Summer 2026 Experiences | ThrivingFutures 2100

A Summer of Land-Based Learning

Step into the Living Curriculum

Equipping you with the tools to lead the next generation from anxiety to agency.

Experiences for Teachers, Educators, Community Builders, and Steward Practitioners.

Regenerative Education Programs

Regeneration Steward Programs

Experience Landscapes and Regions

Catalonia and Pyrenees

Beginning along the Mediterranean coast, this expedition moves through the river valleys, volcanic hills, and mountain landscapes of Catalonia and the Pyrénées-Orientales region of France.

Pacific Northwest, Canada

This expedition explores the river systems, forests, and coastal ecosystems of British Columbia. Participants travel through old-growth forests, and lake, river and the marine environments of the Pacific Northwest.

Connect and Thrive Summer Residencies

Many young people today struggle to connect what they learn in school

with the realities shaping the world around them.

The Connect and Thrive Summer Residencies explore how education can reconnect knowledge with lived experience, ecological systems, community life, and long-term human development through developing a set of foundational skills and broad knowledge frameworks that can be applied across disciplines and throughout the curriculum.

Participants spend their days learning within forests, rivers, mountains, coastal regions, and rural communities while working in small interdisciplinary groups of educators, mentors, and learners exploring new possibilities for education and community life. Alongside workshops and field activities, the residencies create space for conversation, reflection, shared meals, movement, creativity, and direct experience within some of the most ecologically and culturally rich landscapes in Canada, Spain, and France.

The residencies are designed for teachers, school leaders, homeschool educators, outdoor educators, community innovators, gap-year participants, regeneration stewards, and lifelong learners seeking coherent educational foundations for today’s ecological, social, and economic realities.

Through direct field experience, collaborative learning, ecological observation, narrative inquiry, mentorship, and curriculum mapping, participants develop practical methods for:

connecting knowledge across disciplines
strengthening attention and observation
building cooperation and communication skills
engaging complexity and uncertainty constructively
developing long-term perspective and agency
reconnecting analytical and experiential learning

Developed through twenty-five years of international educational field practice and research, the programs introduce practical frameworks that integrate experiential learning, ecological literacy, systems thinking, cooperation, and reflective inquiry across disciplines and age groups.

Participants explore three interconnected learning domains:

Nature Connection and Earth Regeneration
Prosocial Connection and Community Regeneration
Universal Connection and Human Regeneration

River Ter, Spain

Regenerative Education 1
July 25 - Aug 2
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Based at El Pasteral at Can More in Girona Province, Catalonia, participants explore the forests, river valleys, mountain landscapes, and Mediterranean cultural regions surrounding the River Ter while engaging experiential learning, ecological literacy, regeneration transitions, and place-based community inquiry.

Regeneration Education I

Regeneration Education I introduces the foundational frameworks, learning domains, and experiential practices of regeneration education for the 22nd century. Participants explore the interconnected relationships between ecological literacy, systems thinking, cooperation, experiential learning, and long-term human development through the Nature Connection, Prosocial Connection, and Universal Connection domains. Integrating the River System of Human Time, the Seven Direction Compass, and experiential and narrative learning paths, the course develops practical skills in observation, mapping, ecological awareness, collaborative inquiry, and interdisciplinary learning that can be applied across educational, community, and personal contexts

Mediteranean, France

Regenerative Education 1&2
Aug 2 - Aug 8
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Centered from the historic house at Courtal del Major in Fitou, participants move through Mediterranean coastlines, vineyards, limestone hills, and Catalonian cultural landscapes while exploring regeneration transitions, ecological systems, and community learning across southern France.

Regeneration Education I

Regeneration Education I introduces the foundational frameworks, learning domains, and experiential practices of regeneration education for the 22nd century. Participants explore the interconnected relationships between ecological literacy, systems thinking, cooperation, experiential learning, and long-term human development through the Nature Connection, Prosocial Connection, and Universal Connection domains. Integrating the River System of Human Time, the Seven Direction Compass, and experiential and narrative learning paths, the course develops practical skills in observation, mapping, ecological awareness, collaborative inquiry, and interdisciplinary learning that can be applied across educational, community, and personal contexts.

Regeneration Education II

Regeneration Education II expands the foundational work into deeper systems integration, mentorship, curriculum application, community regeneration, and advanced experiential practice. Participants investigate how regenerative knowledge systems, cooperative structures, ecological relationships, and meaning-making frameworks can function within contemporary educational, social, and economic realities. Building on the experiential and narrative learning paths introduced in Regeneration Education I, the course focuses on facilitation, governance, stewardship, mentorship, regenerative project development, and the application of regeneration education frameworks within schools, communities, organizations, and emerging learning networks.

Squamish, BC, Canada

Regenerative Education 1
Aug 9 - Aug 15
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Based from a mountain home on Paradise Valley Road, participants engage experiential learning, ecological observation, systems awareness, and regeneration education within the rivers, forests, ocean inlets, and coastal mountain landscapes surrounding Squamish.

Regeneration Education I

Regeneration Education I introduces the foundational frameworks, learning domains, and experiential practices of regeneration education for the 22nd century. Participants explore the interconnected relationships between ecological literacy, systems thinking, cooperation, experiential learning, and long-term human development through the Nature Connection, Prosocial Connection, and Universal Connection domains. Integrating the River System of Human Time, the Seven Direction Compass, and experiential and narrative learning paths, the course develops practical skills in observation, mapping, ecological awareness, collaborative inquiry, and interdisciplinary learning that can be applied across educational, community, and personal contexts.

Slocan, BC, Canada

Regenerative Education 1&2
Aug 16 - Aug 22
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Centered at Ravencourt Lodge on Passmore Upper Road, the Slocan Valley residency explores ecological literacy, mentorship, regenerative rural communities, and place-based learning within mountain valleys, forests, lakes, and watershed systems of British Columbia’s interior.

Regeneration Education I

Regeneration Education I introduces the foundational frameworks, learning domains, and experiential practices of regeneration education for the 22nd century. Participants explore the interconnected relationships between ecological literacy, systems thinking, cooperation, experiential learning, and long-term human development through the Nature Connection, Prosocial Connection, and Universal Connection domains. Integrating the River System of Human Time, the Seven Direction Compass, and experiential and narrative learning paths, the course develops practical skills in observation, mapping, ecological awareness, collaborative inquiry, and interdisciplinary learning that can be applied across educational, community, and personal contexts.

Regeneration Education II

Regeneration Education II expands the foundational work into deeper systems integration, mentorship, curriculum application, community regeneration, and advanced experiential practice. Participants investigate how regenerative knowledge systems, cooperative structures, ecological relationships, and meaning-making frameworks can function within contemporary educational, social, and economic realities. Building on the experiential and narrative learning paths introduced in Regeneration Education I, the course focuses on facilitation, governance, stewardship, mentorship, regenerative project development, and the application of regeneration education frameworks within schools, communities, organizations, and emerging learning networks.

Cowichan, BC, Canada

Regenerative Education 1&2
Aug 24 - Aug 31
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Based between Camp Woodlands on Cowichan Lake and an oceanfront house in Chemainus, while visiting Hwiemtuns Sacred Cedar Lodge on Cowichan Tribes Territory, participants explore regenerative education, ecological stewardship, Indigenous learning perspectives, food systems, and long-term community resilience across forests, rivers, lakes, and coastal landscapes.

Regeneration Education I

Regeneration Education I introduces the foundational frameworks, learning domains, and experiential practices of regeneration education for the 22nd century. Participants explore the interconnected relationships between ecological literacy, systems thinking, cooperation, experiential learning, and long-term human development through the Nature Connection, Prosocial Connection, and Universal Connection domains. Integrating the River System of Human Time, the Seven Direction Compass, and experiential and narrative learning paths, the course develops practical skills in observation, mapping, ecological awareness, collaborative inquiry, and interdisciplinary learning that can be applied across educational, community, and personal contexts.

Regeneration Education II

Regeneration Education II expands the foundational work into deeper systems integration, mentorship, curriculum application, community regeneration, and advanced experiential practice. Participants investigate how regenerative knowledge systems, cooperative structures, ecological relationships, and meaning-making frameworks can function within contemporary educational, social, and economic realities. Building on the experiential and narrative learning paths introduced in Regeneration Education I, the course focuses on facilitation, governance, stewardship, mentorship, regenerative project development, and the application of regeneration education frameworks within schools, communities, organizations, and emerging learning networks.

Spain & France

Regeneration Steward
July 18 - Aug 8
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The Spain and France Regeneration Steward Intensive explores regeneration education through experiential and narrative learning across the interconnected ecological and cultural landscapes of Catalonia and southern France. Participants engage ecological observation, systems mapping, tracking, cooperative inquiry, mentorship, and regenerative learning practices while exploring the River System of Human Time, the Seven Direction Compass, and the three learning domains of Nature Connection, Prosocial Connection, and Universal Connection. The intensive combines direct field experience with collaborative dialogue, reflective practice, and interdisciplinary learning focused on long-term human thriving within interconnected ecological, social, economic, and knowledge systems.

Locations

Based between El Pasteral at Can More along the River Ter in Girona Province, Catalonia, and the historic house at Courtal del Major in Fitou, France, participants move through forests, river valleys, Mediterranean coastlines, vineyards, mountain landscapes, and historic rural communities across the Catalonian and Occitan regions.

BC, Canada

Regeneration Steward
Aug 9 - Aug 31
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The British Columbia Regeneration Steward Intensive explores regeneration education through immersive field-based learning within the forests, rivers, mountains, lakes, coastlines, and rural communities of western Canada. Participants develop practical capacities in ecological literacy, systems thinking, cooperation, mentorship, tracking, observation, and regenerative stewardship while engaging experiential and narrative learning paths grounded in the River System of Human Time framework. Through collaborative learning, ecological inquiry, and direct engagement with living systems, the intensive investigates how foundational human capacities can support long-term thriving within contemporary ecological, social, and economic realities.

Locations

Programs are based from Paradise Valley Road near Squamish, Ravencourt Lodge on Passmore Upper Road in the Slocan Valley, and between Camp Woodlands on Cowichan Lake, an oceanfront house in Chemainus, and Hwiemtuns Sacred Cedar Lodge on Cowichan Tribes Territory.

Regenerative Education

Spain & France £850 , BC, Canada £650

12-16 Participants per week

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Regeneration Steward Intensives

Spain & France £2500 , BC, Canada £1750

4 Participants per cohort

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A Living Learning Experience

The Methodology

These programs are designed as a professional residency and immersion. Participants spend their days in the field, moving through landscapes to master land-based pedagogy and regenerative design through direct, mentored experience.

Evenings are dedicated to narrative, music, and systemic reflection, bridging the day’s field work to the deeper patterns of the human journey and the future of education.

The Framework

The programs are anchored in the Connect and Thrive framework, derived from 25 years of PhD research. Two guiding structures shape the experience:

The River System of Human Time: A deep-history lens for exploring human development and cultural evolution.
The Seven Direction Compass: A non-hierarchical tool for organizing learning through relationships with place, community, knowledge, and personal experience.

The Residency

Participants engage in:

Landscape Immersion: Navigating and mapping varied ecosystems.
Field Literacy: Tracking, nature-awareness, and ecological observation practices.
Collaborative Design: Group challenges focused on regenerative problem-solving.
Land-Based Practicum: Direct engagement with forest, river, and coastal environments.
The Evening Commons: Integration through story, music, and cross-disciplinary dialogue.

Professional Outcomes

What you gain

Pedagogical Mastery: Confidence in facilitating land-based learning and the GCP framework.
Systemic Literacy: The ability to read landscapes and human systems with clarity.
Deep Attention: Advanced observation and tracking skills for classroom and field use.
Adaptive Leadership: The ability to think clearly and respond to complex, evolving situations.

The Difference

This is not a typical professional development seminar. Each residency follows a rigorous structure that integrates:

Narrative Intelligence: Connecting story to systemic understanding.
Applied Experience: Real-world field work and land management.
Collective Inquiry: Collaborative reflection and group learning.

Areas of focus

Systems Thinking: Understanding human development and regenerative cultural systems.
Land-Based Skills: Building practical, ecological, and pedagogical field-competencies.
Collaborative Leadership: Developing horizontal cooperation and systemic awareness.

The Free Online Welcome Course

The free welcome course is the entry point into all Global Care Packs learning programs. It introduces the River System of Human Time, the Seven Directions Compass,

and the core practices that guide the Connect and Thrive learning journey.

Participants explore the framework and meet members of the learning community.

Start The Free Welcome Course