Calling all current and aspiring solarpunks, lunarpunks, metamodernists, Soulcrafters, Homegrown Humans, systems thinkers, fermenters, chefs, botanists, mushroom growers, forest bathers, dancers, swimmers, runners, meditators, yogis, painters, photographers, filmmakers, writers, coders, poets, actors, musicians, clowns, fools, coaches, counsellors, mentors, facilitators, therapists and teachers…
You're invited to join Stephen Reid, Anna Ling, Laura Gottlieb, jae spencer keyse and special guest facilitators for the next Futurecraft Residency, a week-long facilitated residency exploring regenerative and resilient futures.
Featuring:
Artificial Intelligence and Soulful Wisdom with Stephen Reid
Radical Reimagination with jae spencer keyse
Yoga and singing with Anna Ling
Dialogue and authentic relating with Laura Gottlieb
Ceremonial temazcal (sweat lodge)
Children’s Eternal Rainforest tour
Arenal volcano, waterfall & lake swim
Fuerza De Amor local resilience tour
Rainforest night hike
Time for co-creation and emergence
The residency will be themed around Brave Earth's Trinity of Values and Trinity of Inquiry:
Trinity of Values
Regeneration: Implementing regenerative systems for healing, renewal, and restoration
Resiliency: Creating interconnected, diverse, networks of solidarity and mutual support
Reciprocity: Cultivating a relational field of symbiotic enrichment
Trinity of Inquiry
Gnosis: Drawing from all wisdom traditions to establish a direct relationship to the divine
Eros: Embodied practice cultivating a relationship with that which enlivens
Polis: Refining our relationship to the whole through systems that promote equity and sovereignty
The costs per person, including all accommodation, meals, activities and facilitation:
Gaia Domes $2950 (private room) / $2450 (sharing with one other in a queen bed)
Jungle Huts $2950 (private room) / $2450 (sharing with one other, two singles)
Farm Loft $1950 (small private pod a short walk from the main site)
A limited number of subsidised places are available – please say you are interested in this option when applying. Payment plans are available on request. We welcome people of all ages, genders and sexualities.
With the climate in heart and mind, please think carefully before deciding to take a long haul flight to this event.
MEET YOUR GUIDES
Stephen Reid is a transdisciplinary technologist and mystical mentor devoted to the flourishing of Life on Earth who has trained in the fields of AI/ML, complexity science, physics, transformative coaching, meditation and plant medicine. He is currently leading the development of the Dandelion platform for regenerative events and co-created gatherings as part of not-for-profit worker co-op Symbiota.
Previously, he founded The Psychedelic Society and served as the youngest ever board member of Greenpeace UK. Stephen has an MPhys in Physics from the University of Oxford, where he specialised in quantum field theory, an MRes in Complexity Science from the University of Bristol, and a Professional Certificate in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence from UC Berkeley.
Anna Ling is a singer-songwriter, community choir leader and yoga teacher based in Devon. She has trained to teach yoga with Ana Forrest (UK 2013), and is also YTT certified in Hatha yoga (India 2015), and lived and a nun in a monastery for 3 years studying Advaita. She has a BA in Ethnomusicology from SOAS and is accredited by the Association of Teachers of Singing and the Natural Voice Network. She works bringing music into a wide range of community spaces with organisations including Live Music Now, Wren Music, SOAS, Embercombe, Academy of Music & Sound, WOMAD and Voice Camp. She’s currently recording and releasing music which can be found on all major streaming platforms. Her current choir, The JamJar Choir, meets in Totnes.
Dr. Laura Gottlieb is an integral facilitator and design researcher who has studied philosophy, design, facilitation, Bohmian dialogue, Authentic Relating, yoga, taekwondo and Zen Buddhism. They are a qualified facilitator with Ten Directions, Real LIFE, The Philosophy Foundation and Core Quadrant, and the founder of the Stockholm Bohmian Dialogue group.
Laura has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Southampton, an MA in Information Experience Design from the Royal College of Art, London, and a PhD on Relational Sensitivity in Participatory Design from Mälardalen University.
jae spencer keyse (she/they/he) is a skilled facilitator, community builder, learning designer, and mentor. They are captivated by the question: What if learning and education supported individuals and the world to thrive? This curiosity led to the development of radical reimagination, a collection of initiatives aimed at addressing the urgent need to re-envision and co-create learning experiences and life as a whole.
For the past 13 years, jae has held various positions in the fields of education and systemic change. They recognize that traditional education systems often dictate what is considered "good" and "right," leaving many students feeling like "failures." Based on academic and industrial models, these systems tend to undervalue creative and imaginative practices. Rather than attempting to reform the existing system, jae is focused on radically reimagining it by exploring deeply relational, creative, regenerative, anti-oppressive, and embodied practices.