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Can we become the people the world needs?
Develop the skills, wisdom and community to remake the world.
Scintilla is a classroom, laboratory and gathering space for those who know another world is possible.
We’re living through a profound point in human history, shaped by climate change, increasing war & violence, AI, fraying democracy, and cultures of burnout & extraction.
At Scintilla, we gather to become the people the world needs.
To become wiser, more imaginative, whole human beings.
To develop the resilience to stay with long haul work, and
To build the skills & capacities we each need to foster a more flourishing future.
If you’re looking for a community of likeminded changemakers - welcome.
The challenges of these times are great.
So too are the range of skills and capacities we must develop to lead.
How we work
Skilling Up
To address the crises we face, we must cultivate an approach that transforms both the external systems we live within and the internal landscapes that shape how we perceive and interact with the world.
We equip people with the diverse range of skills needed for transformation, including nonviolence, conflict reconciliation, vision and creativity, moral imagination and more.
Go Within
The crises facing our world are spiritual and relational in origin, going to the heart of what it means to be human and how we relate to each other and the living world. Changemaking without wisdom or soul-work is missing half the puzzle.
We create spaces to reflect on your personal journey as a changemaker, to discern what is meaningfully yours to do in this time, and develop wisdom practices to navigate grief, uncertainty and despair.
Explore Big, Beautiful Ideas
We have answers - or at least starting points - to many of the challenges we face in the world. What we lack is the right questions to facilitate our best use of these answers.
We create opportunities for changemakers to ask better questions, and to explore big, beautiful, complex ideas, breaking down how they relate to you, your community and your work.
Gather Community
Scintilla is more than just a place for skill-building. We foster a community of people committed to a more just, loving and regenerative world.
We cannot hold the world alone - we need each other.
We each have a role to play in reshaping the world.
What’s yours?
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Those who shine a light on injustice; the loud, vocal and necessary voice of no more.
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Those who tend with care and compassion to all that is hurting; emotional + physical, human + non-human.
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Those who create the systems - businesses, movements, governance, networks - that stand when the current structures fall (history teaches us that all structures do).