Catching the Wave: Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Educators’ Perceptions of Environmental and Sustainability Education Practices – Informing a joint position statement through recommendations on regenerative education
The Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ), the Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE) and the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education (NZAEE) have roles in promoting ‘best practice’ in environmental and sustainability education (ESE). To identify the characteristics of best practice, data were gathered from over 400 environmental educators from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Based on the research reported here and current research trends in EE and EfS, the EIANZ, AAEE and NZAEE are encouraged to jointly advocate for regenerative education.
We define this term in the following way.
Regenerative education prioritises opportunities to learn about, make decisions and take action on various socio-ecological challenges. All people learn how different knowledge systems enable critical thinking, futures thinking and systems thinking while developing a connection to their local place, ecosystems and communities. They appreciate worldviews where all living things, including humans, are valued as being part of an interconnected whole, locally and globally. As a result, learners enact agency as individuals and as communities to bring about regeneration of ecosystems and social systems.
See full report here.
Cite this report: White, P.J., Birdsall, S., Sack, F. (2025). Catching the Wave: Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Educators’ Perceptions of Environmental and Sustainability Education Practices – Informing a joint position statement through recommendations on regenerative education. https://doi.org/10.26187/gbv1-2a03
