April 25, 2026
We're Back — And We're Growing!
After a year of stepping back, recharging, and gathering new life experience, Totelly is back in action. We've already hosted two exchange...
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January 9, 2026
Welcome to 2026: Community, Reflection, and Going Deeper
2026 is here. I still remember writing the first post of 2025. It feels both like yesterday and like a lifetime ago. Time has a funny way...
December 18, 2025
Closing the Year Human, Opening the Next Together
Totelly Human wishes everyone happy holidays and a season filled with warmth and community. 🤍❄️ We’ll be back in the new year with excitin...
August 5, 2025
Nature: Our Kin, Our Mirror
I have been contemplating this article for a while. I raised my hand during our “Pillar Talk” team meeting to be the speaker for our Nature...
July 13, 2025
How community saved me from myself
I’ve always been a bit of a loner. Not dramatically so, but more like… just never quite found my people. I had friends, yes. Conversations,...
May 30, 2025
In rhythm with the self
As I sit by the window having breakfast, I watch the trees sway gently against a clear blue sky. I begin my day by tending to the tasks I h...
May 10, 2025
Pause. Breathe. Grow. (Repeat.)
Psst… hear that? No? That’s alright. summer doesn’t always announce itself with trumpets and confetti. But here in Iceland, we’ve officiall...
April 22, 2025
Inside the Connection Regenerator Webinar: Where Sustainability Meets Humanity
Some days, building community and pursuing sustainability feels inspiring and energizing. Other days, it’s overwhelming, complicated, an...
March 27, 2025
Podcast: Connection Regenerator
Some days, the world feels like a lot . Climate change, uncertainty, that nagging feeling of “ should I be doing more?”, it’s exhausting....
March 27, 2025
Podcast: Connection Regenerator Íslensk hljóðrit
Tanja: Velkomin í Totelly hlaðvarpið, ég er Tanja Wohlrab, forstjóri og meðstofnandi Totelly og gestgjafi ykkar fyrir þetta hlaðvarp. T...
March 19, 2025
Behind The Scenes #2
Hello, Totelly tribe! Strap in for your monthly dose of What’s Cooking at our favorite community hub. Spoiler: It’s equal parts inspiring,...
March 17, 2025
Endurnýjandi lífsstíll. Samræður milli kynslóða.
Halló og velkomin í hlaðvarpsþátt frá Mai Bine samtökunum, grasrótarsamtökum frá Iași sem kanna mögulegar aðgerðir og innblástur um fast...
February 21, 2025
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, bring...
February 7, 2025
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...
January 2, 2025
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 ma...
December 29, 2024
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 har...
December 23, 2024
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 Economi...
December 16, 2024
Green spaces: Nurturing nature and ourselves / Græn rými: Að rækta náttúruna og okkur sjálf
Image by Dana Tanasa Íslensk að neðan From the bustling city streets to the peaceful countryside, green spaces have always been a sanct...
December 14, 2024
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 t...
December 9, 2024
Nourish what nourishes you / Nærðu það sem nærir þig
Image by Dana Tanasa Íslensk að neðan We humans have a distinctive relationship with food, as throughout history we have cultivated a...
December 3, 2024
Regenerative Technology in 2024 and Beyond / Endurlífgandi tækni árið 2024 og til frambúðar
Art by Vitaliia Kalmutska Íslensk að neðan Intro Imagine sitting by a campfire on a clear night in Iceland’s east fjords. The fire crac...
December 1, 2024
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. T...
November 26, 2024
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 Tanasa Íslensk að neðan My nature Fashion often dictates rules, but our nature craves freedom and uniqueness, woven f...
November 20, 2024
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 i...
November 18, 2024
The nature of homemaking / Eðli heimilishalds
Image by Dana Tanasa Íslensk hér að neðan As a child, I hated spending time in nature. I was a city girl and as ‘’indoorsy’’ as one...
November 11, 2024
Coexistence with all living beings/ Samlífi allra lifandi lífvera
Image by Dana Tanasa Íslensk hér að neðan Whenever I think about nature, the first images that come to mind are from my childhood, f...
November 6, 2024
Self-Care: Designing with Life / Sjálfrækt: Að hanna með hjálp Lífsins
Image by Dana Tanasa Íslensk hér að neðan How self-care became a decision to live life well. My life gets messy when I don’t take car...
July 5, 2024
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...
June 28, 2024
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...
June 20, 2024
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:...
May 1, 2024
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 20...
January 29, 2024
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 J...
December 31, 2023
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 a...
February 16, 2023
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 — connecti...
January 25, 2023
Business as a spiritual practice — Regenerative future
Shifiting from degenerative habits It seems evident that large portion of businesses in modern times have been focusing almost solely on m...
December 12, 2022
Sustainable › Restorative › Regenerative
OUR IMPACT Totel.ly Is A Social Enterprise: A Mission-Based Organization Totel.ly is a social enterprise: a mission-based organisation....
May 20, 2021
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...
April 26, 2021
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 should...
April 10, 2021
Taking Cues from Nature: Cooperating for the World
totel.ly & UN Decade of Restoration To achieve the transformative impact we are aiming for, we recognise we cannot do it alone. We take...
April 4, 2021
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 befo...
March 28, 2021
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 preservation. T...
March 18, 2021
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...
March 12, 2021
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 an...
March 5, 2021
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 th...
March 2, 2021
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 Ma...
February 27, 2021
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 Jan...
February 26, 2021
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 individu...
February 24, 2021
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,...
February 20, 2021
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, di...