We believe that all communities deserve the right to food sovereignty.

Grow the Change addresses regenerative system design through a lens of social justice and a focus on access equality.

Our initiatives support the creation of local gardens and food forests in areas considered “food deserts” around the world, and inspire a renewed connection to the land and to our earth.

We grow food and train our community in self-sufficiency as a prayer, as rebellion, as protest, as art, as healing, as self-care, as magic, as communion and connection.

From planting seeds for vegetables to seeding new forests for our planet’s decarbonization, these acts are the deepest connection point to access our planet’s life force in its purest form.

—Rebekah + Eli

Priority Programs:

Santa Cruz County Fire Assistance

We are currently supporting those impacted by the **CZU Lightning Complex Fires** with Community-Powered Relief + Rescue.

Go To SCRelief.com

@shegrows Resource Hub

Rebekah is constantly maintaining the most up-to-date list of resources in service of her community on her Instagram profile.
Click below to visit this updated list on Instagram’s partner site, LinkTree.

Visit the Resource Hub on LinkTree

Ongoing Programs

BIPOC Future Farmers and Herbalism Program

Grow the Change is currently providing sponsorship opportunities for 12 womxn to pursue their dreams of becoming Permaculturists, Regenerative Farmers and Herbalists.
We connect applicants directly with their sponsor, allowing them to meet and share the journey.
If you are interested in applying or in sponsoring a womxn in training, click below.

Apply Now →

Free Gardening Consultations During COVID-19 + Gardening Resource Library

During COVID-19, we are offering free consultations for people interested in starting their own gardens and learning to sustain their own sources of food.
We’ve also collected 100+ helpful resources on how to transform your existing apartment, homestead, or undeveloped land into a thriving vegetable garden.
Consultation Resource Library

Burning Man 2020: A Forest Multiverse

The tradition of the Burning Man Festival includes burning of temporary structures to experience impermanence. This year, in lieu of the festival, and in service of the world’s need for more regenerative acts, we are planting trees and supporting the Burning Man community in taking their impact off the Playa and into the world.
Everyone (Burner and non-Burner) is welcome to take part.

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We’re supporting tree planting initiatives worldwide.

Trees are called the “lungs of the planet.” They provide the world’s oxygen, and develop root systems that extend deep into the soil to source the nutrients they need and communicate with other trees.

This is a perfect example of networked impact, the kind of impact our humanity is capable of in an internet age for the first time: and just in time.

Based on years of research, Grow the Change’s Tree Map features 200 of the world’s Tree Heroes. Together we can nurture organizations worldwide that are restoring our forests and reversin global warming.

Use the map below to explore our partner organizations: where they work and what we can learn from them, and consider making a donation to support their work.

Use the map below to explore our partner organizations:

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now.”

— CHINESE PROVERB

The founders

Rebekah Uccellini-Kuby

Rebekah Uccellini-Kuby is an earth steward, permaculture designer, and landscape architect, and passionate reforestation advocate for 20+ years.
Her work focuses on the alleviation of suffering in the world through bridging access to that which enables communities to thrive: including food security, access equality, and regenerative system design as a framework for poverty alleviation and supporting development. She has helped to plant over 50,000 trees to date and counting.

Eli Call

Eli Call is a philanthropist, entrepreneur and investor, humanitarian, and visionary. His life’s work is focused on uplifting humanity and the planet through providing sustainable, affordable new energy technologies for all people worldwide to uplift the future generations of the world.