We are a collaboration of partners whose mission is to assist individuals and organizations to align strategy and actions with values inspired by Nature. Our vision is to promote nature-based human and organizational development by cultivating new relationships with Earth that involve heart, soul and body as well as mind. Our operating premise is that we only protect and care for that which we love, whether it’s ourselves, our organizations and communities or Earth itself.

Our services are:

• Educational Seminars, Keynote Speaking Engagements
• Organizational Consulting and Employee Development for Companies through modeling of natural processes
• Stewardship & stakeholder management consulting to individuals, communities and organizations

Through the work of our non-profit, non-partisan organization, we hope to instill a personal, creative connection to the natural world through innovative and highly experiential programs and services - so that you and your organization are inspired to think creatively and are motivated to act.

Nature-Based Leadership Development

What is it?

Nature-based leadership development combines best practices from the fields of leadership development, strategic management, ecopsychology and ecology to help individuals and organizations achieve:

• distinctive competencies and competitive advantage
• personal and organizational sustainability
• ecological awareness

Why link nature and leadership? Why this approach?

For individuals:

• Learning and change is best achieved in settings that facilitate reflection and new
  perspectives.
• Nature provides models that we can emulate—greater awareness of, and experience with natural systems expands our creativity.
• Nature provides inspiration, perspective and motivation for stewardship of oneself and of the Earth, improving one's quality of life.
• A deeper appreciation of our personal interaction with nature and natural systems provides a foundation for organizational and community stewardship.

For organizations:

• Organizational practices that are not economically, environmentally or socially sound are not sustainable for the long-term. By combining direct experience in nature with proven leadership development techniques, we promote the development of sustainable business practices from the inside out, by engaging the hearts and minds of individuals.
• Nature-based leadership development facilitates a pro-active response to the increasing demands of customers, employees, investors, local communities and other stakeholders for sustain-able business practices.
• Nature-based leadership development can distinguish organizations as an “employer-of-choice” in this new environment.