Program dates & prices
Muga Valley Hive, Albanya, Spain
Sep 14 - Oct 27 2024 - then year-round!
This Changemaker Experience will coincide with the initial phases of an ambitious public/private project focused on sustainable, optimal water use through the regeneration of the Muga River Valley’s ecological, economic and social landscape over the next 20 years. It’s all about H2O.
Changemakers aged 8-16 will immerse themselves in learning how the valley’s interdependent natural systems work as well as humanity’s role in them.
A younger sibling group can be arranged with a supplemental cost and based on demand.
Family Survival Adventure, Dominican Republic
October 21-25 2024
Disconnect from modern life and reconnect to yourself, your kids and nature's rhythm. We will spend 5 days and 4 nights camped out by the river in the wilds of Dominican Republic. We will build a camp and live off the land for a week. We'll rise with the sun and rest when it sets, forage for food, cook over a campfire and live barefoot like our ancestors. If you'd like to bring some comforts you're most welcome. You can bring a tent, sleeping mat and necessities, or you can rewild entirely!
Thanksgiving 4-day Family Retreat
28th Nov- 1st Dec 2024
Connection & Healing as a Family in Community
Giving thanks is a year-round practice, so let's practice gratitude and spend quality time together this Fall!
High-vibe, healthy family Unity.
Escape the pressure to buy, buy, buy and connect, connect, connect instead.
Spend a long weekend in the Caribbean as a family over Thanksgiving weekend and enjoy:
* Family Connection and Healing: Reiki, Sound Healing, Loving touch, Partner yoga
* Mindfulness & Self-Discovery: Breathwork, Meditation, Holding Space, Intuition Development
* Intentional Living Practices: Intention Setting, Family Rituals, Conscious Communication
* Nature & Community Integration: Biohack with Nature, Community Altar Building, Cacao Ceremony
This offerings list is designed to provide families with tools and practices that they can integrate into their daily lives, enhancing their connections and overall well-being. Each offering encourages participation in community while promoting individual growth.
Disconnect to reconnect to what really matters.
6-week Hive Changemaker Adventure, Dominican Republic
Nov 4 - Dec 13 2024 / Jan 14 - Feb 21 2025 / Mar 4 - Apr 12 2025
Our classic, 6-week Changemaker Program runs three times per year. "We all know that we face big challenges in today’s world: poverty, hunger, inequality and climate change are just some of the issues we need to address urgently.
Big challenges need bold action to overcome them, and that is where the Global Goals come in. They are a plan agreed to by all world leaders to build a greener, fairer, better world by 2030, and we all have a role in achieving them." At The Hive your family will become active participants in designing and executing their own ideas to contribute to the Global Goals and leave a legacy of change. You will all become changemakers equipped with the skills, knowledge and relationships you need to be the change you want to see in the world. Cost per child is $1395 for our Hive Essentials Package (no bus, no food, excursions PAYG) or $1875 all included. (includes daily activities 8.30 - 2.30 Mon-Fri). There are lots of extras available, download the pack for all the details. Bursaries are available. Please email us for details. sophie@thehiveadventure.com for information on how to apply.
Hive Practitioner Training, Dominican Republic
Jan 10th - 16th 2025
Are you looking to homeschool, unschool, worldschool or have an interest in independent, progressive education? Then this immersive, 5- day Human Hive Learning training is for you. We will dive deep into what it means to be a self-regulating practitioner. We will learn how to self-regulate and co-regulate so that we can support those around us to become well-regulated, grounded, confident learners and human beings. We will look at the research and theory underpinning self-regulation and self-regulated learning, design co-regulating activities and put them to the test with the local & Hive community. It's a fully experiential week. You will learn new skills, make new friends and leave with a more well-regulated nervous system.
18+ Changemaker Adventure, Dominican Republic
Jan 10 - 19 2025
Are you over 18, intrepid, adventurous and looking for something extraordinary to experience? Do you care about people and planet and want to make a difference in the world? Do you want to meet other people with drive and passion similar to yours to make a difference with? Then come to The Hive and put your passion and ingenuity to work designing regenerative solutions to global challenges. “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” Buckminster Fuller. Spend a week with The Hive team learning how to be a changemaker. And then stay for up to 6 weeks, discovering the area, meeting local people and seeing first hand how global issues affect people and nature on a local level. You'll learn to self-, and co-regulate, build relationships and take action with, not for others. We will support you to figure out the best way for YOU to be the difference the world needs. Prices from $2950 including Changemaker training, Hive Program, meals and accommodation.
Ocean Heroes Adventure, Dominican Republic
June 9 to 27 2025
"Healthy oceans and seas are essential to our existence.They cover 70 percent of our planet and we rely on them for food, energy and water. Yet, we have managed to do tremendous damage to these precious resources. We must protect them by eliminating pollution and overfishing and immediately start to responsibly manage and protect all marine life around the world." Over three weeks we will learn how to care for mangroves, rivers and oceans and become Ocean Heroes.
Nature Heroes Adventure, Colombia
July 27 - Aug 16 2025
" A flourishing life on land is the foundation for our life on this planet.We are all part of the planet’s ecosystem and we have caused severe damage to it through deforestation, loss of natural habitats and land degradation. Promoting a sustainable use of our ecosystems and preserving biodiversity is not a cause. It is the key to our own survival." UN
We will meet real-life nature heroes; local people working in regenerative ways to protect and restore the eco-system.
From the Kogi people, an ancient civilisation still living in the Sierra Nevada to local environmentalists, we will be inspired by their work and come up with ideas of our own to be a nature hero.
Download the pack for all the information you need. This Nature Heroes Adventure will take place in and around Santa Marta, Colombia.