Our Work in the World

The work of We are Gaia shows up in a diversity of ways — a conference in Nairobi, a leadership retreat in the French countryside, a staff training in Oslo, a community gathering in Chengdu. All sharing a common living systems language adapted to their local culture.

The Forms this ‘Work’ Takes

The living systems approach is the foundation of our full range of professional services — in one-to-one coaching and consulting, in workshops and facilitator training, and woven into bespoke programme design for organisations and communities. However engaged, we bring a shared language for complexity that helps people think, lead and act in greater alignment with life.

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Regional Stewardship

Our stewards adapt the content including imagery and references of the cards and courses to reflect the distinct ecological and cultural character of their place. A living systems approach supports the unique becoming of each adaptation with its local inflection while maintaining coherence with other versions across the world.

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Brazilian Portuguese

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Chinese

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Norwegian

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Brazilian Portuguese • Chinese • Norwegian •

Kiswahili

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French

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Spanish

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English

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Kiswahili • French • Spanish • English •

Urdu

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German

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Dutch

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Japanese

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Urdu • German • Dutch • Japanese •

Meet Our Translators

Thanks to these exceptional humans from around the world are work has become a multilingual web. Their patience, wisdom and care has crafted each unique branch of this language of Gaia through its slow and steady emergence.

Basham Zen

Basham (Prithvidas) Zen

  • Urdu Pakistan, Indus Valley

    Storytelling consultant, Traveler, Historian, Servant of Mother Indus River, Sanatani Shaman, Nature conservationist, Regenerative agent & Post Growth activist

    • LinkedIn • Email • Website

Fezile Mauncho

Fezile Wamukoya Mauncho

  • “How can nature teach us to lead, cocreate and grow the futures we need?”

    ⟟ Nairobi, Kenya

    • LinkedIn • Email • Website

Griet Bouwen

Griet Bouwen

  • “If anything IS relation, how then would this change everything?”

    • LinkedIn • Email • Website

Yolanda Sokiri-Munn

  • “Where do my notes support your tones. When is our song harmonious?”

    • LinkedIn • Email • Website

Barbara van den Bogaard

  • “How can I contribute to making the stories and language that give depth to regenerative living more accessible?”

    • LinkedIn • Email • Website

Mayra Rocha

Mayra Rocha

  • • LinkedIn • Email • Website

Lucy Vittrup Christensen

Lucy Vittrup Christensen

  • “What would love do now?”

    • LinkedIn • Email • Website

Yann Tie

  • "The way out is in"

    • Email • Website

Yanina Ibañez

Yanina Ibañez

Tomo Hamakawa

Tomo Hamakawa

  • “What does regeneration look and feel like in the Asian context?”

    ⟟ Bali, Indonesia

    • LinkedIn • Email • Website

Daniela Elster Rifo

  • “What does it mean to live as a regenerative being?”

    • LinkedIn • Email • Website

Charlie Felgate

  • ⟟ France

    • LinkedIn • Website

Jennifer Oliveira

  • “How do we hold life’s essence even in chaos?”

    Psychology & Organisational Change

    ⟟ Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil

    • LinkedIn • Email • Website

Anne-Lise Øien

  • “How can nature teach us to lead, co-create and grow the futures we need?”

    Facilitation & Regenerative Leadership

    ⟟ Scandinavia, Norway

    • LinkedIn • Email • Website

Naomi Thellier de Poncheville

Naomi Thellier de Poncheville

  • “How much am I able to regenerate myself to tend to others and the larger world. ?”

    • LinkedIn • Email‍

Xinlin Song

  • “How can I embody both Eastern and Western ways of knowing and express them into real-world change?”

    Eco-communities & Education

    ⟟ Hengduan Mountain Range, China

    • LinkedIn • Email • Website

Veronica M Souza

  • “How can we regenerate our relationship with ourselves, one another, and the living world so that our decisions support life rather than separation?”

    Psychology & Organisational Change

    ⟟ Brazil, Americas

    • LinkedIn • Email • Website

  • I am engaged in this translation to bring the wisdom and language of Gaia into my mother tongue — supporting ecosystemic and relational thinking wherever groups seek to organise from a place of connection."

    — Griet, Belgium

  • "The process of translating the cards into Japanese has been deeply enriching and thoroughly regenerative, enabling me to reach new levels of understanding and appreciation."

    — Tomo Hamakawa, Japan & Bali

  • "I came to this work convinced that nature is our wisest teacher — and that the world changes when leaders begin to lead like living systems."

    — Anne-Lise Øien, Norway

Learn about our partnership journey

FAQs

  • For a general overview of the project see this presentation.

  • Cards for Life™ is the deck, the training and the practice. We Are Gaia is the global association that grew from its spread — the cooperative community of stewards who carry this work across languages, cultures and regions.

    One is the tool; the other is the living ecosystem that has grown around it.

  • It begins with a conversation. If you are a practitioner based outside our existing stewardship regions and feel called to root this work in your language and place, check out our partner journey deck and then reach out to us to schedule a meeting.