"Previous and currently dominant approaches have failed to address interconnected global challenges and crises, including biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution. These pose serious and potentially irreversible threats to nature and good quality of life."
(The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 2024).
What we do
RSI transforms sustainability by uncovering root causes of socio-environmental crises and co-creating regenerative solutions. We work with communities, young people, and organisations to turn reflection into action grounded in equity, local knowledge, and ecological care.
How we work
Connect
Bring people, ideas, and knowledge together
Reimagine
Envision new possibilities beyond the status quo
Co-create
Collaboratively design solutions with youth, communities, and organisations
Implement
Put ideas into real-world action
What We Believe
Sustainability must be reimagined
We believe dominant sustainability models are shaped by extractive histories and unequal power. Just futures require questioning whose knowledge counts, who decides, and who benefits.
Knowledge is plural, relational, and place-based
We believe that no single way of knowing can solve today’s socio-ecological crises. Indigenous and local knowledge systems are not mere “alternatives.” They are unique and essential and should be treated with respect and care.
Justice and sustainability are inseparable
We believe sustainability cannot be achieved without social and environmental justice. It requires transforming the systems that marginalise people and exploit nature.
Imagination is a political and transformative force
We believe imagination is essential to decolonial change. By creating space to imagine beyond crisis, scarcity, and growth-at-all-costs, new regenerative futures become possible.
Our Focus Areas
Education, Policy & Governance
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Strengthening learning, policy engagement, and participatory decision-making
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Empowering youth and communities through education and capacity-building
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Driving innovation and co-creation through our Reimagination Hub
Justice
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Advancing justice in climate change and biodiversity conservation
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Promoting equitable and circular bioeconomies
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Supporting epistemic justice in sustainability, valuing diverse knowledge systems
Restoration & Regenerative Systems
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Supporting regenerative food systems and agroforestry
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Driving ecosystem restoration