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Collective weaving
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RAIN - Collective weaving of resilience

We are a transnational collective, drawn together by a shared longing to re-weave relationships: with ourselves, with each other, and with the wider web of life. We come together and activate deep transformation, awareness based systems and regenerative change. With a focus on embodiment and creativity as tools for change, aiming for emergence, inclusivity and accessibility in group processes.

Through our network of facilitators, artists, and educators, we offer educational spaces that foster deep awareness, creativity, and systemic transformation. And by embracing emergence and honoring all dimensions of being: body, mind and spirit, we nurture the capacity for communities to learn, evolve, and act as living ecosystems of change.

In our anchor circle we share
the following experience:

Gabriel

Originating from Brazil, where he is currently founding a community with a couple of friends, Gabriel is a facilitator and project manager. He focuses on community building tools such as horizontal governance. He is an expert on holacracy and can be found supporting emergent communities and projects focussed on youth and youth work across Europe from this angle, being the nomad that he is. Within RAIN he is also responsible for the finances where transparency is one of the key concepts he implements.

Nicole

Born in the Netherlands, with a background in psychology she is a folk artist and facilitator of workshops, processes and spaces surrounding systemic transformation, deep listening and deep ecology with embodiment and creativity as her tools. With over five years of experience in facilitation groups, youth and adults she is passionate about bringing spaces where we can land, sense and be present with what wants to emerge. Within RAIN taking on roles such as grant writer, project manager and facilitator.

Florian

Also from the Netherlands, Flo is a facilitator in the fields of permaculture, authentic relating and systems theory. Rooted firmly into the earth, he is often found working in the garden of eco communities growing food and flowers. Over the last 5 years, Flo has assisted and held trainings and workshops, both for youth and professionals. Within his work, he focuses on what emerges in the group body, beyond the individual experience. In RAIN, he manages projects, writes grants and he facilitates.

What orients us is not growth or achievement, but...

The practice of being together in ways that nurture resilience and interconnection. We come as a semi-organic constellation of people whose paths have met through permaculture, deep ecology, and community building.

In the spaces we tend, artistic, expressive, introspective, and embodied practices are central, not as decoration, but as necessary ways of knowing. They allow us to touch the felt sense of being alive, to welcome grief and joy alike, and to carry learning beyond the merely rational into the places where life actually moves.

We move slowly and listen deeply to relate more widely.

Want to learn more? Have a look at our mission, values, projects and community.

Aligned action for transformation

It is our mission to create spaces of deep transformation that create a strong resilient network of collaboration across disciplines and to rewrite the story of our time. We are stronger together than alone, and we are never truly alone. To be a part of our mission, it is important to be aligned on the values we are standing on. Read them carefully if you wish to be a part of the collective!

Our values:

Regenerative coexistence

We acknowledge the Earth as our home, and our responsibility towards it. We aim for a systemic approach to regenerative action – self, collective and earth are all connected. We need to acknowledge and take care of all for true resilience and change to arise.

Embodied learning

We remember that knowing is not only cognitive. It pulses through our bodies, emerges in play, and reveals itself in movement, art, and ritual. Transformation is not only spoken; it trembles, dances, weeps, and sings. By leaning into these practices, we soften the dominance of the rational and let other ways of knowing find voice.

Living integrity

We cannot always live up to our ideals, but we practice speaking with sincerity and noticing when our actions fall short. Integrity is less about perfection and more about staying with the tensions of alignment and misalignment, of intention and consequence. Through gentle accountability and radical responsibility, we become trustworthy stewards of our shared path.

Wholeness of being

We are not fragments of productivity. We arrive as whole, contradictory, learning beings. Meeting each other in our messiness and beauty, we tend the inner terrains that ripple into the collective field. Presence, discomfort, silence, and vulnerability all have a place in this practice of becoming.

Equity in belonging

Belonging is not given once and for all. It must be continually tended to. Each voice matters, each need counts. We do not erase differences but seek to be present with its complexity, practicing care in the fragile work of inclusion, equity and justice.

Transparent flow

Transparency does not dissolve conflict or uncertainty, but it keeps us tethered to honesty. We believe in the wisdom of openness. We share our processes and questions, even when they are unfinished, so that trust is woven in the open rather than hidden in the closed. In this flow; messy, porous, imperfect, we find a coherence that is alive, not fixed.

We are not here to offer solutions or to fix what has been broken.
We are here to hold spaces where unlearning, remembering,
and transformation can unfold.

Projects

Embodied Ecolife

In early September 2025, RAIN gathered at Avnø Oasis, not to deliver a finished program, but to practice being together in uncertainty. Rather than following a fixed program, the week was shaped collectively by the people present. Participants contributed workshops, practices, music, art, and shared inquiries, creating an open in-depth skillshare rooted in regeneration, permaculture, deep ecology, community building, embodiment, and art.
The training functioned as both a learning space and an exploration of facilitation. Without predefined outcomes, participants experimented with new formats, learned from one another, and practiced holding space together. This approach allowed knowledge to emerge through relationships, collaboration, and lived experience rather than instruction alone.
At the same time, the gathering served as a foundational moment for RAIN as a collective. Through shared processes and conversations, participants explored how they wished to be involved in the network going forward. Instead of defining a clear future direction, the week focused on building trust, clarifying values, and sensing what kind of collective RAIN is becoming.

Ecosystems KA2

As a facilitator within the ECOSystems project, Nicole supported young people in her focus on the world dimension of Gaia and the interdependence between social and ecological systems. She contributed to creating meaningful pathways for young people to engage with sustainable development through direct experience in eco-communities. In parallel, Gabriel contributed as a facilitator with a focus on horizontal governance and financial systems, supporting participants and eco-communities in exploring more equitable, transparent, and participatory ways of organizing and resourcing their work. The project focused in particular on young people with fewer opportunities, offering them access to spaces where participation, learning, and contribution were experienced as practical and embodied processes.
Through involvement in the daily activities of eco-communities, young people increased their motivation to participate in democratic life and civil society in tangible ways. Participants developed concrete tools for living more sustainably, including skills related to social and eco-sustainable entrepreneurship, which they were able to apply and share within their own communities.
The project also supported the eco-communities involved. Through mentoring and training in non-formal education methods and inclusive approaches, eco-communities were better equipped to engage young people in the long term, particularly those facing social or economic barriers.
Overall, ECOSystems fostered a stronger sense of community and shared responsibility for sustainability by building bridges between young people and eco-communities across Europe. By connecting social inclusion with environmental action, the project addressed both inequality and ecological challenges through participation, learning, and collaboration.

I Revive - YE

I Revive - Youth Exchange

The I REVIVE Youth Exchange focused on empowering young people to regenerate their relationships with themselves, their communities, and the planet in order to strengthen both personal and ecological wellbeing. Over the course of 15 days, the project brought together more than 30 young adults in an off-grid eco-community in southern France, providing an immersive learning environment grounded in regenerative living. The exchange was co-facilitated by Nicole and Flo, who supported the group through a combination of structured activities and emergent learning processes.
Participants increased their awareness of regenerative practices at individual, communal, and planetary levels through a range of non-formal education activities. Workshops and practices included permaculture, exploration of health-sustaining cycles within ecosystems, and approaches to planetary healing rooted in individual and collective wellbeing and connection.
The exchange also emphasized the value of multigenerational and cross-cultural knowledge. Participants were encouraged to reflect on and share the wisdom of their own cultures and communities, creating a learning space that connected local experience with broader ecological and social perspectives. Overall, I REVIVE supported young people in developing practical tools, awareness, and relationships that enabled them to integrate regenerative practices into their everyday lives and future initiatives.

Curious to become a part of our collective in some way?

RAIN is a growing community with a shared mission.

Let us know whether you are interested in becoming part of our collective as a member, want to collaborate or facilitate in one of our projects, or want to create new bonds as a partner organization.

Pictures by Max der Wal

Collective weaving of resilience