We seek to shift the discourse on education for sustainable futures from a focus on vulnerability and disempowerment to a focus on resilience-building and empowerment. Despite the recent surge in the cost, frequency, duration and severity of global crises, disciplines, subject areas and communities of practice continue to operate in silos. We aim to be policy-relevant and to pro-actively collaborate with industry to achieve sustainable economic objectives that impact local and global communities. We harness the power of global initiatives that target SDGs and utilise participatory design thinking to create solutions for local and global challenges.