Living Soil Cooperatives
32 cooperatives, 6,800 farmsConversion of smallholder farms to regenerative practices. cover cropping, composting, agroecological rotations. with shared milling, storage and offtake infrastructure owned by the cooperative.
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Manifesto
- Soil is not a substrate. It is a living institution.
- A forest is a multi-generational contract written in roots.
- Water flows downhill. So must accountability.
- Climate is not a sector. It is the air the other pillars breathe.
We measure the health of our work in topsoil, canopy, watershed and breath.
The Planet pillar funds regenerative agriculture cooperatives, agroforestry corridors, community-managed water systems, clean-cookstove and off-grid solar deployment, and the climate-resilience plans of frontline rural districts. We refuse the false trade between people and planet. every Planet programme is co-designed with the communities who will live with the consequences for generations.
Programme Ledger
What we are funding under Planet.
Each programme is a multi-year commitment. Capital, accompaniment and reporting are bundled together. not separated.
Canopy Corridors
180,000 trees in groundMulti-species agroforestry corridors that interlace fruit, timber and nitrogen-fixing species across smallholder boundaries, restoring shade, soil and migratory bird habitat at landscape scale.
Source-to-Tap Water Trusts
Nine sub-catchmentsCommunity water trusts that map, protect and operate a sub-catchment. from headwater spring to household tap. combining engineering, governance and ritual stewardship.
Quiet Stove, Bright Roof
14,200 homes equippedBundled deployment of efficient cookstoves and rooftop solar to rural households, financed through a revolving fund repaid in modest monthly instalments.
Frontline Climate Plans
Six district plans co-authoredCo-authored district climate-resilience plans. drought, flood, heat, displacement. that knit together public budgets, foundation grants and community labour.
Signals of Flourishing
How we know the work is alive.
+47%
Soil organic matter
Average increase in soil organic matter across Living Soil cooperative fields within three seasons.
180k
Trees standing
Confirmed surviving stems in Canopy Corridors after the most recent annual census.
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Catchments protected
Sub-catchments now under community water-trust governance, end to end.
−68%
Cooking-fuel use
Median household fuel-wood consumption drop in homes equipped under Quiet Stove, Bright Roof.
“We have stopped fighting the soil. We are listening to it. It is the first time in a generation the rains stayed long enough.”
“The trees are not a project. They are our children's water.”
“Our spring used to fail by August. This year it ran clear into October.”
Three doors into this pillar.
Apply for a climate grant
Agriculture, water, climate and clean-energy programmes are funded through our open Climate & Sustainability cycle.
See open calls →Anchor a landscape
Partner with us to co-fund a multi-year landscape. soil, trees, water and energy together. with shared monitoring and verification.
Open a conversation →Plant under a name
Direct your gift to a named corridor, catchment or cooperative. and follow its growth season by season.
Direct a gift →