What seeds are you planting?

🦋 Spring: a lovely reminder of how beautiful change can be 🦋 

We recently made the transition into Spring here in the Northern Hemisphere and it has us thinking:

As the world continues to change, in more ways than one, can we see the season as a reminder that all the seeds that we are planting, are part of a wholesome plan? Either if they bloom into new life, or surrender into becoming compost that feeds the soil, all has its role in the cycle of life. 

In this newsletter we would like to share some opportunities, stories and hearty reads from the seeds we have been nourishing.

 Exciting News: Blossom Launch 

Be the Earth's Impact Accelerator, Blossom, is now accepting applications! 

We are happy to announce that applications are open for Blossom: the Be the Earth Impact Accelerator. Blossom is a 4-month programme for UK-based ventures that are radically reimagining local food systems. 

The programme is designed to build the capacity of impact-driven founders, create pathways to sustainable finance, and strengthen the network of businesses that are passionate about local and regenerative food systems.

15 successful ventures will be given access to Be the Earth’s £1m Blossom investment pot, plus the chance to pitch for a guaranteed cash prize in front of a panel of expert judges and a room full of impact investors.

Applications are open until May 14th.

Do you know UK-based purpose led organisations that are looking to improve their skills within an innovative programme, connect with potential investors and join a global network for regenerative economies? Please help us spread the word!

The Blossom Impact Accelerator is a programme led by Be the Earth Foundation and supported by Bertha Foundation and The Do, among many other collaborators and partners. 

Water, War, Women... and Empty Space

Aura Fellowship Stories

Dona is one of our inspiring Aura Fellows that works at the intersection of water, environment, and social transformation projects. This month she takes us on a powerful and emotional journey, inviting us to rescue feminine principles and water energy through our connection with ourselves in order to overcome the difficult times we are currently facing. 

"We continue to experience the remnants of a legacy of misdirected masculinity, where our leaders still compare their power to the size of their ego, the strength of their weapons, and the impact of damage they cause."

Join us on April 8th at the Skoll Foundation World Forum 

Creating space for the bottom-up emergence of knowledge, trust, and commitment, this session is for anyone interested in shifting paradigms, catalyzing change, or advancing social and climate justice. It is for philanthropists, social innovators, entrepreneurs, conveners, organizers, and doers. Topics will include trust-based philanthropy, effective storytelling, climate resilience, and inner work. 

Amaqanda: Learning with Chickens

Based on principles found in nature, Amaqanda implemented a system that creates living environments that are harmonious, sustainable and productive, while greatly reducing the work and energy required to maintain them. Through working with chickens, Amaqanda is regenerating the soil and water systems on site, creating a rehabilitated thriving landscape that deeply connects humans with nature and their food’s natural cultivation.

Amaqanda Learning Garden is part of Be the Earth's Blooming Initiative. An approach to collaborative work that combines seed funding with capacity building and storytelling to leverage communities promoting new economies that sustain life on Earth. Watch their 2021 story, like it and share it widely!

Trace Van Wijk is one of Amaqanda's co-creators and gave us an interview on the inspirations and challenges during the implementation of the Learning Garden! 🐔 🌱 🌟

BTE featured in Dumbo Feather's Issue 69 on Systems Change

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” - Buckminster Fuller

Dumbo Feather is a magazine, podcast, website and a community inspired by conversations with extraordinary people. Part of the ecosystem of Small Giants Academy - a non profit education initiative - Dumbo Feather issue 69 is dedicated to Systems Change. We are glad to have taken part in this journey as a partner and very grateful to be a part of this brilliant network of committed change-makers. 

You can read a bit more about Be the Earth for Dumbo Feather here.
 

Get ready for a transformative blog post series!

Rethink your relationship with food, and develop an understanding around how the way we eat can be a powerful tool for collective change.

Marlene Zehnter is a stress release, body awareness and self-worth coach. Trained in TRE® and the Coaching Mastery Method, she integrates these two modalities to evoke transformation naturally from the inside out.

She will get food-naked in front of you and share her food journey that moved from unconscious binge eating patterns to embracing her relationship with food as one of her biggest teachers. This series will support you in getting to know yourself better and creating a nourishing and loving relationship with food.

Programmes Available: School of System Change

Whether you are working in social justice, climate change, public health, impact investment, philanthropy, or another sustainability-related field, the School of System Change is full of opportunities to help tackle complex sustainability challenges. Join a powerful international network of change leaders and become a System Change Agent through their programmes! Currently open for applications.

 ✨ New Energies Coming Forth ✨

Astrological Insights with Bruna Maia - New Moon in Aries

Watch this short video where Bruna shares some astrological insights for Aries season and the first New Moon of the Astrological Year; a time for forward momentum, new possibilities, and creating building blocks towards innovation!

See you next month!

Warmly,

The BTE team

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