Retreat Objectives

Gain a basic understanding of the circular and regenerative economics frameworks, which challenge traditional assumptions and explore innovative approaches to a thriving civilization in harmony with a prosperous natural world.
Explore the interconnectedness of human society and the earth’s ecosystems in the anthropocene era. Reflect on how your personal transformation can contribute to global regeneration.
Learn simple yet powerful practices to directly experience the regenerative power of nature, fostering a deeper connection with the biosphere.
Acquire strategies for turning eco-anxiety into regenerative action, while promoting mental well-being in the face of environmental challenges.
Develop an action plan for implementing regenerative initiatives in your personal and professional life, with guidance and feedback from experienced facilitators.
By the end of the retreat, participants will have gained essential knowledge, skills, and inspiration to contribute to the regeneration of our world.

Program Overview

The Regenerate the Earth retreat is structured around three core pillars.

Regenerative Thinking

Learn the basic principles of circular and regenerative economics as taught by the retreat facilitator, Manuel Maqueda, at Harvard University.
Challenge traditional assumptions about sustainability and gain new perspectives that have the power to revolutionize your approach to economic and environmental issues.
Bust widespread myths and misunderstandings concerning sustainability, and dare to view sustainability challenges and solutions in an entirely new light.
Get inspired by regenerative solutions already being implemented all over the world.

Regenerative Being

Explore your feelings as an active participant in the onset of the Anthropocene (the era where the world is being unraveled and remade by human activity.)
Reflect on how this transformed world has the potential to transform you, and the ways you show up in the world to engage with your community.
Discover how your personal transformation can contribute to the regeneration of the world.

Regenerative Experiences

Engage in simple but transformative practices designed to directly experience the regenerative power of nature, led by somatic facilitator Raquel Santiago.
Reconnect with the web of life and rekindle your relationship with the natural world.
Rediscover the profound interconnectedness of all living beings and the regenerative potential that lies within each of us.

Facilitation, mindfulness and somatics

• Creative, community-centered facilitation: Through a creative and community-centric model of facilitation we will endeavor to create a safe, judgment free and inclusive container, where everyone feels welcome to actively engage and co-create the learning experience.
• Masterclasses: we will engage in a few brief but illuminating masterclasses led by a recognized expert in circular and regenerative economics.
• Small Group Work: We will be working in small groups, so be ready to make new friends and heartfelt connections with others.
• Mindfulness Practices: we will engage in nurturing mindfulness practices to cultivate a sense of inner peace and clarity to enhance our ability to effect regenerative action in the world.
• Somatic Practices: we will resort to easy somatic practices to help us connect with self, with the group, and with the regenerative power of our mother, the Earth.

Who Should Attend

This retreat is ideal for anyone interested in taking their understanding and commitment to sustainability to the next level.

Any person concerned with sustainability and the unraveling of our natural world.
Both burgeoning and seasoned environmentalists.
Business leaders, entrepreneurs and other professionals who want to invent flourishing dynamics between business and environmental restoration.
Persons suffering from eco-anxiety, solastalgia, burnout or overwhelm concerning our individual and collective struggles towards living sustainably.

Manuel Maqueda serves as a Special Programs Instructor of Applied Circular Economics and Regenerative Economics at Harvard University’s Division of Continuing Education. He previously developed the Circular Economy online course at the University of California, Berkeley. Manuel teaches and lectures on circular and regenerative economics, as well as innovation, at various universities and international business schools.

Recognized as an expert in plastic pollution, Manuel is a co-founder of several influential organizations, including the Plastic Pollution Coalition and SUPER (Single-Use Plastics Elimination or Reduction), a non-profit organization that assists companies in eliminating single-use plastics through a tiered certification program.

As a futurist thinker, Manuel serves on the Strategic Foresight Board of the Circular Economy Alliance. He has advised prominent futurist organizations, including the Long Now Foundation, funded by Jeff Bezos, dedicated to promoting long-term thinking over the next 10,000 years.

Raquel Santiago is a Climate Action dancer, dance therapist, and eco-anxiety group facilitator. She researches and decodes scientific climate change data through dance to make it more understandable on physical and emotional levels. Raquel developed the BioResilience somatic method for those suffering from eco-anxiety. Trained in climate change and its health impacts at Harvard University, and in plastic pollution at Cornell University, she collaborates with environmental organizations and performs at conferences worldwide. Passionate about psychology and astrology, she has worked as a therapist at Sant Pau Hospital in Barcelona and continues to explore mindfulness and Tibetan Buddhist meditation.