Eco-Literacy

Ready to navigate the complex world of sustainability with clarity and confidence? Eco-literacy is your guide to understanding the language, concepts, and dimensions of sustainability. This course offers an opportunity to explore the core principles and apply systems thinking, building the foundations you need to engage with today's challenges. 

You’ll gain the awareness and skills to develop a new way of thinking and acting through a process of deep personal reflection. By exploring diverse perspectives, including Indigenous knowledge and non-Western worldviews and applying these insights to real-world challenges, you’ll develop the fluency to communicate with genuine impact and become a powerful advocate for change. 

Whether you're a communications professional, company director, educator, community leader, or simply a curious thinker, this course will equip you with the mindset and tools to drive meaningful outcomes in your own context. 

This course is ideal for professionals and leaders who want to apply eco-literacy to their work. 

• Practitioners in Leadership & Strategy: Mid- and senior-level professionals who want to strengthen their communication skills and apply systems thinking to sustainability challenges. 
• Professionals in Impact-Driven Fields: Individuals across education, urban development, environmental management, and policy-making who are motivated to align their work with regenerative values and community resilience. 
• Marketing & Communications Professionals: Those in marketing, PR, or brand management who want to authentically communicate for impact and align their organisation's message with a deeper understanding of sustainability. 
• Company Directors & Business Leaders: Non-executive directors and business leaders seeking a deeper understanding of sustainability to inform strategic oversight and drive purpose-led change. 

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to: 

• Critically engage with frameworks of eco-literacy, ethical debates and sustainability policies to develop site-responsive practices 
• Reflect critically on the role of more-than-human actors in eco-literate publics, considering ecological interdependence and shared survival needs 
• Advocate for regenerative futures by communicating human–more-than-human connections to promote resilience and stewardship. 

This is a practical, interdisciplinary course designed for professionals. Over six weeks, committing to approximately 9–10 hours per week, you'll move from foundational learning to practical application through a blend of self-paced lessons, interactive group sessions, and 1:1 mentor interactions. 

The course concludes with a final personal eco-action, based on a project of your own choosing, making it directly relevant to your professional context. 

The Regenerative Futures Institute works to find practical solutions that help rebuild and improve social, environmental, and economic systems, making the world fairer, more inclusive, and more sustainable for everyone.

We use knowledge from different fields and bring together researchers, educators, industry experts, and communities to go beyond just reacting to global challenges - we aim to create lasting solutions that make a real difference. As a globally connected university, we combine local insights with international partnerships to speed up progress and make meaningful change.

Building on decades of work for a sustainable planet, we also draw from Indigenous Knowledge to develop ethical leadership and just societies. We tackle big problems like climate change and inequality with proactive solutions.

Whether it’s driving innovation, strengthening communities, sharing knowledge, or leading change - everyone has a role to play in shaping a better future.