The Rising Earth Fund

The Three Pillars

Indigenous Stewardship. Bioculture. Bioeconomies.

Every Rising Earth Fund project grows from three roots. Together they create the conditions for people, place, and the living world to flourish.

01

Stewardship

Centering Original Peoples as the rightful guardians and decision-makers of their ancestral territories.

  • Free, prior, and informed consent at every stage
  • Indigenous-led governance and fiscal sponsorship structures
  • Long-horizon funding — generations, not grant cycles
02

Bioculture

Protecting the inseparable weave of land, traditional and ancestral culture, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, and species — the living memory of place.

  • Funding intergenerational language and knowledge transmission
  • Protecting sacred sites alongside ecological corridors
  • Documenting and honouring traditional ecological knowledge on community terms
03

Bioeconomies

Cultivating regenerative regional economies — including inclusive biotech and eco-tourism — rooted in ancestral knowledge and the abundance of intact ecosystems.

  • Forest-friendly enterprises led by Indigenous cooperatives
  • Regenerative agroforestry, fisheries, and wild harvest economies
  • Direct, equitable access to global markets without extractive intermediaries