Initiatives
EarthCollective is catalysing, creating, enabling and facilitating a growing number of initiatives that – like branches on a tree – are bearing fruit to seed new ideas and interactions. These are some of the positive ideas happening…
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CVNI
CVNI is a growing network and knowledge base for the integration and communication of cultural and spiritual values and sacred natural sites in biocultural conservation strategies. Based on an open and flexible approach to a range of cultural worldviews, perceptions and values CVNI supports collaborative projects and action research and develops a body of Case Studies around the world. |
Elemental Equity
Elemental Equity is an investment in your future. This ‘natural capital’ fund encourages individuals and businesses to help secure cultural and environmental heritage by investing in nature. Elemental Equity gives you the opportunity to make a tangible contribution to conserving South Africa’s ‘living landscapes’. This means restoring a healthy balance between earth’s elements and human-uses. And it is about restoring opportunities for community. |
eyes4earth
eyes4earth shares our lived experiences of nature in order to improve education and action for sustainability. It is learning about how people perceive benefits received from nature. It is finding out how meaningful and profound encounters with wildlife reconnect us with biodiversity. And eyes4earth explores how a ‘wholeness’ approach might shift our consciousness in responding to global and climate changes. |
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[i:trust]
[i:trust] facilitates young professionals to create their own projects and networks for social and sustainable entrepreneurship and assists them to decide how to put their inspired ideas into practice for improving global quality of life. |
Living Lands
The Living Lands philosophy is to bring synergy and added-value to the landscape. Its approach is to function as a local asset by utilising South-North knowledge and cultural exchange to support and collaborate with existing local organisations, government agencies and community/land-owners. Living Lands aims to harness the energy from these partnerships and networks to build long-term local and regional capacity for ‘living landscapes’. |
PRESENCE
PRESENCE is a multi-stakeholder learning network active in forming mutually beneficial and synergistic partnerships for enabling socio-ecological restoration in South Africa. National and international partners include: governmental departments; universities & research institutes; implementation agencies; NGOs; private consultancies and community-based organisations. |
