What we do
Kinship makes us feel part of this collective “we,” and many of the social—and certainly economic—institutions in which we are embedded depend on alienation. They depend on isolation. If we are alienated from the living world, then we can commodify the heck out of it. We can extract everything and make it all into property, make it into natural resources, not the gifts of our relatives. So kinning is a very real antidote to saying that the world is just stuff and all this stuff belongs to us. Kinning with Grandmother Moon, with salamanders, with lichens on our rooftop—all of those are acts of resistance to the objectification and commodification of the world. But I want to say that it also brings us joy. It brings us joy and happiness, and that too can be understood as a radical reclaiming of who we are as humans.
- Robin Wall Kimmerer
Tools & resources
Kincentric Leadership aims to make the principles, capacities and practices of leading from within the web of life available as widely as possible. Our newly published toolkit offers a wide range of practical, tested ideas, vital inspiration, and a new ways to place kinship with all life at the centre of all leadership and decision-making.
Interested to embed kincentric principles in your own community or organisation but not sure where to start, or how to take it to the next level? No matter what your budget, we can walk with you on that journey and help make it all come alive.
Training programmes, events & workshops
Dive into the kincentric approach to leadership via in-person and online talks and workshops. Join an in-depth online programme, try and in-person taster day, or dip in to free public dialogues and practitioner learning sessions featuring cutting edge kincentric leaders.
Or get in touch if you'd like us to come to you and offer an inspirational talk or bespoke training.
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Immersive retreats
Kincentric retreats offer a multi-sensory experience of immersion into the living, intelligent web of shared existence.
We offer retreats in different locations. In 2026 we will be in Sweden, North Germany, and the UK. We can also come to you if you are a land-
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Interdisciplinary &
cross-cultural collaboration
We bring together scientists and indigenous leaders, build relationships across very different fields and contexts, weave links between Global North and Global South, and seek to involve and learn from diverse cultural perspectives and ways of knowing.
Know the ways of the ones who take care of you, so that you may take care of them. Introduce yourself. Be accountable as the one who comes asking for life. Ask permission before taking. Abide by the answer. Never take the first. Never take the last. Take only what you need. Take only that which is given. Never take more than half. Leave some for others. Harvest in a way that minimizes harm. Use it respectfully. Never waste what you have taken. Share. Give thanks for what you have been given. Give a gift, in reciprocity for what you have taken. Sustain the ones who sustain you and the earth will last forever.
- Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass