Our vision
To accelerate a transition to a regenerated living world, where place-based knowledge systems and practices enable communities to thrive in kinship with te taiao, the living world.
Our mission
Catalysing change: We catalyse regenerative change by connecting communities, place-based knowledge systems and practices, and technologies to achieve systemic transformation.
Trans-disciplinary, cross-cultural, partner, place & project based: Our innovative, trans-disciplinary research supports kaitiakitanga, citizen science and community co-creation, amplifies youth voices, and fosters regenerative change to enable the vitality of te taiao, the living world.
Impactful: We operationalise and focus our collective insights to activate scalable, measurable, practical and ethical impact across systems and multi-generational timeframes.
Assessing
Employing technology to measure and understand socio-ecological change and the effects of regeneration efforts. Making regenerative indices and monitoring cost-effective, accessible, actionable, and scalable.
Community-partnering
Collaborating with diverse communities to enable socio-ecological regeneration and broaden awareness and engagement.
Change-enacting
Applying and scaling regenerative approaches to support regenerative strategy, policy and decision making. Testing new regenerative practices in place, in built and natural environments.
Get Involved
You can join the Te Whare Tūroa AUT Regenerative Environments Research Network (Te Whare Tūroa) as either a partner or an affiliate, or you can simply request to be kept in the loop by joining our mailing list and receiving our monthly newsletter.
If you are a student or early career researcher, please contact us to discuss mentorship and how we can help develop your research.
Recent projects
Moananui Living Systems
Book
In an age of ecological collapse, Indigenous knowledge from Moananui Oceania offers vital blueprints for the future within the region and beyond, particularly related to built environments and infrastructures.
Wellbeing-led Cities
Film
This short film features recent and proven examples of how cities are already acting to meet current complex crises - in climate, biodiversity and human wellbeing.
Transitions in Action: An Urban and Regional Guide for Te Upoko o te Ika Wellington
Book
Transitions in Action documents a range of future-focused actions including co-housing, car-sharing, not-for-profit electricity supply and local vegetable growing for food security.
Ngā Tohu Ora Urban Wellbeing Compass: Regenerative Action & Transition Tool
Film
Ngā Tohu Mauri Ora, a city “compass” was designed to communicate regenerative urban systems that are resilient to climate change and other contemporary challenges.
Indigenous Knowledge, Architecture and Nature in the Context of Oceania
Journal paper
The focus of the discussion was Indigenous design for adaptation to climate change in Moananui Oceania with an emphasis on relationships to nature.
Transformative Nature-based Urban and Architectural Design Values for Socio-ecological Wellbeing and Adaptation in New Caledonia
Journal paper
Working with nature in urban settings as a strategy for improving wellbeing offers significant potential for effective climate change adaptation.