Ostara is a Regenerative Futures Studio working to catalyse an economy in service of life.

We inspire the belief in a different future and build the trust, connections, capabilities and leadership to turn bold ideas into collective action.

The challenge

The ecological and social indicators of our time are flashing red. Inequality is deepening. Trust between actors is fraying. Our current global trajectory is dangerously off course, and the inadequacy of our extractive systems and mindsets has become evident.

Despite heroic efforts to shift this unsustainable trajectory, we remain stuck in a pattern of incrementalism. Even those pushing for change often end up operating within the same mental models prioritising efficiency and growth, without calling into question the foundations of the system.

We believe this is caused by three underlying, internal crises...

a crisis of separation

from ourselves, each other, and the living world.

a crisis of imagination

where the horizons of possibility feel limited by the systems that created our predicament.

a crisis of courage

whereby fear is the dominant force holding us back from the type of leadership required.

Our Approach

We work at a systemic level, where the scale and complexity of the challenges cannot be addressed by a single organisation. We unlock collective action by:

Inspiring trust, courage, leadership and imagination
Making shared interests visible
Fostering collective redesign
Enabling the prototyping and scaling of new ideas, initiatives and systems

Reimagining food value chains

Despite decades of effort, progress to transform how and where we produce our food has been slow and incremental. Deforestation and overfishing continue. Producers everywhere are struggling. The environmental and social costs are mounting. How could our food value chains be transformed to serve people and planet?

Redesigning finance systems in service of life

The crises of climate change and ecological collapse are accelerating, threatening the very systems that sustain life. In response, nature finance has moved rapidly into the mainstream. But what looks like progress is too often optimisation at the margins of an extractive system. What kind of finance can truly be in service of life?

Inspiring Regenerative Leadership

Our leadership models need to evolve to address the inner and outer crises of our time. What leadership competencies do we need to chart a course amidst increasingly complex, uncertain and dynamic systems? How do we cultivate the collective resilience and courage to lead the transition towards an economy in service of life?

Our name

Ostara comes from the Anglo-Saxon goddess, Eostre, who represents spring and new beginnings. Ostara became the name used for celebration of the Spring Equinox, a time of year when life emerges anew from the compost of the old, a time connected to fertility, community and the earth.

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