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Ecology and Regeneration
Exploring relationships between humans, ecosystems, Country, and planetary flourishing.
How can humans flourish with the living Earth?
Research Questions
- What does it mean to live well within the Earth community?
- How do humans participate in living ecosystems?
- What conditions support ecological regeneration?
- How do Indigenous perspectives reshape environmental stewardship?
- How does coherence emerge across ecosystems?
- What can living systems teach us about resilience and adaptation?
- How can regenerative practices restore relationships between people and the Earth?
Current Research
Ecology as belonging
Sustainability
Water
Pollution
Regenerative futures
Climate and living systems
project 1
Ecology as Belonging
Reframes ecology as the study of relationships that sustain belonging within the living world
project 2
Community Wellbeing Through Kanyini
Explores how Indigenous relational principles strengthen resilient communities and healthy ecosystems
project 3
Language Futures
Explores the future of linguistic diversity as a foundation for cultural resilience and human flourishing
project 4
The Field of Deep Belonging
Develops a relational framework linking belonging, sustainability, and ecological flourishing
project 5
Country Remembers
Investigates how landscapes preserve memory through enduring ecological and cultural relationships
project 6
The Aesthetics of Belonging
Explores beauty as an expression of harmony between people, place, and the living world
project 7
Epigenetics, Environment and Belonging
Examines how relationships with environments shape biological development and wellbeing across generations
project 8
Pollution as Relational Breakdown
Explores pollution as a breakdown in relationships between humans, matter, and the living world
project 9
Water Is Family
Examines water as a living relative within Indigenous relational worldviews rather than a resource alone
project 10
Engineering the Sky
Investigates the ethical and ecological implications of large-scale technological interventions in Earth’s atmosphere
project 11
Kanyini and the Survival of Meaning in the Anthropocene
Explores how Indigenous principles of care and responsibility offer pathways through ecological crisis
project 12
Language as the Ecology of Belonging
Investigates language as a living ecology that connects people, culture, and place