The world is changing. Some people aren't waiting.
Elemental Foundation is a hub and community for pioneers like you, come join us.
Together we can create the slower pace of life we desire
Across Spain and beyond, people are already doing it differently.
They are restoring neglected land. Building quieter businesses. Creating homes that produce more than they consume. Raising children outside the noise. Making things with their hands. Choosing depth over speed.
They did not wait for permission. They just began.
You may already be one of them. Or you may be standing at the edge of that decision, dream intact, not quite sure where to start or whether anyone else sees what you see.
Elemental Foundation exists for both of you.
The pieces already exist
Somewhere there is land looking for a vision. A vision looking for land. Skills looking for a project. A project looking for skills. Funding looking for something worth backing. Someone worth backing who cannot find the funding.
Elemental Foundation is the place where those pieces find one another.
We are building a mosaic of stillness, sustainability and human-scale living across Spain. Not one organisation controlling it all. A living network of people, places, projects and possibilities, each one distinct, all of them connected.
Coming together to join forces, for support, for collaboration, for celebration.
You do not need to arrive with everything
The dreamer with a notebook full of ideas belongs here as much as the farmer with fifty acres.
What matters is not what you have. It is what you are moving toward.
Share what you are building. Say what you are looking for. Find the people who are already part of this. Add your piece to the mosaic.
What you can do here
List and discover - Add your land, business, project, skills or idea to the directory. Find what others are offering. See what is being built.
Share your story - Submit photos, writing and updates from your life and work. The Foundation showcases the people making this real.
Connect directly - The network matches needs with offers. Land with vision. Skills with projects. People with people.
Free to join. Always.
The magic is in working together. Sharing ideas, photos, poems, events, blogs to build the overall mosaic, piece by piece
For those who want to go deeper
Some people want more than a directory. They want the ongoing conversation, the community of people actively building this different life and thinking together about how to do it well.
The Elemental Foundation membership is for them.
€33 a month. Up to three live calls each month and a regular letter that keeps the slower living philosophy alive between conversations.
This is where the pioneers gather.
Campfire Circle - chat about slower living concepts and what is working and what isn’t
Making Sense - mindful craft and chat along. To make sense of the peculiar world we live in within a safe space
The Loop - connect and chat. Talk about whatever is on your mind (whilst you have the talking stick)
One network. Many possibilities.
We are not building a utopia. We are building a mosaic, imperfect, evolving, made of real people and real places and real decisions made one at a time.
You do not have to have it figured out. You only have to care about what we are creating.
Join Elemental Foundation. Add your piece.
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Why I’m Building This
I see lots of people with good intentions yet who struggle with visability or to get the resources and help they need.
What if we all combine to spur each other on? Co operate instead of compete. Help each other find what we need, to tell our stories and ask for assistance.
Sometimes great impact can be created through keeping things simple and personal. That’s my aim with this project. Build a free networking hub with a paid for community on top for those who want it.
The world needs us to succeed. We are on the precipiece of humanity remembering it is part of nature rather than separate from it. I believe that we need to realise this in order to create the peace, slower living and sanctuary from modern life that we all want.
So I am building it - are you in?
Frequently Asked Questions
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Choose whether to join the directory or membership or both, depending on what you want and need.
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No, this is for anyone anywhere.
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Nope - come as you are
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Nope - this is about sharing ideas, time, curiosity as well as your own personal resources. Your recipe or photo is enough.
