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Behind The Scenes #1
So, here we are—two months into 2025, and Totelly has been moving at full speed. Honestly, it’s been a lot. Between creating content,...
Save the Food, for the Greater Good
Food waste. It’s the silent scandal in your fridge, the ghost of well-intentioned meal plans, the tragic fate of that sad-looking cucumber...
Starting Fresh in 2025: Simple Ways Nature Can Transform Your Life
As we kick off 2025, there’s something refreshing about starting a new year. It’s a clean slate—a
chance to make changes that really...
Totelly Facilitator Stories: Meet Pablo
Who are you?I am many facets of the human experience. One of my facets is a child of Nature, passionate about finding ways to live in...
Spare time that spares time/ Frítími sem sparar tíma
Image by Dana Tanasa
Íslensk að neðan
I was
once asked, in a class at Schumacher College, by Ed Mayo, the founder of the New...
Green spaces: Nurturing nature and ourselves / Græn rými: Að rækta náttúruna og okkur sjálf
Image by Dana TanasaÍslensk að neðanFrom the bustling city streets to the peaceful countryside, green spaces have always been a sanctuary...
Totelly Facilitator Stories: Introducing Maru
Who are you?My name is Margarita Hamatsu. First and foremost, I am a mother, wife, and friend. I currently work as an outdoor education...
Nourish what nourishes you / Nærðu það sem nærir þig
Image by Dana TanasaÍslensk að neðanWe humans have a distinctive relationship with food, as throughout history we have cultivated an...
Regenerative Technology in 2024 and Beyond / Endurlífgandi tækni árið 2024 og til frambúðar
Art by Vitaliia KalmutskaÍslensk að neðanIntroImagine sitting by a campfire on a clear night in Iceland’s east fjords. The fire crackles,...
A Different Kind of Merry Christmas
So, here you are, reading this. Maybe you’re wondering if we really need another piece about “getting into the holiday spirit.” I get it....
How fashion became our nature - From consumer to user, to maker / Hvernig tískan varð náttúran okkar: Frá neytanda til notanda til framleiðanda
Image by Dana TanasaÍslensk að neðanMy natureFashion often dictates rules, but our nature craves freedom and uniqueness, woven from natural...
Totelly Facilitator Stories — Introducing Geoffrey
Who are you?Hello 🙂 I’m Geoffrey, a 37-year-old Dutch native who swapped windmills for waterfalls and volcanos when I moved to Iceland in...
The nature of homemaking / Eðli heimilishalds
Image by Dana TanasaÍslensk hér að neðanAs a child, I hated spending time in nature. I was a city girl and as ‘’indoorsy’’ as one could be....
Coexistence with all living beings/ Samlífi allra lifandi lífvera
Image by Dana TanasaÍslensk hér að neðanWhenever I think about nature, the first images that come to mind are from my childhood, from the...
Self-Care: Designing with Life / Sjálfrækt: Að hanna með hjálp Lífsins
Image by Dana TanasaÍslensk hér að neðanHow self-care became a decision to live life well. My life gets messy when I don’t take care of...
Totelly Facilitator Stories — Introducing Diana
Who are you?I am Diana Bobocu. Originally from Romania, I planned to join a 5-month project in Brazil 8 years ago. However, life took an...
Totelly Facilitator Stories — Introducing Dumitrita
Who are you?I am Dumitriţa Simion, a soul of 38 years, cradled in the heart of Romania, who found an inextricable bond with Iceland years...
The Totelly Facilitator Series: Meet Tanja
Who are you?I aim to find balance in the everyday. Making the most of each moment, my own internal resources as well as those around me: my...
Meet Geoffrey: Our Totelly Human Tech Lead
Hey there, I’m Geoffrey, Totelly’s tech lead, and the guy who somehow makes sense of all our wild ideas. I jumped into this adventure in...
Connection Regenerator: A New Totelly Project
We are thrilled to announce the launch of an exciting new project, the Connection Regenerator. Funded by Erasmus Plus for 14 months from...
Embracing New Beginnings and Reflections: Totel.ly´s Year-End Update
The end of a cycle implies new beginnings: a new cycle. A new journey is around the corner.Recall the hand gesture shared in the Offers and...
Empathic inquiry — about more than our understanding
What did you learn about yourself from this?How did you feel, when you read that?What is important to you?These are inquiring — connective...
Business as a spiritual practice — Regenerative future
Shifiting from degenerative habitsIt seems evident that large portion of businesses in modern times have been focusing almost solely on...
Sustainable › Restorative › Regenerative
OUR IMPACTTotel.ly Is A Social Enterprise: A Mission-Based OrganizationTotel.ly is a social enterprise: a mission-based organisation. We...
Keeping Your Clothes In The Loop
By buying or selling pre-loved fashion on totel.ly you are already prolonging the life and value of a product. You are keeping it in the...
What Really Sustains our Existence?
We slip into the school of nature, assuming a beginner’s mind of the living world.If we hedge up close to the natural world, we rub...
Taking Cues from Nature: Cooperating for the World
totel.ly & UN Decade of RestorationTo achieve the transformative impact we are aiming for, we recognise we cannot do it alone. We take...
Movement Thursday: Choosing Circular over New
“Oh no! I’ve got a hole in my sock” said who? Yep, that was me. If you are anything like me, I will wear the hole for as long as I can...
Making Things Last: From Possessions to Planet
Innovations are scaling up to sever our addiction to all things ‘new.’ This post explores how we can step up in the name of...
Paradigm Shi(f)t: Keeping Our Poop as Humanure?
Our poop might not sparkle with the colours of the rainbow or smell of sweet roses but it is considered by some as a gift! “The legacy” as...
CHOOSE TO CHALLENGE: Pioneers of the Planetary Economy
Istoday’s disarray the disruption the planet has been hankering for? Has COVID-19 pulled the last threads of carpet from over the cracks...
Champion Friday: Food Rescue Hero
The United Nations declared in 2015 that ⅓ of the world’s food suitable for human consumption goes to waste. The mind boggles.How is it...
Try-Out Tuesday: Green Cleaning
In our Outermost House, the sun is stretching out, lengthening our days and swapping up the snow for the snowdrops. February just become...
A Sustainable World Already Exists.
As the infants of this planet we are the absolute beginners, the apprentices on Earth, with Nature as our elder; our mentor! Biologist...
Digging out the dirt: Climate Victory :)
Digging out the dirt and saving the soil in the name of Climate Victory :)Climate Victory Gardens pull on the participation of us...
Wisdom Wednesday: Tiny Little Things
We all know that feeling of waking up one day and you are the best version of you, and then the next day you question the meaning of life,...
And So We Go ‘Circular!’
With a world changing at an unprecedented rate — we can’t stay still long enough to design by straight line! Our history of ‘make, take,...