Living Landscapes Portfolio
Portfolio thesis
Culture and biodiversity can become foundations for regenerative investment
Many landscapes hold extraordinary ecological, cultural, and historical value that is invisible to conventional finance. Through storytelling, mapping, partnership design, and investment preparation, Reweaver helps landscapes become more visible, fundable, and investable — while keeping local custodianship at the centre.
The aim is to create models that can be replicated and adapted across different places, opening new pathways for funders, investors, and communities to work together.
Genadendal Living Landscape
Western Cape, South Africa
Stage: Active development, initial funding secured
Heritage + fynbos biodiversity + youth interpretation + regenerative tourism
Genadendal is one of South Africa’s most historically significant mission settlements, part of a wider landscape shaped by Indigenous presence, Moravian history, local memory and the biodiversity of the Cape Floristic Region.
Reweaver is working with local partners to support a living heritage model that connects cultural interpretation, ecological identity, youth learning and meaningful tourism.
Current and emerging work:
Public storytelling and Stories of Place processes
Collaboration with the Genadendal Mission Museum
Integration of heritage and biodiversity interpretation
Youth-focused environmental storytelling
Community-rooted regenerative tourism model
Global relevance: A prototype for post-colonial heritage landscapes seeking to connect memory, biodiversity, education and local economic opportunity.
Mpondoland Biocultural Coast
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Stage: Concept development
Living culture + coastal biodiversity + regenerative experience + community wealth
Mpondoland holds one of South Africa’s most powerful biocultural stories: land, ocean, culture, resistance, biodiversity and community stewardship.
Reweaver is exploring pathways to celebrate and finance this landscape through story-led enterprise, immersive experiences and community-rooted stewardship models.
Emerging possibilities:
Regenerative retreats and immersive travel experiences
Cultural storytelling and living heritage documentation
Community benefit mechanisms and youth training
A Biocultural Guardians Fund to channel value back into local priorities
Global relevance: A prototype for coastal biocultural resilience, regenerative tourism and community-led conservation economies.
Venda Sacred Natural Sites & Water Landscapes
Limpopo, South Africa
Stage: Early scoping
Custodianship + sacred ecology + water security + future finance
Sacred Natural Sites are not only cultural places — they are also biodiversity refuges, water source areas, climate resilience assets and living governance systems.
Reweaver is exploring how sacred landscapes and traditional stewardship systems can be recognised, protected and resourced as vital ecological infrastructure.
Emerging possibilities:
Youth eco-mapping and digital storytelling
Recognition of Indigenous and local knowledge systems
Sacred Natural Sites as potential OECMs or territories of life
Water security and ecological infrastructure finance
Stewardship models that direct value toward custodians
Global relevance: A prototype for sacred ecology, Indigenous governance, water resilience and culturally grounded conservation finance.
Future Direction
South Africa is the first laboratory, not the limit of the ambition
Reweaver is building a practice that can travel, across landscapes in Africa and beyond, across partnerships that need stronger initiative design, and across funders, institutions, and communities seeking new models for biodiversity, culture, and capital.
The long-term ambition is a global network of living landscapes and partnership initiatives where culture, ecology, memory, and finance are rewoven into regenerative futures.