Karabena Consulting is part of a global alliance committed to working in ways that promote sustainable development. We understand that the environmental and developmental problems facing humanity involve a number of interrelated issues: increasing degradation of the global environment, deterioration and depletion of natural resources, excessive consumption, rising population pressures, perpetuation of disparities between and within nations, poverty, pollution, ignorance, injustice and armed conflict.
The decisions and choices humanity makes in response to the challenge of these critical problems will have major consequences for the future of life on Earth. Therefore, we only work with partners and on projects that are about ensuring the health and wellbeing of all living systems on planet Earth, as all are imperative for our collective survival.
Community
The wellbeing of the community of life and the protection of the environment are a common concern of humanity.
Nature
Nature as a whole, the Earth, and all life forms must be respected. All persons have a fundamental responsibility to respect and care for the community of life.
Responsibility
We all have a role and a responsibility to protect, preserve and, insofar as possible, restore the health and integrity of ecosystems, ensuring the functioning of essential ecological processes and life support systems throughout the Earth.
Biodiversity
Conservation of biodiversity – including the diversity of species, the range of genetic stocks within each species and the variety of ecosystems – is a universal responsibility.
Sustainability
The elimination of unsustainable patterns of production and consumption is essential and requires the adoption of measures that minimise the depletion of non-renewable resources; use all resources with restraint and as efficiently as possible; prevent, reduce, and control pollution; and cut waste by reducing, reusing and recycling.
Respect
Peace and security, environmental protection, sustainable development, and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms are interdependent and indivisible.
Karabena Consulting has resolved to establish working relationships only with agencies, businesses and on projects that protect and restore the living systems which make life on Earth possible for current and future generations. In this way, we work with value systems that promote equality, respect, non-discrimination and intergenerational equity.
Our tools
Karabena Consulting uses many tools for improving social and environmental equity including:
• Delivering comprehensive and specialist training services to meet local need and aspiration.
• Facilitating public forums as a MC, and chairing committees and meetings.
• Undertaking research and analysis that supports new knowledge and knowledge translation.
• Sharing information and resources among our partners and with communities.
• Embracing innovation, systems thinking and holism.
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion at Karabena
At Karabena, we believe in creating a workplace that celebrates diversity, promotes equality, and fosters inclusion. We are a 100% Indigenous woman-owned business and we are a multicultural and multidisciplinary team, including people from across Australia and abroad. Read our full statement here.