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Focus: Regenerative leadership, Circularity, ‘MVI’, & Social Innovation
As a certified B Corp, ELUME uses the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a guide, not just for what we talk about, but for what we practice.
We explore how global challenges show up on the ground—and how leaders can design solutions that reflect both their values and the needs of the communities they serve.
Reframe How You Lead. Rediscover What Business Can Be.
ELUME Travels Program (ETP): 2026 Immersion Cohort
A four-month accelerator for business owners, founders, and values-led leaders—combining strategic learning with a six-day immersion in Iceland.
Participants explore how sustainability, culture, and innovation intersect with real-world systems—using Iceland’s regenerative models as a lens to reshape how they grow, lead, and build.
The ETP includes virtual workshops, global learning, leadership development, and our MVI™ framework. Additionally, In Iceland, participants engage in wellness practices rooted in the country’s approach to sustainability—where nature, movement, and restoration are not escapes, but essential tools for resilience, clarity, and regenerative leadership.
Dates
Virtual program: March–June 2026
Immersion in Iceland: April 21–26, 2026
Applications close January 23rd
In partnership with the The GREEN Program,
the shift
Why ELUME
ELUME embodies a vision of regenerative leadership and values driven business—Our work is rooted in regenerative leadership, global learning, and the kind of business strategy that centers values, people, and place. We do this in service of collective power and shared impact.
(our ethos)
MVI™ (n.) minimum viable impact
A focused, values-aligned way for a business to test how it can make real impact—by starting with one area, integrating it into daily decisions, and using it as a springboard for sustainable innovation and growth.
Our framework is your personalized entry point or central point into sustainable impact. It empowers you to cultivate a thriving culture of sustainability that drives meaningful change within you, your work and beyond.
We hold space to unlearn, remember, and realign.
This program offers space to reset, reflect, and reconnect with what you stand for so you can return to your work with sharper vision and renewed sense of direction and passion.
Experience a shift in how you learn, lead, and build. This is where you unlearn urgency, extraction, and isolation—and experience a new way of learning that’s relational, land-connected, and rooted in real practice.
our travelers walk away with a clear sense that this program isn’t just experiential — it’s strategically educational.
Systems Thinking
Regenerative Strategy
MVI™ Framework
Leadership Realignment
Global Learning, Local Application
Peer Exchange + Community
Creative and wellness reset
the process
STEP 1: apply
STEP 2: Meet with the team & curate your experience
After applying, connect with ELUME team to personalize your experience and ensure the perfect fit for your adventure.
STEP 3: lock in
Secure your spot with a $500 deposit and receive detailed program information
Important dates:
Application deadline is January 23rd
Full program payment due February 20th
Leaders in Transition
Approximately 10–20 participants are selected through application and partner referrals. Each brings lived experience, curiosity, and a desire to lead with a widened worldview.
This cohort is designed for business leaders and changemakers who are navigating transition or in search of one. They’re ready for grounding, space to reflect deeply, share honestly, and evolve how they lead.
Who You’ll grow With
Globally Informed, Community Driven
Participants include globally-minded entrepreneurs, creatives, and community-rooted founders working across sectors and stages of growth.
Many are first-generation business owners, multilingual leaders, or systems thinkers with a strong sense of place and purpose. What connects them is a commitment to translating global learning into thoughtful, values-aligned action wherever they operate.
Builders of Impact
This cohort includes consultants, storefront owners, creative entrepreneurs, and service-based leaders who are actively reimagining how business can work better—for people and for the planet.
All are applying ELUME’s MVI™ framework to stay grounded in what matters most—to their teams, their communities, and the world they’re part of.
Why this is for you:
You’re ready to deepen your leadership by aligning your strategy with meaningful, measurable impact
You’re seeking practical tools and decision-making frameworks that help integrate sustainability into the core of your business
You understand that growth requires perspective—and want to learn from global models, cultural knowledge, and regenerative systems
You need time and space to step outside (touch grass) of your day-to-day environment, reframe your challenges, and refocus your leadership with clarity and conviction.
You value connection—with a cohort of purpose-driven leaders and with local communities shaping the future of sustainable business
Our participants lead work in…
**We encourage participants to have the support of their team, organization, or community—and to return ready to apply what they learn across their business and networks. This experience is most valuable for leaders with a business or initiative ready to evolve and create wider influence.
Sustainable restaurants, cafés, and breweries
Farm-to-table, food justice, and local agriculture
Leading in the outdoor, wellness, or sustainable goods sectors
Purpose-driven hospitality, tourism, and guest experiences
Food, Wellness & Hospitality
Product design, packaging, and supply chain innovation
Local production and material reuse
Circular economy practices and service models
Circular & Regenerative Business
Cultural Equity & Access
Social impact consultants, facilitators, and coaches
Tech for social good, ethical data, and digital equity
Teams building toward values-aligned growth and shared leadership
Culture, Creativity & Place keeping
Entrepreneurship leading the creative economy
Community educators and experiential learning leaders
Businesses preserving or reimagining local culture and place
Social entrepreneurs
Systems Strategy & Collective Impact
Chelsea Amelia Cruz, National Community Relations Manager, U.S. Community Relations, Citi
Iceland. Photo by Mark Yang
“There is no report, video, nor photo that can replace the experience and impact of actually showing up and engaging with the community; bearing witness to the extraordinary impact that is possible when people come together to create solutions that are sustainable, community-driven, and systemic.”
the ETP experience
…a worldview shift disguised as leadership development.
A four-month program that blends self-discovery with sustainable business strategy. Through virtual workshops, coaching, and a five-day immersion in Iceland, you’ll experience what leadership feels like when it’s rooted in inspiration, introspection, and exploration.
Using our Minimum Viable Impact (MVI™) framework, you’ll tackle a real challenge in your business—whether it’s leadership, team culture, or operations—and move it from idea to pilot.
Along the way, you’ll test it through regenerative models and hands-on experiences, emerging with clearer decisions, stronger alignment, and a renewed approach to leading that sustains both you and your impact.
MARCH
Designing for Impact
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Kicking off the program to set the foundation for whats to come. We ground in your values, clarify what matters most, and begin shaping your Minimum Viable Impact (MVI™) as a strategic tool. This will shape the experience for the Iceland adventure
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Identify your core impact priorities using the MVI™ framework
Set measurable, meaningful goals that will guide your experience
APRIL
Immerse
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You leave your day-to-day and enter a new environment designed to stretch your thinking. Through cultural immersion, shared reflection, and regenerative site visits in Iceland, you’ll deepen your leadership lens and reconnect with purpose in real time.
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Expand your understanding of sustainability through lived models (Natural resources, circular systems, Indigenous leadership, regenerative enterprise)
Unearth insight, direction, and cultural connection that inform how you lead back home
MAY
Map it out
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The ideas and experiences from Iceland now turn into strategy. You begin building your roadmap connecting your impact goals to your business model, operations, and decision-making. You’ll refine your MVI™ and prioritize what gets your focus.
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Refine your MVI™ and define your next business shifts
Begin mapping integration across your model, team, or operations
JUNE
Activate
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This is where you test, adapt, and move. With coaching and peer feedback, you begin activating your MVI™ and using it to lead real decisions in your team, brand, or customer strategy. You’ll leave with a working plan and a support system to carry it forward.
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Apply your MVI™ to a live business decision or priority area
Walk away with a 90-day implementation plan, support structure, and momentum
Program Investment
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ELUME Travels Program
Total Program Cost: $6,800
Secure your spot with a non-refundable $500 deposit.
What’s Included:
✦ Four virtual workshops (March–June 2026)
✦ Six-day immersion in Iceland (April 21–26, 2026)
- All breakfasts (Days 1–6)
- Four lunches (Days 2–5)
- Welcome and final dinners
What You’ll Arrange Separately in Iceland
✦ Accommodations (5 nights)
- Shared Double Room: $140/night
- Single Room: $280/night
✦ Dinners on Days 2–4
✦ Flights and travel insurance
*We offer optional coaching and consulting add-ons to deepen your impact and integrate what you learn. Scroll down for ways to personalize your experience.
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Payment Options
We offer flexible ways to make this experience work for you:
One-Time Payment
✦ Confirm your spot immediately with no payment reminders to track
✦ Clean, simple process
Installment Plan
✦ Split into 2–3 custom payments with no interest or hidden fees
✦ We’ll build a schedule that works for you
Monthly Financing (as low as $128/month)
✦ Smaller monthly payments over 12, 24, or 36 months
✦ Backed by Clean Energy Credit Union
Payment amounts shown for financing reflect the lowest rates for qualified and approved applicants. Rates may vary. The financing option is run by a third party provider
*This financing option is made possible in partnership with The GREEN Program and Clean Energy Credit Union—a values-aligned lender supporting a cleaner, more sustainable future.
Program add-ons
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A focused support track for leaders who want guidance to activate their learning and apply it inside their business.
This package adds strategic structure before and after the trip—so you return with clarity and a plan, not just inspiration.
Includes:
1 × Pre-Trip Spark Session to align the experience with your goals
2 × Post-Trip Coaching Sessions to develop your impact strategy
Full ELUME Travels experience: immersive travel, global learning, and MVI™ framework
Best for:
Leaders seeking a streamlined, results-oriented way to integrate what they’ve learned—without a long-term coaching commitment
Total Investment: $9,000 per person
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A high-touch coaching experience for leaders ready to translate global learning into real business transformation.
This package includes extended support, custom tools, and structured follow-through to embed sustainability into how you lead and grow.
Includes:
Everything in the Align Package
2 × Pre-Trip Spark Sessions to clarify focus and opportunities for change
3 × Post-Trip Coaching Sessions to guide implementation
Curated ELUME Tools & Templates to support your strategy
15% Discount on one ELUME Consulting Package (valid for 6 months)
Best for:
Leaders ready to move from insight to action—with guidance that supports meaningful, measurable impact
Total Investment: $10,500 per person
We offer flexible payment plans and financing options because access to transformative learning should reflect your values. We believe sustainability starts with how we support each other. That’s why we’re committed to making this program financially accessible for the leaders doing the work.
Need a custom plan? Let’s talk—there’s more than one way to grow into this.
Choose your own adventure
ELUME’s add-on tracks are designed to take your learning further.
The additional structured coaching and strategic support is to help you apply what you experienced in Iceland to your business in real time.
We offer this because some leaders need more space—to reflect, personalize, and work through what comes next with dedicated guidance.
If you’re ready to individualize your path beyond the cohort, this is for you.
Immersion Highlights
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Engage
Explore Iceland’s sustainability story firsthand—circular systems, community-rooted leadership, and innovation that respects both people and planet.
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Immerse
Recharge in elemental landscapes. Glacier treks, geothermal springs, and reflection sessions help you slow down, reset, and return to your core.
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Connect
Build deep relationships with a cohort of aligned leaders. Exchange ideas, challenge assumptions, and sharpen the way you think—and lead.
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Celebrate
Honor Iceland’s culture through shared meals, storytelling, and guided visits that offer a window into how values shape economies.
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Elevate
Return home with a sharper business strategy, a completed MVI™ framework, and a sustainability certificate co-issued by ELUME and The GREEN Program.
Iceland shows us what’s possible when sustainability isn’t just a strategy—but a way of life.
Iceland runs on 99% renewable electricity, ranks globally in gender equity, social trust, and wellbeing, and has built an economy where climate action, culture, technology, and governance function as one system. It’s not a case study — it’s a live model of what regenerative leadership looks like in practice.
For social and environmental leaders, Iceland offers a rare clarity experience. Its circular businesses, geothermal innovation, and community-centered policies give you space to step back from the noise, examine your own organizational systems, and rethink how impact gets built and sustained. Combined with ELUME’s nature-based challenges and leadership frameworks, this immersion helps you refine your vision, strengthen your strategy, and reconnect to the purpose behind your work.
This is where leaders come to expand their thinking, recharge their capacity, and return ready to shape the next chapter of change.
Not sure if you are the right fit? We are here to help and answer any questions!
FAQs
Who is this program for?
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This experience is for founders, change makers, business leaders who are ready to reconnect with the deeper impact behind their work.
Whether that means deepening a relationship with sustainability, returning to a vision that got lost in the hustle, or stepping into regenerative innovation for the first time. If you’ve been carrying both purpose and pressure, and want space to realign how you lead and what your business stands for—this is for you.
Ideal participants:
Established Businesses: Operating 2+ years
Revenue: $100K–$6M+ annually
Impact-Focused Founders: Looking to lead through values, not just growth
Systems Thinkers + Community Builders: Interested in regenerative models, equity, and sustainability
See the list of industry related participants above
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A four-month, founder-led experience built around regenerative leadership, immersive learning, and realignment through strategy and reflection.
Learn from Place: Iceland models circular systems, renewable energy, and everyday sustainability. You’ll see what it looks like when values guide how people live and lead.
Reclaim Your Lens: Step back from urgency. Reconnect with clarity, care, and what your business is really here to build.
Build Toward Impact: Use your MVI™ to shape values-aligned decisions and turn strategy into action.
Expand Your Circle: Learn with other founders navigating growth, tension, and the call to lead differently.
Lead Through Immersion: Hike, reflect, and reset—adventure, movement, and wellness are part of the work, not a break from it.
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Having respect for culture, community, and the environment is at the heart of what we do. This trip’s focus is about engaging with Iceland in a way that honors its traditions and natural beauty. Here’s how we ensure respect guides our journey:
• Learn From Locals: We partner with Icelandic leaders to share their expertise and perspectives, ensuring authenticity in every interaction.
• Engage Mindfully: From visiting businesses to exploring nature, we approach every experience with care and an understanding of its cultural significance.
• Tread Lightly: Guided by “leave no trace” principles, we prioritize protecting Iceland’s fragile landscapes.
• Appreciate, Don’t Appropriate: Explore Iceland’s traditions with curiosity and respect, fostering genuine appreciation over imitation.
• Aligned Participants Only: We select participants who share our values of humility, respect, and cultural awareness.
This is the ELUME commitment to showing up with integrity, leaving every place better than we found it, and building meaningful connections along the way.
What to Expect
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4 virtual sessions pre and post immersion in Iceland
Immersion:
Ground transportation within Iceland (airport transfers, local travel)
Locally sourced Icelandic meals. all breakfasts, 4 lunches (Day 2-5), welcome and final dinners.
All programming, site visits, and guided sessions
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Flights to/from Iceland
Travel insurance
Accommodations and three dinners (Days 2-4).
Note Accommodation Rates: Booked separately with our partners, or participants can book it themselves.
Rates apply (5 days) if booked by January 30th:
Shared Double Room: $140/night
Single Room: $280/night
Optional add-ons
Align & Catalyst Packages
Room upgrade in Iceland
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Short answer: partially!
We absolutely retreat, but take into consideration that turning off our brains from the work at hand is challenging. This program is
1/3- Retreat and immersion
1/3- Strategy development and learning
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Yes. You’ll have time to rest, reflect, and recharge. This isn’t about burnout disguised as productivity.
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There will be movement: glacier walks, hikes, time outdoors. Activities are accessible, guided, and designed to meet you where you are.
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Yes. We offer flexible options on a case-by-case basis.
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Yes. Indicate this in your application—we welcome leadership pairs. Fees per person still apply. Discuss in your spark session after application.
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Iceland models what sustainability looks like when it’s fully lived—not just theorized. With 99% renewable energy and systems designed for resilience, it’s the perfect environment to rethink how you build, lead, and grow.
Logistics
Journey to collective impact
We’re thrilled to partner with The GREEN Program (TGP) a global leader in experiential sustainability education to offer extraordinary opportunities for impact-focused leaders.
Since 2009, TGP has guided over 3,800 change-makers from across the globe, providing hands-on experiences at a fraction of the cost of traditional study-abroad models
Together, we’re building a leadership model rooted in regeneration, cultural exchange, and applied impact. Through this partnership, participants gain access to globally informed tools, immersive learning, and a shared commitment to shaping the future of business—from the ground up.
We hope to see you in Iceland!
Spots are limited, and Iceland’s calling. Ready to rethink how your business can lead the way? Let’s make sustainability simple, powerful, and actionable—together