Connecting Imagination and Sustainability
A Resurgence of Imagination |
My work is about imagination and sustainability. The remedy to environmental crisis, from mass extinction, to biodiversity loss, plastic pollution and climate change, all resides within human awareness, not only 'out there' in 'the environment'. We need to understand the nature of imagination on this planet, because the loss and neglect human imagination on our planet, mirrors the annihilation of ecologies and the destruction of nature.
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My work uplifts people and communities through co-creating the essential learnings of sustainability. I focus on the nature of imagination to make meaningful connections between our personal and planetary wellbeing. |
Sally Jensen, PhD
Sustainability Educator, speaker and facilitator of people working together
Sally is a dedicated educator, consultant, and sustainability advocate, committed to encouraging innovative thinking to meet today's environmental challenges. With a background in education, environmental philosophy, visual, and performing arts, Sally is driven by the transformative power of collaboration and imagination.
As Coordinator of South East Queensland's Climate Resilient Alliance (SEQCRA), she works with local government teams across south east Queensland on collaborative projects that respond to climate change.
With a PhD is sustainability education and experience as an educator and facilitator, Sally designs and delivers impactful programs that inspire and educate. A recent highlight is the local film 'Pontoon' that narrates the impact of the 2022 floods on Noosa through local voices. As a trained Climate Reality Leader, she speaks powerfully about sustainability and climate change.
Beyond her environmental efforts, Sally is a mother, visual artist, actor, narrator and presenter, with her work featured in the Queensland Art Gallery and various TV, tourism and stage productions.
Sustainability Educator, speaker and facilitator of people working together
Sally is a dedicated educator, consultant, and sustainability advocate, committed to encouraging innovative thinking to meet today's environmental challenges. With a background in education, environmental philosophy, visual, and performing arts, Sally is driven by the transformative power of collaboration and imagination.
As Coordinator of South East Queensland's Climate Resilient Alliance (SEQCRA), she works with local government teams across south east Queensland on collaborative projects that respond to climate change.
With a PhD is sustainability education and experience as an educator and facilitator, Sally designs and delivers impactful programs that inspire and educate. A recent highlight is the local film 'Pontoon' that narrates the impact of the 2022 floods on Noosa through local voices. As a trained Climate Reality Leader, she speaks powerfully about sustainability and climate change.
Beyond her environmental efforts, Sally is a mother, visual artist, actor, narrator and presenter, with her work featured in the Queensland Art Gallery and various TV, tourism and stage productions.
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AboutThis website is a landing page for my work as an educator, researcher, storyteller, creative and consultant. I design and deliver quality educational experiences for people and groups of all ages. I facilitate collaborative processes, build partnerships and deliver powerful programs focussing on inspiring new ways of thinking, speaking and doing for win win sustainability outcomes.
I've been an environmental educator for 20 years in schools and dedicated environmental organisations. I've been a sustainability facilitator and project manager with teams from local governments for 6 years. I have a background in teaching and in the visual and performing arts. BlogThe Environmental Imagination Blog helps me articulate the important connections between human imagination and our environmental reality to better understand sustainability and get to the heart of the cause of our environmental crisis.
ResearchI realised my love for environmental philosophy when I got excited about doing a PhD. My research examined what understanding sustainability involves for teachers and students in a range of settings and contexts. I sat in classrooms and interviewed experts across all tiers of our learning environments. The most amazing finding was the living presence and essential importance of our imagination in understanding and navigating our relationship with nature and what we call sustainability.
The Environmental Imagination MapThe Sustainability Map is a thinking tool for sustainability. It makes sustainability accessible to any topic, issue or discipline. This simple diagram came out research and facilitating sustainability in schools over 8 years. It maps the thinking / imagining needed to truly understand the concepts of sustainability and make crucial connections between our self and our world.
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"...the environmental crisis involves a crisis of imagination,
the amelioration of which depends on finding better ways of
imagining nature and humanity's relationship with it".
the amelioration of which depends on finding better ways of
imagining nature and humanity's relationship with it".
