Mission
Radical
| ˈradɪk(ə)l |
adjective
- (especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough.
Regeneration
| rɪdʒɛnəˈreɪʃn |
noun
- (of a living organism) grow (new tissue) after loss or damage;
- bring new and more vigorous life to (an area, industry, institution, etc); revive.
Joyful
| ˈdʒɔɪfʊl |
adjective
- feeling, expressing, or causing great pleasure and happiness.
Revolution
| rɛvəˈluːʃ(ə)n |
adjective
- a dramatic and wide-reaching change in conditions, attitudes, or operation.
Advaya is a global platform for alternative education and transformative experiences that sits at the intersection of ecology, wellbeing, and spirituality to link inner transformation with outer change. We are building a community of change-makers around the principles of radical regeneration and joyful revolution.
Our world is in crisis: a crisis of mental health, the environment, and the economy. At the root of these crises is a system that has pushed both people and planet to their tipping point.
Advaya explores the connections between ecology, spirituality, and mental health, advocating regenerative narratives and economies, collective responsibility, public awakening and mobilisation. By embedding ecological awareness into our lives, we can move from narratives of growth to an economy that values social, individual and environmental wellbeing. Our live events, media platform and campaigns shift narratives, empower and inspire, weaving stories of beautiful transformation, resistance and renewal.
We believe positive change will occur when enough people are empowered and united. We therefore cultivate informed communities, link networks, and advocate alternatives, practices and knowledge in the areas of Food, Economy, Consciousness, Activism, Health, Lifestyle & Story-Telling. We enable people to stand at the forefront of positive change and support the transition to a happier, healthier and globally considerate world.
We Work in 5 Key Ways #
Raising Awareness
We curate solution-oriented events and content to inspire, empower and educate, bringing together a growing and diverse community with groundbreaking figures from the forefront of social change.
Empowering Action
We inspire conscious activism that is regenerative and sustainable. We empower young people to find their voice for positive change, to become aware of the weight of their actions, and to realise their individual potential and power to address the crises we face.
Creating Community
We create community around positive change making through in-person events and gatherings. When we come together we realise we are not alone in our hopes and dreams for a thriving, regenerative and globally considerate life.
Improving Wellbeing
We link personal healing with social action and believe that ill mental health and environmental degradation go hand in hand: the way we treat the world is a mirror of how we treat ourselves. We incorporate meditation and embodiment practices to nurture individual and collective resilience so that our actions may be a source of flourishing — individually, together and for society.
Celebrating Life
We are falling back in love with life. We promote joyful activism. We believe in the power of re-enchantment and that by acting for the welfare of the world our lives are filled with purpose, belonging and connection.
The Work of Advaya Aims To: #
- Recognise the crucial interconnection between people and planet; mental health, society, and our environment;
- Equip and empower individuals, communities and networks with knowledge and tools to tackle the root causes of today’s crises;
- Shift narratives of consumption and growth to regenerative economies that put the wellbeing of people and planet first;
- Utilise media and outreach to activate global awareness and responsibility, moving from climate apathy and feelings of hopelessness to empowered action;
- Cultivate a movement that values diversity and uses an ecological approach to understand the key issues of our time;
- Think global, yet act local;
- Inspire the recognition of our human relationship to living systems and our role in their health, finding empowerment in our responsibility to the world around us;
- Recognise the role of spirituality and practices that sustain;
- Seek wisdom and perspectives from ancient sources as well as science and innovation;
- Advocate joyful communities rooted in creativity, celebration and collaboration;
- Engage with an activism that is regenerative and grounded in the shared value of all life.
Our Programmes #
Education & Community Building
Food & Farming
Industrial agriculture is destroying the health of people and the planet. We need farms conceived as ecosystems; real farming designed to provide everyone everywhere with food of the highest quality, forever, without wrecking the rest of the world.
Industrial agriculture is destroying the health of people and the planet. We need farms conceived as ecosystems; real farming designed to provide everyone everywhere with food of the highest quality, forever, without wrecking the rest of the world.
Consciousness & Spirituality
To catalyse change and create a culture of peace we must seek wisdom and perspectives from ancient sources as well as science and innovation. We must develop social and ecological systems aligned with the matrix of life that unify and interconnect all that lives.
To catalyse change and create a culture of peace we must seek wisdom and perspectives from ancient sources as well as science and innovation. We must develop social and ecological systems aligned with the matrix of life that unify and interconnect all that lives.
Activism & Leadership
Our activism works for both inner and outer transformation, because it understands that the crises burning around us are external expressions of our inner worlds. Media and outreach are our tools to inform and activate global awareness and responsibility, moving from hopelessness to empowered action.
Our activism works for both inner and outer transformation, because it understands that the crises burning around us are external expressions of our inner worlds. Media and outreach are our tools to inform and activate global awareness and responsibility, moving from hopelessness to empowered action.
Economy & Decentralisation
The global economic system is destroying the natural world, our livelihoods and our well-being. We need to transform the economic world order by moving away from our dependence on growth and global monopolies and towards localised economies with wellbeing at the centre.
The global economic system is destroying the natural world, our livelihoods and our well-being. We need to transform the economic world order by moving away from our dependence on growth and global monopolies and towards localised economies with wellbeing at the centre.
Health & Wellbeing
Our health is inextricably related to the health of all living systems. We find empowerment in our responsibility to the world around us.
Our health is inextricably related to the health of all living systems. We find empowerment in our responsibility to the world around us.
Story-Telling & Narrative
In a world of divisions and polarisation, shared stories allow us to come together, shift narrative, hack culture and truly drive change. But we cannot truly listen to anyone else’s story, much less develop shared ones, unless we are brave enough to tell our own.
In a world of divisions and polarisation, shared stories allow us to come together, shift narrative, hack culture and truly drive change. But we cannot truly listen to anyone else’s story, much less develop shared ones, unless we are brave enough to tell our own.
Our Activism #
we believe in the power of inner and outer activism.#
We acknowledge that change starts within, but we are up against the clock, so while working to create greater peace within let’s also work to create peace in our surroundings. While healing our relationship with ourselves, let’s heal our relationship with others. While eating to nourish the body, let’s eat in a way that also nourishes the body of the earth. While acting to help ourselves, let’s act in a way that helps our planet. Because, we can only thrive if our communities and planet are thriving too.
To create a more sustainable and harmonious world we have to look within and without. The way we treat the world is a reflection of how we treat ourselves.
life is about action and we have a choice about what actions we take.#
We can take actions that celebrate and honour life or we can take actions that disturb the inherent harmony of ourselves and our environments.
Let’s start looking at how our actions are affecting ourselves, others and our planet. Through awareness we can evolve. We can perceive unconscious habits and patterns and replace them with positive behaviours that benefits all aspects of our lives.
let’s stop over-complicating change, worrying about labels & being perfect, let’s just make a start.#
We acknowledge that change starts within, but we are up against the clock, so nhile working to create greater peace within let’s also work to create peace in our surroundings. While healing our relationship with ourselves, let’s heal our relationship with others. While eating to nourish the body, let’s eat in a wag that also nourishes the body of the earth. While acting to help ourselves, let’s act in a way that helps our planet. Because, we can only thrive if our communities and planet are thriving too.
To create a more sustainable and harmonious world we have to look within and without. The way we treat the world is a reflection of how we treat ourselves.