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Read the latest news from our activities, and resources to inspire and support your journey toward reconnection, remembering and reimagining.

Ostara's Imaginal Studio in Bali
Thoughts

Listening for What Wants to Emerge: Reflections on our Imaginal Studios to Reimagine Food Value Chains

We were reminded of the beauty and bravery that emerge when people come together with open hearts, to truly listen, and dare to dream together.

  • Justin Adams
News

Wytham Woods Imaginal Studio: Redesigning Finance to Serve Life

We brought together 40 courageous explorers to dive into the design principles of our current financial system and ask what it would take to reimagine finance in service of the living world.

  • Nicole Schwab
A diverse group of people stand in front of an eco-lodge on a grassy spot.
News

Time to Reimagine: Our Third Imaginal Studio in Brazil

In August, 28 leaders from across a spectrum of food systems organisations, gathered in Ibíuna, São Paulo, to explore their individual and collective roles in transforming food systems.

  • James Allen
A group of people stand in front of a bamboo structure in a green landscape.
News

Time to Reimagine: Our Second Imaginal Studio in Bali, Indonesia

The next step in our journey to reimagine food value chains, bringing together 35 sustainability professionals, farmers, impact investors, entrepreneurs, and economists.

  • Ostara
The sun sets over a lake with reeds in the foreground and blocks of flats in the background.
Inspiration

Three Ways to Deepen Your Connection to Nature in London

Sometimes nature is hidden in the city — but it's always present. Here are some daily practices and places to visit to help you connect.

  • Stephen Passmore
An indigenous leader wearing a large feathered headdress speaks through a microphone.
News

Remembering the Future: A Journey with the Earth Elders

We supported a group of indigenous elders on a journey across the UK — a quiet pilgrimage to reconnect with sacred sites, ancestral waters, and centres of learning.

  • Josie Major
A group photo of the participants of Ostara's Imaginal Studio, standing in a farmyard in front of a greenhouse in the sun.
News

Time to Reimagine: Our First Imaginal Studio in Kent, UK

25 thought leaders and changemakers answered the call to come together to reimagine food value chains from the ground up.

  • Ostara
Two hands holding a pile of soil or compost.
Thoughts

The Courage to Compost

Spring reminds us: all new life grows from the compost of the old. Renewal is not a return. It is a rebirth.

  • Justin Adams
Purple crocuses blooming at spring time.
Inspiration

Connection at the Spring Equinox

This seasonal shift isn’t just a marker of time, it is a pulse within nature’s greater rhythm. It is a call to notice what is awakening both in the land and within.

  • Rebekah Phillips
A white butterfly sits on a fluffy white plant, against a pale light background.
Thoughts

The Imaginal Studios: Reclaiming the Power of Collective Imagination

Imagination is our birthright. It is what allows us to envision and bring to life a different future, even when faced with the most brutal realities.

  • Nicole Schwab
Two hands making the shape of a heart in front of a sunset.
Thoughts

The Crisis of Separation: A Call to Reimagine Sustainability

As 2024 draws to a close, war, record-breaking temperatures, rising inequality, and political upheaval dominate the headlines.

  • Justin Adams
Sunny field of flowers
Thoughts

The Birth of Ostara: Beyond Sustainability Towards A Reimagining Of Our Kinship With The Earth

The launch of Ostara is a step towards a future built on deep respect for our planet and each other.

  • Justin Adams

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