An introduction to leading profound social, environmental and personal transformation

Many of us feel that we want to be part of a different story - we just don’t know how. u-lab is all about the ‘how.’ - Otto Scharmer

This MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) run in partnership with MIT Learn is aprogram on the foundations of Theory U — a process for transformative change blending systems thinking, consciousness practices, and civic action — through hands-on tools and live sessions with thousands of changemakers worldwide.

A Practice Ground for Changemakers

U-lab is more than a course. It'sa free, open infrastructure for transformation — where personal change becomes the gateway to systems change.

Run in partnership with MIT Learn, this MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) introduces Theory U: a process blending systems thinking, consciousness and wisdom traditions, and civic action. It's learning by doing — you experiment with new behaviors and actions alongside fellow changemakers facing similar challenges in different systems and geographies.

We would like to invite you for Earth Heart, a global ceremony for the Earth, happening on November 8th, 2026, on the new moon in Scorpio, parallel to the opening of the Climate Conference in Turkey.

In 2019, Ton van de Kroon and Anne organized this event in Scotland, for the first time and I joined them. It was beautiful. I was in awe of the power of gathering with heart-liked people at the same time of events like the COP. Ever since, I have been organizing my own Earth Heart ceremony, to consciously be part of support to the Earth, but in our own, connected, sacred way.

A moment to connect with each other, with the planet and with our own heart. This year the theme is 'fire': how do we light the sacred fire, instead of the destructive fire we see all around the world?

Last year, we had a beautiful ceremony at the yoga school at Texel. This year, my intention is to have a fire ceremony at the Northsea (at the beach ;-)).

Keep your eyes on this page, as I will keep it updated with the latest information!

More to follow soon!

An online journey into the most underestimated season of the year

If you know me, you know that I LOVE winter.

Nature knows that we cannot be blooming, growing and producing all year round. There is a time to turn inward. To become quiet. To nourish our roots. To integrate the harvest of what has been. And to tend to the seeds of what wants to come next ~ without needing to know yet what they will become.

Winter invites us to trust the unseen.

To slow down enough to listen.
To surrender rather than strive.
To allow the darkness to nourish us, instead of rushing towards the light.

Living with the seasons, rather than constantly pushing against their natural rhythm, is such a gift.

And what better week to unwrap that gift than on Thanksgiving Day?

During this 90-minute online gathering, I would love to take you with me into the Magic of Winter.

Together we will explore the potency and power of internal alignment during winter, practice embodied listening to what Life is calling forth, and create space for meditation and reflection. I will also introduce you to the ancient tradition of the 12 Holy Nights and explore what it can mean to surrender more deeply to Self.

20.00–21.30 CET | Online

Be very welcome.

Let winter do what winter does best: bring us back to our roots.

What if Mother Earth were our employer? What might we do differently — in our lives, our work, our organisations and the choices we make every day?

In my new book, Mother Earth is my only employer, we will explore what it means to let Life ourselves become our compass.

Building on Living Natural Law and almost a decade of living and working through VivU BuntU, I invite us into a different question: not simply What do I want to do?, but What is Life asking of me now?

A book about listening, courage, service, and remembering what our real work might be.

Coming Earth Day — April 22, 2027.

Mieren zijn chirurgen, vlinders proeven met hun poten en libellen kunnen wel 55 km/u vliegen. Insecten zijn fascinerend!

Maar ze hebben onze hulp nodig. Op het Tiny Friends Festival 2027 kun je spelenderwijs hun wereld ontdekken én leren hoe je ze kunt helpen. Check de foto’s die tijdens het festival van 2025, bij de Groene Afslag, gemaakt zijn. En hou de website in de gaten voor de laatste ontwikkelingen rond het programma!