Embodying Stewardship as Belonging
A participatory gathering by Harmonia & Eternal Forest
What allows stewardship to become a living culture rather than an inherited obligation?
A thousand-year forest cannot be sustained by responsibility alone. It must be carried through belonging, relationship, memory and stories that each generation chooses to renew.
This participatory gathering invites us to experience stewardship from within. We will begin with a guided embodied practice, moving beyond ideas into our felt relationship with land, life and belonging. From there, we will enter a shared conversation, listening for the stories, questions and lived experiences already present among us.
Together, we will explore what helps care endure, what transforms participation into devotion, and how we might become storytellers and carriers of a deeper relationship with the living world.
Participants will leave with:
a deeper felt understanding of stewardship and belonging
connection with others caring for land, community and future generations
new questions and practical insights for their own work
an opportunity to help shape future Eternal Forest gatherings and learning journeys
This event is for land owners who would like to step into stewardship, eco and regenerative projects on the land, eco-developments, community leaders and anyone who wants to take care of land and co-create with nature and community.
This is not a lecture. It is a shared inquiry and an invitation to help cultivate the culture from which long-term stewardship can grow and support forest stewards on their long, intergenerational journey of caring for the land, more-than-human world and future generations.
We deeply hold the question:
How do we create conditions where care becomes reciprocal, stewardship becomes culture, and future generations do not simply receive land from us, but receive an invitation into a relationship with it?
Please take a few minutes to complete a few questions. Your responses will help us better understand who is joining this gathering and allow us to curate conversations that are rooted in the collective wisdom already present in the room.
See you online soon!
Hadil & Evgenia
Become a steward of Faia Brava
Eternal Forest was selected from 800 projects worldwide for the Ma Earth funding round. Until 21 July, we are raising support to grow the Seed of Eternal Forest in Faia Brava, Portugal, into a living Sanctuary.
Every contribution matters. Because this is quadratic funding, even a small donation can be matched and multiplied, helping us move closer to the sanctuary design, water restoration work, native planting and a gathering with our growing community.
Our goal is to reach at least 500 people.
Support the campaign, become part of the stewardship of this place, and help us grow a forest that future generations can inherit not only as land, but as a living relationship.
https://maearth.com/eternal-forest/2026
Thank you for helping us grow more forests together 🌿
Hadil is Lebanese-Canadian architect, systems thinker, and experience designer exploring the relationship between inner transformation and the systems we create. Through Harmonia, she is exploring how we intentionally design the systems, relationships, and environments that help people remember who they are, reconnect with one another, and participate in creating communities rooted in trust, belonging, reciprocity, and care.
Substack: https://substack.com/@harmoniaportal
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hadil-el-baba-a231a912a/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmoniaportal/
Website: https://hadileb.com
Evgenia Emets is an international artist, poet and founder of Eternal Forest Global. She works across drawing, calligraphy, language, ecology, film, artist’s books, performance and large-scale land-based works.
Her practice explores the relationship between human culture and the living world, with a focus on forests as places of memory, intelligence, transformation and long-term continuity.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emetsjane/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eternalforestglobal
Website: https://www.eternalforest.earth/
Telegram Group Eternal Forest Community: https://t.me/eternalforest