A journey into Indigenous Regenerative Ecosystem Design (IRED)

What if we could design human systems that last millennia, nurture biodiversity, and restore our place within the web of life?

In this groundbreaking course, Indigenous scholar, musician, and ecologist Dr Lyla June Johnston shares teachings from across cultures that reveal how our ancestors once lived in deep reciprocity with the Earth. From ancient clam gardens to regenerative fire traditions, from tending food webs to designing for perpetuity, this course is both a remembering and an invitation: to step into our role as caretakers of creation.

This course will guide you to:

• Learn how Indigenous peoples designed systems to last generations
• Understand fire as medicine for ecosystems
• Explore spiritual ecology and caring for species beyond our own
• Discover Indigenous aquaculture and floodplain farming innovations
• Reimagine farming as creating homes for life, not cages
• Apply the principles of Indigenous Regenerative Ecosystem Design (IRED) to your own context

Why Take This Course?

Learn to Restore our sacred role as caretakers of Earth. Through stories, examples, and practical tasks you can try at home, Lyla invites you to weave Indigenous wisdom with your own ecological practice.

By the end, you’ll have a deeper understanding of:

• How values shape the world we create
• What Indigenous traditions can teach us about abundance and reciprocity
• Practical ways to design, steward, and live regeneratively