Our shared responsibilities and principles

This informs and guides our work

Learn and evolve

We take time to do both formal social science inquiry and natural discovery.
We stimulate thoughtful, respectful conversations, seek out people with different perspectives, reflect critically on our work, and evolve our thinking.

Safe place for story-telling

We are curious and listening.
We all have unique stories that connect us and enrich life. It's vital that each person is enabled to be the ethnographer of their own stories.
That means, each person interprets and makes sense of their own story.

The planet
We take action in the protection,

restoration and regeneration of bioregional places. Every soul has the right to be born into a liveable planet.

Belonging

We are open‑hearted and kind.
We welcome and celebrate people of all abilities, bodies, backgrounds, cultures, genders, and sexualities.

All the land and waters is a living entity, it is not as a property or resource, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, elders past, present and emerging, are the unceded ancestral custodians of Australian land and waters.
As we acknowledge this, we affirm our responsibility to support all indigenous people to restore their livelihoods.
(thankyou Prof. Vanessa Andreotti, we credit your work)