" I believe the best way to begin reconnecting humanity's heart, mind, and soul to nature is for us to share our individual stories.”

J. Drew Lanham

In this newsletter we will be sharing with you some stories that we hope inspire your heart, mind and soul into an even deeper reconnection with nature. Checkout the opening retreat for our Blossom Impact Accelerator, upcoming events, amazing ventures and stories direct from the hearts of those within our network.

Blossom Impact Accelerator: Opening Retreat 🌸

Blossom is Be The Earth's Impact Accelerator for businesses that are regenerating the world. Wishing to create frameworks to redirect finances to early stage businesses, led by inspiring leaders and commited to people and planet, Blossom is in its pilot year and we already have lots to celebrate. In July, we got the kick start retreat and the learning journey on the road.

By the end of this year, 13 great businesses will have strenghtened their skills, under a mission driven approach, and will get the opportunity of financial investments.

If you know any regenerative businesses that would benefit from next cycle of Blossom, please ask them to subscribe to our mailing list as we are already working on widening access to Blossom 2023. If you are a friend investor and wishes to join our final-pitch day (happening in late November this year) or exchange learnings on regenerative economies, please get in touch! We would be delighted to learn and share with you!

GROWBox: Give the Gift of Growing 🌱

Do you want to grow your own food, but are not sure where to start? Introducing, GIY (Grow It Yourself)!

GIY support people around the world to live happier, healthier and more sustainable lives by growing some of their own food. GIYers develop what they liked to call 'food empathy', that is, a deeper connection with food and respect for the people and planet that put it on our tables. Much like Be the Earth, GIY's mission is to inspire and enable a global movement of food growers whose collective actions will help to create a more fair, resilient and sustainable food system.

If you're interested in growing your own food at home but don't know where to start or feel you have the means to do so, we recommend checking GIY out as a good starting place that can make the process feel easy and exciting!

SO:22 | Conference on Steward-Ownership

Berlin, 5 & 6 September 2022

On September 5 & 6,  the SO:22 | Conference on Steward-Ownership will bring together all kinds of companies and sectors in Berlin. 450 entrepreneurs, scientists and politicians from different parts of the world will meet to discuss Steward-Ownership in a Changing Economy and they will work on all kinds of matters related to steward-ownership. Moderator of the conferenc will be Cordelia Arnold-Röders (Head of Menstruation at Einhorn) and many exciting speakers have confirmed their participation, among them Prof. Katharina Pistor (author of “The Code of Capital”), Prof. Lars Feld (Director of the Walter-Eucken-Institut),  Prof. Maja Göpel (author & political economist), Johannes Vogel (Vice Chairman of the FDP), Prof. Kate Raworth (“Doughnut Economics”, digital), Prof. Anne Sanders (expert in corporate law). Various workshops will dive deeper into topics like New Work, business succession, financing options (for startups), the entrepreneurial mindset behind steward-ownership, the latest research on steward-ownership, as well as political conditions, and news about the new legal form in Germany. 

You can find the whole program here: purpose.ag/program  

For tickets on site, please visit: purpose.ag/tickets 

Part 3: From Inner to Outer Sustainability -

A Transformative Journey With Food

With Marlene Zehnter

This is the last part of this 3 part blog series where Marlene explores how often we equate food with love as a result of our childhood associations, and how that equation can impact us emotionally in our adult lives.

Marlene shares: "Think about it: for babies, food and love come primarily from the same source: the Mother. And it’s not only the love emotion that is coupled with food. As babies, one way how we are soothed is through being breastfed. Even when it wasn’t about needing food and the crying came from feeling unhappy, unsettled or else, being placed at the source of food and sucking on the mother's breast calms the baby down. Early on, we learn to associate food with comfort. It soothes us when we experience “bad” emotions. And the unconscious link ”food = love” is born."

If you haven't already,  you can read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series here before reading Marlene's final blog post. We are so grateful for the wisdom she has shared with us around our emotional relationship with food and hope that as a member of our network, you have somehow received wisdom and clarity from this series!

Aura Blog: A Connection of Love

with Aurette Claudelice

A woman from the Amazon and a solo mother of two girls, Claudelice (fellow of our Aura program) shares her life story with us and the journey she has been on since her brother and sister-in-law lost their lives to unprecedented violence in 2011.

As part of a lineage of activists who successfully denounced illegal exploitations and occupations of the land, as well as other violations against human rights, Claudelice walks a path of justice and as a result has founded the Zé Claudio e Maria Institute with the support of the Aura program.

"Aura found me and I found Aura, it was extraordinary, and I knew that one day something wonderful would happen in my life, and that it would involve other women, because these elements are and always have been my universe. And the way Aura came was magical."

 ✨ Astrological Insights for August ✨

with Bruna Maia

New Moon in Leo 

The New Moon in Leo motivates us to connect to our highest self-expression. This is a time for new intentions on how we can align our creative endeavors to our heart center. From this place, we create from an authentic place that expands through generosity and kindness to those around us. This month, allow the Leo energy to light up your solar plexus as you bring your creations to the world!

Mantras to guide you on this New Moon: 

• I choose to radiate positive energy
• I allow generosity to flow out of me
• I seek myself through what I create
• I shine as bright as the center of the Sun
• I lead with my heart so I can radiate warmth to others 

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