WHAT WE DO
For the last decade we've worked at communicating the importance of inner development and creating spaces for it to unfold. Our journey has sparked the creation of numerous entities, predominantly non-profit, such as youth camps, conferences, think tanks, learning labs, retreats, gatherings, digital platforms, and intentional living and working communities. These initiatives, detailed below, converge on a singular vision: to bolster our collective ability to thoughtfully craft a sustainable, conscious society for the benefit of coming generations.
Currently, our focus is on nurturing these existing ventures, harmonizing their varied pursuits while enriching our theoretical and change-driven frameworks. We are not seeking new projects at this time, nor do we offer financial support or grants.
Should our mission resonate with you, we welcome your involvement. Engaging with our initiatives offers a pathway to participate actively in shaping a thoughtful, sustainable future.
OUR ARENAS
The Foundation has crafted various spaces dedicated to fostering exploration, dialogue, and transformative lifelong learning. Among these, the island of Ekskäret, Emerge Lakefront Project and Klustret Ekskäret stand out as key arenas in Stockholm. These venues are designed not only as places for individual and collective exploration but also as hubs where networks converge, offering rich opportunities for connection and collaborative inquiry.
OUR INITIATIVES
The Foundation is committed to acting as a catalyst for social change, actively participating in the co-creation of initiatives that foster conscious development. Our approach emphasizes stimulating individual inner growth and promoting lifelong learning. We achieve this through our diverse initiatives, working in close collaboration with partners from various sectors, including industry, non-profit organizations, and academia. Each partner is integral to our mission, contributing as co-creators in our collective journey of exploration and understanding.
Below, you will find details about some of the initiatives we are currently involved in, each embodying our commitment to meaningful, impactful engagement.
Inner Development Goals Foundation
Inner Development Goals is a global movement to develop the inner and collective capacities needed to accelerate progress toward a more sustainable, just, and thriving world. They want to educate, inspire and empower people to be a positive force for change in society and find a more purposeful way to look at our lives and the lives of the people around us.
Emerge Lakefront Project
Lakefront is a residency in Sköndal, Stockholm, for personal and collective evolution; a home for those who believe that inner development fuels systemic change.
Protus Youth
Established in 2008, Protus arranges that creates and facilitates transformative camps for young people, led by young people. The camps are a religiously and ideologically independent alternative to traditional confirmation camps.
29k Foundation
”A bunch of people” who believe that anyone can become the change the world needs. For that to happen we need access to two things: Spaces where we feel seen, and trusted tools that work. So that's what they have built. A space for growth that matters - for all of us. They are a non-profit foundation, the platform is open sourced, and their tools are evidence based and donated under the creative commons licence so anyone can build on them.
Aware Platform
Aware is a free platform for mental health and inner development, created by psychologists and supported by a caring community. Through their app and web platform, they offer open and private hosted live sessions where you can learn, connect, and grow together. Join them to make a difference in your life and others' – all completely free, thanks to the 29k foundation.
Klustret Ekskäret
Klustret is a meeting and co-working facility and events pace in the central of Stockholm for ideas, dialogue, community, and values-driven collaboration.
Elevate Retreats
Elevate is a transformative week-long, co-created retreats for adults, centered on inner development and creating a safe, brave space in community. The experience is co-created by everyone, with each person contributing what they feel called to offer, whether through facilitation, creativity, listening, or simply presence.
Spark Retreats
A transformational 5-day retreat process that helps participants connect to their purpose and their potential.
Perpectiva Institute, London
Perspectiva is a community of expert generalists working on an urgent one hundred year project to improve the relationships between systems, souls and society in theory and practice.
Emerge Gatherings
The Emerge Gathering is events where different parts of the Emerge network gathers for three days of exploration.
What is emerging?
Emerge is an independent, non-profit media platform sowing the seeds of a new civilisation by asking the question: “What is emerging?”. They aim to explore the emerging cultural narratives of our time by publishing thought-provoking commentary and producing original videos and podcasts.
K9 Co-living
K9 is a purpose-driven real estate venture in Stockholm that launches and manages conscious co-living and co-working properties for global citizens. The aim is to support the development of a more conscious society.
Co-Creation Loft, Berlin
Co-creation loft is a place for new ideas, a space for personal development, a room for exploring innovative ways of working and a homebase for system changers to make a difference in society.
OUR COLLABORATIONS
We are also working with ‘Cohere+’, a research and education project co-funded by the European Union, in partnership with: The Hague Center (Netherlands), the Institute for Integral Studies (Germany), Emerge (Germany), and the Ekskäret Foundation (Sweden).
The purpose of this 3-year project is to uplevel the collective capacities of European change agents and learn together how to transform ‘metacrisis’, moving together towards a regenerative, cohesive, and healthy Europe. Our focus is on the field of ‘transformational’ change agents in Europe: those who can be identified as taking whole-systems, integrative approaches towards paradigmatic societal transformation. Cohere+ combines research, events, technology development, and educational offerings in order to map the European ‘transformational change’ field, engage with agents to build community and coherence within the field, and develop the collective capacities of change agents across Europe to co-create regenerative systems and societies.
