A Little Wild is a soil and biodiversity restoration project on 138ac of oil palm land in Johor, Malaysia. Ultimately, they want to share knowledge with consumers and landowners, so as a society we all become more conscientious stewards of nature, and to show that it is possible to feed the planet without destroying it.

Balon Energy is supporting the development of a floating platform that uses solar energy to generate hydrogen stored in balls (balons in Bahasa) that in turn can be used as alternative fuels to diesel for coastal communities.

Bob Brown Foundation is an environmental campaigning organisation dedicated to protecting wild places and wildlife. Founded by environmentalist Bob Brown, this feisty foundation takes defiant and effective Action for Earth, combining direct action on the frontlines, stopping destruction through the courts, and conducting critical science to save habitat for threatened species.

Powered by dedicated individuals around the country, the foundation draws inspiration from Bob Brown’s enduring message: “We're up against it at the moment, but history is full of episodes where people stood against a tide that was wrong and changed it.”

The Deep Time Walk is a physical walk of 4.6km where participants walk across Earth's 4.6 billion year history. Starting at the formation of the solar system and the creation of Earth, the walk covers some of the most significant events and key revolutions in Earth's deep history, including the formation of the Moon, the oceans, the atmosphere, the early evolution of single-celled life, plate tectonics, multicellular life, the Cambrian Explosion, mass extinctions, dinosaurs and right at the end, our own species, Homo sapiens - just in the last 30 centimetres! Through the walk, participants develop a richer and deeper relationships with nature, deeply question their place in the living world which in turn leads to a deep commitment for positive change.

Imaginal Seeds helped to facilitate the training of the first batch of facilitators in Asia and the first ever public walk in Singapore (and Asia) on 17th March 2024.

Ebier Suth Cokran, located on West Papua, Indonesia, plays a vital role in the global cacao supply chain, a food system in need of radical transformation. Founded in April 2022, it is owned and driven by the local community of Ransiki with the vision to breathe life into an old commercial cacao farming estate that became dormant in 2005, bringing back jobs and local prosperity. With a 100-year government permit to manage 2,000 ha, they conduct regenerative farming through dynamic agroforestry, utilizing multiple species to optimize ecological processes and mimic natural ecosystems.

Eco-Index combines expertise in ecology, sustainability, economics, social science, communication, data science, mathematical modelling, and strategy to tackle the challenge of biodiversity decline in Aotearoa.

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Faireventures Social Forestry is a project creating reforestation and sustainable timber value chains launched in Indonesia in 2014. The project distributes commercial timber seedlings and trains local farmers to plant trees and restore degraded land for economic use for the local communities, improved biodiversity, and carbon sequestration capacity.

GTDF is an arts/research collective that collaborates around different kinds of artistic, pedagogical, cartographic, and relational experiments that aim to identify and de-activate colonial habits of being and to gesture towards the possibility of decolonial futures.

Greenwave Aotearoa (GWA) is a not-for-profit organisation driven to establish a regenerative, replicable, and scalable seaweed farming model that is farmer-centric and aligned with Māori values. Launched with a 3-year pilot lead by EnviroStrat, GWA aims to establish a new aquaculture sector in New Zealand by addressing regulatory hurdles, operational uncertainties, and commercial risks. Greenwave Aotearoa looks to collaborate with farmers nationwide to develop robust cultivation capabilities and scale a sustainable supply chain.

GUI is a Singapore non-profit organization that connects people with nature, one another, and self. Its core ethos is driven by the spirit of community.

GroundUp Conservation provides integrated services in biodiversity-rich landscapes to accelerate action with local grassroots organizations, Indigenous Peoples, and local communities.

Heading for Change sets forth an inspired set of investments and grants to advance equity for women and girls and activate solutions to climate and biodiversity challenges—to the benefit of all.

The Huni Kuin are an Indigenous people who live in the Acre region of the Amazon in Brazil. They regard the forest as their university, and are at the frontlines of protecting biodiversity and natural wisdom in the Amazon.

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The Kinanomics project sought to create a high-value aquaculure industry from malnourished kina that not only creates job opprtunities but supports the restoration of kelp forests and marine ecosystems.

Mitra Bumma partners with Indigenous tribes in Indonesia, celebrating their rich heritage and supporting their essential role in nurturing the world's forests and the remarkable biodiversity within them.

NGL is a community of people passionate about transforming our current global crises into a world that works for all, based on principles of collaboration and willingness. They are committed to embedding nonviolence, as a set of approaches, applications, principles, and practices that they call “the NGL framework” into all they do.

NVC Rising is a global Nonviolent Communication movement nurturing and growing networks of connection, learning, and joined creation between NVC practitioners around the globe.

SoFA is a non-profit that helps organizations, communities, workplaces, and collectives learn how to organize in a decentralized way and make their decisions with equity, efficiency, empowerment, trust, and transparency, based upon sociocratic principles of governance.

Starter Culture is dedicated to supporting the earth-centric, inner-led change and relational cultures needed to go beyond systemic injustice and to support social and ecological change and deep cultural transformation.

Toniic's vision is a global financial ecosystem which operates to create positive social and environmental impact. Its mission is to empower impact investors.

Alante Capital is a female-led venture capital fund investing in early-stage climate tech, AI and enterprise software companies that unlock systemic change, enabling a circular and regenerative future for the fashion, home and outdoor industries.

Aqua-Spark invests in small and medium-sized companies operating in the aquaculture sector, with the aim of moving the industry towards healthy, sustainable, affordable production with comparable financial returns.

Astia is the global pioneer investing in companies led by women. Today's most impactful high-growth companies are led by inclusive teams. And yet, only 3% of venture capital is invested in women-led companies. Astia invests in high-performing women-led companies that solve global problems. For 25 years, Astia has carved a unique path to source, screen and invest in top performing, innovative companies, solving real-world problems, that include women at the helm. They are a different type of venture firm, investing in a very different way. They provide investment, access to networks, and market analysis. Their history of exceptional performance and deep domain expertise, coupled with a global community of advisors, has made them the chosen partner of bold visionaries. They are driven by a commitment to address gender and racial disparities in venture capital and level the investment playing field.

At One Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on investing in a world where humanity becomes a net positive to nature. They do this by backing companies with early-stage disruptive deep tech that has the potential to upend the unit economics of established industries while dramatically reducing their footprint on the planet or pioneering industries that are actively regenerative.

Calm the Farm helps farmers prove the environmental outcomes they achieve on their land with data and sell these in the NZ Climate and Nature Market. They also provide access to finance to speed up the transition to regenerative practices. Calm the Farm is part of Toha Foundry.

Ecosoftt is a social enterprise that seeks to provide access to clean water, reduce our water footprint, and eliminate water pollution through decentralized, modular water solutions for industrial, commercial, and residential facilities.

Elucid offers farmers health/insurance coverage financed by corporates in return for collecting anonymous healthcare, social, and economic data for sustainability and compliance reporting.

EnviroStrat is an end-to-end natural resource sector advisor and impact investment project. The organisation tackles complex environmental challenges with innovative, practical solutions, combining scientific expertise with commercial experience. Their focus is on developing, financing, and executing impactful projects that yield environmental, social, and financial benefits. They have pioneered several groundbreaking initiatives in New Zealand, including regenerative ocean (seaweed) farming, restorative scallop aquaculture, and Kinanomics.

MDIF invests in independent media around the world that provide the news, information and debate that people need to build free, thriving societies. Founded as a not-for-profit investment fund, MDIF’s financing and strategic advice help media in countries where reliable news and information is under threat to build strong and sustainable businesses, strong enough to hold governments to account, expose corruption, and provide a platform for debate.

Omnivore is an impact venture capital firm that supports visionary entrepreneurs driving agrifood innovation, climate action, and rural transformation. Omnivore pioneered agritech investing in India, and over the past decade, the firm has backed over 40 startups transforming agrifood systems and rural communities.

Ooooby is a steward-owned platform for small-scale food producers to sell fresh and artisan food online. Their mission is to put 'small-scale' back at the heart of the food system. They empower farmers to own and control their supply chains by establishing food hubs that sell directly to local and regional customers at or near retail prices. By simplifying the complex logistics of food distribution, Ooooby helps farmers cut supply chain costs in half, resulting in better profits for the farmers and more affordable prices for customers. They envision a coordinated trading network of independent farms, food hubs, and customers, serving as the cornerstone of an emerging decentralised food system with the reach and range to rival traditional centralised operators.

Planboo is a global provider of biochar carbon removal, committed to fighting climate change and fostering global equality. Their pioneering technology equips landowners in the tropics to digitally Measure, Report, and Verify (MRV) carbon removal in real time, generating reliable carbon credits that help businesses achieve their net-zero targets. Planboo’s impact is far-reaching both in binding carbon, improving soil health, and increasing farmers’ incomes. Their projects have been supported by tech giants such as Spotify, Klarna and Workday.

Reath is transforming how businesses eradicate plastic waste. Since plastic packaging makes up 70% of the waste in the UK, we started there. To reduce packaging waste, Reath has developed a software solution that makes it easier for businesses to produce and use reusable packaging, instead of single-use.

Systemiq Capital is an early stage B2B climate tech VC based in London, investing across Europe and North America. They invest into start-ups with system-change potential across four critical climate themes: sustainable food and materials, clean transport, climate intelligence and finance and climate restoration.  They support them with connections and resources from their network which is amplified through their partnership with Systemiq, the world's leading independent climate advisory firm.

Toha seeks to accelerate the investment and work to regenerate our planet in response to climate change. Their work focuses on this by making regeneration valuable by creating the underlying infrastructure of a market that values, incentivizes, measures and rewards the actions needed to regenerate the planet.