A press release from WOSonOS Kenya
Hi all,
As Thomas said, the Kenya WOSonOS was truly amazing. Below is a press release from the Kenya hosting team that gives you a glimpse of the gathering.
One thing that struck me about this WOSonOS is that perhaps half to 2/3rds of the people in the room were experiencing Open Space Technology for the first time.It turned out to be a powerful aspect of the experience. I felt I was watching people who were used to sitting quietly listening to what those in the front of the room were saying realizing the space was theirs. The topics started flowing and they were rich and deep. The excitement of having space for real exchanges permeated the event. And it continues!
On the last day, a session was held on creating an OST movement in Africa starting from Kenya. There have already been multiple meetings and several Open Space Technology gatherings since WOSonOS. My impression is that Open Space is a remembering, a way of working endemic to the continent. The seed that Harrison took home from his time in Liberia has been planted back in its native soil. I trust it will flourish.
One example: there’s a law in Kenya requiring Parliament facilitate public participation and involvement in legislative and other business. The government is asking for a framework for public participation. A group is organizing to propose Open Space Technology.
I felt like I was witnessing a reclaiming of a way of working that is part of the genetic memory of the continent.
What an honor and joy to be there!
Peggy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WOSONOS
2025 RETURNS TO AFRICA: REIGNITING OPEN SPACE AS A GLOBAL FORCE FOR CHANGE
Brackenhurst, Limuru, Kenya, 6-8 November, The 31st World Open Space on Open Space (WOSONOS) was hosted by WildlifeDirect at Brackenhurst, Limuru, drawing 80 participants from 22 countries including Ukraine, UK, Italy, Switzerland, Kenya, Tanzania, Liberia, Uganda, India, Egypt, France, Chile, Vatican City, Sweden, USA, Poland, Lithuania, D.R. Congo, Netherlands, China, Germany, Austria, in what may be the most diverse and transformative gathering in the event’s history. Kenyan participants came from across the nation and from a variety of organizations including Storymoja publishers, Olives Rehabilitation Center and CBO Mombasa, Mpala Research Center in Laikipia, Friends of Arabuko Sokoke Forest Kilifi, NAAN (Neo Alkebulan Artist’s Network) Nairobi, Inua Msanii CBO, Ntulea Africa, Kobat Youth Development Program, Ujuzi Fulani Hub, the military, Kakuma Refugee Camp Turkana.
Set amidst one of Africa’s most successful forest restoration landscapes at Brackenhurst, on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, the cradle of mankind, the gathering was more than symbolic. It marked a homecoming: a return of Open Space Technology to the continent that inspired its creator Harrison Owen, and to the communal wisdom that birthed this radical practice of participatory democracy.
“Hosting WOSONOS in Kenya was a welcome home to the origins of both humanity and Open Space,” said Dr. Paula Kahumbu, CEO of WildlifeDirect. “It reaffirmed Africa’s role not just as the inspiration for this practice, but as the place where its next evolution is taking root.”
POTENTIAL OF OPEN SPACE
For over a decade, WildlifeDirect has used Open Space as a cornerstone of its work, in the office, in classrooms, in communities, and across the African continent, to co-create meaningful education programs, active partnerships, catalyse the wildlife film industry, and mobilize public participation on pressing environmental issues like opposing the construction of railways through Nairobi National Park, to reclaiming grabbed forests, mobilizing mass tree-planting, and inspiring children to define how they want to lead in conversation, and forging a community led transformation of a prominent school in Kajiado County.
Others around the world also use Open Space in similar ways, in fact Open Space Technology is a practice used in more than 140 countries globally. At WOSONOS we shared the power of Open Space as a transformational tool in which all participants are equal, not representatives of their organizations or bosses. As a result, every participant is unleashed to participate freely, and is also responsible for the outcomes. It is a method that unlocks courage, curiosity, creativity, and collective responsibility. It is a safe space for the most uncomfortable topics, fosters consensus on controversial decisions, deepens engagement on difficult issues, and consistently delivers actionable results.
METHODOLOGY
“As a convening practice, Open Space is a circle not classroom style. It is self organizing, inclusive and non- hierarchical. Each person is welcome to maximize learning and contribution around the issues they care about under the umbrella of shared goals. Any size of the circle is catered to by Open Space Technology. This is what makes the open space technology the most aligned solution to the Public Participation Bill No.44 of 2025 which seeks to provide a framework for providing effective public participation. The timing couldn't be perfect. Democratically, this is how we Kenyans retain the integrity of the Public Participation Act and continue to realize the spirit of our constitution.”
Dr Major Rtd Lucy Wairimu Mukuria, Systemic Thought Leader in Military Psychology and Trauma.
A CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY AND COURAGE
Over three days, participants self-organized over 90 conversations, around 40 on the first day, 30 on the second, and 20 on the final day. Topics ranged from:
• Using OST to transform education systems and unlock agency children, youth, and teachers;
• Applying OST to democratic renewal, peace-building, and governance reform;
• Addressing gender justice, intergenerational leadership, trauma, mental wellbeing, decolonization, and collective healing;
• Innovating in conservation, technology, and the arts;
• Exploring AI, storytelling, and play as tools for reimagining human futures.
Each discussion reflected the same Principles that defines Open Space itself: whoever comes are the right people, whatever happens is the only thing that could have, and when it’s over, the work continues.
KEEPING HARRISON OWEN’S LEGACY ALIVE
The most powerful outcome of WOSONOS 2025 was a renewed global commitment to keep Harrison Owen’s traditions, philosophy, and practice alive, and to use Open Space to address humanity’s toughest challenges: climate change, conflict, gender issues, poverty, food insecurity, and governance crises.
Participants agreed that Open Space is not merely a meeting method. It is a way of being — individually “opening space” by listening, and taking responsibility for what we love. It represents trust, equality, and self-organization, essential ingredients for reimagining systems that no longer serve humanity or the planet.
A highlight of the second day was a tribute to Harrison Owen with his daughter Christy Owen sharing what it was like living a life of Open Space in her family, She described her own experience of witnessing how her father wielded the profound power of the practice, forging breakthroughs in seemingly intractable issues around forging peace to solve global armed conflicts. His belief was that when you give people freedom, trust and responsibility, they rise. People come alive when they talk about what they truly care about. They do not need a leader to organize them. They already know what matters, and what to do next.
AN AFRICAN MOVEMENT EMERGES
The African participants forged an agreement to create a continental community of practice dedicated to expanding OST training and application across sectors, from homes and schools to businesses, local governments, environmental management, peace-building, and poverty alleviation. In the spirit of OST the group was formed on WhatsApp, led by 3 young Kenyans and already joined by 30 participants with plans to launch trainings within the next 6 months. Already they are convening meetings, organizing Open Space Trainings, and conducting sessions in their own communities – for example children held an Open Space meeting at the WildlifeDirect Warriors Kids Field Lab to create the field lab of their dreams.
The vision is to localize and contextualize Open Space, integrating African languages, cultural idioms, and indigenous facilitation traditions to make it accessible, inclusive, and regenerative.
A JOURNEY CONTINUES: NEXT STOP, THE NETHERLANDS
The next WOSONOS gathering will take place in The Netherlands, where the the work initiated in Kenya will continue.
“The seed I take from this event is a commitment to take OST into my life and work” began many participants in the closing circle.
ABOUT WOSONOS & WILDLIFEDIRECT
WOSONOS (World Open Space on Open Space) is the annual international gathering of practitioners, stewards, and newcomers to Open Space Technology, a that empowers groups to self-organize around what truly matters.
WildlifeDirect is a Kenyan-based conservation organization led by Dr. Paula Kahumbu, renowned for connecting people to nature through storytelling, education, community action, and advocacy. The organization’s mission is to inspire every African to value and protect wildlife and wild places for the benefit of humanity and the planet.
For media inquiries, interviews, or access to the WOSONOS 2025 Report, please contact:
WildlifeDirect – Joan Ngige Joan@wildlifedirect.org mailto:Joan@wildlifedirect.org
WOSONOS – Peggy Holman peggy@peggyholman.com
Peggy Holman
peggy@peggyholman.com
Bellevue, WA 98006
206-948-0432
www.peggyholman.com
Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/
"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become
the fire".
-- Drew Dellinger
Beautiful
Just beautiful
In peace
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2025, 17:35 Peggy Holman via OSList, everyone@oslist.org
wrote:
Hi all,
As Thomas said, the Kenya WOSonOS was truly amazing. Below is a press
release from the Kenya hosting team that gives you a glimpse of the
gathering.
One thing that struck me about this WOSonOS is that perhaps half to 2/3rds
of the people in the room were experiencing Open Space Technology for the
first time.It turned out to be a powerful aspect of the experience. I felt
I was watching people who were used to sitting quietly listening to what
those in the front of the room were saying realizing the space was theirs.
The topics started flowing and they were rich and deep. The excitement of
having space for real exchanges permeated the event. And it continues!
On the last day, a session was held on creating an OST movement in Africa
starting from Kenya. There have already been multiple meetings and several
Open Space Technology gatherings since WOSonOS. My impression is that Open
Space is a remembering, a way of working endemic to the continent. The seed
that Harrison took home from his time in Liberia has been planted back in
its native soil. I trust it will flourish.
One example: there’s a law in Kenya requiring Parliament facilitate public
participation and involvement in legislative and other business. The
government is asking for a framework for public participation. A group is
organizing to propose Open Space Technology.
I felt like I was witnessing a reclaiming of a way of working that is part
of the genetic memory of the continent.
What an honor and joy to be there!
Peggy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WOSONOS
2025 RETURNS TO AFRICA: REIGNITING OPEN SPACE AS A GLOBAL FORCE FOR CHANGE
Brackenhurst, Limuru, Kenya, 6-8 November, The 31st World Open Space on
Open Space (WOSONOS) was hosted by WildlifeDirect at Brackenhurst, Limuru,
drawing 80 participants from 22 countries including Ukraine, UK, Italy,
Switzerland, Kenya, Tanzania, Liberia, Uganda, India, Egypt, France, Chile,
Vatican City, Sweden, USA, Poland, Lithuania, D.R. Congo, Netherlands,
China, Germany, Austria, in what may be the most diverse and transformative
gathering in the event’s history. Kenyan participants came from across the
nation and from a variety of organizations including Storymoja publishers,
Olives Rehabilitation Center and CBO Mombasa, Mpala Research Center in
Laikipia, Friends of Arabuko Sokoke Forest Kilifi, NAAN (Neo Alkebulan
Artist’s Network) Nairobi, Inua Msanii CBO, Ntulea Africa, Kobat Youth
Development Program, Ujuzi Fulani Hub, the military, Kakuma Refugee Camp
Turkana.
Set amidst one of Africa’s most successful forest restoration landscapes
at Brackenhurst, on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, the cradle of
mankind, the gathering was more than symbolic. It marked a homecoming: a
return of Open Space Technology to the continent that inspired its creator
Harrison Owen, and to the communal wisdom that birthed this radical
practice of participatory democracy.
“Hosting WOSONOS in Kenya was a welcome home to the origins of both
humanity and Open Space,” said Dr. Paula Kahumbu, CEO of WildlifeDirect.
“It reaffirmed Africa’s role not just as the inspiration for this practice,
but as the place where its next evolution is taking root.”
POTENTIAL OF OPEN SPACE
For over a decade, WildlifeDirect has used Open Space as a cornerstone of
its work, in the office, in classrooms, in communities, and across the
African continent, to co-create meaningful education programs, active
partnerships, catalyse the wildlife film industry, and mobilize public
participation on pressing environmental issues like opposing the
construction of railways through Nairobi National Park, to reclaiming
grabbed forests, mobilizing mass tree-planting, and inspiring children to
define how they want to lead in conversation, and forging a community led
transformation of a prominent school in Kajiado County.
Others around the world also use Open Space in similar ways, in fact Open
Space Technology is a practice used in more than 140 countries globally. At
WOSONOS we shared the power of Open Space as a transformational tool in
which all participants are equal, not representatives of their
organizations or bosses. As a result, every participant is unleashed to
participate freely, and is also responsible for the outcomes. It is a
method that unlocks courage, curiosity, creativity, and collective
responsibility. It is a safe space for the most uncomfortable topics,
fosters consensus on controversial decisions, deepens engagement on
difficult issues, and consistently delivers actionable results.
METHODOLOGY
“As a convening practice, Open Space is a circle not classroom style. It
is self organizing, inclusive and non- hierarchical. Each person is welcome
to maximize learning and contribution around the issues they care about
under the umbrella of shared goals. Any size of the circle is catered to by
Open Space Technology. This is what makes the open space technology the
most aligned solution to the Public Participation Bill No.44 of 2025 which
seeks to provide a framework for providing effective public participation.
The timing couldn't be perfect. Democratically, this is how we Kenyans
retain the integrity of the Public Participation Act and continue to
realize the spirit of our constitution.”
Dr Major Rtd Lucy Wairimu Mukuria, Systemic Thought Leader in Military
Psychology and Trauma.
A CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY AND COURAGE
Over three days, participants self-organized over 90 conversations, around
40 on the first day, 30 on the second, and 20 on the final day. Topics
ranged from:
• Using OST to transform education systems and unlock agency
children, youth, and teachers;
• Applying OST to democratic renewal, peace-building, and
governance reform;
• Addressing gender justice, intergenerational leadership, trauma,
mental wellbeing, decolonization, and collective healing;
• Innovating in conservation, technology, and the arts;
• Exploring AI, storytelling, and play as tools for reimagining
human futures.
Each discussion reflected the same Principles that defines Open Space
itself: whoever comes are the right people, whatever happens is the only
thing that could have, and when it’s over, the work continues.
KEEPING HARRISON OWEN’S LEGACY ALIVE
The most powerful outcome of WOSONOS 2025 was a renewed global commitment
to keep Harrison Owen’s traditions, philosophy, and practice alive, and to
use Open Space to address humanity’s toughest challenges: climate change,
conflict, gender issues, poverty, food insecurity, and governance crises.
Participants agreed that Open Space is not merely a meeting method. It is
a way of being — individually “opening space” by listening, and taking
responsibility for what we love. It represents trust, equality, and
self-organization, essential ingredients for reimagining systems that no
longer serve humanity or the planet.
A highlight of the second day was a tribute to Harrison Owen with his
daughter Christy Owen sharing what it was like living a life of Open Space
in her family, She described her own experience of witnessing how her
father wielded the profound power of the practice, forging breakthroughs in
seemingly intractable issues around forging peace to solve global armed
conflicts. His belief was that when you give people freedom, trust and
responsibility, they rise. People come alive when they talk about what they
truly care about. They do not need a leader to organize them. They already
know what matters, and what to do next.
AN AFRICAN MOVEMENT EMERGES
The African participants forged an agreement to create a continental
community of practice dedicated to expanding OST training and application
across sectors, from homes and schools to businesses, local governments,
environmental management, peace-building, and poverty alleviation. In the
spirit of OST the group was formed on WhatsApp, led by 3 young Kenyans and
already joined by 30 participants with plans to launch trainings within the
next 6 months. Already they are convening meetings, organizing Open Space
Trainings, and conducting sessions in their own communities – for example
children held an Open Space meeting at the WildlifeDirect Warriors Kids
Field Lab to create the field lab of their dreams.
The vision is to localize and contextualize Open Space, integrating
African languages, cultural idioms, and indigenous facilitation traditions
to make it accessible, inclusive, and regenerative.
A JOURNEY CONTINUES: NEXT STOP, THE NETHERLANDS
The next WOSONOS gathering will take place in The Netherlands, where the
the work initiated in Kenya will continue.
“The seed I take from this event is a commitment to take OST into my life
and work” began many participants in the closing circle.
ABOUT WOSONOS & WILDLIFEDIRECT
WOSONOS (World Open Space on Open Space) is the annual international
gathering of practitioners, stewards, and newcomers to Open Space
Technology, a that empowers groups to self-organize around what truly
matters.
WildlifeDirect is a Kenyan-based conservation organization led by Dr.
Paula Kahumbu, renowned for connecting people to nature through
storytelling, education, community action, and advocacy. The organization’s
mission is to inspire every African to value and protect wildlife and wild
places for the benefit of humanity and the planet.
For media inquiries, interviews, or access to the WOSONOS 2025 Report,
please contact:
WildlifeDirect – Joan Ngige Joan@wildlifedirect.org
WOSONOS – Peggy Holman peggy@peggyholman.com
Peggy Holman
peggy@peggyholman.com
Bellevue, WA 98006
206-948-0432
www.peggyholman.com
Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval
into Opportunity https://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/
"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get
burnt, is to become
the fire".
-- Drew Dellinger
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Thank you for this incredible report Peggy. Kenya is alive and moving into its future. I am working with school leaders there who would love to join this movement!
Kathy Minardi
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On Sun, 16 Nov 2025, 17:35 Peggy Holman via OSList, <everyone@oslist.orgmailto:everyone@oslist.org> wrote:
Hi all,
As Thomas said, the Kenya WOSonOS was truly amazing. Below is a press release from the Kenya hosting team that gives you a glimpse of the gathering.
One thing that struck me about this WOSonOS is that perhaps half to 2/3rds of the people in the room were experiencing Open Space Technology for the first time.It turned out to be a powerful aspect of the experience. I felt I was watching people who were used to sitting quietly listening to what those in the front of the room were saying realizing the space was theirs. The topics started flowing and they were rich and deep. The excitement of having space for real exchanges permeated the event. And it continues!
On the last day, a session was held on creating an OST movement in Africa starting from Kenya. There have already been multiple meetings and several Open Space Technology gatherings since WOSonOS. My impression is that Open Space is a remembering, a way of working endemic to the continent. The seed that Harrison took home from his time in Liberia has been planted back in its native soil. I trust it will flourish.
One example: there’s a law in Kenya requiring Parliament facilitate public participation and involvement in legislative and other business. The government is asking for a framework for public participation. A group is organizing to propose Open Space Technology.
I felt like I was witnessing a reclaiming of a way of working that is part of the genetic memory of the continent.
What an honor and joy to be there!
Peggy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WOSONOS
2025 RETURNS TO AFRICA: REIGNITING OPEN SPACE AS A GLOBAL FORCE FOR CHANGE
Brackenhurst, Limuru, Kenya, 6-8 November, The 31st World Open Space on Open Space (WOSONOS) was hosted by WildlifeDirect at Brackenhurst, Limuru, drawing 80 participants from 22 countries including Ukraine, UK, Italy, Switzerland, Kenya, Tanzania, Liberia, Uganda, India, Egypt, France, Chile, Vatican City, Sweden, USA, Poland, Lithuania, D.R. Congo, Netherlands, China, Germany, Austria, in what may be the most diverse and transformative gathering in the event’s history. Kenyan participants came from across the nation and from a variety of organizations including Storymoja publishers, Olives Rehabilitation Center and CBO Mombasa, Mpala Research Center in Laikipia, Friends of Arabuko Sokoke Forest Kilifi, NAAN (Neo Alkebulan Artist’s Network) Nairobi, Inua Msanii CBO, Ntulea Africa, Kobat Youth Development Program, Ujuzi Fulani Hub, the military, Kakuma Refugee Camp Turkana.
Set amidst one of Africa’s most successful forest restoration landscapes at Brackenhurst, on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, the cradle of mankind, the gathering was more than symbolic. It marked a homecoming: a return of Open Space Technology to the continent that inspired its creator Harrison Owen, and to the communal wisdom that birthed this radical practice of participatory democracy.
“Hosting WOSONOS in Kenya was a welcome home to the origins of both humanity and Open Space,” said Dr. Paula Kahumbu, CEO of WildlifeDirect. “It reaffirmed Africa’s role not just as the inspiration for this practice, but as the place where its next evolution is taking root.”
POTENTIAL OF OPEN SPACE
For over a decade, WildlifeDirect has used Open Space as a cornerstone of its work, in the office, in classrooms, in communities, and across the African continent, to co-create meaningful education programs, active partnerships, catalyse the wildlife film industry, and mobilize public participation on pressing environmental issues like opposing the construction of railways through Nairobi National Park, to reclaiming grabbed forests, mobilizing mass tree-planting, and inspiring children to define how they want to lead in conversation, and forging a community led transformation of a prominent school in Kajiado County.
Others around the world also use Open Space in similar ways, in fact Open Space Technology is a practice used in more than 140 countries globally. At WOSONOS we shared the power of Open Space as a transformational tool in which all participants are equal, not representatives of their organizations or bosses. As a result, every participant is unleashed to participate freely, and is also responsible for the outcomes. It is a method that unlocks courage, curiosity, creativity, and collective responsibility. It is a safe space for the most uncomfortable topics, fosters consensus on controversial decisions, deepens engagement on difficult issues, and consistently delivers actionable results.
METHODOLOGY
“As a convening practice, Open Space is a circle not classroom style. It is self organizing, inclusive and non- hierarchical. Each person is welcome to maximize learning and contribution around the issues they care about under the umbrella of shared goals. Any size of the circle is catered to by Open Space Technology. This is what makes the open space technology the most aligned solution to the Public Participation Bill No.44 of 2025 which seeks to provide a framework for providing effective public participation. The timing couldn't be perfect. Democratically, this is how we Kenyans retain the integrity of the Public Participation Act and continue to realize the spirit of our constitution.”
Dr Major Rtd Lucy Wairimu Mukuria, Systemic Thought Leader in Military Psychology and Trauma.
A CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY AND COURAGE
Over three days, participants self-organized over 90 conversations, around 40 on the first day, 30 on the second, and 20 on the final day. Topics ranged from:
• Using OST to transform education systems and unlock agency children, youth, and teachers;
• Applying OST to democratic renewal, peace-building, and governance reform;
• Addressing gender justice, intergenerational leadership, trauma, mental wellbeing, decolonization, and collective healing;
• Innovating in conservation, technology, and the arts;
• Exploring AI, storytelling, and play as tools for reimagining human futures.
Each discussion reflected the same Principles that defines Open Space itself: whoever comes are the right people, whatever happens is the only thing that could have, and when it’s over, the work continues.
KEEPING HARRISON OWEN’S LEGACY ALIVE
The most powerful outcome of WOSONOS 2025 was a renewed global commitment to keep Harrison Owen’s traditions, philosophy, and practice alive, and to use Open Space to address humanity’s toughest challenges: climate change, conflict, gender issues, poverty, food insecurity, and governance crises.
Participants agreed that Open Space is not merely a meeting method. It is a way of being — individually “opening space” by listening, and taking responsibility for what we love. It represents trust, equality, and self-organization, essential ingredients for reimagining systems that no longer serve humanity or the planet.
A highlight of the second day was a tribute to Harrison Owen with his daughter Christy Owen sharing what it was like living a life of Open Space in her family, She described her own experience of witnessing how her father wielded the profound power of the practice, forging breakthroughs in seemingly intractable issues around forging peace to solve global armed conflicts. His belief was that when you give people freedom, trust and responsibility, they rise. People come alive when they talk about what they truly care about. They do not need a leader to organize them. They already know what matters, and what to do next.
AN AFRICAN MOVEMENT EMERGES
The African participants forged an agreement to create a continental community of practice dedicated to expanding OST training and application across sectors, from homes and schools to businesses, local governments, environmental management, peace-building, and poverty alleviation. In the spirit of OST the group was formed on WhatsApp, led by 3 young Kenyans and already joined by 30 participants with plans to launch trainings within the next 6 months. Already they are convening meetings, organizing Open Space Trainings, and conducting sessions in their own communities – for example children held an Open Space meeting at the WildlifeDirect Warriors Kids Field Lab to create the field lab of their dreams.
The vision is to localize and contextualize Open Space, integrating African languages, cultural idioms, and indigenous facilitation traditions to make it accessible, inclusive, and regenerative.
A JOURNEY CONTINUES: NEXT STOP, THE NETHERLANDS
The next WOSONOS gathering will take place in The Netherlands, where the the work initiated in Kenya will continue.
“The seed I take from this event is a commitment to take OST into my life and work” began many participants in the closing circle.
ABOUT WOSONOS & WILDLIFEDIRECT
WOSONOS (World Open Space on Open Space) is the annual international gathering of practitioners, stewards, and newcomers to Open Space Technology, a that empowers groups to self-organize around what truly matters.
WildlifeDirect is a Kenyan-based conservation organization led by Dr. Paula Kahumbu, renowned for connecting people to nature through storytelling, education, community action, and advocacy. The organization’s mission is to inspire every African to value and protect wildlife and wild places for the benefit of humanity and the planet.
For media inquiries, interviews, or access to the WOSONOS 2025 Report, please contact:
WildlifeDirect – Joan Ngige Joan@wildlifedirect.orgmailto:Joan@wildlifedirect.org
WOSONOS – Peggy Holman peggy@peggyholman.commailto:peggy@peggyholman.com
Peggy Holman
peggy@peggyholman.commailto:peggy@peggyholman.com
Bellevue, WA 98006
206-948-0432
www.peggyholman.comhttp://www.peggyholman.com
Enjoy the award winning Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunityhttps://peggyholman.com/papers/engaging-emergence/
"An angel told me that the only way to step into the fire and not get burnt, is to become
the fire".
-- Drew Dellinger
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