Sarah Naarden

Sarah Naarden is a trans-disciplinary designer, architect and educator co-evolving sustainability with regenerative design. Sarah is a member of the Victorian Design Review panel for the Office of Victorian Government Architects and co-ordinates the First Nations Trust Building Program with Initiatives of Change. In 2015 Sarah founded Design Think Lab to create place-making projects like The Monash Health Aboriginal Healing Garden in a co-design process with Traditional Owners. Sarah is curating Regenerating the Kooyongkoot, a micro-festival with Kulin Nation led workshops and ecology tours. It intends to initiate community partnerships along the 30 km biodiversity masterplan proposal for Gardiners Creek.