Transformative Learning: Integral Ecology at School

Leader: Jacqui Rémond, Candidate, Doctor of Education
Team members: Associate Professor Sandra Wooltorton and Professor Celia Deane-Drummond

This project explores Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si' as it applies to learning about integral ecology. The project intention is to study how 'Integral Ecology' manifests in a school community in the Kimberley and for individuals within the community. The aim of this action research project is to collaboratively design, develop, deliver and evaluate integral ecology within St Mary's Catholic College community, Broome, beginning with Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home.

  • Publications

    Wooltorton, S., Toussaint, S., Poelina, A., Jennings, A., Muecke, S., Kenneally, K., Remond, J., Schripf, A., & Stredwick, L. (2019). Kimberley Transitions, Collaborating to Care for Our Common Home: Beginnings … Nulungu Research Paper No. 2. Broome: Nulungu Research Institute. Available online

Real-life research projects

Acknowledgement of Country

The Nulungu Research Institute is located on Yawuru land, encompassing the coastal town of Broome. Aboriginal saltwater, river and desert language groups across the Kimberley sustain intergenerational cultural, intellectual and social affiliations over time. Kimberley Transitions researchers and associates pay respect to the Yawuru and other Kimberley cultural custodians - to past, present and future generations. Knowledge and expertise, evident throughout the Kimberley – the place Aboriginal women, men, children and others call home – is vital to the sustainability of all people and places. That Kimberley Transitions can be part of this ongoing process underpins the Project's aims and ethos.