Community
The community is a space for peer-to-peer guidance and long-term support. More than a ‘network’, it’s a deep-rooted mycelium of people working from qualities of love and care.
Our fellows stay connected well beyond the 8 months of the core programme - we continue to support them through events, gatherings and continuous learning and collaboration opportunities.
A diverse and powerful mycelium of people answering the call for a new kind of leadership…
Although the programme is facilitated online, Fellows are offered opportunities to meet at in-person events.
These are some of the people that make up our amazing community of Fellows.
Bethany Koby, UK
Chief Officer at FAM Studio Reinventing education for the family with play.
Kara de los Reyes, UK Founder of Terra Lupa Standing for communities in the built environment with regenerative practices
Diego Rey, Peru
Co-Founder of Dos Uno Developing a culture of collaboration and creative leadership
Lauren Minis, USA Executive Director of Regeneration Pollination Activating global communities and changemakers
Stan McLeod,
UK Head of Product at Lickd Creating technological innovation for life.
Stefan Faartz Ferstl, Austria Co-Founder of Soilful Transforming food systems with community led farms.
Florence Miller, UK Director at Environmental Funders Network Working to create a different funding system to care for the planet
Stella McKenna,
UK Head of Programme Delivery at Gender Smart Building community for a gender-equal world.
Colif Isabor, Nigeria CEO of C-Freedom Assets
Fighting climate change with natural solutions
Adib Dada, Lebanon Founder of TheOtherDada
B-Corp Architecture firm building interspecies habitat for humans and other organisms to thrive
Siddeeqa Gierdien, South Africa Founder of Inala Mental Health Foundation
Healing young peoples trauma with wilderness therapy.
Sam Crosby,
UK Founder of Recalling Fire
Kindling storytelling fires with communities of change.
Naomi Mwangi,
Kenya Executive Director at International Peace Inititaives
Promoting cultures of peace by supporting communities
Alisha Ramen, India Founding partner at Studio atpX Regenerating rural communities with community led architecture
Jack Horner,
UK Partner at The Rapids
Connecting creatives into a movement for change.
Narjes Bukannan,
Bahrain Project Manager and reserarcher
Regenerative resource development in the food system
Jess Foulds,
UK Senior Manager at Aviva Investors
Redesigning the financial system to be a power for positive change
Ramona Fricke,
Jordan Deputy Manager at Chancen
Supporting organisations reach their full potential in support for life
Max Girardeau,
UK Director at The Visionaries
Uniting youth and adults together in life-affirming rituals
Erica Neve,
UK Director at Erica Neve Limited
Design learning experiences & communities with life at their heart
Charlotte Sewell,
UK Strategic Advisor at B-Lab
Building a new progressive economy.
Kai Njeri,
Kenya Regenerative farm and food systems designer
Creating an inclusive and holistic food system
Pablo Ahijado,
Mexico Founder of Nested Solutions
Transforming through new models of collaboration
Lee Bazalgette,
UK Founder of Colombo Design Studio
Redesigning engineering with the planet at heart.
Da Sánchez Suárez,
Costa Rica Strategic Designer at PuntoJes
Designing new ways to collaborate and communicate ideas
George Simons,
UK Founder of Ruleo Creating new ways for children to connect with nature
Igone Ruiz,
UK People Lead at AB Nurturing people and relationships for life
Cyan Brown,
South Africa Founder of Women Leaders for Planetary Health
Shifting health practice to the community scale
Sophie Austin,
UK Executive Director at SHH Productions
Telling tales which bond us to the natural world
Gina Maffery
The Netherlands Chair at Wildeor
Supporting people rewild through nature connection
Eldrin Lee,
Philippines Co-Founder at Nama Microgreens
Innovating food production on a micro scale
Angelina Farah,
USA / Lebanon Member at Beirut Biomimics
Putting biomimicry into practice in art and design
David Hayman,
UK Campaign Director at Make My Money Matters
Shifting the financial system as one for positive change
Coen Kooman,
Netherlands Founder of Unleash
Liberating sports from disposable plastics.
Benjamin Freud,
Philippines Co-Founder of Coconut Thinking
Shifting the global education system to support innovation
Javier Gras, Spain Movement Lead at The Bio-Leadership Project Bringing sustainable and regenerative principals into civil engineering
Felicity Hudson,
Australia Founder of Felicity Hudson + Co Stewarding organisations to be aligned with life
Veronica Manguinho, Brasil Senior Manager at Natura & Co Looking to create a more equal and interconnected world
Glynnis Rengger, Canada CEO of The Inmersion Lab
Regenerating leadership through principles of Permaculture
Caroline Till, UK Co-Founder of Franklin Till Working to change fashion and design to become sustainable and regenerative
Monica Kisic Aguirre, Germany Founder of Roots Radicals
Reconnecting people with food and it’s waste
Tom Mansfield, Spain Founder of Pale Blue Perspective Empowering individuals and organisations to work with life
Giulia Capodieci,
Italy Communication Officer at Action Aid Italia
Working to eradicate global poverty
Paloma Martínez Aguirre, Colombia Co-Founder of Colidérate Transforming project execution through education and art
Heloise Buckland,
UK Founder of Husk
Providing enterprise to communities to become climate resilient
“Hugely transformational for me... It has changed the way I mother”.
Siddeeqa Gierdien, South Africa
Director, Inala Mental Health Foundation
“The most special thing is the intersectionality…You are weaving magic”.
Caroline Till, UK
Designer, Franklin Till
“It has given me the support and community you need to bring system change alive”.
Javier Gras, Spain
Civil Engineer, Ferrovial Construction
Home Circles
As well as sharing The Journey with all fellows, you’ll be connected to a smaller group…
Meet your Home Circle at milestones through the programme. Share hopes, dreams, strategies and challenges in your work and life. Foster accountability. Help each other take next steps.
Carefully designed with the wider programme and community in mind, your Home Circle will be a diverse group with different perspectives and circumstances to support and provide peer-led learning to one-another.
“One of my biggest learnings is the importance of community, a sangha of like purposed people, trusting in emergence.”
Stefan Faatz-Ferstl, Austria, 2021 Fellow
Collaborations
Fellows are supported for new forms of collaboration, contributing to new forms of social/organisational movement working to protect and care for all forms of life.We are starting to see new nature-led collaborations across fields and countries…
A collaborative showcase of regenerative projects with Shambala Festival (UK).
We will be working with this pioneering festival in the UK to grow sustainable stories.
An Environment Collaboration (UK, Lebanon, NL, US & Spain)
A working group challenging human perception of and relationship with the "built environment". Healing with nature, through forest making and healing internally. Radically changing perception and delivery of development. Unlocking grief as the first step to healing and action.
A Bio-Leadership Design Lab, with Franklin Till (international)
A space and upcoming programme to help creatives in brands build responsible actions for all people and planet.
And…
A research initiative around building the qualities of divine masculine and divine feminine in the world.
A growing number of fellow led coaching circles, 1:1 support groups and sense-making circles.
More than a programme, the fellowship is a community of continuous learning, support and collaboration.
It doesn’t end here
When The Journey comes to an end…
You’ll have access to Special Topic sessions and Community Sessions on an ongoing basis, meeting new fellows as the Fellowship grows
You’ll receive invitations to support each others work with presentation and collaboration sessions
You’ll receive to reduced rates on all Bio-Leadership physical gatherings, events and deeper Nature Quest and Source Programmes.
With time, we plan to offer access to impact and funding opportunities through the growing Bio-Leadership ecosystem
You’ll have continuous access to the the Fellowship online community platform as a space to engage