are you passionate about
re-inventing culture & society?
The Gathering Of Tribes 2024 brings together
- Impact start-ups
- Change makers
- Social entrepreneurs
- Community builders
- Investors
- Systems thinkers
- Artists, creators, performers
- Scientists
what is
The Gathering?
A new kind of event designed for a new era.
A co-created conference & festival bringing together impact entrepreneurs, change makers, activists and community builders across ecosystems. A festival to celebrate the regenerative ecosystem and to connect for action.
Join the Gathering to build your purpose-driven initiative, impact business, village or community. Learn, be inspired, dance, celebrate. Connect with potential team members, partners, collaborators, mentors and supporters. Start projects and build collaborations to create change in the world.
activities
Each ticket holder is considered a co-creator of the Gathering. By purchasing a ticket, you buy into this experiment and are invited to think through what you would like to bring to this event: a workshop, an activity, a piece of art, music, a stand... Your imagination is the limit!
Joining any of the camps, you will gain access to the entire event location, be able to enjoy public activities as well as the private camp-member activities.
Share, anything that enables you to show and explore why, who, how and what your tribe is about, share questions as much as answers, ask for help, as well as offering it. Design sessions to connect you with people, partners, ideas, questions and answers.
Project
Presentations
Ecosystem Building
& Network Weaving
Questions
& dialogue
Think tanks
Workshops
Masterclasses
Workshops
Case clinics
Circles
Celebration
Dance
Art
Wellness Meditation
Yoga
TaiChi
the how
what is a camp?
A camp is your temporary home at the gathering. A place to sleep, eat, relax, meet; a place to host activities & events.
choosing your camp
Selecting the camp you want to be a part of means that you are making a meaningful choice about the regenerative theme that you are most passionate about, the people you are most excited to co-create with and the sub-culture you most identify with.
get your ticket
join a camp
~ 150€
Browse through the camps that have committed to the Gathering and buy a ticket to the one that you resonate with the most.
Camp ticket prices vary as each camp offers a unique, customised experience for its participating co-creators.
Included:
- Camping spot near your camp
- Access to community kitchens
- Access to your camp’s activities
- Access to public activities
- Meals (depending on the camp)
Not included:
- Meals (depending on the camp)
- Glamping (book separately, for additional price)
- Transport costs
partners
We understand, it’s important to know who will be there.
Our network of camp builders is growing every day: get in touch if you want to join the ecosystem!
logistics
Credits: re:build 2021
transportation
The gathering will take place in Portugal, north of Porto at a magical location, a forest paradise called The Garden. Located a 40mn drive from Porto airport and a 5mn drive from the village Deocriste. From Porto airport you can take an Uber or car-share.
Location pin for the venue will be disclosed to ticket holders.
accommodation
Camping is included in your ticket price. Camping gear not provided but you can reach out to us at team@gatheringoftribes.earth if you wish to rent it.
Local hotels and guest houses are available through Airbnb or Booking.com although we do recommend to stay on the land for a deeper experience. You can look for hotels nearby the village of Deocriste, a short drive from the land.
food
There will be food vendors on-site, selling organic, local, nourishing meals with vegetarian, vegan and raw options at inclusive prices (approx. 7€ for a meal).
There will be community kitchens available on-site (cooking equipment not provided, bring your own or share with your neighbours).
Due to local fire regulations, you will not be able to cook in your camp but will be asked to use the community kitchens instead.
the land
The Gathering of Tribes 2024 will take place in a private 22 acre-forest estate close to Ponte de Lima, 40min north from Porto airport, offering easy access and an immersive experience into nature.
Amenities available on-site: parking, community kitchens, showers and bathrooms, access to drinking water, (limited) electricity, indoors spaces, campsite, glamping (at extra cost), a lake to swim in, a forest to walk through and much to explore.
policy & conditions
As dictated by Portugese regulations and requirements of the venue hosting Gathering of Tribes 2024 we need to require all participants to agree to the following policies.
FIRE POLICY
Fire is ABSOLUTELY forbidden.
Fire risk is HIGH on the land, so please don’t put yourself or others at risk and protect the space and the people around you. We have organised food vendors and community kitchens for you to use. Bring your gas cookers and utensils!
PETS POLICY
No pets are allowed on the land.
If you have a service pet, please reach out to us prior to arriving at the venue at support@gatheringoftribes.earth.
LAND POLICY
We ask you to:
- Avoid making your basic necessities in nature – please make sure you always use the several toilets distributed along The Garden.
- Avoid to cut or destroy any kind of living tree or plant.
- Avoid to kill or arouse on purpose any kind of lifeform.
why gather?
Humanity is in the depths of a polycrisis, on the verge of a great transformation. Where do we want this transformation to take us? The tribes - companies, communities, villages, DAOs - of the regenerative ecosystem are building a new society, a new relationship with the Earth. How do we support their growth and scale their impact?
The goal of the Gathering of Tribes is to strengthen the regenerative ecosystem, its tribes and the connections between them by creating a time to gather in nature, celebrate, and build a culture of meaningful dialogue, mutual learning, peer support and connecting for action.
catalyse the emergence of a
regenerative ecosystem
of collaboration
Credits: re:build 2021
our DNA
The Gathering is an autumn harvest festival a time to celebrate but equally a time to prepare for the work ahead.
Watch the co-founders explain ”Why Reinvent Gatherings for the Regenerative Era? The DNA of the Gathering Of Tribes”
co-creation
The Gathering is inspired by conferences and unconferences, medieval fairs, indigenous tribal gatherings, tradeshows, music festivals, concious festivals and burningman.
Sensing the needs of our ecosystem we learn from gatherings ancient and modern to create a new gathering for a new era. A safe container for a community-size experiment in bottom-up co-creation.
- Camps and participants co-create the programme
- Co-creation all the way down: from the core organisation to the camps and all the elements between.
We invite NO SPECTATORS
ecosystem weaving
We take the widest view of regeneration to include all movements seeking to re-imagine and re-invent human life: how we build businesses, how we build homes, how we grow food. Re-thinking our relationship to the planet our beliefs and paradigms.
The Gathering showcases the diversity of the changemaker movements by bringing together a wide range of organisations including villages, companies, communities, DAOs, not-for-profits, art collectives and spiritual groups.
We invite all movements re-inventing human life.
connect for action
The Gathering is a serendipity catalyst, a high-energy collisional space to meet, inspire, learn, to share needs and offers, in service of moving towards collaboration. Whether to build or find your tribe, find team or project members, build your community, career or company, find co-founders, clients and friends, The Gathering gives you access to the people you need, and the people who know the people...
With every connection we ask “what’s the next best thing we can do together”? And we have an app to support this.
We invite you into a culture of ‘connecting for action’
celebration
The only way to build a deep and meaningful relationships is through a balance of being and doing together.
We capture this energy through art, music, dancing, singing, running, meditating, circling building a regenerative culture of being together.
We invite you to a joyous celebration of regenerative life.
in nature
Rethinking our relationship to the biosphere is at the heart of regeneration so The Gathering is in a forest.
Outdoor spaces invite spontaneous interaction: not limited by rooms and lines of buildings, conversation flows, connections are made with ease.
In nature we feel connected to our roots, we are calmer and more creative. It is only from this mind space that the regenerative culture flows.
We invite nature as a co-host and guide.
nurturing tribes
The Gathering is a transformational event for companies, communities, villages, DAOs - the organisations building the regenerative era.
The Gathering inspires organisations to ask:
- What do we need from the ecosystem?
- Who do we want to connect with?
- What role do we play in the ecosystem?
- How can we contribute to the ecosystem?
Ask not what you can do for The Gathering, ask what The Gathering can do for you!
Credits: The Garden 2023
“At the heart of regeneration in all fields is the potential for us to heal the ongoing story of separation – between humans and nature, and humans and humans – which both pervades our world and manifests through our ongoing ecological, social and economic crisis.”
The Power Of Place
Regenerative Place-Making For Systemic Changemakers
Jenny Andersson
Credits: re:build 2021
CONNECT FOR ACTION
11-15 September 2024 | Portugal
by and for the regenerative ecosystem
