Photo: Our resident echidna On 29 April 2021 Blue Mountains City Council became the first Council and government entity in Australia to commit to integrating Rights of Nature (RON) principles into its operations and practices. The Planetary Health Centre recognises that all life is interconnected and that ‘we are nature’. Read more…
Our stories drive the direction of our culture. Critical to systemic change is the need to create narratives that focus on growing cultural support for that change. Our goal is to create a collaborative, solutions focused culture committed to restoring the health of our planet: socially, economically and environmentally. Our Read more…
Our Disaster Risk Reduction programs are responding to the Fierce Urgency of Now! The Blue Mountains has been declared a natural disaster area six times in five years. We are actioning research and providing communication networks, resources and opportunities to learn how to reduce the risk of disaster, including creating Read more…
The internationally renowned Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute has joined the Blue Mountains Planetary Health Pluriversity and we offer a range of Permaculture and Social Enterprise Design courses, including Permaculture Teacher Training. Permaculture is an evolving discipline to design and restore ecologically healthy social, economic and environmental systems. The Blue Mountains Read more…
The Blue Mountains Planetary Health Centre has been recognised as a Circular Precinct by Circular Australia (see report below) We are focused on growing a Circular Economy that restores natural systems and allows us to live within the carrying capacity of our finite planet. The Centre does this by: Teaching Read more…
Peace Making is critical to restoring the health of our planet. Blue Mountains City Council joined ‘Mayors for Peace’ in October 2022 (a global movement calling for a world without nuclear weapons), and the Blue Mountains Planetary Health Centre has joined the Blue Mountains Peace Collective. We welcome volunteers, Read more…