Eco Bed

2022 Future Anything Grand Final Winner
Jye and Phillip, Marymount College (QLD)

Eco Bed is Australia’s only sustainable recyclable anti-chewable dog beds made out of Kevlar material.

Jye & Phillip from Marymount College pitched at The Triffid on Monday 21 November at the Future Anything National Grand Final 2022 – check out their brilliant pitch!

Eco Bed was crowned Future Anything Grand Final 2022 winner, taking out the top prize worth close to $20,000. The prize pack included $2500 cash, a website and digital marketing support package from Gold Coast’s Syntropic Studio, a full day corporate adventure retreat thanks to Solesearcher Adventures,  brand strategy support package from Quip Brands, an Empathy & Impact Masterclass courtesy of Empathy First, an Introduction to Xero plus a mentoring program with Future Anything’s own Nicole Dyson.

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About the Future Anything National Grand Final 2022

Eco Bed won the Future Anything National Grand Final 2022.

In The Grand Final is the culmination of Future Anything’s Activate 2022 program. Eight teams of high school entrepreneurs pitched their innovative, scalable and sustainable social enterprise ideas live on stage at The Triffid in Brisbane, before facing tough questions from judges Jan Owen AM (Co-Convenor, Learning Creates Australia) and Nic Marchesi OAM (Co-founder & CDO, Orange Sky).

The event was generously supported by Major Partners Advance Queensland and the Office of the Queensland Chief Entrepreneur, Bronze Partners Blackbird and Xero and a host of epic organisations who contributed prizes to support the young entrepreneurs. Read more about the National Grand Final here.

About Activate

Activate is Future Anything’s immersive in-curriculum program that builds enterprising mindsets in every classroom.

Over a Term or Semester in Primary and Secondary schools, Activate builds future capabilities and integrates fully with mainstream curriculum delivery as an assessable unit of work in Business, Science, STEM, English, Design Technologies, Humanities, HPE & Religion classrooms

With supported educators leading future-ready curriculum, together, we can bend the future; one youth-led idea at a time.

Every Activate student has the opportunity to apply for the Future Anything National Grand Finals – just like Eco Bed did in 2022!