Our values

We believe our future depends on working together

Overview

There are a growing number of small organisations across the globe with shared values. These organisations are multi-focal, exploring the interconnected themes of climate change, social and environmental justice, technology, arts, science, spirit and Indigenous knowledge.

Many of these organisations are already ‘networked’ with each other, working in cooperation to maximise their reach and capability. Each organisation has its specific strengths, usually related to its location and its existing partnerships. Many of these strengths could be scaled and leveraged for the benefit of all parties.

By working in partnership with key organisations and individuals, Treecreate’s objectives are to develop collaborative projects and events on interconnected themes and to support like-minded organisations achieve their communications and outreach goals.

Treecreate’s 9 Values

1. Nurture: Mindful regeneration and care for all life on the planet.
   We believe in future focused actions framed with a sentiment of hope, addressing the need for achieving enduring benefits.
2. Knowledge: Sharing across cultures and disciplines.
   We believe in the interconnectedness of all things and that relationship is the pathway to knowledge. 
3. Integrity: Social justice and equity for all living beings.
   We believe in the rights of nature, the value of social contracts and ethical ways of working together
4. Awareness: The interconnectedness of all things human and more-than-human.
   We believe that social action is enhanced by an awareness we ‘are the earth.’
5. Wellbeing: Embedding a culture of care.
   We believe through inclusive indoor and outdoor hands-on education programs facilitates wellbeing. 
6. Respect: for Indigenous knowledge, culture and language.
   We believe in working with sovereign people and reconnecting through ancestral pathways to the land.
7. Inspire: collaboration through deep listening creativity, innovation and shared purpose.
   We believe in creating opportunities to learn, make and grow in ways that enhance wellbeing of all life.
8. Regenerative: Projects to build healthy community locally and internationally.
   We believe that the definition of community includes rivers, creatures, places and people.
9. Connect: Use appropriate technology to support social and environmental justice.
   We believe that responsible development and use of technologies can enhance the growth and knowledge of communities of care.

In support of Black Lives Matter

We at Treecreate fully support the Black Lives Matter movement in all its forms across the globe. We believe that it is time to create new systems of inclusion, empowerment and connection through acknowledging the past, truth telling and ally-ship.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of Country throughout Australia and beyond and honour their continuing connection to land, water, culture and community. We pay our respects to all Elders past, present and emerging. We also acknowledge the Elders of the Joondoburri and Gubbi Gubbi peoples, on whose land we live and work. We pay our respects to all First Nations peoples and acknowledge their deep knowledge of the earth.