Nature Governance Agency (NGA)

Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray ... When you do things from your soul you feel a river moving in you, a joy. ... The very center of your heart is where life begins The most beautiful place on earth RUMI The bridge between inner development goals and sustainable development goals is felt and experiential. The bridge between Nature-conscious leadership and Nature-conscious governance is felt and experiential. The bridge between individual, collective, organizational and systemic transformation is felt and experiential. It is all through the work that reconnects #human #nature and the Nature of Being. #WeAreNature 🦋 Nature Being Immersion between 12-18 August in Cae Mabon, Wales 🦋 🔔 Last call - Register by Thursday 25th July 🔔 Join us for this 7-day Silence, Sound, Somatics & Conscious Conversations experience 🔔 For leaders, decision-makers and policy influencers of all horizons. For details and to register, follow this link https://lnkd.in/ejnHkKGW #idg #sdg #voiceofnature Nature Governance Agency (NGA) Earth Law Center

“We can see our impact as humans on the whole Earth system, not just locally, like the rise in temperature, but really fundamentally, altering how it moves in space and rotates” said Prof Benedikt Soja of ETH Zurich in Switzerland. “Due to our carbon emissions, we have done this in just 100 or 200 years. Whereas the governing processes previously had been going on for billions of years, and that is striking” ... Dr Santiago Belda Palazón of the University of Alicante in Spain, who was not part of the research team, said: “This study is a great advance because it confirms that the worrying loss of ice that Greenland and Antarctica are suffering has a direct impact on day length, causing our days to lengthen. This variation in day length has critical implications not only for how we measure time, but also for GPS and other technologies that govern our modern lives.” The Guardian Monday 15 July 2024 #governance is the operative word here. It is not just about human rules, policies and accountability mechanisms. Beyond the 'traditional grey understandings' of governance, there is Nature-conscious governance, which is a lived experience of self-regulation, i.e. for human systems, it is about how we make choices and conduct ourselves in alignment with Nature's laws and wisdoms, for harmonious and peaceful living. #wearenature and our governance systems must reflect that. If you would like to hear more about #natureconsciousgovernance, here are a few recorded conversations with Alexandra Pimor 🌻🌍: 🥥 Coconut Thinking podcast with Benjamin Freud, Ph.D. on Nature Governance - https://lnkd.in/eEf2yCnd 🦋 Can Marketing Save the Planet podcast with Michelle Carvill and Gemma Butler on - Nature on the board… Exploring what business has to do with #nature Episode 70, part 1 https://lnkd.in/e9u6_yM4 Episode 71, part 2 https://lnkd.in/ecKNR-8u 🐛egta podcast with Anne-Laure Dreyfus - Coutinho on - sustainable decision-making https://lnkd.in/eAtNWF6P 🌊 Coral, Kelp &Community podcast with Tara Pierce - S2E6: Nature Conscious Governance Part 1 - Origins & Philosophy https://lnkd.in/eUig8jwt 🌺 Recording of Purpose Disruptors panel hosted by Robert McFaul, with Prof. Owen Sheers FRSL and Laura Dexter on - Building the Future we Want Through Action Today, Earth Day Ad Summit https://lnkd.in/e_dTuEpM #natureconsciousgovernance #onboardingnature #natureontheboard #voiceofnature

🔊 BIG Announcement! 🔊 Today, we're so delighted to announce the formation of our new Advisory Board at Purpose Disruptors. This marks an ambitious new phase in our mission to drive the advertising industry's climate transition. This really is an extraordinary group of people, including seasoned Sustainability Leaders, progressive CEOs AND a pioneer in representing Nature on the Board (who's representing nature for us too)! We’re feeling incredibly honoured to welcome this collective of respected, influential leaders with a track record of driving change. Welcome to the family Anna Lungley, Alexandra Pimor 🌻🌍, Ben Essen,  Caroline Davison, Hugh Baillie, Kate Waters, Lisa Aoyama, Marco Rimini, Dr Orit Gal, Paul Rowlinson MSc, Tim Pritchard, Xavier Rees. They'll join Co-founders Robert McFaul, Lisa Merrick-Lawless and Jonathan Wise working to reshape the future of advertising, moving towards regenerative business models and sustainable practices. Read about the board and our focus here: https://lnkd.in/e7r9DYCH Stay tuned for more updates as we embark on this exciting journey. #PurposeDisruptors #ClimateAction #SustainableAdvertising #RegenerativeFuture #AdvisoryBoard #IndustryLeaders #Trailblazers

🦋 It was a privilege to contribute to the UN Global Compact Network Lebanon 'Demystifying Biomimicry' workshop and join a fantastic community of #systems #healers. 🐞 My deepest feeling of gratitude is for the participants who shared their own understandings, visions, and wisdoms about the ways of #nature in their realities. 🐣 It has also been a great mutual learning opportunity to expand the meaning of Nature-conscious governance. 🕊 For Nature Governance Agency (NGA), in a nutshell, Nature-conscious governance is the conscious 'response-ability' of human beings, to make eco-logical ethical decisions, and practice Peace for #Planet, #Peoples, #Purpose & #Prosperity. This the way of harmonious living for the #commongood of the Earth community. 🦅 What became clear from this workshop (and wider conversations) is that the meaning and practice of Nature-conscious governance is subjective, contextual and situational. For some, it can mean the practice of #compassion. For others, it can mean the practice of #justice. So there is so much more to explore about the concept and practice Nature-conscious governance. Personally, it has been a humbling and enriching experience to have engaged with one of the UNGC Middle East Info Circles 🙏🏾

⏮ 👀 Look back at 2 very intense weeks & 6 amazing places 😃 where we discussed and presented our model of regenerative intergenerational corporate governance to hundreds of European business transition players :   1🌍 #Amsterdam: B For Good Leaders Summit where, at the invitation of B Lab Benelux ( 🙏 Tessa van Soest ; Daan van Apeldoorn), we presented the ‘Nature as an Advisor’ approach (#onboardingnature.org) to a large audience & ran a workshop. We were part of a panel featuring other initiatives putting into perspective other ways of « raising the voice of nature » in high-level corporate decision-making such as Beth Thoren Patagonia Nature Governance Agency (NGA) Alexandra Pimor 🌻🌍 Nynke Geus - van den Broek 🌱🌈 #NatureGovernance #bcorp   2🌍 #Brussels: new partnership with The Shifters Belgium, which will strengthen the positions of the guardians of the planet's boundaries on decarbonization issues. The work of these volunteers is of outstanding quality! 🙏 Quentin Lancrenon Corentin Dandrimont Thomas Legast   3🌍 #Paris: we attended the « Congrès des Entreprises à Mission » (organized by Communauté des Entreprises à Mission) to (re)discover how this framework also encourages an « impact governance » open to (un+usual)stakeholders. We can't wait for this status to become established in all Europe (as supported by Emery Jacquillat, Valérie Brisac & Kaya - Coalition belge des Ecopreneurs.   4🌍 #Lille: Salomé Saqué was speaking at #BCorp Party, where she highlighted the importance of genuine & positive intergenerational collaboration where young people have a proper voice! We also discovered initiatives of BCorp companies from Hauts de France. Special mention for the open governance of norsys (there is at least one young person in each decision-making body), which is based on the very inspiring principles of #permaentreprise that they initiated and put into practice. 👏 Thomas Breuzard   5🌍 #Mons: the goal of #PubTopia was to highlight how creativity & ‘responsible’ communication can be a lever for the ‘sustainable’ transformation of business. We tried to make the subject of innovative and creative governance easily digestible for the many students and entrepreneurs attending. We shared the stage with some very inspiring speakers on the topic of sustainability Antoine Giansante Mehdi Semoulin Benoît De Vos Nicolas Lambert Sarah Thielens Candice Enderlé Bertrand Merckx Valerie Janssens 🙏 Samuel Buxin   6🌳 #Forest in South Belgium : TravailQuiRelie (Joanna Macy) > 4 days of immersion exploring our deep nature and our ‘right’ place in the web of Life. 🙏 Virginie Lambert & Sébastien Maréchal 🔝 Conclusion: very inspiring encounters & a reinforced conviction that the time has come for #governance to evolve to better integrate sustainability issues and key #stakeholders such as #nature and the #younger generations in the service of the company's mission as a driving force for the creation of positive values for #Society! 💚 🔥

Growing the garden of tomorrow together ... I recently had the privilege of being invited to create and moderate a panel for the House of Hackney's Garden of Tomorrow Festival. The panel was centred around our Onboarding Nature as a Stakeholder toolkit, as released in April in collaboration with B Lab Benelux & Nyenrode Business University. We had some hugely inspiring, courageous and driven thought-leaders on the panel with Simeon Rose, Brontie Maria Ansell, Ernestien Idenburg, Tom Johnstone BSc (Hons) MSc APIOL & Patrick Andrews. All spoke on their practise in this area and what it looks like for each of them to have onboarded Nature or to be practising and helping others to onboard Nature. Alongside my colleague Tessa van Soest we had the opportunity to present the toolkit and the four models identified within to onboard Nature as a stakeholder: 🌺 Nature as Inspiration 🌻 Nature as Advisor 🌼 Nature as Director 🌷 Nature as Shareholder I am really excited to see more and more groups and organisations looking to practise more conscious governance with, for and as Nature. The event was beautifully run by House of Hackney and I was so honoured to be there with the other amazing groups speaking and sharing their work with Nature as muse, artist, teacher and more! Here's to this collective vision for the Garden of Tomorrow 👏 Also a lovely chance to meet with some other Bio-Leadership Community members and fellows in person 💚 Frieda Gormley Sarah Emily Hawkins Pooja Sharma Grant Wilson Phoebe Tickell Anthony Zelle Hannah Craik Rosie Woolman Javier Gras Lucy Gavaghan Andres Roberts Erica Neve FRSA Louise Romain Jamie Pike Chloé Dyson Nicky O'Malley Daan van Apeldoorn Tineke Lambooy Ebba Hooft Toomey www.onboardingnature.com

🦋 "Yesterday, I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today, I am wise, so I am changing myself" #Rumi 🌎 We are #nature. We are also the #system we seek to transform. Therefore, we are the #change from with/in, and the ones we have been waiting for. As we reconnect with our being Nature, we take care of the Nature of the world, of our systems, of our Earth self (Tabitha Jayne). 🦸🏽♀️ It can be a challenging journey to be a force of Nature - a voice of Nature - in a too often mechanistic corporate and business world. Yet, being Nature defending, protecting, healing, advocating for herself is exactly what these ecological times demand. ☀️ So we invite you to join us for the Nature Being Immersion journey on August 12-18 in Cae Mabon (Wales), for 7 days of Silent, Sound, Somatic and Conscious Conversations practice. ⚛️ We will explore the different natures of Nature (Nielson's framework) to better align our vision of an ecological healthy world, with individual purpose, mission.s and practices within the systems we co-create. 🎯 This is an #immersion and not a retreat, because we are not stepping away from the "real world". We are instead going IN. For transcendance to occur, first there needs to be an #inscendance (Thomas Berry) into Nature being and the natural world. 🌳 We have a few places left on the Nature Being Immersion journey, so come and join us 😊🤲🏽 Choose to experience your Nature Being, and ground your Nature-conscious leadership, for Nature-conscious governance praxis. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/ejnHkKGW #innerdevelopmentgoals #idg #sustainabledevelopmentgoals #sdg #voiceofnature #rightsofnature #onboardingnature #NatureOnTheBoard

I’ve been gifted opportunities to speak about nature governance to diverse audiences in the past six months, and I’m still pinching myself at the growth mindset in cross sector industries - friends and my professional network at Earth Law Center’s Nature Social event; liberal and conservative business minded individuals at EarthX; the curious and bold community at UCLA Health’s “Cultivating Connections: Ecological Medicine Meets Psychedelic Therapies;” and recently international students and working professionals at UCLA Extension’s “Global Business Practices in Sustainability,” taught by Kristyn Noeth. There is a paradigm shift happening with businesses updating their operations and how they scale in this VUCA world. An emerging new wave of business economics, leaders are waking up to the power of authentic interconnectedness and leading with, as and for Nature. Nature Governance Agency (NGA) Earth Law Center Reach out if you want myself or the NG team to share our research and emerging findings to your organization. Alexandra Pimor 🌻🌍 spoke at ABN Amro on giving Future Generations a seat at the table. Lucy Ward shared the power of Nature as a stakeholder at Climate Clarity’s Biodiversity Collage workshop. This is just our humble team (and now Karie Crisp !). The work is growing globally and with steady momentum. We at NGA are humbled to share it, and even more grateful to grow with intention and wisdom at the forefront. 💚

Onboard nature as a stakeholder in your company 🌱 In today's session at the B For Good Leaders summit, Executive Director Tessa van Soest and Sr. Manager Daan van Apeldoorn showed how companies can make better, nature-informed decisions, whilst fulfilling ESG obligations and directors’ duties. Together with Nyenrode Business University and Earth Law Center, B Lab Benelux has launched the 'Onboarding Nature’ toolkit, to inspire companies to envision new forms of nature-inclusive governance. This toolkit acts as a practical roadmap to take the first steps in onboarding nature in your organisation. 👉 Download the toolkit here: https://lnkd.in/epp47qQ4 A big thank you to our incredible panelists for sharing their invaluable insights: Beth Thoren, Alexandra Pimor 🌻🌍, Nynke Geus - van den Broek 🌱🌈, and Vincent Truyens. Your inspiration is greatly appreciated! #bcorp #onboardingnature #naturegovernance #sustainability #bforgoodleaders Corporate ReGeneration Patagonia

🏞 7-day Nature Being Immersion 🏞 If you want to align your being with Nature being, join the Silence, Sound, Somatics & Conscious Conversations immersion on August 12th-18th. 🕊 To echo António Guterres, #Humanity must make #peace with #Nature; and from NGA's perspective, #onboardingnature has one goal: ➡️ to practice Nature-conscious governance for the purpose of cultivating peace, harmony, w-health* on our planet and for the common good of the Earth community, as a whole. * (wellbeing & health combined to create authentic wealth) 🦋 Bringing #NatureOnTheBoard is an important, creative and committed step to #onboardingnature as a stakeholder in organisations and businesses. 🦜 What happens once the #voiceofnature is integrated comes down to the human beings who constitute, run and lead these organisations, boards and operations where Nature has a voice, a vote, a way. ♾️ This is why Nature-conscious governance goes hand-in-hand with Nature-conscious leadership. 🐣 Nature-consciousness, in a nutshell, means being aware that #wearenature: Nature is not outside or apart from us. We are a part, an expression, a creation, an offspring, a being... with/in, of and as Nature. 🌍 We are with/in, of and as Nature. Therefore, integrating the voice of Nature is a relational experience with the Nature within the self and within the world (incl. diverse natural environments and ecosystems). 🌻 NGA assists and nurtures the empowerment of leaders to make wise decisions for, with and as Nature, by re-integrating Nature-consciousness in worldviews, experiences, understandings and practices. 🌳 This is why I am super chuffed to introduce our very first #NatureBeingImmersion offering, in collaboration with @Inthefield.community, at Cae Mabon eco-retreat center (Wales) 🥰 Check out this page for further details and to apply: https://lnkd.in/ejnHkKGW Nature Governance Agency (NGA)