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CEO Newsletter #3 | From the Andes to Himalayas

23 June 2025
Florent Kaiser at the Kumbh Mela 2025, surrounded by 60 million people that day

Read GFG CEO Florent Kaiser’s third biweekly CEO newsletter—a reflection on a journey through India and the lessons it offers for restoration, stewardship, and the role of ancestral wisdom in shaping how we care for people and nature.

In this edition:

  • Reflections from the Kumbh Mela and one of the largest gatherings in human history
  • Conversations with restoration leaders, community organizers, and cultural visionaries across India
  • Why cultural traditions, reciprocity, and spiritual connection remain central to ecosystem restoration
  • Lessons from India that reinforce GFG’s commitment to listening, partnership, and community-led restoration

Read the full issue.

Pictured from left to right: Selvakumar Vellingiri (Utthan Trust), Florent Kaiser (GFG), Ernenek Duran (One Drop Foundation)
Credit: Carson Linforth Bowley for at Earth One

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