Regenerative tourism
by design
Regenerative tourism
by design
OUR TEAM
OUR TEAM
Place Ecologies
+ The Tourism CoLab
Building social and economic resilience and well-being through place-based knowledge
and regenerative practices
About
The Tourism CoLab is where we started. It's our online education platform and global community of regenerative tourism practitioners. It's here we share thinking, offer courses, deliver our coaching journeys, and support innovative change-makers on the ground, in place, and in community. It all starts with a learning mindset and readiness to see what has been invisible until now.
Place Ecologies is our practice ground where we work with places, communities, businesses and organisations to activate new forms of tourism that contribute to resilience, innovation and change-making. With over three decades of experience across human and nature based design, environmental planning, regional development, policy and networked governance, community co-design, experimentation and activation, we are a mulit-disciplinary practice built on solid foundations.
Emerging into the Future
The Tourism Colab is in metamorphosis. Like imaginal cells awakening within the chrysalis, Place Ecologies is emerging.
Where The Tourism CoLab pioneered regenerative tourism practice, Place Ecologies activates the deeper blueprint that was always there: an ecological approach to place that transcends tourism, embracing the full complexity of how communities, landscapes, and economies work together.
We are transitioning from Tourism CoLab to Place Ecologies to more aptly reflect our evolving work. Our new name recognises what we have always practised - an integrated approach to nurturing the special qualities of place.
Our commitment is to shift mindsets and drive regenerative change by stewarding innovative and resilient futures that put people, place, and nature on an equal footing.
What We Do
Leading Practice
Our pillars of regenerative practice are based on decades of embedded community and place-based research and activation. These cross-disciplinary pillars form the basis of our courses, coaching, mentoring, and practice and are now embedded in regenerative initiatives and practice across the world.
Check out our learning opportunities here or contact us to organise a learning journey for your organisation, community group, or place.
GLOBAL INNOVATION IN TOURISM
Regenerative Living Lab
FLINDERS ISLAND, TASMANIA
Islands are natural laboratories that provide important insights into the nature of systemic change and opportunities for bioregional innovation.
Triggered by a perception that overtourism would bring irreparable damage to the Island, its environment and way of life, The Islander Way commenced as a 2-year project, in September 2021. In 2025, it received an additional funding for 3 years to activate a place based community-led approach to tourism and future flourishing.
