ABOUT

Beneath the fragmenting face of our world, seeds of change and connection are emerging that will bear new ways of being. If we are to usher in a story different from the human-centric narrative of progress that has unleashed destruction across the planet, we need a radical renewal of our relationship with the Earth and each other. What does leadership that centers the Earth not as an abstract idea but as an embodied living presence look like? What are ways we can be in service to this transition at this unique moment in time?

To avoid replicating the systems of power that have so damaged the Earth and its beings, we must move beyond the conventional ideas of authority and action that continue to fail us, and into new models of leadership anchored in a spiritual ecology and its values of interconnectedness, kinship, reciprocity, compassion, and reverence, which stem not only from doing, but also from a state of being. 

In what ways can we respond to the social and ecological challenges of our time from a space of connection with the living Earth? What kind of interventions are needed to create the conditions for seeding ways of being that are rooted in a spiritual ecology? How can we listen deeply to voices and intelligences of the more-than-human, including them in the spaces we inhabit, create, and share? How can we embody a spiritual ecology that both nurtures and heals the human and the more-than-human amidst the unraveling of our world? 

The Seeds of Radical Renewal Fellowship will investigate these questions and create an incubator of emerging leadership and creativity with an approach based on integrating the ontology of spiritual ecology, the adaptive leadership framework, and the power of art and story to create alchemical spaces of regeneration and renewal.

With the guidance of guest teachers—acclaimed writer, artist, and thinker James Bridle; adaptive leadership teacher Dana Karout; and filmmaker, author, Sufi teacher, and Emergence Magazine executive editor Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee—participants will take part in five online sessions, leading up to a five-day in-person retreat at Sharpham Trust in Devon, England. Fellows will receive a full scholarship for the program, which will cover all travel costs to attend the in-person retreat in the UK.

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AWARD

Fellows will receive a full scholarship for the program, including tuition, single-room accommodation, meals, and travel to the in-person retreat at the Sharpham Trust in the United Kingdom. (Please note: visa costs are not included.) 

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS 

• Mandatory attendance to all online and in-person components of the fellowship is required.
• Fellows must be able to obtain a visa to travel to the United Kingdom. (Please note: Emergence cannot procure or sponsor visas.)

EXPECTATIONS 

• In addition to the in-person retreat, fellows dedicate an average of five hours per week from May to September to attend live Zoom sessions and complete related assignments.
• Completion of assignments, readings, listenings, and practices between online sessions, as well as before and after the in-person retreat.
   

For more information, including FAQ, please visit the fellowship listing here.