generating regenerative solutions for our beloved home
Climate leadership cohort 2025
The Climate Leadership Journey fosters deep relationships through shared learning, indigenous wisdom, and strategic collaboration. As part of this cohort, you'll develop the awareness, skills, and partnerships needed to lead transformative climate initiatives, both locally and globally.
With a structured, year-long program involving retreats, online learning, and peer support, you’ll join a community of leaders committed to sustainable, bioregional climate solutions.
Together, we’ll nurture the vision and resilience needed to address our beloved communities most pressing challenges.
Why is this needed?
We are facing convergent crises across all sectors of our community
In response, we are establishing catalytic partnerships to work towards bioregional climate resilience and stability.
In 2024, we launched the inaugural cohort of deeply committed organizations in the Berkshires to connect and initiate projects for bioregional climate stabilization through a year-long council-based program.
Core Principles for Collective Action:
DEEP LISTENING AND TRUST: Change flows through relationships at the speed of trust.
EMBODIED LEADERSHIP: Commitment to core values leads to lasting change initiatives.
RELATIONAL SYSTEMS-THINKING: Multi-stakeholder partnerships elevate everyone’s results.
BREAKTHROUGH ACTION INITIATIVES: Leaders learn by doing.
We are making a conscious choice to do everything in our power to create a viable future for the generations to come.
making the impossible possible
What are the benefits?
Comprehensive Learning Experience
The program offers in-person and online workshops, peer-to-peer mentorship, and an online curriculum tailored for climate leadership.
Breakthrough Action Initiatives
Focus on real-world initiatives to drive meaningful change within your organization and community.
Community & Collaboration
You join a network of like-minded leaders and organizations committed to long-term climate solutions, fostering sustained personal and professional growth.
Indigenous Wisdom & Systems Thinking
Learn indigenous principles, regenerative frameworks, and relational systems-thinking to cultivate resilience for yourself, your organization, and our beautiful region.
A united force for change
a seasonal structure
a transformative journey to cultivate climate leadership
Our emergent curriculum follows a seasonal flow, balancing in-person and online learning, peer-to-peer support, and practical applications to give you the skills and partnerships to lead impactful climate initiatives.
THREE AREAS OF FOCUS
Listening Deeply: Foster a sense a wellbeing fueled by a deep connection to your life’s vocation and vision for your organization and our unique bioregion.
Partnering for Change: Explore collaborative approaches to achieving the impossible through deeper relationships and regenerative frameworks, recognizing that meaningful work cannot be done alone.
Practicing Climate Leadership: Fueled by the internal wisdom, strategic thinking, and local partnerships gained through the journey, you’ll take action to realize your vision within your organization and the Berkshires.
What’s Included?
5 Full-day Retreats at Quaker Meeting House
7 Live Online Workshops
Virtual Curriculum Providing Frameworks, Video Materials, and a Wealth of Resources on Climate Leadership
Peer-to-Peer Mentoring
20 leaders
1 unique journey
Apply today to save your spot in the 2025 Climate Leadership Cohort
Meet Your Teachers
Guiding you on a 12-month Journey
What is the Cost?
Our goal is to make this journey available to everyone within our beloved community.
If you don’t see an option that works for your circumstances, please let us know in your application or contact us and we’re happy to find a way forward that ensures your participation.
LARGE COMPANIES + ORGANIZATIONS: $5,200
MID-SIZED + SMALL BUSINESSES: $4,200
NON-PROFIT + COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP: $3,200
Questions & Answers
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The 2025 Cohort Journey will take place both in-person and online. We will meet every 3-4 weeks on Tuesdays, either via Zoom for 90-minutes or in-person for a full-day retreat. The in-person retreats will be at the Quaker Meeting House from 10am-5pm. The online workshops will be on Zoom from 9:30am-11am.
Here is the calendar of sessions:
January 14, 2025 - Zoom Workshop
February 4 - In-Person Retreat
March 4 - Zoom Workshop
March 25 - In-Person Retreat
April 29 - Zoom Workshop
May 27 - In-Person Retreat
June 10 - Zoom Workshop
July 22 - Zoom Workshop
August 26 - Zoom Workshop
September 16 - In-Person Retreat
[Optional] Thursday, October 9 - Deep Networking Circle 10am-2pm
[Optional] Sunday, October 12 - Indigenous Peoples Day
October 28 - Zoom Workshop
December 2 - In-Person
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Yes, and we understand life happens. The series of workshops build on each other and are created based on everyones attendance, so you should plan to participate in every session. However, recordings and related materials will be available after each workshop and we’ll recap along the way to help keep everyone up to speed.
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This transformative journey consists of both live sessions and self-directed learning modules.
The live sessions will take place on Tuesdays either online for 90-minutes or at the Quaker Meeting House from 10am-5pm.
In addition to these sessions, you should plan to spend 1-2 hours each month on the online curriculum and your peer mentoring.
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There will be a maximum of 20 participants. This small size will support conversation and connection.
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Yes, scholarships and payment plans are available for a limited number of those in need. Please reach out to Lead Facilitator Lev Natan directly at lev@allianceforviablefuture.org or schedule a call here to discuss options.