Sustainability Leadership Programme

We know what it’s like to be deeply concerned about the state of the world, working to make a difference, but sure you could do so much more. Three fundamental strengths have enabled us to successfully lead change for sustainability:

The confidence to hold true to the fact we are part of nature – in a society that would have us believe and behave as if humans are somehow separate from the rest of the living world.

The capacity to engage not just our heads but also our hearts – to combine intellect with emotional intelligence, instinct, and imagination.

The support of trusted companions – like-minded peers who help us when the going is tough and the way forward is unclear.

The transformative power of spending extended periods of time in wild places has been central to developing these strengths and is at the heart of our sustainability leadership programme. We've distilled over a decade of expertise into one extraordinary week so you can make even more of a meaningful and worthwhile difference in the world and the lives of others.

Join nine of your peers and three of our sustainability experts for six days in the Scottish Highlands. Based in a comfortable, remote, off-grid lodge, we will spend most of our time outside, where our facilitators will guide you through a unique programme of personal, paired and group practices. They include wild mindfulness, guided meditation, wilderness solos, structured dialogue and reflection. Inspired by ancient cultural and spiritual traditions, these practices have been adapted for our modern society.

Programme structure

A week-long retreat, from Saturday to Friday, at Alladale Wilderness Reserve, north of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.

Here, we will carefully guide you through a powerful yet gentle process where you work with your peers and the living world around you, to find clarity of purpose and to determine the next steps on your sustainability leadership journey.

Following the retreat, three two-hour online group mentoring sessions over two months complete our sustainability leadership programme:

– Week 2: Reviewing your actions and insights since your return.

– Week 5: Developing and refining your plans.

– Week 8: Maintaining resolve, seeking and offering support.

Programme costs

Given the specialist nature of our sustainability leadership programme – the retreat, just ten participants, the exceptional facilitator to participant ratio and three post-retreat mentoring sessions – based on the fees of typical leadership programmes you might expect ours to cost upwards of £5000.

We love doing this, and because we don’t carry the overheads of conventional management training centres, we are delighted that we can offer the programme at a cost that means a diversity of people can join us.

Who we are looking for

In our experience, truly effective sustainability leadership is not a career choice, it’s part of an eternal human drive to make a meaningful and worthwhile difference in the world and the lives of others.

If you are an experienced leader, professional or business owner with a deep personal concern about sustainability, regardless of whether it is part of your ‘day job’, we’d love to work with you.

Why you should apply (or sign up)

Working with our sustainability experts and your peers, you will:

• Develop your own approach to sustainability leadership, that builds on your particular background and expertise, and reflects your personal commitment and professional context.
• Gain deep insight into the root causes of the environmental crisis, and the emotional and psychological dimensions of the changes that are needed.
• Decide how to apply your new and existing skills and insights most effectively to catalyse and support change for sustainability.
• Learn powerful techniques to support your sustainability leadership journey: to find clarity and inspiration; to overcome blockages and difficulties, and to maintain focus and energy.
• Build strong relationships with your peers, and the opportunity to continue supporting each other on your sustainability leadership journeys.

If that sounds like you, we'd love to welcome you on this programme. Sign up now to reserve your place.