Practical restoration for people, communities and the land.
We are developing practical ways for people to care for the places they live, grow useful skills, support local production and strengthen community life. Explore the proposed projects, see what each one needs and find a way to contribute that suits your abilities and circumstances.
A programme in its development stage
Restoration Australia brings a set of proposals into one place: ecological repair, nourishing food, wellbeing, moral responsibility and community enterprise. Each one needs suitable people, resources and a clear account of how it will work.
You can see what is being considered, what has been agreed, what is operating and what the work has achieved. Right now, everything listed here is a proposal.
What we restore
Five connected fields of work give the programme its structure.
Land and Ecological Restoration
Practical care for soils, waterways, habitat and biodiversity.
Food and Nutrition
Food growing, access, preparation and clear nutrition education.
Personal and Spiritual Wellbeing
Voluntary rest, community connection and spiritual practice.
Ethics and Community Responsibility
Conduct, service, conscience and fair decision-making.
Enterprise and Community Self Reliance
Useful skills, ethical microbusiness and local trade.
- See all twelve programme topics
Proposals being developed
An expression of interest helps assess a proposal. It does not make a booking or create a membership.
Seedling nursery and replanting supply
Stage: ProposalA nursery to grow suitable seedlings for future replanting projects.
Seeking: Nursery experience, propagation equipment, a site
Native bees and pollinator habitat
Stage: ProposalHabitat and planting work suited to a particular place, assessed through local observation.
Seeking: Native-pollinator knowledge, suitable sites
Native fish aquaculture
Stage: ProposalExploring the facilities, expertise and purpose such a proposal would need.
Seeking: Aquaculture and aquatic ecology expertise
Wellbeing retreat and digital respite
Stage: ProposalA place for rest, time in nature and voluntary reflection, still to be designed.
Seeking: Premises, programme design, qualified advice
Restoration education and demonstration facility
Stage: ProposalPractical demonstrations and skills, starting with one small learning activity.
Seeking: Educators, demonstrators, suitable spaces
Restoration property and demonstration site
Stage: ProposalA concept for a place where selected restoration activities could be developed.
Seeking: A private property discussion
How to take part
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Explore a need
Browse the programmes and see where help is wanted.
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Examine a project
Read its stage, what is known and the next step.
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Offer a contribution
Tell us what you can realistically offer, and where.
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Receive a response
We review your enquiry and reply. Any role is confirmed separately.
Where projects happen
Projects develop where suitable people, permissions and resources are available. Proposed regions are described as proposals only, and no local branch is implied. Landholders can start a private conversation without publishing an address.
Read about properties and facilitiesLearning and progress
Learning materials will name their author, date and scope, and appear here as they are reviewed. Project updates, decisions and results will be published with their costs, measures and limits. Until there are reports, we explain how progress will be reported.
Our values, and our neighbours
We believe restoration begins with responsibilities people can recognise and useful work they can do together. Taking part respects freedom of conscience, personal dignity and the right to ask questions.
MyPlace
Local connection, groups and gatherings. A separate initiative.
Ballot Boycott
Testimony, institutional accountability and campaign work. A separate initiative.
Tell us what you can realistically contribute
Skills, land, resources, knowledge or time. We use your details only to review and respond to your enquiry.
Offer your skills or resources