We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Guided by Country and led by Indigenous knowledge – Firesticks works to empower communities across the continent and abroad to care for land, culture and futures.
In 2021 we created the Heal Country resource for primary school teachers to celebrate NAIDOC Week and support teachers and students to learn about Country.
W&J Standing Our Ground is a group of sovereign Wangan and Jagalingou people who maintain a constant presence on Country to care for their sacred lands and waters.
First Nations fire burning knowledge is living cultural knowledge. Practices are based on connection to Country and local knowledge of the region.
First Nations people in Australia are the original scientists.
Central to First Nations sovereignty is food sovereignty – the right to define one’s own food system. The right to produce our own cultural food.
While each First Nation has its own unique customs, traditions and Law, we all see trees as sacred, significant and deserving of protection.
A poem about nuku (water) by Torres Strait Islander woman Tishiko King.
Victor Steffensen yarns with us about reading Country, making friends with fire and protecting ecosystems for future generations.
Architecture, agriculture, trade, astronomy and physics were practised in Australia long before colonisation.
Systems thinking is to view the natural environment, human relationships and non-human relationships with a systems lens.
Join us for our Changing Systems Through Storytelling: Be The Change webinar to hear from First Nations storytellers and learn practical ways to make change with Common Ground.