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The Contemplative Academy envisions a humanistic educational system grounded in a contemplative approach to the whole student and teacher that honors and engages their first- second- and third-person experience. To support the development of contemplative orientations and pedagogy it offers mentoring, teaching, research and curriculum development in Contemplative Education and Studies. The Contemplative Academy also addresses the inner dimensions of Read more…

Brisbane Community Exchange, or BrisLETS (Brisbane Local Energy Trading System) is an alternative monetary system where members trade their goods and services using units rather than traditional dollars. It is a system that recognises the flow of economic energy rather than the accumulation of wealth. Read more…

Spare Harvest is a decentralised marketplace that connects people to exchange what they have spare in their kitchens and gardens. We harness the circular and sharing economies to reduce consumption and waste by using what already exists. Regardless of where you work, live or travel you can connect with a like-minded person and exchange spare food and garden resources. We Read more…

Reflecting Society supports meaningful social change through customised design and implementation of knowledge systems and knowledge brokering. Read more…

TropEco is JCU's sustainability program, empowering staff, students and the local community for sustainable outcomes. TropEco is responsible for embedding sustainable operations and governance across JCU, and changing the culture of the university. Read more…

Australia's first community-owned local food hub, creating a vibrant new economy for farmers, food makers, retailers, wholesalers, educators, activists and change makers. Read more…

Perth's enkel collective and the City of Fremantle are transforming the Old Naval Store in Fremantle into a dynamic new ideas and innovation centre for Western Australia. A space to prototype the future. A living lab for the New Economy. Read more…

Audacities is a catalyst for relocalising production in Australian cities, in ways that enable more wealth to be retained and fairly distributed in the local economy. Read more…

enkel is a collective of people from various backgrounds, who share the belief that we need new approaches and more people to address the problems of today and tomorrow. Our mission is to create a new generation of changemakers in WA. We do this through hosting events & workshops, supporting early-stage social enterprises, running social innovation labs, and much more. Read more…