Nature-centered systemic frameworks designed to spark regional climate action and stewardship.
With Curtis Ogden on February 5, 2026. Curtis presented the science of energy movement across different scales and disciplines to explore the implications for long-term human thriving, sustainability, and justice. He began with some exercises to bring awareness of the energy in our own bodies so we could be mindful of our individual and collective […]
With Jeremy Lent 4 June 2026 Summary Jeremy Lent, author of The Patterning Instinct (2017), The Web of Meaning (2021) and Ecocivilization (2026) described the intellectual journey that has led him to his latest work and vision for an Eco-Civilization. Key Learning Points Key Topics Jeremy’s Jouney Synthesis — The Web of Meaning The Vision: […]
With Carlos Alvarez Pereira, Secretary General of the Club of Rome, 5 March 2026 This session covered the ‘The Fifth Element’ program – an initiative focused on fostering mutual transformation across disciplines, generations, and cultures to achieve equitable well-being on a healthy planet. Key Learning Points Action Points You can view the slide presentation here […]
With Anne-Marie Swann and Dave Pendle on July 3, 2025 Anne-Marie Swann (Devon, England) is the author of Ecological Organizations, a Design Lens and founder of Ecological Inquiry. She also writes on Substack about being ecological and working with groups exploring their ecological nature. Dave Pendle is Founder of Generative You and originator of Phenomenal […]
With Dr. Jude Currivan, 7th August 2025. Dr Currivan is a cosmologist, author, co-founder of WholeWorld-View and previously a senior international business woman who argues that scientific evidence is replacing the outdated, materialistic worldview of separation with a new understanding of an interdependent, conscious, and purposeful universe, which is essential for global transformation. Summary Dr. […]
with Andy Wilkins 23 Oct 2025 Andy presented a critique of the Western, reductionist, siloed approach to knowledge and systems—especially in healthcare. He proposes a new, holistic framework for thinking about human health, technology, and the planet’s well-being. The core argument is that modern challenges, termed the “meta-crisis,” stem from systemic failures driven by fragmentation, […]
With Luzette Jaimes and Adam Molyneux-Berry, 2 Sept 2021 Summary This session explored the links between individual health, collective alignment, and systemic transformation, challenging the mainstream glorification of “heropreneurship” (a destructive cycle where changemakers exhaust their personal well-being to fix broken external social structures). Integrating raw personal testimony from the frontlines of the Arab Spring […]
A Weaving Lab learning session with Marilyn Hamilton 30th July 2020 In this session Marilyn Hamilton presented ways of accelerating city change by weaving living systems through the frameworks of the Master Code of Care and Meshworking Intelligence. Drawing on her work looking into human systems at the city scale, action research, and designing impact […]
With Dr Bayo Akomolafe, 30 May 2024 Image Generated by WordClouds.com Summary This session with philosopher Bayo Akomolafe challenged mainstream, capitalist notions of sensation and problem-solving, urging participants to move away from “hero” narratives. The “monster” concept was explored, not as an agent of evil, but as a disruptive force to unmask systemic violence, shatter […]
With Sebastian Jung, 6 July 2023 Summary This session looked into metamorphosis as a lens for deep individual, systemic, and organizational transformation. The natural change phases of caterpillar, cocoon, and butterfly were used as blueprints for navigating disruptive crises and liminality. Talking in pairs, the group discussed personal turning points and transformative images. The session […]
With Dr. Sally Goerner and Curtis Ogden – 6 Jan 2022 Summary This session explored how Energy Systems Science (ESS) and flow networks can deepen the practice of “weaving”—the purposeful interconnecting of people, projects, and places for universal well-being. The speakers argued that shifting from a focus on static connections to dynamic energy flows is […]
With Catalina Cock and Ross Hall, 5 May 2022 Summary This session looked into methods to scale and professionalize systemic “weaving” practices designed for global and individual well-being. After opening with a parable by Indian mystic Sri Ramakrishna about unconscious inner states that govern human behaviour, breakout groups explored case studies from youth and systemic […]
With Ivan Sellers, Terra Agora foundation, 2 April 2026 Summary This session explored a fundamental shift in how we relate to land and assets: moving from the traditional model of “ownership” (focused on individual control and extraction) to “guardianship” (focused on collective responsibility, ecological health, and intergenerational legacy). Key Learnings 1. Natural Capital: Biodiversity, water […]
With Nadia Sandi, Grant Davidson, Toby Chaudhuri, 15 Feb 2024 Summary This session looked at the “Thriving Children Everywhere” (TCE) initiative to 1/explore what role can our ‘child self’ play in reaching our highest potential as weavers, and how ‘re-childing’ can manifest in our weaving, holding the seeds for our highest aspirations as a process […]
With Sascha Haselmeyer, 7 Dec 2023 Summary This Session explored how systemic transformation is crippled by the modern obsession with speed, rapid scalability, and transactional “quick fixes” . Sasha Haselmeyer shared his evolution from working in tech-driven, hyper-accelerated procurement spaces to realizing that durable social changes operate on decadal timescales. Participants shared counter-intuitive insights on […]
With session Gabriela Fenesi, Illaria Distefano and Silvie Le Muzic, 7 Sept 2023 Summary This session with the Empire of Love initiative explored how expanding consciousness can summon leadership as a form of love within organizations and communities. Through grounding exercises, small-group triad breakouts, and open plenary reflections, participants shifted from isolated individual stories into […]
With Pavel Luksha & Francois Taddei, Learning Planet Institute May 7th 2026 This session focused on the role of universities in addressing planetary challenges by becoming intentional weavers in society to reduce or solve global problems. Pavel Luksha and Francois Taddei, authors of a manifesto for the planetary mission of universities hosted the conversation. Breakout […]
With Avril Kudzi and Akwasi Addae-Boahene 2 Jun 2022. Summary This session looked at the “District Managing for Learning” program in Ghana. The initiative aimed to move away from fragmented, siloed educational reforms toward an “ecosystem” approach. By “weaving” together local leaders and stakeholders at the district level, the program sought to improve holistic learning […]
With Brendon Johnson and June Holley, 1 Sept 2022 Summary This session focused on the issues of integrating and visualizing collaborative “weaving” practices within daily workplace structures and task lists. The group did some problem-mapping to sort shared operational challenges in breakouts, followed by a Fishbowl to discuss the systemic invisible nature of relationship-building, the […]
With Nora Bateson, 7 Nov 2024 SUMMARY This session introduced the concept of “warm data” and an “ecology of communication” within complex systems via the metaphor of a meadow. Bateson explained how interconnected relationships are dynamic, non-static, and multi-directional. She shared personal anecdotes about a family language-learning experience that dissolved domestic hierarchies and her father’s […]
With Glenna Gerard, 21 Nov 2024 Summary This session drew on the insights of physicist David Bohm, to see how Bohmian dialogue can heal human fragmentation through proprioception of thought—a physiological-like awareness of our thought systems that fosters the awareness of collective interdependence and is essential for conscious vs. reactive choices. In breakouts, participants used […]
Summary The University of the Environment (Universidad del Medio Ambiente – UMA) in Mexico was founded in 2009. UMA is Latin America’s first formal university dedicated entirely to sustainability and social-environmental change. This session details the “Medicine Wheel” academic curriculum, project-based structure, business model, and contains direct experiential feedback from four of their specialized sustainability […]
Future Lands: Weaving a Sustainable Future Through Integral Ecology With Sarah Roversi and Alessio Corti 6 March 2025 Summary This session focussed on the “Polica model,” a systemic framework that transforms marginal territories into living labs for sustainable innovation, rooted in the values of the Mediterranean diet, regenerative agriculture, and interconnected human-environmental health. Operating from […]
Summary This session explored “weaving” as a decentralised strategy to scale systemic social and ecological impacts without forcing exponential organizational growth. Co-hosted by representatives from Ashoka and Commonland, the discussion looked at how the Bioregional Weaving Lab (BWL) framework connects international proven innovations with local, bottom-up regional stakeholders to drive landscape-scale regeneration. Key Learning Points […]
