About
Vision & Mission
Recipes for Wellbeing works towards shifting the culture of changemaking to include a focus on wholebeing to enable anyone to contribute more effectively to creating positive change in the world. We interpret wholebeing both as a catalyst for change in the world, and as the change in the world itself. We aim for changemakers to both experience wholebeing for themselves, and to spread wellbeing to their teams, communities, and to the whole world. We believe that focusing on wholebeing opens up a path towards achieving individual and collective flourishing – the ultimate goal of changemaking.
Core Principles
Accessibility
We believe wholebeing tools and resources should be accessible to anyone, hence why our Wholebeing Framework is open-source. We are also committed to ensuring accessibility across languages, cultures, and special needs. Use the translator to switch between languages and click on the icon with a person on the top right to view all accessibility features.
Collaboration
We need to move away from the social impact narrative centred around the individual – the “heropreneur”. Hence our focus to bringing wholebeing to teams, organisations, and communities as collectives of positive change. Wholebeing is more than self-care; it is about community care with the aim of thriving together.
Adaptivity
We interpret wholebeing as an ever evolving concept. We don’t advocate for a “one-size-fits-all” approach that misses out on the richness of contextual nuances. Rather, we propose a wholebeing framework that can be adapted to any culture, place, and time. Check out our newly developed Wholebeing Framework!
Impact
Below you can find our annual impact reports. If you would like to read our past reflections, check out our archived blog posts.
Sustainability, Inclusion & Accessibility Manifesto
Recipes for Wellbeing is committed to contributing to the wholebeing of both people and planet. Even if we are a small not-for-profit association, we believe there is a lot we can do to nourish other people and planet Earth. So here is our Sustainability, Inclusion and Accessibility Manifesto, which we hope will inspire many other organisations to join our ongoing effort to live sustainably and inclusively in respect of all beings.
- We have signed the Sustainable Web Manifesto, under which we commit to adhere to five principles:
- Clean: The services we provide and services we use will be powered by renewable energy.
- Efficient: The products and services we provide will use the least amount of energy and material resources possible.
- Open: The products and services we provide will be accessible, allow for the open exchange of information, and allow users to control their data.
- Honest: The products and services we provide will not mislead or exploit users in their design or content.
- Regenerative: The products and services we provide will support an economy that nourishes people and planet.
- Our website features wellbeing recipes that invite you to engage with Nature, such as “5 elements meditation”, “Dialogues with Nature”, “Mountain meditation”, “Truth mandala”, and “Virtual Nature walk”.
- Our website features accessibility tools that improve the user experience, such as the possibility to increase or decrease the size of the text; change the colours to grayscale, high contrast, negative contrast, or light background; underline all hyperlinks and adapt the text to a readable font. These features can be easily activated and/or deactivated by the users themselves at all times.
- A language translation plug-in is embedded to allow you to switch between languages.
- We are now exploring further actions to make our web- and mobile sites more energy efficient. This includes stripping out unnecessary code, further optimising the media content uploaded, and improving user experience.
- The rates for our online services follow a sliding scale pricing model to ensure accessibility of our services to changemakers and organisations in line with a wellbeing economy approach.
- Whenever possible, we take trains instead of planes and we invite participants at our events to do the same.
- When flying cannot be avoided, we offset our carbon emissions and we invite participants at our events to do the same.
- During our events, we aim to reduce our ecological footprint of food. This includes serving vegetarian and vegan food only, preferably organic, and always local and seasonal. We also use tap water instead of bottled water where it is safe.
- During our events, we minimise the use of non-reusable and non-recyclable material like single-use plastic and we optimise the material we need for our activities.
- Our wholebeing labs and retreats take place in venues that are immersed in Nature where the hosts are aligned to our values and connected to the land. This includes selecting venues that minimise soil, flora, and fauna impacts.
- We do our best to choose sites and venues that are accessible by public transport, and with facilities that ensure barrier-free access for everyone.
- We implement responsible noise management practices during our retreats to respect our natural surroundings, and neighbours.
- We have an active sustainable purchasing policy: when sourcing products or services for our events, we are committed to sourcing from individuals and enterprises that support socially diverse communities, indigenous communities, and people with disabilities. To the best of our abilities, we also ensure to source products and services that are both sustainable and ethical.
- Where possible, we integrate the event with local community stakeholders. We actively seek to get the support and involvement of local authorities, organisations, and community groups.
- The activities we facilitate at our events cater for different learning styles through a balanced mix of different methodologies and approaches.
- The rates for our offline services follow a sliding scale pricing model to ensure accessibility of our services to changemakers and organisations in line with a wellbeing economy approach.
Recipes for Wellbeing is committed to providing a work environment, retreat experiences, and on- and offline engagements in which everyone is treated fairly, in which harassment and discrimination are not tolerated, and in which individuals can address incidents of harassment and discrimination safely. While we understand that we cannot guarantee that our work environment, retreat experiences, and on- and offline engagements will be free from harassment and discrimination, we invest in recognising, acknowledging, and adequately addressing all forms of harassment and discrimination that may occur.
Recipes for Wellbeing will not tolerate any harassment or discrimination in any form including: verbal, physical, visual, digital, or sexual. In addition, we will not tolerate any harassment or discrimination on the basis of race, colour, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or any other basis protected by local and national laws. Sexual harassment will not be tolerated by Recipes for Wellbeing.
Team
Alessia Cervone
Co-Founder
Alessia Cervone is the co-founder of Recipes for Wellbeing. She is a facilitator for ChangemakerXchange and she is the co-founder of euforia, a Swiss-based social innovation business using transformative learning methods to empower people and organisations to embark on their […]
Alessia Cervone
Co-Fondatrice
Alessia Cervone è la co-fondatrice di Recipes for Wellbeing e una facilitatrice per ChangemakerXchange. È anche la co-fondatrice di euforia, un’organizzazione no-profit svizzera che usa metodi di apprendimento trasformativi per incoraggiare persone e organizzazioni a intraprendere un percorso di innovazione […]
Alessia Cervone
Co-fundadora
Alessia Cervone es la cofundadora de Recipes for Wellbeing y facilitadora de ChangemakerXchange. También es cofundadora de euforia, una organización suiza sin ánimo de lucro que utiliza métodos de aprendizaje transformativo para animar a las personas y organizaciones a embarcarse […]
Alessia Cervone
Mitbegründerin
Alessia Cervone ist Mitbegründerin von Recipes for Wellbeing und Moderatorin von ChangemakerXchange. Sie ist auch Mitbegründerin von euforia, einem in der Schweiz ansässigen Unternehmen für soziale Innovation, das transformative Lernmethoden einsetzt, um Menschen und Organisationen zu befähigen, sich auf ihre […]
Alessia Cervone
Co-fondatrice
Alessia Cervone est la co-fondatrice de Recipes for Wellbeing et une facilitatrice de ChangemakerXchange. Elle est également la co-fondatrice d’euforia, une organisation suisse à but non lucratif qui utilise des méthodes d’apprentissage transformatives pour encourager les personnes et les organisations […]
Greta Rossi
Co-Founder
Greta Rossi
Co-Fondatrice
Greta Rossi è un’imprenditrice sociale coinvolta in diverse iniziative no-profit. È la co-fondatrice di Recipes for Wellbeing e ChangemakerXchange ed è la facilitatrice per il programma WISE Emerging Leaders. Greta ha conseguito un BA (Hons) in “International Relations”, laureandosi come ‘Valedictorian’. È anche […]
Greta Rossi
Co-fundadora
Greta Rossi es una empresaria social que participa en varias iniciativas sin fines de lucro. Es la cofundadora de Recipes for Wellbeing y ChangemakerXchange y la facilitador del programa WISE Emerging Leaders. Greta tiene una licenciatura (con honores) en Relaciones Internacionales, y se […]
Greta Rossi
Mitbegründerin
Greta ist ein Changemaker, der sich in mehreren gemeinnützigen Initiativen engagiert. Sie ist die Mitbegründerin von Recipes for Wellbeing und ChangemakerXchange und ist die. Lead Facilitator für das WISE Emerging Leaders Program. Greta hat einen BA (Hons) in Internationalen Beziehungen und […]
Greta Rossi
Co-fondatrice
Greta Rossi est un entrepreneuse social impliquée dans diverses initiatives à but non lucratif. Elle est la co-fondatrice de Recipes for Wellbeing et ChangemakerXchange. Elle est facilitateur du WISE Emerging Leaders Program. Greta est titulaire d’une licence (avec mention) en relations […]
Heliana Lubis
Wellbeing Illustrator
Heliana Lubis (Ina) is a motion designer based in Bandung, Indonesia. Art and design have always been her passion. She creates motion graphic in multidisciplinary design and technology companies (e.g., Sembilan Matahari), and develop communication designs for different organizations (e.g., […]
Heliana Lubis
Wellbeing Illustrator
Heliana Lubis (Ina) è una motion designer con sede a Bandung, in Indonesia. L’arte e il design sono sempre stati la sua passione. Crea motion graphic per aziende multidisciplinari di design e tecnologia (ad esempio, Sembilan Matahari) e sviluppa progetti di […]
Marco Tribuzio
Wellbeing Web Developer
Marco Tribuzio è appassionato di tecnologia, “Ritorno al futuro” e LEGO. È uno sviluppatore di software con un cuore che ama le persone e le loro storie.
Marco Tribuzio
Wellbeing Web Developer
Marco Tribuzio is passionate about technology, “Back to the future” and LEGO. He is a software developer with a heart who loved people and their stories.
Marissa Del Mistro
Wellbeing Content Writer
Marissa is a writer, editor, and passionate human rights advocate. Marissa holds a master’s degree in human rights and democratization and has had the privilege to work with vulnerable communities with a focus on immigration, modern slavery and rights realization […]
Marissa Del Mistro
Wellbeing Content Writer
Marissa è scrittrice, redattrice e sostenitrice appassionata dei diritti umani. Marissa ha conseguito un master in diritti umani e democratizzazione e ha avuto il privilegio di lavorare con comunità vulnerabili, con particolare attenzione all’immigrazione, alla schiavitù moderna e alla realizzazione […]
Tariq Al-Olaimy
Co-Founder
Tariq is a co-founder of an ecosystem of social and planetary initiatives, including; 3BL Associates, Public-Planet Partnerships, Diversity on Board, Recipes for Wellbeing, and postgrowth.earth. He holds advisory and board roles with entities such as the UN Decade on Ecosystem […]
Tariq Al-Olaimy
Co-fundador
Tariq Al-Olaimy es el cofundador de 3BL Associates, una empresa de consultoría estratégica de People+Planet y un centro de investigación sobre cuestiones de sostenibilidad. Gracias a su trabajo con 3BL Associates y la comunidad climática internacional, Tariq ha sido nombrado […]
Tariq Al-Olaimy
Co-Fondatore
Tariq Al-Olaimy è il co-fondatore di 3BL Associates, un’azienda di consulenza strategica ‘people+planet’ e una ‘think-do-tank’ per problemi legati alla sostenibilità. Per merito del suo lavoro con 3BL Associates e con la comunità internazionale per il clima, Tariq è stato […]
Tariq Al-Olaimy
Mitbegründerin
Tariq Al-Olaimy ist Mitbegründer von 3BL Associates, einer ‘people+planet’ Strategieberatung und ‘think-do-tank’, die sich mit vernetzten Themen der nachhaltigen Entwicklung beschäftigt. Für seine Arbeit mit 3BL Associates und der internationalen Klimabewegung wurde Tariq von Mvslim.com als einer von 10 muslimischen […]
Tariq Al-Olaimy
Co-fondateur
Tariq Al-Olaimy est le co-fondateur de 3BL Associates, une société de conseil stratégique “personnes+planète” et un “Think Thank” sur les questions de durabilité. Grâce à son travail avec 3BL Associates et la communauté internationale du climat, Tariq a été nommé […]
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