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Current Initiatives Driving Impact Within Our Four Strategic Focus Areas
Currie Country Social Change is engaged by governments, universities, NGOs, First Nations organisations and global institutions to help them think, shape and undertake significant work. Our engagement is organised around four pathways:
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Strategic thinking and advice,
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Research and policy development
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Convening and facilitation
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Speaking and keynotes.
Beneath these sit deeper capabilities, including institutional strategy, First Nations governance, partnerships, university collaboration and executive briefings. We bring Country-centred knowledge and systems perspectives to substantive strategic, research and policy work, as we do with organisations such as WWF, translating First Nations authority into lasting change in how decisions are made.
Artwork by Kate Constantine, used with permission
Climate Justice Through First Nations Leadership
At Currie Country Social Change, our work is sovereign, strategic, and grounded in place. We are guided by ancestral law, accountable to Country, and led by First Nations women and communities who carry intergenerational responsibility for land, water, and living systems.
Where We Work
We operate at the intersections of culture, law, and systems change, including:
Policy and governance reform
Engaging across local, state, federal, and international processes, including climate and biodiversity forums.
Cultural diplomacy and Indigenous leadership
Strengthening First Nations and Pacific matriarchal leadership and advancing Indigenous-led global engagement.
Advancing Indigenous governance in biodiversity restoration, invasive species management, fire and land practices, and emerging environmental and nature repair markets
Supporting community-led responses to floods, fires, displacement, and long-term climate adaptation.
OUR WORK
How We Work
We do not respond to crises as isolated events. We work to transform the systems that produce them — advancing long-term, Country-led solutions grounded in First Nations sciences, governance traditions, and cultural authority.
Our approach recognises that climate justice is inseparable from Indigenous jurisdiction, cultural continuity, and the restoration of right relationships between people, Country, and institutions.
Our work is shaped by principles that prioritise authority, accountability, and care:
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Cultural authority, not tokenism
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Country-led frameworks, not extractive or imposed metrics
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Matriarchal, non-hierarchical leadership, not top-down control
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Relational accountability, not transactional engagement
These principles guide how we design, govern, and deliver work across all contexts — from local Country to international forums.