The Full Story
Our Purpose
To rebalance our relationship with our lands and collectively restore our future.
We operate as a bioregion, defined by ecological characteristics and associated communities, offering space for collaborative efforts toward sustainable and regenerative futures. Spanning 1000-acres, our land serves as a testing ground for nature-based solutions, social innovations, and collaborative models aimed at collective impact. Through regenerative design principles, we interlace heritage, nature, people and culture, implementing Ecosystem-based Adaptations across our bioregion of natural, economic and combines zones. These initiatives aim to mitigate climate change vulnerabilities, fostering resilience in human communities.
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Our Board
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
The Leslie Foundation is a not for profit established in 2015. The company operates under its constitution and is overseen by a dedicated board of seven trustees. Leading the board is Chairperson Kate Burns, a distinguished expert in business and natural resource planning for regional development.
Vision
To rebalance our relationship with our land to collectively restore our futures.
Mission
To use our 1000-acres and historic structures to test nature-based solutions, social innovations, and collaborative models to co-create better ways of living for people, place and planet.