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Re:Fund Callout for Expressions of Interest for Small Grants

The Lush Regeneration Fund aims to support ecological and social regeneration around the world, and they do this through offering small grants in aid of the boundary-pushing work of organisations at different stages of their regenerative journey.

The Re:Fund supports projects working on a number of activities: protecting habitats in partnership with land defenders, regenerating land through meaningful livelihoods, or rewilding ecosystems while strengthening community.

The money is raised through the sale of carrier bags in Lush shops, and goes into small grants of £500 to £5,000. If you are considering applying, get in touch with the Re:Fund team at re_fund@lush.co.uk before Friday 22nd October.

Agri-Rewilding: How Rewilding and Small-scale Agriculture can thrive

Seth was one of the panellists in the session about "Agri-Rewilding" that took place during the We Feed The World exhibit in Frome, organized by our friends at the Gaia Foundation. The talk was hosted by Tasha Stevens-Vallencillo from 42 Acres, who joined Seth in sharing a bit on their journey into agri-rewilding and wild tending in central Somerset. You can watch the full recording of the talk in our Journal!

Festival of Wellbeing 2021

Widely acclaimed and always hope-inspiring, this year’s Festival of Wellbeing brings together extraordinary change-makers and visionaries who will explore what is needed to create wellbeing for people and the planet. Under the theme "Care for the climate; Care for the Earth; Care for the people", it will be a thought-provoking day, full of progressive talks from some of the world’s greater thinkers and activists.

Speakers include many of our friends, such as authors and activists Charles Eisenstein and Vandana Shiva, and editor of Resurgence & Ecologist Satish Kumar.

Tickets are £20 per person or £10 concessions.

Reframing COP 26 with a special guest and some exciting news!

This month, our Journal welcomes a guest, our friend Oonagh Cousins, activist and filmmaker, with a very interesting article under the title "Reframing COP 26".

The post marks a new phase of our Journal, opening its digital doors to special guests and friends. If you are interested in collaborating, and sharing with our network some stories or information that will give an optimistic boost to our planetary regeneration efforts, please get in touch with lia@betheearth.foundation, our content manager :)

In the meanwhile, check out our Journal and explore this content and many others!

Free Online Event: Protecting Rainforests

Through carbon storage, transportation of water and the huge biodiversity held within, the Amazon rainforest plays a crucial role in absorbing the greenhouse gas emissions that we desperately need to reduce. But how is that role affected by continuing degradation of the rainforest, and how long can the Amazon continue to act as one of Earth’s great protectors?

In this discussion brought to us by the UK Science Museum, we will explore how deforestation, wildfires and the subsequent loss of biodiversity are shrinking the size of Brazilian rainforests and inhibiting their ability to keep acting as a carbon sink, and explore some of the solutions to preserving the forests, through reforestation, rewilding and indigenous stewardship. Thursday 28th October.