Our mission is to catalyse an economy in service of life by ⁠curating spaces to reconnect to self, community and the living world, ⁠reimagine the future, and ⁠incubate bold collective action.

The challenge

The ecological and social indicators of our time are flashing red. Inequality is deepening. Trust between actors is fraying. Our current global trajectory is dangerously off course, and the inadequacy of our extractive systems and mindsets has become evident.

Despite heroic efforts to shift this unsustainable trajectory, we remain stuck in a pattern of incrementalism. Even those pushing for change often end up operating within the same mental models prioritising efficiency and growth, without calling into question the system’s underlying foundations.

We believe this is caused by three underlying, internal crises...

a crisis of separation

from ourselves, each other, and the living world.

a crisis of imagination

where the horizons of possibility feel limited by the systems that created our predicament.

a crisis of courage

whereby fear is the dominant force holding us back from the type of leadership required.

Ostara brings together communities of change-makers to radically reimagine our collective future.

We bring together diverse actors — business leaders, policymakers, scientists, Indigenous voices, and youth representatives — to address entrenched issues, and uncover transformative solutions. We create spaces for collective imagination and sense-making, sparking and incubating bold new ideas for change.

Reimagining food value chains

Despite decades of effort, progress to transform how and where we produce our food has been slow and incremental. Deforestation and overfishing continue. Producers everywhere are struggling. The environmental and social costs are mounting. How could our food value chains be transformed to serve people and planet?

Redesigning finance systems in service of life

The crises of climate change and ecological collapse are accelerating, threatening the very systems that sustain life. In response, nature finance has moved rapidly into the mainstream. But what looks like progress is too often optimisation at the margins of an extractive system. What kind of finance can truly be in service of life?

Kinship

We remember our kinship with all life and grow rooted in community.

Emergence

We embrace nature’s rhythms, co-create with the flow of life and evolve organically, recognising change is the only constant.

Love

We kindle our fierce love for the earth and act with compassion.

Imagination

We harness the power of imagination to dream new possibilities.

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Our name

Ostara comes from the Anglo-Saxon goddess, Eostre, who represents spring and new beginnings. Ostara became the name used for celebration of the Spring Equinox, a time of year when life emerges anew from the compost of the old, a time connected to fertility, community and the earth.

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