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You just don’t know yet where you fit.<\/h2>\n <p>You’re between school and university \u2014 or taking a year to figure things out. You feel the weight of climate change, inequality, the state of the world. You want your life to <em>mean<\/em> something. But “save the planet” is too big to start on a Monday morning.<\/p>\n <p class=\"quote\">“The question isn’t whether you can make a difference. It’s which difference is yours to make.”<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <ul>\n <li>You want to find your <b>why<\/b> before choosing a degree, a job or a path.<\/li>\n <li>You’re drawn to environmental and social causes, but don’t know where to start.<\/li>\n <li>You want to see what it actually takes to build something real \u2014 not just read about it.<\/li>\n <li>You want to meet communities on the ground and hear what <b>they<\/b> need.<\/li>\n <li>You’re curious how ideas get funded, and how change-makers find support.<\/li>\n <li>You want time away from screens to think, write and listen to yourself.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"themes\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <span class=\"eyebrow\">What we explore together<\/span>\n <h2 style=\"font-size:38px\">Five threads, woven through four days<\/h2>\n <div class=\"grid\">\n <div class=\"card\"><div class=\"n\">01<\/div><h3>Find your why<\/h3><p>Coaching and journaling to uncover what moves you, what angers you, and what you can’t stop caring about.<\/p><\/div>\n <div class=\"card\"><div class=\"n\">02<\/div><h3>Align with your values<\/h3><p>Name the values you want to live by \u2014 and see where your choices already honour them, or don’t.<\/p><\/div>\n <div class=\"card\"><div class=\"n\">03<\/div><h3>Listen before you act<\/h3><p>Time with the Karen community of Muang Noi and local changemakers: real needs, culture gaps, and what “helping” really means.<\/p><\/div>\n <div class=\"card\"><div class=\"n\">04<\/div><h3>Learn from a real journey<\/h3><p>How Pai Seedlings Foundation grew from a family project to a team of ten \u2014 the doubts, mistakes, funding and partnerships in between.<\/p><\/div>\n <div class=\"card\"><div class=\"n\">05<\/div><h3>Create from the heart<\/h3><p>Choose the cause you want to defend, and leave with concrete first actions you can take in the next 90 days.<\/p><\/div>\n <div class=\"card\" style=\"background:var(--forest);color:#eef1e8\"><div class=\"n\" style=\"color:var(--sage)\">+<\/div><h3>Hands in the soil<\/h3><p style=\"color:#cfd9cb\">Every day includes real farm work \u2014 permaculture, agroforestry, cooking. Ideas land better when your hands are busy.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section>\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <span class=\"eyebrow\">The 4-day journey<\/span>\n <h2 style=\"font-size:38px\">From inner compass to first steps<\/h2>\n <p style=\"color:var(--muted);max-width:640px\">Each day moves from the inside out: who you are, what you’ve seen, who you’ve met, and what you’ll do next.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"day\">\n <div class=\"label\"><b>Day 1<\/b><span>Roots<\/span><i>Arrive & land<\/i><\/div>\n <div>\n <p>Arrive at Seedlings Farm, settle in and slow down.<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Welcome circle and farm walk \u2014 how a regenerative farm works<\/li>\n <li>Be LEAF herbal tea ritual to open the retreat<\/li>\n <li><b>Coaching session with Lyse \u2014 “Find your why”<\/b>: the moments, people and injustices that shaped you<\/li>\n <li>Evening journaling: <i>Where am I standing today?<\/i><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <span class=\"tag\">Coaching<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Journaling<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Farm<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"day\">\n <div class=\"label\"><b>Day 2<\/b><span>Ground<\/span><i>Values & the real story<\/i><\/div>\n <div>\n <ul>\n <li>Morning on the farm: hands-on permaculture and agroforestry with our team<\/li>\n <li><b>Values alignment workshop<\/b> \u2014 name your core values and test them against real decisions<\/li>\n <li>Farm-to-table lunch cooked together<\/li>\n <li><b>“From family project to a team of ten” \u2014 open conversation with Damien & Lyse<\/b>: how the Foundation started, what nearly broke it, how we found funding, and how we built relationships with funders and partners<\/li>\n <li>Evening journaling: <i>What would I do if I knew I couldn’t fail \u2014 and what if I did?<\/i><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <span class=\"tag\">Workshop<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Founders’ story<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Funding<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"day\">\n <div class=\"label\"><b>Day 3<\/b><span>Community<\/span><i>Listen first<\/i><\/div>\n <div>\n <ul>\n <li><b>A day with the Karen community of Muang Noi<\/b> \u2014 guided by a community member: daily life, traditional knowledge, a shared meal<\/li>\n <li>Listening exercise: what does this community need, in its own words?<\/li>\n <li><b>Meeting the Pai Green Market team<\/b> \u2014 how local people are building a greener economy in the valley<\/li>\n <li>Reflection circle: culture gaps, good intentions, and the difference between helping and partnering<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <span class=\"tag\">Community<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Culture<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Reflection<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"day\">\n <div class=\"label\"><b>Day 4<\/b><span>Rise<\/span><i>Your cause, your next step<\/i><\/div>\n <div>\n <ul>\n <li>Morning journaling and sharing<\/li>\n <li><b>Life-mission coaching session with Damien & Lyse<\/b> \u2014 the cause you want to defend, and why you<\/li>\n <li>Action design: your first three steps for the next 90 days<\/li>\n <li>Speak your mission: practice presenting your idea to a mentor, a funder or a community<\/li>\n <li>Closing circle, final farm lunch, departure<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <span class=\"tag\">Coaching<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Action plan<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Closing<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"hosts\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <span class=\"eyebrow\">Your guides<\/span>\n <h2 style=\"font-size:38px\">Learn from people who are still building it<\/h2>\n <p style=\"max-width:660px;color:#cfd9cb\">We won’t give you a polished success story. We’ll tell you what really happened \u2014 and help you find your own version of it.<\/p>\n <div class=\"host-grid\">\n <div class=\"host\">\n <h3>Lyse<\/h3><span class=\"role\">Co-founder, Pai Seedlings Foundation \u00b7 Life & health coach<\/span>\n <p>Chemist by training, ten years in the corporate world, then a leap into photography, coaching and regenerative farming. Lyse has spent the last decade holding space for people to find what really matters to them \u2014 and act on it.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"host\">\n <h3>Damien<\/h3><span class=\"role\">President & co-founder, Pai Seedlings Foundation<\/span>\n <p>Damien leads the Foundation’s work with farmers in the Pai valley, its partnerships and its funding \u2014 and knows first-hand what it takes to turn a family project into a structure that lasts.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"partners\">\n <div class=\"host\">\n <h3>The Karen community of Muang Noi<\/h3><span class=\"role\">Community hosts<\/span>\n <p>A mountain village whose traditional knowledge of land, forest and food is at the heart of what sustainability really means here.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"host\">\n <h3>Pai Green Market<\/h3><span class=\"role\">Local change-makers<\/span>\n <p>The team bringing local, organic producers and conscious consumers together in the Pai valley.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section>\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <span class=\"eyebrow\">What you leave with<\/span>\n <h2 style=\"font-size:38px\">More than a good memory<\/h2>\n <div class=\"take\">\n <div><h3>Your mission statement<\/h3><p>A first, honest draft of your why \u2014 in your own words.<\/p><\/div>\n <div><h3>A 90-day action plan<\/h3><p>Three concrete steps toward the cause you chose.<\/p><\/div>\n <div><h3>Your retreat journal<\/h3><p>Every exercise, reflection and insight from the four days.<\/p><\/div>\n <div><h3>A network<\/h3><p>Other young change-makers, mentors and local partners who’ll remember you.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"practical\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <span class=\"eyebrow\">Practical details<\/span>\n <h2 style=\"font-size:38px\">Good to know<\/h2>\n <div class=\"facts\">\n <div><b>Who<\/b>Young adults aged 17\u201325. 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class=\"eyebrow\" style=\"color:#c9d8c4\">A Pai Seedlings Foundation retreat \u00b7 Pai, Northern Thailand<\/span>\n <h1>Seeds of Change \u2014 <em>find the mission<\/em> you were made to grow.<\/h1>\n <p class=\"lede\">A 4-day retreat on our farm for young change-makers (17\u201325) who want to understand the impact they can have on the world \u2014 and start acting on it.<\/p>\n <div class=\"meta\"><span>4 days \u00b7 3 nights at the farm<\/span><span>Ages 17\u201325<\/span><span>Gap year & pre-university<\/span><span>Small group<\/span><\/div>\n <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/seedlings-foundation.org\/th\/contact\/\">Ask about the next retreat<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n<section>\n <div class=\"wrap you\">\n <div>\n <span class=\"eyebrow\">Is this you?<\/span>\n <h2 style=\"font-size:38px\">You care about the planet. You just don’t know yet where you fit.<\/h2>\n <p>You’re between school and university \u2014 or taking a year to figure things out. You feel the weight of climate change, inequality, the state of the world. You want your life to <em>mean<\/em> something. But “save the planet” is too big to start on a Monday morning.<\/p>\n <p class=\"quote\">“The question isn’t whether you can make a difference. It’s which difference is yours to make.”<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <ul>\n <li>You want to find your <b>why<\/b> before choosing a degree, a job or a path.<\/li>\n <li>You’re drawn to environmental and social causes, but don’t know where to start.<\/li>\n <li>You want to see what it actually takes to build something real \u2014 not just read about it.<\/li>\n <li>You want to meet communities on the ground and hear what <b>they<\/b> need.<\/li>\n <li>You’re curious how ideas get funded, and how change-makers find support.<\/li>\n <li>You want time away from screens to think, write and listen to yourself.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"themes\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <span class=\"eyebrow\">What we explore together<\/span>\n <h2 style=\"font-size:38px\">Five threads, woven through four days<\/h2>\n <div class=\"grid\">\n <div class=\"card\"><div class=\"n\">01<\/div><h3>Find your why<\/h3><p>Coaching and journaling to uncover what moves you, what angers you, and what you can’t stop caring about.<\/p><\/div>\n <div class=\"card\"><div class=\"n\">02<\/div><h3>Align with your values<\/h3><p>Name the values you want to live by \u2014 and see where your choices already honour them, or don’t.<\/p><\/div>\n <div class=\"card\"><div class=\"n\">03<\/div><h3>Listen before you act<\/h3><p>Time with the Karen community of Muang Noi and local changemakers: real needs, culture gaps, and what “helping” really means.<\/p><\/div>\n <div class=\"card\"><div class=\"n\">04<\/div><h3>Learn from a real journey<\/h3><p>How Pai Seedlings Foundation grew from a family project to a team of ten \u2014 the doubts, mistakes, funding and partnerships in between.<\/p><\/div>\n <div class=\"card\"><div class=\"n\">05<\/div><h3>Create from the heart<\/h3><p>Choose the cause you want to defend, and leave with concrete first actions you can take in the next 90 days.<\/p><\/div>\n <div class=\"card\" style=\"background:var(--forest);color:#eef1e8\"><div class=\"n\" style=\"color:var(--sage)\">+<\/div><h3>Hands in the soil<\/h3><p style=\"color:#cfd9cb\">Every day includes real farm work \u2014 permaculture, agroforestry, cooking. Ideas land better when your hands are busy.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section>\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <span class=\"eyebrow\">The 4-day journey<\/span>\n <h2 style=\"font-size:38px\">From inner compass to first steps<\/h2>\n <p style=\"color:var(--muted);max-width:640px\">Each day moves from the inside out: who you are, what you’ve seen, who you’ve met, and what you’ll do next.<\/p>\n\n <div class=\"day\">\n <div class=\"label\"><b>Day 1<\/b><span>Roots<\/span><i>Arrive & land<\/i><\/div>\n <div>\n <p>Arrive at Seedlings Farm, settle in and slow down.<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li>Welcome circle and farm walk \u2014 how a regenerative farm works<\/li>\n <li>Be LEAF herbal tea ritual to open the retreat<\/li>\n <li><b>Coaching session with Lyse \u2014 “Find your why”<\/b>: the moments, people and injustices that shaped you<\/li>\n <li>Evening journaling: <i>Where am I standing today?<\/i><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <span class=\"tag\">Coaching<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Journaling<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Farm<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"day\">\n <div class=\"label\"><b>Day 2<\/b><span>Ground<\/span><i>Values & the real story<\/i><\/div>\n <div>\n <ul>\n <li>Morning on the farm: hands-on permaculture and agroforestry with our team<\/li>\n <li><b>Values alignment workshop<\/b> \u2014 name your core values and test them against real decisions<\/li>\n <li>Farm-to-table lunch cooked together<\/li>\n <li><b>“From family project to a team of ten” \u2014 open conversation with Damien & Lyse<\/b>: how the Foundation started, what nearly broke it, how we found funding, and how we built relationships with funders and partners<\/li>\n <li>Evening journaling: <i>What would I do if I knew I couldn’t fail \u2014 and what if I did?<\/i><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <span class=\"tag\">Workshop<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Founders’ story<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Funding<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"day\">\n <div class=\"label\"><b>Day 3<\/b><span>Community<\/span><i>Listen first<\/i><\/div>\n <div>\n <ul>\n <li><b>A day with the Karen community of Muang Noi<\/b> \u2014 guided by a community member: daily life, traditional knowledge, a shared meal<\/li>\n <li>Listening exercise: what does this community need, in its own words?<\/li>\n <li><b>Meeting the Pai Green Market team<\/b> \u2014 how local people are building a greener economy in the valley<\/li>\n <li>Reflection circle: culture gaps, good intentions, and the difference between helping and partnering<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <span class=\"tag\">Community<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Culture<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Reflection<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"day\">\n <div class=\"label\"><b>Day 4<\/b><span>Rise<\/span><i>Your cause, your next step<\/i><\/div>\n <div>\n <ul>\n <li>Morning journaling and sharing<\/li>\n <li><b>Life-mission coaching session with Damien & Lyse<\/b> \u2014 the cause you want to defend, and why you<\/li>\n <li>Action design: your first three steps for the next 90 days<\/li>\n <li>Speak your mission: practice presenting your idea to a mentor, a funder or a community<\/li>\n <li>Closing circle, final farm lunch, departure<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <span class=\"tag\">Coaching<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Action plan<\/span><span class=\"tag\">Closing<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"hosts\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <span class=\"eyebrow\">Your guides<\/span>\n <h2 style=\"font-size:38px\">Learn from people who are still building it<\/h2>\n <p style=\"max-width:660px;color:#cfd9cb\">We won’t give you a polished success story. We’ll tell you what really happened \u2014 and help you find your own version of it.<\/p>\n <div class=\"host-grid\">\n <div class=\"host\">\n <h3>Lyse<\/h3><span class=\"role\">Co-founder, Pai Seedlings Foundation \u00b7 Life & health coach<\/span>\n <p>Chemist by training, ten years in the corporate world, then a leap into photography, coaching and regenerative farming. Lyse has spent the last decade holding space for people to find what really matters to them \u2014 and act on it.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"host\">\n <h3>Damien<\/h3><span class=\"role\">President & co-founder, Pai Seedlings Foundation<\/span>\n <p>Damien leads the Foundation’s work with farmers in the Pai valley, its partnerships and its funding \u2014 and knows first-hand what it takes to turn a family project into a structure that lasts.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"partners\">\n <div class=\"host\">\n <h3>The Karen community of Muang Noi<\/h3><span class=\"role\">Community hosts<\/span>\n <p>A mountain village whose traditional knowledge of land, forest and food is at the heart of what sustainability really means here.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"host\">\n <h3>Pai Green Market<\/h3><span class=\"role\">Local change-makers<\/span>\n <p>The team bringing local, organic producers and conscious consumers together in the Pai valley.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section>\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <span class=\"eyebrow\">What you leave with<\/span>\n <h2 style=\"font-size:38px\">More than a good memory<\/h2>\n <div class=\"take\">\n <div><h3>Your mission statement<\/h3><p>A first, honest draft of your why \u2014 in your own words.<\/p><\/div>\n <div><h3>A 90-day action plan<\/h3><p>Three concrete steps toward the cause you chose.<\/p><\/div>\n <div><h3>Your retreat journal<\/h3><p>Every exercise, reflection and insight from the four days.<\/p><\/div>\n <div><h3>A network<\/h3><p>Other young change-makers, mentors and local partners who’ll remember you.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"practical\">\n <div class=\"wrap\">\n <span class=\"eyebrow\">Practical details<\/span>\n <h2 style=\"font-size:38px\">Good to know<\/h2>\n <div class=\"facts\">\n <div><b>Who<\/b>Young adults aged 17\u201325. 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