Thanks to Nature's example, we at Be the Earth recognise the importance of nurturing our metaphorical soil as we continue to grow and evolve as an organisation; deepening our roots and consequently sprouting flowers all over the planet. Because of this, February has been a quiet but productive month for us as we have been setting ourselves up with new systems and processes in preparation for the year ahead.

We are slowly emerging from the winter into the first days of spring with a whole new organisational structure and way of operating - it's an exciting time for us and we hope you are feeling the same energy in your own lives too.

In this month's newsletter we are sharing with you some upcoming events, opportunities, and courses that we think you'll love as well as some inspiring stories from our fellows ✨

Beautiful Leadership with Amisha Ghadiali at 42 Acres

30th March-2nd April 🌸

The Beautiful Leadership Retreat is a 4-day event taking place from March 30th to April 2nd, in Somerset at our sister organisation, 42 Acres.

As we live through these complex times, we are invited to connect more deeply to who we are and our relationship to nature. The Beautiful Leadership retreat invites you to be a leader of your own life, and have the courage to live with intentionality and vision and soul.

This retreat offers space and tools to connect you more deeply with your own intuition and the more than human world. Each morning you will be embodying themes of Intuition, Creativity and Courage as Amisha weaves these activations into the yoga and meditation practices.

Join ORFC in the Field in May 2023 🌽

Go and join leading practitioners for two days of hands-on workshops that explore how biodynamic principles and practice and permaculture design can be used at farm scale, and combined to create resilient, productive, financially viable farms that support biodiversity and serve the wider community.

The experience is £150.00 for two days including lunch (limited to 70 places)
Note: there is an optional follow-on day of farm visits on Friday 26th May to see biodynamics and permaculture design in practice across the South West.

beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship

Designed and implemented by The DO School Fellowships, beVisioneers will provide thousands of young innovators from around the world with the training, mentoring, expert support, and resources to bring their planet-positive ideas and projects to life.

(beVisioneers was made possible through proceeds from the auction of the world’s most valuable car, a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut coupé, for 135 million Euros!)

Are you 16-28 years old, have a planet-positive idea or project, and—for 2023, the first year of the fellowship—be able to reside in one of the following countries: India, South Africa, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Spain, Sweden, Denmark or the UK? Then check this out!

Applications close on March 5, 2023.

Unlock the confidence you need to build financial strength 🔥

A 4 month online course with Spring Strategies

In March 2023, Spring Strategies are offering their Virtual FIRE Fundamentals program, a 4-month long dynamic and interactive learning journey for developing essential capacities for building greater, mission-aligned financial strength.

What if you and your leadership team could: 

• Bring the same resilience to building financial strength as you bring to programming?

• Use a creative, entrepreneurial approach to grow your base of supporters?

• Gain new perspectives on money to inform your strategies?

• Employ user-friendly financial health indicators in decision-making?

Spring has collaborated with funders and organizations around the world to build organizational resilience, making sure that social change actors have the strategic finance plans in place to build a better world.

 You can find more information using the link below.

Ashden Climate Solution Awards for the UK and International applicants 🌍

Ashden supports proven climate innovation in the UK and developing countries – because on-the-ground solutions will drive the system changes our planet needs. For two decades the Ashden Awards have accelerated the most exciting climate innovators. They find their winners through a rigorous global search, then work with them to scale up their impact and inspire others!

Current Awards open for applicants:

In the UK:

Ashden are offering the ‘Skills in Sustainable Land Management Award’ in which they are seeking the projects that follow ideas of regeneration with practical skills and knowledge. The prize is £10,000 professionally produced promotional material and scaling/networking support.

Internationally:

Ashden are seeking Natural Climate Solutions from indigenous and local communities. The prize is £25,000 professionally produced promotional material and scaling/networking support + an invitation to help us develop a bigger programme on regeneration led climate solutions.

Applications close 8th March.

Our Bloomers, Frente Alimenta, share their story so far 🥕

During 2020, a network of Brazilian food sovereignty activists created an emergency response to the pandemic. Since then, in collaboration with Be The Earth and as part of our Blooming Programme, Frente Alimenta have continued to grow a replicable economic model centered around agroecology, solidarity and human relationships.

Frente Alimenta have created an Ebook sharing their history, their stories of 2021 and 2022, what they've been up to and the amazing impact they've had as a result of our collaboration together!

You can find the Ebook here in English and here in Portuguese.

Happy reading!