Humanity Lands: in-person gatherings on real ground

Hero photograph: people gathered outdoors

In-person gatherings on real ground.

Small gatherings, outdoors, where people from different fields walk and talk together on the land, away from screens. We ask what it means to be human and what it means to connect to the earth.

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Coming up All events ↗

Sat 31 October · 09:00 The chalk walk Walk · Hertfordshire, Chalk downland Free
14 places leftBook → Date to be confirmed The spring Go to the water · A chalybeate spring Pay what you can
15 places leftBook → Date to be confirmed Fire and stars Round a fire, in the dark · Wain Wood, at night Pay what you can
20 places leftBook → Dates to follow The barn Sing, tell stories, eat together · Pound Farm Pay what you can
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A group of different minds

Different ways of seeing the same ground

Each gathering brings a small group together outdoors, with a few guests who see the world in different ways. It might be a geologist, a psychologist, a theologian, a historian and someone who builds technology.

We walk. We stop. We share ideas about the land we live in, our connection to it, its history, its future.

Some events may have themes, others may not. There are no right answers, only good, healthy discussion and a sense of wonder.

Geologist

Psychologist

Theologian

Historian

Technologist

What we look at together

Why this exists

People are losing touch with the world they live in: the ground underneath, the sky above, each other.

More of our lives happens behind screens. SOLM builds technology that stays in contact with the real world. Humanity Lands is the other half of that work: a bridge back to the land, to each other, and to the tools we make.

Technology is not the enemy. It needs its place. The aim is to enhance our connection with the world, not to replace it.

The group stopped, listening, faces turned to a speaker

What we ask

What does it mean to be human?

What does it mean to connect to the earth?

Nobody needs to believe anything to come.

lands

nounThe fields, hills and rivers. The places we call home.

verbTo come back down to earth. To arrive. Of an idea: to be understood.

Humanity Lands. At home, and in itself.

Photograph: a chalk path across downland

The first gathering

The chalk walk

The first walk is by invitation. To hear about the next, leave your details below.

When To be confirmed

How long About two and a half hours.

Who A small group, ten to fifteen people.

Who is with us To be confirmed

Where Shared with those invited

The question we hold Where do you land?

What we give back Every gathering gives something back.

How we gather

In person. Always on the ground, never on a screen.

Be present. No calls, no emails, no scrolling while we walk. The people and the ground get your attention.

Plain words. Nothing to believe. Everyone is part of the same group.

Technology is your choice. Use it when it helps: to name a plant, or photograph something worth keeping. We encourage a healthy balance.

It gives back. Every gathering gives something back.

“Yet often the mountain gives itself most completely when I have no destination, when I reach nowhere in particular, but have gone out merely to be with the mountain as one visits a friend with no intention but to be with him.”

Nan Shepherd · The Living Mountain

Where do you land?

Stay in touch

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We will only write to you about Humanity Lands gatherings. Your details are kept separately from SOLM's, and you can leave at any time.