Every young person is a beacon of hope for the future.
OUR BELIEF
The future will be shaped by the most powerful tools humanity has ever created.
But tools do not decide what kind of world we build with them.
Throughout history, humanity has advanced by creating increasingly powerful tools. Each breakthrough has expanded what we can do. None has determined who we choose to become.
Academic excellence will always matter. Knowledge remains the foundation of a great education. But knowledge alone has never guaranteed wisdom. It has never guaranteed courage, compassion or integrity.
As artificial intelligence reshapes the world, the question is no longer only how we develop more knowledge. It is how we develop more capable humans. We believe education must do both.
It must cultivate the judgement to navigate complexity, the character to use knowledge wisely and the humanity to contribute to something greater than ourselves.
Because the future will not be shaped by what young people know alone.
It will be shaped by who they become.
WHY WE EXIST
OUR PURPOSE
To help safeguard and strengthen what makes us human for generations to come.
OUR MISSION
To build a new curriculum for human capability alongside academic achievement.
OUR VISION
A future where each generation passes on a stronger, wiser and more human world than the one it inherited.
OUR WORK TODAY
The first stage of the journey.
Humanity Schools exists to help prepare young people for the future by bringing together education, futures thinking and human development.
Today, that means two things: keynotes for schools, education conferences, leadership teams and parent communities, delivered across Australia and internationally, and the Learning to Be Human podcast, exploring what kind of humans the future needs us to become. Both help schools, educators, parents and communities explore the capabilities young people will need to flourish in a rapidly changing world.
These are the first stage of our journey. The next is already underway: the Think Tank, an annual cohort of leading thinkers assembled to steward the Humanity Curriculum, an evolving curriculum for human capability alongside academic achievement.
OUR FOUNDERS
The people behind
Humanity Schools.
Co-Founder
Rebecca Maklad
"Education must prepare young people not simply to navigate a changing world, but to develop the judgement, agency and human capability to shape what comes next."
Rebecca Maklad is Co-Founder of Humanity Schools, focused on what young people need to become more capable of as the world around them changes.
For more than two decades, she has worked alongside futurists, scientists and leading thinkers exploring the forces reshaping human progress. She has spoken for organisations including Telstra, Nine Entertainment, ANZ, EY, Australia Post and World Vision.
She co-hosts the podcast Learning to Be Human, exploring what becomes more valuable about being human as intelligence becomes abundant. At Humanity Schools, she brings those threads together to help young people develop the judgement, agency and human capability to shape what comes next.
Co-Founder
Tāne Hunter
"The future is not something to fear, but something we can help shape."
Tāne Hunter is the founder of Future Crunch, one of Australia's leading science communication organisations, created to help people navigate an age of exponential change with curiosity, evidence and intelligent optimism.
A scientist, entrepreneur and former cancer researcher published in Nature, Tāne spent years building artificial intelligence and machine learning models at leading Australian research hospitals before dedicating his work to helping people understand the future.
Through more than 500 keynotes across five continents, he has inspired audiences to see the future as something they can help shape. That same belief is the foundation for Humanity Schools.
Co-Founder
Sarah Green
"Every person carries potential, and the environments around them play a powerful role in whether that potential is realised."
Sarah Green is Co-Founder of Humanity Schools. She has spent more than 15 years building relationships, communities and experiences around a core belief: every person carries potential, and the environments around them shape whether that potential is realised.
Her career has spanned philanthropy, purpose-led organisations, business and major events. Today, she is General Manager of Future Crunch, where she leads operations, strategic partnerships and the delivery of major events and experiences.
Sarah has a particular passion for young people and the environments that shape who they become. At Humanity Schools, she is helping build the partnerships, community and foundations for a long-term mission to strengthen human capability.
Together, Rebecca, Tāne and Sarah share a commitment to ensuring that every young person has the opportunity to discover their strengths, realise their potential and contribute meaningfully to the future.