Sarah Queblatin

Sarah Queblatin works across the intersection of art, culture, and ecology. She is a regenerative design specialist passionate in transforming the narrative of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) into “Design from Resilience to Regeneration” through cultural memory and imagination. For more than 20 years, she has woven together mental health, peacebuilding, biocultural heritage conservation, and humanitarian innovation, using arts and creative process as tools for trauma-informed systems transformation. Her roles in the regenerative movement include representing the Global Ecovillage Network at UN Climate COPs, judging for the LUSH Spring Prize, and advising Permaculture for Refugees and UNDP’s Conscious Food Systems Alliance. She was also part of Unearthodox’s inaugural Unearthodox's Exploration Co-Lab cohort. Sarah founded the Green Releaf Initiative in the Philippines, working on regenerative solutions for disasters and displacement. She also founded Living Story Landscapes, which explores the role of cultural memory and imagination in addressing not just the polycrisis but the metacrisis we face today. Currently, she works as a freelance consultant working on bioregional governance and regeneration in Asia Pacific. She currently stewards the Handuraw Panaw project, a bioregional leadership initiative , learning journey, and living lab supporting the restoration of her island home, Cebu’s watersheds.