Welcome to the
Wisdom Age Foundation
We are living at a turning point.
The climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and social fragmentation are not separate problems - they are symptoms of a deeper imbalance: humanity has forgotten how to live in right relationship with life.
The Wisdom Age Foundation exists to help humanity remember. And to shift into an Age of Wisdom.
We work at the intersection of planetary regeneration and ancestral wisdom, supporting the protection and restoration of vital ecosystems - while honoring and strengthening the leadership of Indigenous peoples who have safeguarded Earth for generations. We believe the future will not be saved by technology or capital alone.
It will be shaped by wisdom: The integration of ancient knowledge, scientific understanding, and wise leadership.
The Age of Wisdom is not a distant ideal. It is a choice. To become stewards rather than extractors, guardians rather than owners. We are an invitation to those ready to lead that shift.
Our work follows two deeply connected paths:
Wisdom: Safeguarding and remembering ancestral knowledge and bringing Earth-centered worldviews into decision-making, leadership, and investments. We curate and facilitate a Global Impact Alliance of Stewards, Pioneers, and Guardians and offer Wisdom Salons, Retreats and Courses for decision makers.
Action: Regenerating and protecting critical ecosystems - with a focus on biodiversity and water.
We curate and support projects by applying finance as sacred streams for life through philanthropy and systemic investing - in partnership with Indigenous leaders and aligned organisations.
Our Wisdom Age Charter
Inner Transformation
PARADIGM &
CULTURE SHIFT
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We embrace the fact that we are an interdependent part of nature and that everything is connected.What we do to natural elements, to others, humans and other-than-humans, we ultimately do to ourselves.
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We learn about our home, the natural world, and dive deep into timeless wisdom. So that we may survive and thrive. By becoming stewards of the land and guardians of life.
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We take up a holistic perspective and learn to think, decide and act in systems. By bringing together ancient, indigenous and scientific knowledge, we build the base to redesign our systems, wisely apply financial means and technology.
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Starting from within, we adopt a lifestyle of “elegant simplicity”. We reconnect to our innate wisdom, find joy from within, heal the past and walk the talk of a new culture.
THE PATH OF WISDOM
WISDOM AGE
CHARTER
The Age of Wisdom emerges from the here & now. Through everyone of us.
It starts with an inner paradigm & culture shift and shows up in aligned, joint action for impact and systemic change.
We consciously evolve, for the wellbeing of people & planet.
WE TRULY EMBODY BEING HOMO SAPIENS - WISE BEINGS.
Systemic Change
CONSCIOUS ACTION & COLLABORATION
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We redesign our economic and financial systems. We redefine the current definition of success, and shift from focusing on quantitative, monetary and endless growth to an approach and rules where the economy, business and the allocation of our time, money and talents is geared to serve the wellbeing of all life.
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We also question the underlying assumptions and mechanisms of other essential systems such as education, health, justice, pensions and governance. We co-create, invest in and implement new versions that embrace a holistic approach, foster consciousness, incentivise stewardship and favour holacratic decision making.
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We join hands as an Alliance for concrete action, local positive impact, and a global change of systems.
THE PATH OF ACTION
Founder & Board Member
Conscious Action for an Age of Wisdom
Erik van Buuren
Regenerative Strategist & Circular Economy Pioneer
Erik van Buuren is a strategist and entrepreneur in the circular economy, dedicated to building regenerative business models and resilient communities.
He founded Cirquify and SDID (Sustainable Design Innovation & Development) to help organizations move from extractive systems toward circular, future-fit design.
With over two decades of experience, Erik combines systems thinking with hands-on implementation, proving that sustainability, well-being, and economic viability can reinforce each other.
His deeper calling is to accelerate a global reconnection to ancestral wisdom - not as nostalgia, but as a strategic foundation for safeguarding life on Earth.
Dana Ulrike Glatz
Ecosystem Architect for an Age of Wisdom
Dana Ulrike Glatz is the Founder of Global Impact Alliance and a builder of bridges between worlds that rarely meet - impact investing and Indigenous wisdom, finance strategy and spiritual intelligence, entrepreneurship and deep transformation.
As an advisor and pathfinder in impact investing and systemic change, she works with investors, family offices, and purpose-driven entrepreneurs to design ecosystems and impact projects that serve both life and long-term value creation.
Her work is guided by one core question: how do we transition from an Age of Extraction and Separation to an Age of Wisdom - economically, culturally, and spiritually?
Frans Versteeg
Strategic Steward & Systems Integrator
After decades in international corporate leadership, Frans Versteeg shifted his focus toward sustainability, with a particular emphasis on clean energy, water, and long-term systems change.
Frans is known for what he calls “helicopter quality”: the ability to align long-term vision with concrete, day-to-day implementation. His work spans energy and food transition projects, water management, and sustainable development initiatives.
Close collaboration with Indigenous communities has deeply shaped his understanding of stewardship, reinforcing his commitment to creating durable, life-affirming change rather than short-term solutions.
Strategic Partners
Collaboration for an Age of Wisdom
Global Impact Alliance
The Wisdom Age Foundation and Global Impact Alliance operate as two parts of one ecosystem: Global Impact Alliance cultivates wisdom and builds an alliance between the "Eagle & the Condor" - bringing together Indigenous leaders and organisations with leaders and institutions from the world of finance.
The Wisdom Age Foundation translates this wisdom and the collective power of the Alliance into tangible action for people & planet through concrete, on-the-ground projects.
