What We Do

4F Regeneration offers resilience training programs for people and organizations supporting ecological regeneration. We build capacity and support professional development for more effective work on behalf of our biosphere.

We serve nonprofits, community organizations, government agencies, universities, and mission-driven businesses who want to pursue regenerative and just solutions to the climate crisis.

Where We Begin

Most people who work on behalf of a healthy climate, wildlife habitat, and social or environmental justice begin with a profound love for this world. For some, that love focuses on other humans—people who have been harmed by systems of oppression. For others, that love is called forth by fellow kin—wolves, whales, birds, plants, fungi. For still others, whole ecologies pull the activist's to engage—mountains, forests, oceans.

And yet, too often, this love gets depleted by repeated defeat at the hands of authoritarian, capitalist, supremacist systems. We burn out from struggle, anger, or loss.

The programs at 4F Regeneration are about resourcing the underlying inspiration that leads you to serve on behalf of people and planet.

We provide tools and skills to help you serve more effectively and resiliently.

Our Approach

Rooted in research-based contemplative practices and systems change, and inspired by the four elements, we employ a unique set of tools that empower change agents to address social and environmental crises with fresh insight and creative interventions.

Earth

Draw insights and nourishment from the living world. Leverage personal, organizational, and planetary boundaries for change.

Fire

Transform stuck dynamics and personal blockages into creative insights. Reframe messaging to increase impact. Build coalitions.

Water

Act effortlessly. Flow around obstacles. Bring calm to relentless speed.

Space

Let go. Less is more. Stop harmful systems.

Our Team

Adam Lobel

Adam Lobel, PhD, practices at the threshold of ecologies, Buddhist-inspired meditation and philosophy, and psycho-social political change. A professor of Ecopsychology at the Falk School of Sustainability at Chatham University, a Guiding Teacher for One Earth Sangha, a Greenfaith fellow, and a respected meditation teacher, he leads contemplative ecological workshops and is active in environmental justice movements. Adam regularly presents papers on contemplative environmental philosophy at academic conferences around the world. He lives with his family in Pittsburgh, PA where he protects land from the petrochemical industry.

Gabe Dayley

Gabe pursues regenerative solutions to the climate crisis. He facilitates workshops on personal, organizational, and community resilience in the face of fraying ecological and political systems, and he supports local governments in crafting equitable strategies to address the root causes of climate change. Gabe previously served as Climate Action Program Manager for Albemarle County, Virginia, where he led interagency collaborations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for local impacts. Gabe brings extensive training in leadership, conflict resolution, and contemplative methods to his work.

LaDawn Haglund

LaDawn Haglund, PhD, is a sociologist and professor of climate justice whose work integrates research on sustainability and human rights with contemplative practices and social transformation. She brings clarity, compassion, and deep inquiry to helping individuals and communities navigate structural injustice and imagine new paths forward. LaDawn is devoted to exploring—together with others—how contemplative awareness can support the creation of a more just and caring world.