Kula Labs offers a fellowship to individuals or small groups inspired to do regenerative work in their neighborhood and landscape. We are interested in working with and supporting individuals who have a bias towards action in their communities and those who are designing systems that folks in other landscapes around the world can replicate, in the following focus areas:

• Ecological Storytelling and Advocacy: Through compelling storytelling, educational content, and advocacy initiatives, you foster a deeper belonging between people and their environment, driving collective action towards conservation and sustainability.

• Bioregional Regeneration and Neighborhood Development: You or your place-based organization works to promote sustainable land management, restore water systems, and foster biodiversity. Simultaneously, local neighborhoods are supported in creating self-sustaining, nature-based solutions that enhance food security, water access, and provide regenerative livelihoods to the region.

If you are interested in joining Kula Labs as a fellow, please fill out this form.

Check out the amazing work our fellows are up to:

fellowships

Awakening Lands

Awakening Lands is embarking on a journey of regenerative storytelling and movement building, working towards a happier and healthier way of being human on Earth. Pioneering the “Place Attunement Practices” the team has developed a way to build deep belonging and trust, identifying “gifts” that reveal ways for people to come together to regenerate a landscape, and themselves. When nurtured, these gifts can transform into regenerative projects and initiatives. This organic, bottom-up approach ensures that the support is not only well-aligned but also well-timed.

Fellows: Benji Ross and Anna Purpera

For more, please visit the Awakening Lands Substack

Fertile Foods

Established in 2023, Fertile Foods is a sanctuary within the Roy Creek Watershed in Dripping Springs, Texas. The 23-acre property plays a critical role in preserving water quality and ecological balance at the headwaters of Roy Creek, which feeds into the Pedernales River and eventually supplies Austin with drinking water. Through sustainable land management, spring restoration, and the creation of a food forest, Fertile Foods is dedicated to revitalizing the ecosystem and ensuring a healthy, biodiverse future for and with its community.

Fellows: Desmond Slattery Lowe and Victoria Albertson

For more, please visit Fertile Foods

Agrihood Working Group at Green Gate Farms

In our neighbourhoods, we have largely forgotten how to take care of each other, how to grow our own food, how to build our own houses, how to protect each other, how to educate our children and one another, how to work together for and with people we know, how to care for our elders and children and less fortunate ones, how to be healthy, and how to take care of our place on the Earth.

Hosted at Green Gate Farms, the Agrihood Working Group is a neighbor-led resilience network where we (re)learn how to belong with each other and nature. We aim to empower our neighborhood to develop a deeper connection to our local food system and work towards more sustainable and regenerative ways of living.

Fellows: Lisa Apfelberg and Elton Hammock

Libertad Farms

Libertad Farms is a 1-acre homestead in Driftwood, TX, dedicated to regenerating their land and nurturing a deeper appreciation for regenerative agriculture within their community. Through initiatives like community garden spaces, educational programs for veterans, and dynamic workshops, Libertad Farms provides hands-on opportunities for people of all ages to connect with the land, discover the importance of healthy soil, and forge meaningful connections with nature. By creating an engaging learning environment, Libertad Farms aims to empower community members to become active stewards of the environment.

Fellows: Christian Ramirez and Amanda Ramirez

For more, please visit Libertad Farms

Nurture Nature

Nurture Nature is a regenerative landscaping service in Central Texas. They specialize in edible and native-focused landscaping that rebuilds soil, rehydrates the land, and is aesthetically pleasing. It is a for-profit company that we support by lending our knowledge of place and local ecologies. Additionally, this business can serve to model a type of "nature-based solution" that allows humanity to thrive economically as well as ecologically.

Fellow: Joshua Thibodeaux

For more, please visit Nurture Nature

জল-মাটি-গল্প, a Storytellers Group

We are a group of story weavers based in Bangladesh exploring the deep connections between people and their environment. Rooted in community and place, we build and share narratives non-traditionally from the ground up, reimagining how stories are told and experienced. We support each other to tell stories that celebrate local culture, amplify voices often unheard, and inspire a rethinking of our relationship with the world around us. Currently, we are traveling across Bangladesh meeting with communities living near key water bodies, exploring the local culinary techniques unique to each region, and gathering fish recipes that are becoming rare in today’s kitchens. Stay tuned for updates!

Fellows: Asma Alam and Sania Iqbal

Gabtoli City Colony Community

The Gabtoli City Colony Community in Dhaka, Bangladesh is working with POCAA, a platform for community action and architecture, to facilitate community movement and empowerment by exchanging academic knowledge, available resources and living wisdom within their societal system. The community is attempting to redefine the image of low-income communities and, in that effort, held a community photography exhibition called "What is Community?". We also captured the story of belonging in Gabtoli City Colony to set examples of nurturing healthy, creative and sustainable environments with limited space and resources.

Fellows: Sania Iqbal, Sayeeda Ayasha Tasneem, and Lamia Anwar Shama

For more, please visit POCAA