How do we work?
Holistic
Everything is connected, our planet is one big system. With many smaller systems working within. Changes, for the good or the bad will influence different part of the systems.
Creative
Nature, creativity and art are deeply connected. In our search for a better world we are also looking for imperfection. The place where it hurts a little, where we get challenged. In this place we want to be together.
Analytical
We want to know the backbone of this all. Do a proper research and analyze why things work the way they do.
Helena Institute
The Helena Institute is a hybrid research and creative institute—a think-and-do tank—where nature, sustainability, and systems thinking meet to shape futures worth inheriting.
We ask: What does a just, intelligent, nature-connected future look like—in practice, and in the wild?
We listen closely, work carefully, and prototype with the long view in mind. Our practices connect disciplines, people, and places into processes that are alive and adaptive.
On Our Mind
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Restoration of a plot
Helping nature to restore, grow a native food forest and increase the biodiversity in the lake and at the plot.
What Others Say
excellent visioning and implementation skills when it comes to sustainability, education and transformation of the food system
Ann Doherty, farmer, educator, Cityplot