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About us

We are facilitators of transformation, with over a decade of experience empowering individuals, organisations and communities to practice new ways of being, seeing and leading. We’re part of a growing movement that’s inspiring a new kind of leadership - creative, connected, joyful and in service to life.

Our Theory of Change

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We take people out of the office and into nature - to build the skills and embody five essential pillars of leadership for these times:

Align with Purpose
Anchor yourself in the bigger story and step into your contribution at this critical time.

Create Community
Build trusting, inclusive relationships that empower collective leadership.

Grow Depth
Expand your ability to work with complex emotions and the deeper human dynamics of change.

Shape Culture
Activate imagination, storytelling and creativity to ignite possibility, agency and cultural renewal.

Lead with Nature
Align with nature’s patterns of resilience & reciprocity and draw strength from its restorative power.

Meet Chloe

Chloe is a facilitator, social entrepreneur and political strategist, with over 15 years of experience supporting marginalised countries and communities to have their voices heard at the United Nations’ climate change negotiations. She has been designing and leading transformative experiences in nature since founding Change in Nature in 2016. Her work includes training others to become nature-based facilitators, leading regenerative leadership courses for change makers, designing and facilitating impactful strategy retreats for environmental organisations and holding space for meaningful dialogue among people with different political and ideological persuasions. Chloe is a bridge-builder between worlds and theories of change; simultaneously working to influence international climate change policy and support individuals to experience profound personal transformation. 

As well as running Change in Nature, Chloe has co-founded The Depolarise Project - an initiative that empowers nature and climate advocates to deepen their capacity to dialogue across political divides. She also provides political advice and communications support to young negotiators and activists who are seeking to influence the UN climate negotiations. During her time as a UK Government civil servant and diplomat (2008-2012), Chloe helped catalyse and manage an innovative diplomatic alliance of 30+ developed and developing country governments who were pivotal to delivering the Paris Climate Agreement. Her facilitation is informed by these varied positions and perspectives.


Meet Andy

Andy Raingold is a coach, facilitator, speaker and social entrepreneur who inspires transformation and supports people to grow their capacity to catalyse meaningful change in the world. He is the Founder and Director of Change in Nature, an organisation dedicated to helping individuals, teams and organisations reconnect with what truly matters through nature-based experiences, expert facilitation training and purpose-driven coaching.

Since founding Change in Nature in 2016, Andy has guided transformative experiences in the natural world for a wide range of people - from emerging leaders and progressive businesses to teenage boys and global change-makers. Previously, Andy served for seven years as Executive Director of the Aldersgate Group, collaborating closely with CEOs, government ministers and NGOs to shape influential environmental policy and unlock strategic impact.

Andy’s passion lies in fostering authentic leadership, building trust across generations and supporting people to thrive - personally and collectively. He has written for the Guardian and been interviewed by BBC Newsnight, The Sunday Times, BBC Radio 4, The Independent and Guardian Environment Podcast.

Our Story

We then both spent some time out to explore different ways of being, seeing and leading. We learned from teachers and wisdom keepers from a range of traditions, including deep ecology, regenerative leadership, Buddhist pscychology and indigenous nature connection practices. We also spent many months living and working with indigenous communities in East Africa.

Over the last ten years, we have held over 75 over-night nature programmes and 100 workshops, supporting over 2500 people to “change in nature”. We have helped to build skills and capacities relating to our five pillars of leadership and sent out ripples of transformation beyond.

We met in 2012, working with CEOs, Ministers, MPs and thought leaders to influence UK environmental policy in Westminster. While having a big positive impact, we found ourselves (and the leaders we were working with) become increasingly disconnected from the environment we were seeking to protect.

In 2016, we set up Change in Nature to share some of the things we learned with others and apply them to work and life. Our first retreat was for 20 sustainability professionals to help them deeply reconnect with the natural world and resource them to take meaningful action at this pivotal time.

We give thanks to

Our teachers and mentors…

CHRIS SALISBURY (Call of the Wild)

ROBIN BOWMAN (The Old Way)

PAT FLEMING (Call of the Wild)

BURGS (The Art of Meditation)

MANDY PULLEN (Eco-shaminism)

NATHANIEL HUGHES (School of Intuitive Herbalism)

JENNY MACKEWN, KIRSTI NORRIS AND CHRIS JOHNSTONE (The Work that Reconnects)

PENNY FERGUSON (Living Leader)

Our collaborators past and present…

JONATHON PORRITT (Environmentalist, author)

DR STEPHAN HARDING (Deep Time Walk)

MARTHA TILSTON (Singer & film-maker)

MIKE YULE (Chef extraordinaire)

DARCY THIRUCHELVAM (Open Edge)

SARRI BATER (Open Edge)

ROZ BIRD (Navigate)

MAC MACARTNEY (Embercombe)

SAM MOYO (Change-maker)

BEA RAMSAY (Artist & facilitator)

NATALIE FEE (Change-maker, musician)

JAMIE CATTO (Artist & facilitator)

Some of our key influences…

JON YOUNG (8 Shields)

JOANNA MACY (The Work that Reconnects)

MARY OLIVER (Poet)

MARTIN SHAW (School of Myth and Story)

OTTO SCHARMER (Theory U)

MARSHALL ROSENBERG (Non-Violent Communication)

And all of our incredible volunteers. Your presence and support are invaluable.

Profile images by London portrait photographer, Sarah Tulej