Monday 10th February, 2025
Dear Centre Members, HDR Colleagues, and Allied members,
Regenerating futures is what our centre is about, and as you will see in the news below, there is a great deal being generated both within the CRF and beyond. In times when we see so much that is degenerative and extractive, there is hope when seeing people taking action and putting ‘life and connection at the heart of every decision’. Damon Gameau’s Regenerators platform and short film is a call to action, and we amplify this and many other initiatives in our fortnightly newsletter and through our CRF strategies.
Coming up soon are more Futures Forums and our first On Country event for the year this time focused on regenerating practices in the arts and urban spaces. We also highlight Centre research enabling opportunities as well as Centre enabled post doctoral project support including an international Postdoctoral fellow opportunity to work with our colleagues at CUHRE at SDU in Denmark.
We invite Centre members, HDC Colleagues, and Allied members to be involved. There are several ways you might like to be active in the CRF:
- Would you like to assist us to plan the CRF retreat in Warrnambool for June? Jo O’Mara has offered to assist; are you keen as well?
- Jacqui Peters organised our first Futures Forum and is involved in leading the Appreciative inquiry (see details in this newsletter).
- Shelley Hannigan and Katie Lee (Arts, Activism and the Anthropocene strand) are hosting the first On Country day for this year.
- Austin Mcbride hosts a weekly HDR Co-Lab.
We are open to all offers and possibilities. So let us know via our CRF inbox regeneratingfutures@deakin.edu.au
This is a substantial newsletter – so we invite you to grab a cuppa and nestle into a comfy place – hopefully with fresh air and warming sun to enjoy.
Best wishes
Peta and Jo