Kinship shapes narratives and ignites culture shifts to reconnect us with the web of life.
We bring together artists, storytellers, grassroots leaders, and community members to create new stories that strengthen our resilience and relationship with our planet. We turn narrative change into long-standing, locally rooted action.
How we ignite transformative change
Stories as Seeds
Magnetic stories told and retold become a shared cultural narrative. These narratives shape our identities, values, and actions.
Art as Activism
Social science reveals that humans are driven by emotion. Art is the language of emotion. Story is the oldest art form.
Culture as a Catalyst
We must disseminate and amplify creative expressions of kinship through culture to drive transformative change.
Our Offerings
The Nature Culture Fellowship
Artist Collective
The Murmuration
Hearth Gatherings
The Nature Culture Fellowship
Our global fellowship brings together artists, storytellers, and community leaders to explore how culture can build more regenerative and resilient communities through locally rooted projects.
“The NCF has led to a massive shift in my approach...shifting from purely technical or external data driven towards one that is more participatory, reciprocal, respectful and rooted in local realities.”
What’s Happening…
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Artist Collective
Kinship is welcoming artists into the Collective, offering micro-grants to support creative works that explore our shared belonging within the living world.
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Murmuration
Through bi-monthly gatherings participants develop the internal and relational capacities needed to transform their work, organizations, and communities.
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2025 Annual Report
“2025 began with a clear intention: to build a new kind of space for people working at the intersection of ecological, cultural, and social change, and to help shift our relationship with nature from transactional to relational.”
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Kinship Community
What does living in Kinship mean to you? Our online community is a great way to share provocative ideas, content and resources!
