Regenerate Our Earth at Camp Earnest

Good People,

Welcome to our first immersive weekend devoted to learning about circular and regenerative economic practices. We invite you to immerse yourself in nature and community, and to explore how we can consciously and effectively respond to the Earth's call for regeneration.

Retreat Objectives

• Gain a basic understanding of the circular and regenerative economics frameworks, which challenge traditional assumptions and explore innovative approaches to a thriving civilization in harmony with a thriving natural world.
• Explore the interconnectedness of human society and the earth’s ecosystems in the anthropocene era. Reflect on how your personal transformation can contribute to global regeneration.
• Learn simple yet powerful practices to directly experience the regenerative power of nature, fostering a deeper connection with the biosphere.
• Acquire strategies for turning eco-anxiety into regenerative action, while promoting mental well-being in the face of environmental challenges.
• Develop an action plan for implementing regenerative initiatives in your personal and professional life, with guidance and feedback from experienced facilitators.

By the end of the retreat, participants will have gained essential knowledge, skills, and inspiration to contribute to the regeneration of our world.

Who Should Attend

This retreat is ideal for anyone interested in taking their understanding and commitment to sustainability to the next level.

• Any person concerned with sustainability and the unraveling of our natural world.
• Both burgeoning and seasoned environmentalists.
• Business leaders, entrepreneurs and other professionals who want to invent flourishing dynamics between business and environmental restoration.
• Persons suffering from eco-anxiety, solastalgia, burnout or overwhelm concerning our individual and collective struggles towards living sustainably.

Program Overview:

The Regenerate the Earth retreat is structured around three core pillars.

Regenerative Thinking

• Learn the basic principles of circular and regenerative economics as taught by the retreat facilitator, Manuel Maqueda, at Harvard University.
• Challenge traditional assumptions about sustainability and gain new perspectives that have the power to revolutionize your approach to economic and environmental issues.
• Bust widespread myths and misunderstandings concerning sustainability, and dare to view sustainability challenges and solutions in an entirely new light.
• Get inspired by regenerative solutions already being implemented all over the world.
  

Regenerative Being

• Explore your feelings as an active participant in the onset of the Anthropocene (the era where the world is being unraveled and remade by human activity.)
• Reflect on how this transformed world has the potential to transform you, and the ways you show up in the world to engage with your community.
• Discover how your personal transformation can contribute to the regeneration of the world.
  

Regenerative Experiences

• Engage in simple but transformative practices designed to directly experience the regenerative power of nature.
• Reconnect with the web of life and rekindle your relationship with the natural world.
• Rediscover the profound interconnectedness of all living beings and the regenerative potential that lies within each of us.

Facilitation, mindfulness and somatics

• Creative, community-centered facilitation: Through a creative and community-centric model of facilitation we will endeavor to create a safe, judgment free and inclusive container, where everyone feels welcome to actively engage and co-create the learning experience.
  
• Masterclasses: we will engage in a few brief but illuminating masterclasses led by a recognized expert in circular and regenerative economics.
  

• Small Group Work. We will be working in small groups, so be ready to make new friends and heartfelt connections with others.
  

• Mindfulness Practices: we will engage in nurturing mindfulness practices to cultivate a sense of inner peace and clarity to enhance our ability to effect regenerative action in the world.
  

• Somatic Practices: we will resort to easy somatic practices to help us connect with self, with the group, and with the regenerative power of our mother, the Earth.

Registration:

Space is limited, so we encourage you to register early to secure your spot. To register or to learn more about the retreat, please register here on Eventbrite. If you have questions, you may contact us through our website at

https://www.campearnest.com

Join us for an inspiring and transformative retreat that will empower you to become an agent of planetary regeneration.

WHAT CAN YOU BRING?

Glad you asked.

This is a warm time of year, so layers of loose clothing are wise, as well as shoes you can easily slip on or off as you enter and leave Hilltop Hall.

Please bring your own water bottle and metal cup and reuse these all weekend. Reusing cups really helps cut down on dirty dishes.

Bring sunscreen, mosquito repellent, camping gear (if you choose this lodging option) and snacks or drinks you might like to share. We may travel uphill or downhill and weather can vary a lot. We are at 3,500 feet of elevation and it can be much hotter or cooler uphill or downhill from us.

We ask that you please carpool in as few vehicles as possible. Parking is limited. The drive is just 140 miles or about 2.5 hours from SF.

We encourage you to consider a visit to Yosemite National Park before or after this retreat. If you choose to go, please visit their web site and be sure to reserve an entry pass.

Please remember to be super fire safe.

Manuel Maqueda serves as a Special Programs Instructor of Applied Circular Economics and Regenerative Economics at Harvard University’s Division of Continuing Education. He previously developed the Circular Economy online course at the University of California, Berkeley. Manuel teaches and lectures on circular and regenerative economics, as well as innovation, at various universities and international business schools.

Recognized as an expert in plastic pollution, Manuel is a co-founder of several influential organizations, including the Plastic Pollution Coalition and SUPER (Single-Use Plastics Elimination or Reduction), a non-profit organization that assists companies in eliminating single-use plastics through a tiered certification program.

As a futurist thinker, Manuel serves on the Strategic Foresight Board of the Circular Economy Alliance. He has advised prominent futurist organizations, including the Long Now Foundation, funded by Jeff Bezos, dedicated to promoting long-term thinking over the next 10,000 years.

Raquel Santiago is a Climate Action dancer, dance therapist, and eco-anxiety group facilitator. She researches and decodes scientific climate change data through dance to make it more understandable on physical and emotional levels. Raquel developed the BioResilience somatic method for those suffering from eco-anxiety. Trained in climate change and its health impacts at Harvard University, and in plastic pollution at Cornell University, she collaborates with environmental organizations and performs at conferences worldwide. Passionate about psychology and astrology, she has worked as a therapist at Sant Pau Hospital in Barcelona and continues to explore mindfulness and Tibetan Buddhist meditation.

CHEF:

Chef Anthony Giacobbe has been cooking Californian Farm to Table Cuisine for over 20 years. He got his start working directly with farmers and produced grown at Esalen, California's legendary retreat center in Big Sur.

Chef Anthony's cooking is a celebration of freshness, seasonality, and cultural fusion. His commitment to farm-to-table dining and his love for Asian cuisine continue to redefine the culinary landscape, offering a unique and delicious experience that stays true to the roots of California's rich agricultural heritage. Anthony has also spent a year traveling Latin America and has a great respect for all things taco.

OUR MENUS:

Subject to change based on best ingredients at market and chef's whims.

Welcome Bites

Selection of local gouda, cheddar, goat and triple cream cheeses, dried apricot, goat and pistachio stuffed dates, crudités w/hummus, seasoned Brazil nuts, cashews, walnut mix and torn sourdough toast from The Independent Wine Company

Mixed sweet pepper and halibut ceviche, organic blue corn chips

Addictive coconut and yellow yeast popcorn

Friday Dinner

Summer thyme and oregano marinated and seared Mt. Lassen trout w/house made saffron aioli

Rainbow Quinoa w/brunoise root vegetables, lemon, ginger

Sautéed dandelion and spinach w/garlic and chili

Rize Up Bakery ube sourdough and dense French butter

Spiced purple carrot cake, vanilla bean cream cheese frosting

Saturday Breakfast

Overnight organic rolled oats w/blueberries, dried coconut flakes

Cantelope, raspberries, wild Himalayan blackberries (foraged along the creek)

Homemade maple pecan granola

Organic Strauss yogurt, mangrove honey

Cow, oat and nut milks

Fancy Toast - Seeded rye loaf, avocado, bacon or smoked salmon egg, braised soy spinach, Serrano chili crunch

Cow’s milk, oat milk, nut milks, half n’ half

Revive roasters coffee, organic earl grey and pu-erh teas

Saturday Lunch

Saag w/homemade flower petal paneer

Chicken tikka masala - vegan cashew cream

Orange lentil daal

Garlic naan

Mint coriander chutney

Basmati jasmine rice

Organic romaine, purple dandelion greens salad, turmeric vinaigrette

Sat Dinner

BBQ Northstar bison brisket

Gigante beans and mustard greens

Elote sweet yellow corn salad

Smokey slow-cooked collards

Warm fingerling potato salad, celery, shallot, dill

Peach and plum cardamom cobbler

Vanilla ice-cream w/balsamic reduction

Sunday Breakfast

Creamy coconut polenta

Seedless watermelon, raspberries, wild Himalayan blackberries (foraged along the creek)

Homemade maple pecan granola

Organic Strauss yogurt, mangrove honey

Independent Wine Company sourdough toast, jams, soft butter

Dragon fruit and mango fruit puffs

Cow’s milk, oat milk, nut milks, half n’ half

Revive roasters coffee, organic earl grey and pu-erh teas

Sunday Good Bye Brunch

Chawanmushi - seaweed egg custard

Savory congee - toasted sesame, scallions, chili oil

Napa cabbage slaw, toasted sesame oil, rice vinegar

Fried rice paper gyoza, chicken or tofu

Mashed purple Okinawan yam

Please email us at least 72 hours in advance if you have any dietary restrictions and we'll do our best to accommodate them.

OUR ITINERARY:

Friday, August 9th

3:00pm Welcome Circle, Connection Exercises

Intention and expectation setting, getting to know each other.

4:00pm Session 1

5:00pm Wildcrafted Cocktails & Wild Foods Grazing Platters

6:30 Family style Dinner with chef Spencer Hochman

8:30 Silent Disco by the fire pit on the lawn in front of the lodge

Saturday, August 10th

7:00 Tea and coffee available in lodge

8:00 Opening meditation in Hilltop Hall

9:00 Breakfast in lodge

10:00 Session 2

11:00 15 minute break

12:00 Session 3

1:00 Lunch in lodge

2:00 Time in nature

3:30 Session 4

4:30 Tea and coffee break

5:00 Session 5

6:30 Dinner in the lodge

7:30 Fireside inspiration stories

8:30 Free time (hot tub and sauna)

Sunday, August 11th

7:00 Tea and coffee in lodge

8:00 Meditation in Hilltop Hall

9:00 Breakfast in lodge

10:00 Session 6

11:00 Break in nature

11:30 Session 7

1:00 Lunch

2:00 Closing circle and gratitude

SAFE ONWARD TRAVELS!