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Grow together

The principle

Social value and ecological value are two dimensions of the same living system.

The CoLab exists because the infrastructure for transformation must reflect the transformation itself.

Why a CoLab

Some problems are too interconnected to solve alone

How do businesses understand their relationship with the living systems around them — ecological and social? How do researchers get their work into the hands of founders who need it? How do small organisations doing extraordinary work become visible and fundable?

The CoLab is where these questions get worked on together. Academic researchers, environmental organisations, social enterprises, and mission-driven founders — each bringing what they know, each keeping what they've built, all contributing to shared tools and methodologies that none could develop alone.

What the CoLab does

  • · Develops open methodologies for social and ecological intelligence
  • · Holds data partnerships with environmental organisations and scientific institutions
  • · Attracts grant funding for public-good research that a private company can't access alone
  • · Builds training and capacity infrastructure for founders

What it doesn't do

Own your work. You bring your expertise. You keep your IP. The CoLab creates the collaborative space and the common language. What you contribute to the commons serves the commons. What's yours stays yours.

Current projects

  • Nature-positive intelligence methodology
    with Middlesex University, CEEDR, Green Business Team
  • Social and ecological value mapping
    with Dr Amy Burnett, Valuing Community
  • Founder skills and training infrastructure
    with CourseAgent
  • eNGO data partnerships
    in development

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