"The solution to a problem cannot be found at the same level of thinking that created it."
In line with Einsteins famous words and to answer the challenges ahead, we connected talented people with a high degree of integrity and engagement to create innovative, evidence-based solutions ’at another level of thinking’, in a process of co-creation. Meet our advisors. Each of them is the embodiment of ‘hope for the world’!
“"Facing exceptional threats, we must come up with exceptional ideas." Chadran Nair.”
The exceptional threats of this time are many! The effects of climate change, the augmenting number of global conflicts, trade and fiscal wars, the failure of systems and the lack of energy and meaning resulting in depression and burn-out drive us towards the search for new ways to empower individuals and communities.
We know the ingredients people need to be profoundly happy and healthy. Creating innovative solutions to bring those ingredients to them in an accessible way, without denying or escaping the confrontation with reality, is the challenge ‘Into Silence’ engages with.
Contributing to a broader international movement seeking new responses to the challenges of our time.
The growing focus on prevention, mental health, connectedness, nature, a sense of purpose and restorative environments points to a broader international movement seeking new responses to the challenges of our time.
Within this social evolution, there is a growing conviction that health cannot be approached solely through medical treatment, but is also linked to quality of life, social relationships, the environment, a sense of purpose, tranquillity, nature and human connection.
Against this backdrop, The Silencefarm aims to contribute to the development of a contemporary place of recovery and a practice-oriented learning environment where silence, connection with nature, encounter, reflection and social innovation come together.
In doing so, The Silencefarm seeks to create an open space where experiential knowledge, scientific insights, care, education, community building and social innovation can meet and reinforce one another.
Relevant sources and references:
World Health Organisation (WHO)
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-health-at-work
WHO Guidelines on Mental Health at Work
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240053052
WHO Europe – Social Prescribing Toolkit
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789290619765
WHO Europe – Social prescribing and community wellbeing
https://eurohealthobservatory.who.int/news-room/events/item/2024/05/16/default-calendar/social-prescribing-dismantling-silos-for-community-wellbeing
European Commission – Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health
https://commission.europa.eu/topics/public-health/european-health-union/comprehensive-approach-mental-health_en
European Commission – Mental Health Policy
https://health.ec.europa.eu/non-communicable-diseases/mental-health_en
EU Communication on Mental Health (2023)
https://health.ec.europa.eu/publications/comprehensive-approach-mental-health_en
EU Mental Health Funding & Initiatives
https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/sante/items/803036
Social Prescribing / Community Care
Social Prescribing EU (Horizon Europe)
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101155873
EuroHealthNet – Social Prescribing EU
https://eurohealthnet.eu/publication/sp-eu/
European Journal of Public Health – Social prescribing
https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/33/Supplement_2/ckad160.1645/7327583
BMJ Open – Social prescribing in Europe
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/1/e112887
The Lancet – Social prescribing
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2825%2901435-7/fulltext
Mental health and psychosocial risks
EU-OSHA – Psychosocial risks and mental health
https://osha.europa.eu/en/themes/psychosocial-risks-and-mental-health
Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2026–2028
https://healthy-workplaces.osha.europa.eu/en
WHO / ILO Joint Policy Brief
https://www.ilo.org/publications/mental-health-work
International sources of inspiration
Otto Scharmer / Presencing Institute
https://ottoscharmer.com/
Gabor Maté
https://drgabormate.com/
Bessel van der Kolk
https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/
Planetary Health Alliance
https://www.planetaryhealthalliance.org/
Brahma Kumaris
https://www.brahmakumaris.org/
URI - United Religions Initiative
https://www.uri.org/
ServiceSpace / Nipun Mehta
https://www.servicespace.org/