Nature-based Solutions International Congress 2026
2–6 Nov 2026
International research and practice congress on nature-based solutions, run by SOLU-BIOD and NetworkNature; Climate KIC takes part as a NetworkNature partner.
EIT Climate-KIC (partner)
Courses and events
Where to learn from the voices in the directory. Courses, trainings, retreats, conferences and webinars run or taught by 35 of the people and organisations here, from now through 2028.
The list is gathered from the organisers' own websites and checked every Monday and Friday. Past events drop off on their own. Always confirm dates and prices on the organiser's page. Run a course yourself? Claim your profile to add and edit your own events.
77 courses and events
November 2026
Facilitation Skills for Collective Action
3–10 Nov 2026
Two-part workshop on facilitating groups that work together on community change.
Tamarack Institute (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Regenerative Pathways through Burnout
3 Nov 2026 – 13 Apr 2027. €550–€1,150
Five-month online programme for people recovering from or trying to prevent burnout in meaningful work. Not therapy; limited to 35 people.
Regenerators (host), Laura Storm (host)
No Limits to Hope: Sense-making for alternative futures
4–6 Nov 2026
Three-day conference by the Club of Rome and its Romanian association, with panels and keynotes on alternative futures. Online attendance via Zoom.
Club of Rome (organiser)
Discover the Power of Data Walks
5 Nov 2026
Workshop on data walks, a way of sharing community data so residents and partners can interpret it together.
Tamarack Institute (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Honoring Your Inner Winter for Rest and Repair
5 Nov 2026
Public conversation with Asha Frost and Adrián Villasenor-Galarza on seasonal rest and repair, drawing on Indigenous and ecological perspectives.
California Institute of Integral Studies (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Nature Days at Bunloit
5 Nov 2026
Day sessions with the ranger team at Bunloit, helping restore wildlife habitat on a rewilding estate near Loch Ness.
Highlands Rewilding (host)
Wintering Retreat with Looby
6–8 Nov 2026. £150–£250
A weekend retreat for deep rest and reflection at the turn of the year, held by Looby Macnamara at Applewood.
Looby Macnamara (host)
Witnessing-Wanderung am Grünen Band
6–8 Nov 2026. No fee; about €200–€300 for lodging and food
Weekend walk along the former inner-German border with group witnessing practice on the history of division. Held in German.
Pocket Project (host)
ToT Floripa 2026 – Formação de Facilitadores
7–15 Nov 2026
Portuguese-language training of trainers for people who want to facilitate Gaia Education's sustainability programmes.
Gaia Education (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Climate KIC at COP31
9–20 Nov 2026
Programme of sessions Climate KIC hosts or speaks at during COP31, on resilient cities, industry, innovation and regeneration, mostly in partner pavilions.
EIT Climate-KIC (host)
COP31 – UN Climate Change Conference
9–20 Nov 2026
The 31st UN climate summit, where governments negotiate under the Paris Agreement, alongside observer side events and pavilions.
UNFCCC (host)
Holistic Financial Planning and Holistic Land Planning 2026
9–14 Nov 2026. $1,100–$1,250
Six-day hands-on Holistic Management workshop for farmers, ranchers and land stewards, covering financial and land planning. Counts toward Savory accreditation; meals included.
Savory Institute (partner)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
On Creating Music with the Animal World
11 Nov 2026
Public conversation with musician and philosopher David Rothenberg and Jennifer Wells on making music with birds, whales and other species.
California Institute of Integral Studies (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Welcome Home: A Celebration for Communities
12 Nov 2026. From £0
A celebration for ecovillages and intentional communities marking GEN's new website, with music and a guided tour of the site.
Global Ecovillage Network (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Rooted Together – Support Circle for Women with Afro-diasporic Roots (Part 2)
13 Nov 2026
Resilience circle for women with Afro-diasporic roots living in Berlin, offered in English, French and German.
Pocket Project (host)
Sponge Valley In-Person Workshop
15 Nov 2026. From $35
Afternoon workshop with Didi Pershouse on how the Ventura River watershed could hold more water, for farmers, ranchers, educators, officials and organisers.
Land and Leadership Initiative (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Begegnung zwischen jüdischem und nicht-jüdischem Leben
16 Nov 2026
Online Integration Lab session in German bringing Jewish and non-Jewish participants together to explore shared history and its present-day effects.
Pocket Project (host)
The Earthshot Prize 2026 Summit and Awards
16–17 Nov 2026
Summit for environmental and business leaders, investors and funders, followed by the sixth Earthshot awards night, where five finalists each win £1 million.
Earthshot Prize (host)
Intentional Collaboration with Lived Expertise – Power, Bias, and Systems Change
18 Nov 2026
Workshop on working fairly with people who have lived experience of the issues, looking at power and bias in systems change.
Tamarack Institute (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
An Evening with Paul Stamets: Reimagining the Future with Psilocybin Mushrooms
19 Nov 2026
Evening talk by mycologist Paul Stamets in the CIIS Public Programs series, on fungi, psilocybin and possible futures.
California Institute of Integral Studies (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Launch Webinar: Applying Doughnut Economics to Food Systems
19 Nov 2026
Online launch of work on using the Doughnut framework for food systems, for practitioners, researchers and policymakers.
Doughnut Economics Action Lab (host), Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
November DE Grassroots Global Connections
19 Nov 2026
Online meetup for grassroots Doughnut Economics groups worldwide to share news and learn from each other.
Doughnut Economics Action Lab (host), Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Ran-données : le parcours qui transforme vos données en mobilisation
19 Nov 2026
French-language workshop on using data walks to turn community data into shared action.
Tamarack Institute (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
London Build 2026
25–26 Nov 2026
Two-day construction and built-environment expo and conference. Martin Brown of Fairsnape is a listed speaker on regenerative design. For architects, builders and others in the building sector.
Martin Brown (speaker)
Doughnut Portrait Learning Session
26 Nov 2026
Online learning session on making a Doughnut portrait of a place, for community groups and local governments.
Doughnut Economics Action Lab (host), Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Communicating Impact
30 Nov 2026
Workshop for community change initiatives on telling the story of their results to funders, partners and the public.
Tamarack Institute (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Savory Monthly Meetup – November 2026
30 Nov 2026. Free
Free monthly online gathering of the Savory network, held on the last Monday of the month, for people practising or learning Holistic Management.
Savory Institute (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
December 2026
3rd African Agroecological Entrepreneurship Convening: Breaking Barriers to Scale
1–2 Dec 2026
Continental meeting on what holds back agroecological businesses in Africa, including finance, market access, investment and policy. Some sessions may be streamed.
Adam Kahane on Collaborating with the Enemy
2 Dec 2026
Webinar with Adam Kahane on how to work with people you disagree with or distrust.
Tamarack Institute (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
6th Biennial Food Systems Conference: The Battle for the African Diet
3–4 Dec 2026
AFSA's biennial conference on ultra-processed foods, changing retail and how African communities can keep control of diverse, local food.
Practice Circles: Holding Complexity
8 Dec 2026
A facilitated online inquiry and supervision space for people working with complexity, change and uncertainty, with Oasis Human Relations.
Collective Transitions (host)
Building resilient community initiatives peer-learning session
10 Dec 2026
Online peer-learning session for people running local Doughnut initiatives on keeping groups going over time.
Doughnut Economics Action Lab (host), Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Gut & Bösel Christmas market
12–13 Dec 2026
A small farm Christmas market at the regenerative farm in Alt Madlitz, east of Berlin: cut your own tree, mulled wine, farm meat and gifts.
Gut & Bösel (host), Benedikt Bösel (host)
December DE Grassroots Global Connections
17 Dec 2026
Online meetup for grassroots Doughnut Economics groups worldwide to share news and learn from each other.
Doughnut Economics Action Lab (host), Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
January 2027
EDE Schloss Glarisegg 2027
7 Jan – 11 Feb 2027
A five-week Ecovillage Design Education course at Schloss Glarisegg on Lake Constance, Switzerland.
Gaia Education (host)
Unlocking Community Wealth: Identifying Assets for Local Impact
20 Jan 2027
Workshop on mapping local assets as a basis for community wealth building.
Tamarack Institute (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Cultivating Regenerative Livelihoods
23 Jan 2027. £240 early bird, then £300
A 12-week online Gaia Education course on making a living in ways that serve people and the planet, drawing on regenerative and cooperative economics.
Gaia Education (host), Morag Gamble (partner)
Online Permaculture Design Course (PDC) 2027
30 Jan – 6 Jun 2027. £285–£470
A full accredited Permaculture Design Course taught live online by the Applewood team, leading to the Permaculture Association (Britain) certificate.
Looby Macnamara (teacher)
Waking Up to What Matters (Wisdom & Wellbeing Week 5)
30 Jan – 6 Feb 2027
A week-long residential retreat with several faculty, mixing mindfulness, dialogue, writing and yoga. Figueres is featured faculty, teaching on facing the climate crisis. For adults wanting a reflective week with climate and contemplative teachers.
Christiana Figueres (teacher)
February 2027
Cultural Emergence Leadership Training 2027–28
1 Feb 2027 – 31 Jul 2028. £950–£1,400
An 18-month leadership journey in Cultural Emergence, with monthly online gatherings, peer groups and mentoring, for people who want to lead positive cultural change.
Looby Macnamara (host)
An Evening with Richard Tarnas: On The Pantheon of the Planetary Archetypes
4 Feb 2027
Evening talk by cultural historian Richard Tarnas on archetypal cosmology, part of the CIIS Public Programs series.
California Institute of Integral Studies (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
An Evening with Robin Wall Kimmerer: On Living in Reciprocity with the Natural World
25 Feb 2027
Evening talk by botanist and author Robin Wall Kimmerer on reciprocity with the living world, part of the CIIS Public Programs series.
California Institute of Integral Studies (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
March 2027
TED2027
1–4 Mar 2027
TED's flagship annual conference, held for the first time in San Diego after leaving Vancouver, with talks across science, culture and the future.
TED (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
April 2027
Practical Permaculture Volunteer Weekend 2027
1–4 Apr 2027. Free
A long volunteer weekend to learn hands-on permaculture and help build Applewood's new roundhouse.
Looby Macnamara (host)
Systems Sensing Advanced Training I
22 Apr 2027 – 23 Jan 2028
A four-module advanced training in Systems Sensing and systemic constellation work for people who have done the Foundation Training, held at Oasis Human Relations in the UK.
Collective Transitions (host)
Gaia Education Findhorn mini-EDE 2027
24 Apr – 1 May 2027
A one-week face-to-face Ecovillage Design Education course at Park Ecovillage Findhorn in Scotland.
Gaia Education (host)
May 2027
Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Learning from Native Knowledge Respectfully and Responsibly (2nd edition)
10 May 2027. £300 / £350 / £400 (sliding scale); scholarships available
Six-week online Gaia Education course led by Dr. Lyla June Johnston: four live recorded classes plus two moderated sessions on learning from Indigenous knowledge with respect and responsibility. For anyone working on land, culture or community regeneration.
Dr. Lyla June Johnston (teacher)
Springwood deep-dive immersion (May 2027)
20–21 May 2027
A two-day nature immersion in future-fit leadership at Springwood Farm's ancient woodland, with Future-Fit Academy.
Giles Hutchins (host)
June 2027
Systems Sensing Foundation Training (Switzerland)
3–6 Jun 2027
A four-day foundation in Systems Sensing: practices for navigating complexity with clarity and presence, including the more-than-human, for people working on societal issues.
Collective Transitions (host)
August 2027
EDE South Africa 2027
29 Aug – 25 Sep 2027
A four-week Ecovillage Design Education course in Mpumalanga, South Africa, on the social, ecological, economic and worldview sides of regenerative communities.
Gaia Education (host)
September 2027
Springwood deep-dive immersion (September 2027)
14 Sep 2027
A nature immersion in future-fit leadership at Springwood Farm, with Future-Fit Academy.
Giles Hutchins (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Dates to be announced
ACE – Activating Cultural Emergence 2027
2027, dates to be announced. £175–£275
An introduction to the Cultural Emergence toolkit for personal leadership and collective wisdom.
Looby Macnamara (teacher)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Design Adventure in person 2027
2027, dates to be announced. £175–£275
A weekend course using the Design Web to design change in your own life and work.
Looby Macnamara (teacher)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Mothers as Natural Leaders 2027
2027, dates to be announced. £175–£275
A course for mothers exploring mothering as a path of leadership.
Looby Macnamara (teacher)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
PEACE Deep Dive – Peace Empowerment and Cultural Emergence 2027
2027, dates to be announced. £650–£850
A residential deep dive into peace work and Cultural Emergence with a small group.
Looby Macnamara (teacher)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
The Rewilding Training
8-month course; see the page for the next intake
An eight-month hybrid training in rewilding for landowners and advisers in Britain, with online learning and two residentials at Embercombe in Devon.
Ecosystem Restoration Camps (partner)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
EDE Gaia Ashram, Thailand 2027
January–February 2027
Residential Ecovillage Design Education course covering the social, ecological, economic and worldview sides of designing sustainable communities.
Gaia Education (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Soil sponge and water cycle foundation course (5 weeks)
Planned for January/February 2027
Five-week online course by Didi Pershouse on the soil sponge and small water cycle, of which the Ojai workshop is a short version.
Land and Leadership Initiative (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
EcoRestoration Alliance Town Hall Meetings
Recurring Wednesdays online, every few weeks (latest held 28 Oct 2026)
Regular online town hall meetings of the EcoRestoration Alliance, convened by Jon Schull, where people working on ecosystem restoration share projects and coordinate.
Jon Schull (organiser)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Self-paced, start any time
Design Adventure – boost your creativity (online)
Self-paced. £95
A self-paced online course using the Design Web to unlock creativity.
Looby Macnamara (teacher)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Design for Sustainability & Regeneration Full Programme (2026–2027)
Join any time. £1,575
Online programme in four eight-week dimensions (social, ecological, economic, worldview) plus a design studio on real projects. No prerequisites.
Gaia Education (host)
Foundations of Collective Impact
Self-paced, available year round. $249 ($199 each for groups of 3+)
Six-module self-paced course with Sylvia Cheuy for community leaders setting up a Collective Impact initiative on a complex local issue.
Tamarack Institute (host)
Foundations of Holistic Management (online course bundle)
Self-paced, about 25 hours. $399
Five self-paced online courses on Holistic Management, from ecosystem processes to decision making and monitoring, for land managers and anyone curious.
Savory Institute (host)
Introduction to Ecosystem Restoration
Online
An online course with Soil Food Web School, mainly taught by Paul Morris, on the science and practice of ecology and ecosystem restoration.
Ecosystem Restoration Camps (partner)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Introduction to Regenerative Business (Regeneration 101)
On-demand, enrol any time. €35
A one-hour recorded introduction to sustainability and regeneration in business, with a resource library and a year of community access, for professionals starting to explore regenerative practice.
Minou Schillings (teacher)
Passive Solar Greenhouse Design Course
Online, enrol any time
An online course for individuals and builders on designing year-round passive solar greenhouses at any scale.
Rob Avis (teacher), Verge Permaculture (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Permaculture Garden Design (on-demand)
On-demand, watch at your own pace
A seven-module on-demand course on designing a productive, resilient home garden with permaculture principles, with a year of access.
Rob Avis (teacher), Verge Permaculture (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
Self-Paced Regenerative Leadership Course
Self-paced, open now. €222–€444
Six recorded modules with Laura Storm, a workbook and live Q&A sessions, for leaders and professionals who want to apply regenerative leadership at work.
Regenerators (host), Laura Storm (teacher)
The Advanced Permaculture Student Online
Online, join any time (subscription)
An advanced online permaculture design certification led by Matt Powers with contributions from more than 70 regenerative practitioners, for learners who already know the basics.
Matt Powers (teacher)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
The Forest Makers (free online course)
Online since September 2026. Free
A free documentary-style online course on leading local reforestation: reading landscapes, finding funding and site-specific planting plans. In English, French, Italian and Spanish.
Ecosystem Restoration Camps (partner)
The Permaculture Student Online – for Adult Learners
Self-paced, available now. $297
A self-paced online permaculture course with over 12 hours of video, based on Matt Powers' The Permaculture Student books, for adults who want a thorough grounding in permaculture design.
Matt Powers (teacher)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.
The Roadmap Training
Self-paced
A 12-part self-paced online journey for people and projects preparing to start an Ecosystem Restoration Community: legal setup, land access, team, fundraising and income.
Ecosystem Restoration Camps (host)
Trauma-Informed Leadership Essentials (self-study course)
Self-paced, open now. €175–€295
Self-paced online course in 24 modules with Thomas Hübl, Deb Dana, Kosha Joubert and others, for leaders who want to work with trauma in teams and communities.
Pocket Project (host)
Unlearning: For Change Agents
Self-paced, open now
A self-paced course by Charles Eisenstein for change agents, on letting go of the habits of the old story to act from a deeper place.
Charles Eisenstein (teacher)
Verge Permaculture Academy
Membership, join any time
An online membership after the PDC, with live events and workshops, a library of self-paced advanced permaculture courses and a community of practitioners, run by Rob and Michelle Avis.
Rob Avis (host), Verge Permaculture (host)
Your Path Forward in Regenerative Food and Agriculture
On-demand video course, enrolment open
A short video course from Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food on why, how and where to invest in regenerative farming and food, with a decision framework and reading list for investors and entrepreneurs.
Koen van Seijen (host)
Details and registrationDates from public sources; check with the organiser.