Regenerative Futures Institute short courses

Our suite of short courses brings together expertise from multiple disciplines, giving you the opportunity to explore regenerative practices and sustainable innovation from diverse perspectives.

You will build the knowledge and practical skills needed to move beyond sustainability and actively contribute to meaningful solutions for a better future.

Courses are offered in flexible formats, including fully online options as well as immersive, face-to-face experiences.

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AI Ethics for Sustainable Futures

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  • learning mode Online
  • duration TBC

Eco-Literacy

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  • fees AU$1,900 incl. GST
  • learning mode Online
  • duration 6 weeks

Regenerative Design

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  • fees AU$1,900 incl. GST
  • learning mode Online
  • duration 6 weeks

Social Cohesion

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  • fees Free
  • learning mode Online
  • duration TBC

Our themes

Explore the themes of our short courses that will be available in 2026:

Regenerative Systems Thinking

Develop language and skills for regenerative, systems-based thinking to apply across diverse disciplines and contexts, addressing sustainability challenges.

Regenerative Strategies and Ethics

Explore sustainable business models, ethical AI impacts, and circular economy designs to drive transformative change using diverse frameworks, including Indigenous perspectives.

Innovative Materials and Design

Investigate biomaterials, biofabrication, and regenerative design for creating sustainable solutions and resilient built environments.

Leadership and Collaboration

Gain skills to lead regenerative change in organisations and communities, focusing on real-world projects and industry partnerships to tackle planetary challenges.

Education and Communication

Enhance eco-literacy, storytelling, and engagement methods to communicate complex environmental ideas, fostering social cohesion and inclusive futures.

Testimonials

"Sustainability is a complex topic to communicate. RMIT’s Eco-Literacy course gave me a strong foundation for navigating that complexity, along with a valuable forum for discussion. It increased my confidence in understanding my responsibilities as a communicator and reinforced the importance of staying close to regulatory developments—particularly with new EU anti-greenwashing laws coming into force.
The self-paced structure, combined with thought-provoking and highly interactive webinars led by course director Serena Pacifico, fit well alongside a demanding work schedule. The course also provides a rich set of resources that I expect to return to and reference regularly."

-Monique Zytnik (Berlin, Germany), Global Strategic Communication Leader

"I wrapped up 2025 by completing RMIT Europe University’s Eco-Literacy programme, in collaboration with EIT Urban Mobility 🌱
This is one of those programmes that genuinely shifts your perspective on sustainability. It offered a structured overview of sustainability frameworks - from individual impact through to the social, political and economic systems shaping global challenges. Moreover, it focused on practical ways of working with complexity, and on approaches to change that prioritise understanding, intention and collective action over speed or surface-level solutions.
Huge thanks to our tutor, Serena Pacifico, for creating such a thoughtful learning space, and for guiding this cohort with so much care!
I finished the course feeling clearer, better equipped, and quietly hopeful about what informed, collective action can look like. Let’s go! 💚"

-Kate Gwinnett, Head of Learning & Client Success

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A suite of interdisciplinary short courses, including a two-day intensive experience, will cover a broad range of topics focussed on regenerative practices and sustainability innovation.  

Courses will be available for enrolment soon.

Are you interested in being part of a regenerative and just future? 

Stay in touch with our news and developments.

For enquiries, please email regenerative.futures@rmit.edu.au

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Acknowledgement of Country

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.

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