Australia’s healthcare system is estimated to be responsible for more than 7% of our CO2 emissions.

Approximately 30% of healthcare across the entire system can be considered low value or wasteful, and at least 10% actually harmful.

Do No Harm: Reflections on Healthcare is an exhibition and research project exploring the dependence of human health on thriving natural systems. In interrogating the grave threats to planetary health posed by the healthcare sector, the artwork invites viewers to advocate for an urgent transition to a model which is socially and ecologically regenerative.

Guided by the First Nations knowledge systems crucial to sustainable reform, Do No Harm highlights stories of resilience, innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration conducive to progress.

Participating artists: Adedolapo Boluwatife, Tanishka Brahmanand, Kaanchi Chopra, Frankey Chung, Maria Koijck, Edwina Green, Elizabeth Hu, Professor David Karoly, Janet Laurence and Dr Bob Smith.
Creative Producers: Tanishka Brahmanand and Deborah Hart.

As Dr Tanishka Brahmanand’s Wattle Fellowship Action Project, Do No Harm will form the basis of an impact evaluation on the efficacy of ‘artivism’ as an intervention for shaping planetary health conscious attitudes and inspiring climate action.

When: From 12pm, 27 October – 4pm, 1 November 2025
Opening Event: 6-8pm, 30 October 2025

Where: No Vacancy Gallery, 34-40 Jane Bell Lane (off Russell St)
Level 3, QV Building, Melbourne CBD

Opening hours:
Monday – Friday, 8am – 4pm
Saturday: 10am – 4pm

Wattle Fellowship Events:

Bleed Lightly – 28 October, 4pm
An educational and stigma-free conversation about the environmental impacts of menstrual waste and sustainable period products.

Climate Health Writing – 29 October, 6pm
A small and collaborative workshop to explore climate, health and writing with dedicated time to write something of your own.

Bee the Change  – 31 October, 4:30pm
An interactive, hands-on workshop inviting participants to explore the fascinating world of Australia’s native bees and take practical action for biodiversity.

Growing with Country – 31 October, 7pm
The launch of ‘Growing with Country: A Guide for Gardening with Native Edibles on Dja Dja Wurrung Country’.

 For all Wattle Fellowship Event details and to RSVP please click here.

Closing Event: Join us for a public discussion with artists, 1 November 2025, 2-4pm.

A collaboration between Dr Tanishka Brahmanand, CLIMARTE, the Wattle Fellowship, Medical Pantry and Doctors for the Environment Australia, this project is made possible by the University of Melbourne and Blackbird Foundation.

Image: Kaanchi Chopra, At a Floral Pace series: x-ray of holllyhock, garden cosmos and pericallis, 2024