Exploring how we can rebuild and improve social, environmental and economic systems to create a more just and sustainable world.
We connect the public, government, industry and students so the impact outlives the event. Lasting change needs more than one sector acting alone.
During each season, we act as an enabler and amplifier. We support people within RMIT and the wider community to deliver events aligned with RFI and the season's theme.
Our events take a regenerative approach to catering and energy. All events hosted on campus are powered by 100% renewable energy.
Working with a sustainable food expert, we consider our food choices holistically, taking into account supply chains, and the impact it has on the earth.
The power to change everything
How we power our cities, homes and vehicles matters – but so does the energy embedded in everything we build and make. The future of energy isn't just a question of technology. It's a question of transformation.
What shifts in our society, built environment and economy are needed to move from extracting energy to regenerating it?
Australia sits at the centre of an acute contradiction: pursuing an ambitious renewable transition while remaining a major fossil fuel exporter. That tension is live, urgent and unresolved – and it's exactly the kind of problem regenerative thinking is built for.
Join the RMIT Regenerative Futures Institute as we unpack the future of energy, in Australia and beyond, and get to work rebuilding social, environmental and economic systems for a more just and sustainable world.
As part of Energy Futures, RFI has created an ‘Explainer’, a digestible document providing a snapshot of Australia’s energy use and transition to clean energy.
To find out more about how Australia is pursuing an ambitious renewable transition while remaining one of the world’s largest energy exporters, read the Explainer.
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
Learn more about our commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
