The Ethos Foundation’s team has extensive experience and skill in community development and engagement in the areas of education and learning, local economic and business development, water conservation, resource management, energy efficiency, sustainability, bush fire preparedness and low-carbon transition. Our work is often undertaken in politically-sensitive environments and we are skilled facilitators and connectors between households, communities, not for profit and community organisations, businesses, the media and government.

Many members of the Ethos Foundation team are skilled researchers in a number of fields including community engagement, participatory process, community development, water and resource sustainability, multi-stakeholder negotiation, community education, and arts and ecology.

The entire Ethos team has highly developed interpersonal and facilitation skills developed through formal education and practical experience.

Our consulting service provides both a vital funding component for the organisation as well as the opportunity to contribute to regional projects that centre on strategic sustainability issues.

Sample outputs from our programs and consulting:

• Local Living Economy strategies – design and implementation
• Business leaders forums – design and implementation
• Buy Local campaigns – plan, implement, evaluate
• Sustainable local abusiness networks & directories – development and production
• Small business sustainability learning programs – design, facilitation, evaluation
• Increased numbers of small businesses undertaking eco-efficiency actions
• Local food directories – development and production
• Community sustainability websites – design, development and production
• Mapping of local & regional food supply chains and distribution networks

Recent consulting projects

Recent program projects

Discussion papers and reports