerships
🏟️ Sport, wellbeing and community opportunities
🚀 Brisbane 2032 procurement pathways
📈 Future commercial opportunities

And this is exactly why we are documenting these stories.
Zero Waste Community Innovation isn't always about creating something new. It's about recognising the value that already exists and connecting it with the right opportunity.

🎯 Our goal: 10,000 Community Innovation Stories before Brisbane 2032.

👏 Spotlight on Mental Fortitude.
If you're looking for a Queensland brand for apparel, merchandise, sporting or community partnerships, connect with Anna.

📖 We’ve documented the full story as our newest Zero Waste Community Innovation Case Study — link in the first comment.