Sustainability Incubator Program (SIP)

Our world is at its highest peak of despair due to climate crisis, wars, neglected mental health, inequality, poverty, and so many more Wicked Problems. By fostering positive local impacts through Agility for Social and Environmental Impact, we aim to contribute to Global Sustainability Transformation (SDGs) and to bring more hope to our Local Communities.

Why? Because everyone needs a sip of hope to keep going!

ABOUT US

We are a group of agilists and professionals, worldwide, all volunteers, gathered to use our skills and knowledge to build a sustainable world through the Sustainability* Incubator Program (or as we call it, The SIP).

OUR VISION

To have 10K SIPs in local communities by the end of 2025 to make a global impact on sustainability*.

*“Sustainable development requires an integrated approach that considers environmental concerns, economic development, and social impact“ (UN, 2024).

Our Strategy

  • Initiate Local SIPS

  • Nuture passionate SIP Leaders

  • Boost Global SIP Presence

  • Scale for Global Impact

Make an Impact, one SIP at a time!

  • Worldwide professionals put their skills and knowledge to the service of people and planet in a virtual volunteer program.

  • Any community in need of help. Where? Anywhere in the world. Local for you means local for us, too!

  • A 32hrs design sprint led by expert agilists and facilitators, with a Design Thinking-inspired approach for social, environmental and economical impact.

SIPs in Action!

Spring 2024 SIP for the

Notworking 2 Networking Community

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Winter 2024 SIP for the

Whitby - Ajax - Community Garden Project

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  • "Being a volunteer within the SIP program allowed me to tangibly participate in understanding and addressing a community challenge that may have larger knock-on effects on people and the community. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to contribute to a sustainable cause and help others, or to do something that is not their daily work routine and it will feel good in the end"

    Yu-Ju Lin - Spring 2024 SIP Cohort

  • “We (N2N) are immensely grateful for the outstanding support provided by the SIP team. The dedication, hard work, and commitment to excellence they have shown throughout the time of the project have significantly impacted our organization and the community we serve.”

    Daniela Sierra Fortin - Operations Manager at N2N

  • “I would like to thank our expert facilitators in navigating us and developing a solution for real-world problems faced by our community garden. Listening to experts in the field, conducting user interviews was a wholesome experience. This empowering program has profoundly shaped my journey towards cultivating a sustainable future for all”

    Swaraj Singh - Volunteer of the 2024 Winter Cohort

  • "I recommend this experience to those who want to learn about agile methodologies and techniques while designing people-centered solutions, and to those who enjoy working in team collaborations. It was amazing to see how in just 12-13 sessions we were able to design a solution for our client (N2N)."

    Macla Peñaranda - Spring 2024 SIP Cohort

  • “I am so frustrated not doing meaningful work - this project allows me to do something meaningful”

    SIP Team Member

Nurture Passionate SIP Leaders

The world needs more hope and more leaders making an impact. Enabling future and current cause-based leaders to conduct SIPs, with a focus on nurturing enthusiasm, commitment to sustainability and the joy of serving others and the planet.

Boost Global SIP Community

Community connecting and sharing reflections will Inspire others and increase potential of global impact. To support this community we are giving open access to a website where anyone can find resources, learnings, advice from experts, achievements, and news to strengthen their SIPs and other initiatives of social and environmental impact.

Scale for Global Impact

We understand that work cannot be done in silos and we need to help embrace a systems view to make a global impact on SDG’s. We will need to be present in every influential sphere of our society: academia, large organizations, communities, etc, to make this a feasible, viable and desirable way of working, guaranteeing its sustainability and constant evolution.

Join us!

  • Interested in being a volunteer?

  • Do you know an initiative you would like us to help?

  • Motivated to learn how to facilitate a SIP?

  • Do you want to support our project?

Contact us at:

joanne@lodestones.ca