the chaos & the connection
The accelerating breakdown of environmental, social, economic and political systems makes it clear:
our relationship with nature
- and with one other -
is profoundly out of balance.
In order to live into our rightful relationship with all of life
we must compost..
our dominant story
of human separation
and superiority
over the rest of life
The Immense Possibility
People around the globe are yearning for a reciprocal relationship with a thriving planet.
It's not enough to feel it in our bones. We must come together in culture to live the world we want into being.
Radical Re-imagination
After centuries of collective amnesia, we must reclaim provocative language, stories, music, art and dance to celebrate our true kinship with the living world.
Without these artistic expressions we lose the shared language needed not only to connect—but to organize, imagine and create a regenerative future together.
Nature Culture Fellowship Program
“Thank you for cultivating a radical space where culture and ecology collide in the service of justice and collective liberation.
Your fearless critique of extractive paradigms has opened my eyes to the profound power of naming and dismantling oppressive structures. In this fellowship, we have not merely learned; we have organized, challenged, and reimagined what it means to be in true solidarity with the more‑than‑human world.
You’ve shown us that radical hope is not a naïve optimism but a disciplined practice of accountability—to each other, to the Earth, and to future generations.”
- Castle, (Philippines)
Food‑justice and animal welfare advocate, community‑organizer, and policy‑focused researcher
The Power of Story
Magnetic stories compel us to change. Stories told and retold become the cultural narrative that shapes our values, behaviors and our individual and collective decisions.
Art as Activism
Social science reveals that humans are driven by emotions - not logic or reason. Art is the language of emotion and bypasses defenses, breaks barriers, and touches hearts in ways that facts do not.
Culture as a Catalyst
Culture is the fabric that weaves us together. We must disseminate and amplify the threads of our efforts through culture to create lasting and transformative change.
living in kinship
Our Work
Kinship is an open-source, multicultural Hearth. As a Hearth, we convene individuals and organizations to co-create life-centered stories and creative expressions of living in kinship.
These works of artivism (art as activism) are infused through their respective local communities and cultures around the world inspiring a remembrance and reconnection with the web of life.
“What if we get this right?”
-Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Our Programs
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The Nature Culture Fellowship
The Nature Culture Fellowship (NCF) brings together 65 Fellows from 50 countries to explore the power of culture to drive systemic change. Through a 10-week learning journey and applied community projects, Fellows engage with nature, art, and story to reconnect with the web of life.
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Hearth Gatherings
Hearth Gatherings convene individuals and organizations working on social change rooted in culture change to join in our shared work of transforming the story of our relationship with life. Over the course of the Hearth Gathering, we explore how to co-create and amplify cultural narratives that honor interdependence with the natural world.
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Artist Hub
The Kinship Artist Hub will engage an inaugural cohort of 10–12 artists from around the world to interpret and express the power of kinship across diverse media. Through the Hearth Gatherings, Fellowships, and other projects, these artists will be invited to collaborate around cross-cultural narratives.
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Dynamic Research
Our Global Landscape Review and Global Literature Review will amplify new science and deepening perspectives on the interconnectedness of life. At the same time, we are tracking, sharing and elevating recognition of story and art as vital drivers of change. This evolving body of research will be shared across our network and through select social media platforms.
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Indigenous Advisory Council
Indigenous voices from
around the world gathered to share their wisdom and collaborate on shifting our
global narrative to embrace kinship with all life. -
Systems Innovation
Partnering with strategic
academic partners and
influencers to bring our mission
and theory to leverage social
change:Political: UN & COPs
Education: Prescott
University, etc.Legal: MOTH
an example of
The Transformative Power of our work
“In the beginning, I had one idea of what my community project could be. Now, it’s evolving....I’m realizing this project is not about launching a product or program, but about planting something that can grow in rhythm with my community.
This fellowship has reminded me that culture is not performance — it is practice. Story is not content — it is ceremony. And action, when born from care and community, becomes a form of devotion.
As I begin sketching this next phase, I am holding onto what this space has offered so generously: the permission to move slowly, the power of collective imagination, and the deep knowing that transformation begins in the unseen — in what we compost, what we grieve, and what we dare to reimagine.”.”
—TEX (Kenya), storyteller, policy strategist
and climate-energy advocate
