What Does the Ocean Want Us to Grow?
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About this Event
What Does the Ocean Want Us to Grow? explores restorative ocean farming as a model of ecocentric thinking in action, and what it offers leaders, communities, and policymakers reimagining our relationship with the natural world.
Restorative ocean farming doesn’t begin with what we want to take from the ocean. It begins with a different question entirely: what does the ocean want us to grow? That shift — from extraction to invitation, from imposition to listening — has given rise to regenerative models that restore marine habitat, feed communities, and demonstrate what a genuinely reciprocal relationship between human enterprise and living ecosystems can look like.
This free webinar introduces restorative ocean farming through the lens of ecocentric equity: the principle that human and ecological flourishing are inseparable, and that sustainability means meeting human needs by centring our local ecosystem and our cultural heritage. Drawing on the work of practitioners like Bren Smith, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and the emerging science of polyculture ocean gardens, the session explores what these models make possible and what they ask of us.
Intended attendees: Anyone curious about nature-based solutions, regenerative food systems, marine conservation, and the intersection of ecology and equity — across sectors and experience levels.
Objectives: Participants will leave with a richer understanding of restorative ocean farming as both a practical model and a philosophical shift, and an expanded sense of what reciprocal relationships between human communities and living ecosystems can look like in practice. Light networking for those interested in regenerative ocean approaches.
Speaker: Tara A. Pierce, Restorative Ocean Community Advisor, Founder, Restoring Sustainablity
Format: Webinar with Q&A | Free | 60 minutes
Restoring Sustainability
Restoring Sustainability works at the intersection of strategy, ecology, and institutional transformation, partnering with executives, founders, boards, and nonprofit leaders ready to move beyond compliance and incremental change. Grounded in the framework of ecocentric equity—the principle that human and ecological flourishing are inseparable—we help leaders see their organisations as part of living systems, align mission with ecological reality, and design long-term strategies rooted in place and relationship. Our work spans executive coaching, leadership development, and organisational strategy, supporting leaders across sectors to move from reactive sustainability reporting to regenerative leadership. This is not another checklist. It is a deeper invitation: to lead with moral clarity, systems thinking, and the courage to reimagine your institution's role in a living world.
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