Incubation:

1. A process of nurturance

2.An intentional and welcomed pause that allows the weaving of intuition, visionary creation & growth

3.A cohort learning journey rooted in our relationship with Land

  • Incubation is a cohort style learning journey that will bring multiple groups in reunion together to learn and share with one another over the span of 9 months, March - Nov 2027.

    The learning journey will include 2 in person retreats as well as monthly sessions held by a core facilitation team and solidarity collaborators.

    Session elements  will include earth guardianship, preemptive visioning and organizing, explorations of power and shadow, repair and normalizing tensions, building support teams, funding, legal and governance structures, and most importantly, listening to the land. 

  • We will be holding 2 info Sessions online in September.

    Please fill out the interest form at the bottom of the page to receive an invitation.

    #1: Wed Sept 16, 10-11.30 am PST

    #2: Wed Sept 30, 10-11.30 am PST

    If you are unable to make the sessions, a more in depth FAQ can be sent to you. You can also reach out to Abi Huff, Incubation lead, via email abi@ethicallandtransition.org

  • The application process opens October 9, 2026 and will close, unless extended, on November 20. We will announce the cohort the first week of December.

    • Do I need to live in a specific region to apply?

      • Folks who live in the U.S. and U.S. territories are welcome to apply.

    • Does the land that I tend need to be rural land?

      • No, rural and urban stewards are welcome.

    • When does the application process open?

      • Application process open October 9, 2026

    • How many participants will be brought into the cohort?

      • We will be convening 5-6 land projects, with 2 people from each land project in participation. Our cohort will be intimate.

    • When does the cohort begin?

      • March 2027. First in person gathering will be held in California in April of 2027. The second in person gathering date and location TBD.

The Invitation

Centering Black, Indigenous, migrant, and diasporic land stewards of color, Incubation is held as a vision that sees climate resilient inter-generationally sustained sanctuaries flourish in all ways. We know that when given the space, the Earth always finds her way back to regeneration. Incubation holds the vision that human and more than human kin can find their way to regenerate together. Human regeneration not only includes healing with land and re-anchoring relationship to place, but reviving systems of relational governance; systems of care and repair, that are reflective of our values and moral compasses in alignment to the world we long to not only create, but the elements of life we hope to return to.

We intend for incubation to be an offering and container that will simultaneously support learning and unlearning together for the long term sustainability and intergenerational stewardship of Lands and Sanctuaries. 

If you feel ready and in need for pause and deepening in relation to the people and lands you are tending, Incubation may be for you.

Fill out the form below if you want to learn more or feel ready to Incubate

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