ACT Brand Alignment
When to Use
- •Writing/editing ANY ACT content (web, marketing, grants, reports)
- •Designing UI, visual assets, or brand materials
- •Planning information architecture
- •Creating content models or data structures
- •Reviewing copy for voice/tone alignment
Quick Reference
Identity
A Curious Tractor is a regenerative innovation ecosystem partnering with marginalised—especially First Nations—communities to dismantle extractive systems. Like a tractor's power take-off, we transfer resources to community-led initiatives. We hand over the keys.
Method (LCAA)
Listen → Curiosity → Action → Art
Values
- •Radical Humility (no saviors)
- •Decentralised Power (communities lead)
- •Creativity as Disruption (revolution through imagination)
- •Truth-telling (name extractive systems)
Promise
40% of profits flow to community ownership. We design for our own obsolescence.
Project Scope Mapping
| Project | Focus | Load |
|---|---|---|
| Hub (act.place) | ACT as ecosystem, LCAA, partnerships | brand-core.md |
| ACT Farm / BCV | Land practice, conservation, residencies | land-practice.md |
| JusticeHub | Justice innovation, forkable models | projects-ecosystem.md |
| Empathy Ledger | Ethical storytelling, consent, sovereignty | projects-ecosystem.md |
| The Harvest | CSA, community gatherings | land-practice.md |
| Goods on Country | Circular economy, waste-to-product | projects-ecosystem.md |
| Art | Art as revolution, cultural production | projects-ecosystem.md |
Voice Guardrails
DO:
- •Farm metaphor: seeds, harvest, cultivating, soil, seasons, fields
- •Community ownership, co-stewardship, Indigenous sovereignty
- •"Designing for obsolescence" / "handing over the keys"
- •Name Jinibara Country when referencing the land
- •40% profit-sharing commitment
DON'T:
- •Overclaim ("world-leading," "revolutionary")
- •Extractive, luxury, or commercial language
- •Frame communities as beneficiaries (they are co-owners)
- •Corporate jargon or glossy marketing speak
- •Imply permanence (we design for obsolescence)
Visual Language
- •Palette: Stone 50-900 + Emerald accents
- •Typography: Geist Sans
- •Motifs: Seeds, cockatoos, regenerative farming
File References
| Need | Reference |
|---|---|
| Identity, LCAA, values, voice | references/brand-core.md |
| Land details, conservation | references/land-practice.md |
| All projects/seeds, revenue | references/projects-ecosystem.md |
| Page patterns, IA | references/content-structure.md |