The FutureS of Chocolate - A Terra Goddesses Dinner Experience 🍫🌍
You’re invited: The FutureS of Chocolate 🍫🌍
A Terra Goddesses gathering to taste, imagine and reconnect
Climate change is nudging us not just to worry - but to imagine.
Imagine new ways of living, connecting, and eating.
Imagine what the foods we love might become in a changing world.
This gathering is about more than enjoying a beloved treat. It’s an invitation to slow down, taste with intention, and reconnect - with chocolate, with the people who grow and innovate it, and with one another.
Designed as an immersive, fun, and reflective experience, we’ll combine learning, tasting, and conversation to explore how cocoa is produced today, the challenges it faces, and the sustainable alternatives emerging around the world. Curiosity is the goal. Hope is part of the journey.
Through a guided tasting - including a blind comparison of cocoa-free and traditional chocolate - we’ll explore what “chocolate” might look like in the future, and what our everyday choices can mean for people and the planet.
What to expect
🌍 Discover: Trace chocolate from farm to table and learn about the people who grow it
🚀 Imagine: Envision how chocolate might evolve in a changing climate
🍫 Taste & Compare: Experience future-forward chocolate alongside the classics
💚 Choose: Learn how to make chocolate choices that support both people and planet
🤔 Reflect & Share: Exchange insights, spark ideas, and leave inspired
Details
When: Thursday, 18 June 2026 | 7:00-9:00pm SGT
Where: The Mandala Club
Price: 125 SGD (includes a welcome drink, a starter and main, and a dessert - including cocoa-free chocolates of different kinds)
Facilitator: Valentina Zuin
Valentina is passionate about helping people reconnect with what is around them - whether that’s nature, the city, the food they eat, or the everyday things they use and rely on. Her work sits at the intersection of environment, justice, and lived experience, guided by a belief that meaningful change starts with awareness, curiosity, and connection.
Trained as an urban planner and environmental scholar at MIT and Stanford, Valentina has spent over 15 years working across Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia, collaborating with communities, NGOs, and institutions such as the World Bank and USAID. Her work has focused on supporting governments to design pro-poor policies and programs that move beyond good intentions to deliver tangible, equitable impact. She also spent a decade as a faculty member - experiences that continue to shape how she creates thoughtful, engaging spaces for learning and reflection.
We look forward to seeing you there,
Christine Amour-Levar & Valentina Zuin