Who are you in this forest?

 🍄  If our network was a forest, Be The Earth would be the funghi. In a reciprocity paradigm, we connect diverse resources from synergistic people, programmes, and places. The forest is our ecosystem, and we look for health in its entirety. 

We wish to leverage benefit that is greater than the sum of its parts. 🍄

If you feel like sharing your opportunities in our social channels, please get in touch with us  - we are always open to creative collaboration!

This month as usual you'll get more opportunities to engage with the Be The Earth wider community and learn our stories. Read, watch, share and get inspired! 

The origins of Aura Programme by Renata Minerbo

This month one of our trustees Renata Minerbo, also Head of Philanthropy at Be The Earth,  shares an intimate and heartfelt story on how the Aura Programme came to life: 

 "I once thought I had found my place in the world as a social entrepreneur. I was passionate and happy to have purposeful work, feeling fulfilled by empowering and supporting communities all over Brazil. I lived, breathed, and dreamed with work. I was known for being a doer, for being hands-on, for being a workaholic. These labels made me feel succeeding in life, being someone that managed to live from their passions, get paid for it and make a positive impact— and be recognised by it. Without noticing, that made me feel superior, because I was so committed to social change, barely had any time to social life; how come others weren't as committed and couldn't express any sense of purpose?!  

Bio-Leadership Fellowship: discount for Be The Earthers!

15% discount for Be The Earth Community on full rates. 
Please email ella@bio-leadership.org  for your discount code.

The Bio-Leadership Fellowship is a programme and a community, an ecosystem working with nature to take on the critical challenges of our times.

The programme begins with a 9 month journey, starting in March 2022. Through the journey you are invited to join a Home Circle - a smaller group to work more closely with -, and you’ll have access to a wider programme of ‘All-Fellow Sessions’ and 1:1 support.

More than a programme, the fellowship is a community of continuous learning, support and collaboration for transforming human systems and replenishing the world. Applications are open for 2022.

Membership spaces available at Mission Kitchen UK!

One of our newest portfolio companies, having opened just 7 months ago, Mission Kitchen is a shared workspace for food entrepreneurs, built to provide London’s food start-ups with flexible access to commercial kitchens, co-working space, inspiring events, and a collaborative community of founders.

It is on a mission to drive positive change in our food systems through entrepreneurship and innovation! In the year ahead, they will be launching a series of public and industry events discussing the future of food, and helping entrepreneurs build the skills they need to thrive.

There are still membership spaces available, so if you know a world-changing food entrepreneur who is looking for a new home, they can apply online!

Our community gets five days for free: Regeneration Course with Paul Hawken @ Commune

Regeneration is about making that shift from frustrated passivity to being vibrantly involved in a way that makes sense to you, that energizes you, inspires you, and that inspires others.

In this 10-day course, Paul Hawken will teach you how to put your passion for the planet into action and come away inspired to make a real difference.

If are interested in learning a new approach to resolving the climate crisis, and discovering solutions you can use in your daily life to actually make a difference, take the course for free for five days with our exclusive partner link, and learn this radically inspiring approach to end the climate crisis in one generation.

Seed savers everywhere

"Amira Mitchel is a seed keeper. Her love for food and farming has roots that reach across her journey from Boston to Atlanta and now Philadelphia, and stretch far beyond into the agricultural legacy of her ancestors. This passion for foodways and seeds brought her to the City of Brotherly Love where she works with two organizations growing culturally relevant varieties of crops and saving their seeds. She teaches, she inspires, and she grows. She is involved in creating a community seed library and feels called to help build a framework of support for Black farmers in the United States."

High Mowing Seeds is one of our Portfolio Companies. They were founded on a deeper understanding of how re-built food systems can support health on all levels – healthy environments, healthy economies, healthy communities and healthy bodies.

Read More of the stories from this community of seed keepers and future lovers. 

Watch Gaia Foudation's "A Quiet Revolution"

"Across the UK and Ireland, a quiet revolution is underway.

It’s sprouting where you might least expect it. In old baths and window boxes. In reclaimed parking lots and allotment plots. In the green places you walk past every day – gardens, parks, school playgrounds- with hardly a second glance."

 ✨ How are you channeling your unique gifts in order to serve the collective? ✨

Astrological Insights with Bruna Maia - New Moon in Aquarius

The New Moon in Aquarius, happened yesterday on January 31st. And it is calling us to set new intentions that strengthen our commitments, sense of responsibility, and soul growth.

During this cycle, the visionary energy of Aquarius and the ambitious spirit of Capricorn are currently being activated in our psyche. This is a significant time for us to focus on areas of our lives where can serve the collective to the best of our abilities.

The convergence of the Sun, Moon, and Saturn in Aquarius indicates that right now real changes are necessary, deliberate steps must be taken and it demands patience. Through this process, Aquarius energy also helps us to connect to our individuation, our unique way of being, our sense of Self. How are you channeling your unique gifts in order to serve the collective?

As of last week, Mars also joined Venus, Mercury, and Pluto in Capricorn, increasing steady momentum and hard work towards our objectives. Even though Mars is igniting more movement in our lives, Mercury is still retrograde in Capricorn until Feb 3rd. Therefore try to use this Martian energy towards planning and goal-setting, and hold off on any major project launches/announcements until February 4th when all planets will be direct. How will you use this steady forward momentum toward your Aquarian visions?  

What new commitments are you willing to make during this New Moon? 

For more info on this month's cycles, follow @bru_maia on IG!