OUR IMPACT

MAKING A SCENE

Within Landwell's hub for regenerative living, cultural innovation, and community resilience our affiliated programs and organizations reach beyond our borders, impacting communities locally, nationally, and internationally. The stewards of these initiatives are Landwell residents, fostering a deeply rooted connection to our local and regional community. Affiliated organizations and programs operate autonomously but collaborate to amplify our collective impact. We support each other, cross-pollinate ideas, and celebrate together, creating a dynamic cultural scene and social ecosystem.

"Scenius stands for the intelligence and intuition of a whole cultural scene. It is the communal form
of the concept of the genius."
-Brian Eno

  • Nurturing a regenerative culture and community through Landwell’s HeartSeed Farm, which has included cultivating over 35 different heirloom crops and offering traditional land-tending skills to the BeeHive Land-Based Learning Center's youth and local volunteers.

  • Facilitating the return of 1,226 acres of land to Indigenous communities and supporting BIPOC land projects through the Center for Ethical Land Transition.

  • Designing the Rights of Nature Land Sovereignty program, launching in 2024 through the Center for Ethical Land Transition, to ensure the accessibility and self-governed stewardship of land.

  • Engaging prison communities in conversations about mortality, grief and meaningful living through Alive Inside, in collaboration with the prison system’s health and wellness programs nationally.

  • Facilitating over 35 experiential community well-being and transformation workshops through the Innovative Learning and Living Institute for Indigenous networks, universities, foundations, and multigenerational community-based organizations.


Landwell’s commitment to bioregional resilience encompasses solar power, energy-efficient living in a walkable community that shares resources, regenerative agriculture, fire mitigation through grazing, and restoration of floodplains and waterways in collaboration with local bioregion-focused organizations and indigenous communities.



Impact: Restoration and Healing

At Landwell the work of our residents includes:

Impact: Education and Learning

  • Growing the number of local children and families who participate in the experiential programs and holistic curriculum of the BeeHive Land-Based Learning Center that cultivates Earth stewardship, climate resiliency, and love of learning.

  • Designing educational classes for youth through SoundWell Studios, empowering the next generation of music producers, cultural workers, and change makers.

  • Delivering immersive learning programs that addresses collective well-being, polarization, and place-based service through the Innovative Learning and Living Institute, including a multi-month living-learning residency for a diverse cohort of young adults.

  • Training hundreds of consent educators and certified facilitators worldwide through the School of Consent, using Betty Martin’s Wheel of Consent relational framework, which was featured in the New York Times as a new model for consent and intimacy.

  • Spearheading the community discourse series, “Somatics, Sovereignty and Social Justice” as well as the series, “Reawakening to Touch and Intimacy” in a quasi-post-pandemic world through the School of Consent.

At Landwell, a collective commitment to integrative and experiential learning unifies our diverse initiatives. We engage local communities through holistic curricula, empower youth as creators, address global challenges, and create new approaches to consent education. This shared theme permeates our cultural innovation and resilience hub, fostering growth and dynamic education experiences for individuals and communities alike.

At Landwell the work of our residents includes:

Impact: Creative Arts and Imagination

  • Producing content for clients like BBC and NPR that showcases SoundWell Studio’s commitment to change-making narratives.

  • Offering center stage performances at the Bioneers Conference and for Prairie Home Companion, in addition to MaMuse’s national performances, festivals, tours, and online collaborations.

  • Creating Prison Dancer (co-written by Landwell resident Carmen De Jesus) a musical, supported by a Tony Award-winning producer, that Broadway World critics write will be “extremely well-received either on- or off-Broadway.”

  • Sharing the healing power of music with hospice patients through Songs for Life, with musicians providing ongoing visits, and often creating original songs inspired by the patient's life.

In the realm of creative arts and imagination, the shared theme among these endeavors is the unwavering commitment to honor the dignity of edge communities and envision liberatory futures. From producing content for renowned platforms to crafting musical narratives that captivate diverse audiences, these creative expressions unite in their dedication to uplifting marginalized voices and shaping narratives that inspire transformative change.

At Landwell the work of our residents includes: