Ruth Andrade

Ruth Andrade

Ruth Andrade

Resilience

Resilience

Resilience

Fellow

Fellow

Fellow

Regenerosity.world Re-alliance.org Terra-agora.org

Regenerosity's Strategy Lead Lush's Environmental Partner

Poole, UK / São Paulo, Brazil

Offer

My theory of change is that at these times of transition and eventual collapse, we need to protect as much biocultural diversity as possible. This means being strategic tapping into good data like the Global Safety Net science, partnering with frontline communities keeping forests and cultures alive, and aligning business action so our supply chains are in service of this work. A big part of the work is narrative and storytelling so we can bring culture along and create connection. I have been involved in corporate regenerative leadership and the development of regenerative supply webs, philanthropy strategies to flow money in service of life and the development of programmes in partnerships with Global South organisations.

NEED

With the non-profits I help steward the right kind of strategic, catalytic funding is crucial. Moving money to the edges, trusting that communities in threatened or degraded landscapes know best how to evolve their bioregions. We are starting a two year programme in Brazil and all organisations are struggling with access to water, even the ones in the Amazon! Scaling capacity and resources for water retention landscapes, sponge villages, etc is important resilience against climate impacts and nature loss. In East Africa, we are incubating a multi-refugee camp refugee-led mushroom growing consortium with the potential to support food security for hundreds of thousands of people. Help with connectivity and networing to scale the impact to its full potential would be amazing. Finally, support with story telling and platform for the stories of resistance and resilience of the Global South.

Call-to-Action

Current projects I would love support to vision, design, collaborate on and develop: • Regenerative Bioregional Development in the priority areas from the Global Safety Net research • Multi refugee camp mushroom growing consortium

Atlantic Crossing / The Alliance

The Alliance