This immersive learning experience takes place in remote Arctic environments.

We look for participants with a positive, adventurous mindset who are comfortable with basic, shared accommodations, group living, changing weather, and flexible, expedition-style
daily plans.

A spirit of adaptability, adventure, and mutual support is essential to the learning experience.

• Certificate Awarded: Executive Certificate in Regenerative Leadership
• Issuing Institution: Bionomía Institute
• Program Fee: €5,250 per participant
• Program Dates: June 14–20, 2026
• Duration: 7 days / 6 nights
• Location: Reykjavík, Iceland (half day) + South Greenland (6 days)
• Group Size Limit: Maximum 12 participants
• Language of Instruction: English
• Program Style: Expedition-style field program; basic, shared accommodations; and 3 days in an off-grid wilderness camp.
• Physical Activity Level: Moderate (suitable for participants in good general health and reasonable shape)

• An Executive Certificate in Regenerative Leadership, issued by the Bionomía Institute upon completion.
• Harvard‐level academic content, through daily short lectures, conceptual briefings and group dialogues on circular and regenerative economics, planetary boundaries, geopolitics of critical materials, and leadership.
  • All learning is geared towards professional upskilling in circular andenvironmental economics, sustainability strategy, and organizational leadership, directly applicable to your work and responsibilities.
  • Facilitated group exercises, reflections, and on-site practices.
  • Experiential learning at UNESCO locations, untouched wild areas, and frontier Greenlandic communities.
  • Local guidance and Greenlandic immersion—brought by our Technical Partner, Tasermiut.
  • A true Arctic adventure: expedition-style accommodations and meals, RIB boat travel, kayaking, hiking, and glacier walking—all integral parts of the executive learning journey, designed to reach the most meaningful places to embody and internalize the curriculum.
  • A Cohort of Peers Who “Get It”. Forge lasting bonds with a small group of leaders, practitioners, and change‐makers who are grappling with similar challenges—and who can become allies, sounding boards, and collaborators long after the journey ends.
  • After-Program Integration & Support. Receive a digital package of
  key slides and frameworks, a curated reading and resource list to deepen your practice, and continued access to updates and opportunities from the Bionomía Institute

Our Journey Begins

Rendezvous at 3 PM in Harpa, one of the most recognizable landmarks in Reykjavík. After a brief circularity-themed tour of Reykjavík, we will travel to nearby Hafnarfjörður and arrive to Sol, Iceland’s most sustainable fine restaurant, hosted in a greenhouse powered by geothermal energy. Here we will enjoy a private tour, an orientation, awelcome reception, and fine dining.

Transfer to a hotel near Reykjavík’s Keflavík Airport.

The Unraveling Paradise

Early morning transfer to Keflavík Airport, and flight to Qaqortoq, Greenland, where we are scheduled to land at 1 PM local time. RIB boat ride to the beautiful town of Narsaq amidst spectacular scenery and icebergs (about one hour, depending on ice and sea conditions). In picturesque Narsaq we will first experience the clash between traditional Inuit sustainability and the modern linear economy—learning about the mounting threat of waste, toxicity, and pollution; and about rare earths and critical materials—near a proposed mine site. We will explore the town on foot, meet the local Inuits inhabitants, and have a crash course in linearity.

Overnight at the Kayak Hostel in Narsaq.

Fragility, Resilience and Past Collapse

A morning, one-hour RIB boat ride amidst ice floes will take us to the tiny outpost of Qassiarsuk, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We will disembark, leave our gear, and hike overland to the adjacent fjord through gorgeous scenery. After about 3.5 hours on foot we will reach Tasiusaq—a remote farm where just seven people live in isolation at the edge of the ice. Here we will get into sea kayaks to paddle silently among the icebergs of the Eqaloruutsit glacier. In these serene, icy waters, we will combine guided observation with structured reflection on frailty, trust, self‑sufficiency, and adaptation in a changing climate—and how you can turn these insights into actionable skills. If possible, we will converse with the local Inuits. We will return to Qassiarsuk by 4×4 vehicle and visit the UNESCO World Heritage ruins of Brattahlíð—which offers a unique glimpse into the rise and collapse of the Norse settlements in Greenland, doomed by their linear dependence on limited resources.

Overnight at the Leif Ericsson Hostel in Qassiarsuk.

Into the Wild

We will hop back on our RIB speedboat and set off for the remote, uninhabited Qaleraliq fjord, navigating along Tunulliarfik fjord among numerous icebergs for about two hours, depending on the conditions. If the tides and the ice allow it, along the way we will disembark at a small cove to study and learn about plastic pollution, and to visit abandoned Inuit ruins. Once at Qaleraliq we will settle into our off-grid camp of dome canvas tents pitched on a sandy moraine with spectacular views of three glacier fronts across the fjord. This will be our “Bionomía Institute Pop-Up Campus” and home for the next three days, enjoying the vistas, the occasional thunderclap roar of the calving glaciers—and, if we are lucky, the visit of caribou, arctic hare, and arctic foxes. We will do a camp orientation, explore the surroundings and integrate the day’s learnings.

Overnight at Qaleraliq camp.

The Tundra and the Planetary Pulse.

We will spend the day out hiking through the tundra and learning on the go. We leave camp in the morning ascending through a desert-like sand valley (a glacier moraine) frequented by caribou. The valley will lead us to the majestic Tasersuatsiaq Lake – the largest in South Greenland. After skirting the lake shores we hike up a 400-meter peak though lush, green tundra. On the summit we will enjoy spectacular views of the fjord, the Inlandis (Ice Cap) and its Nunataks (ice mountains). We will inspect and provide maintenance to scientific equipment monitoring the ice’s recession, connecting the beauty of the wild with the hard data of planetary boundaries. Along the way we will stop to learn about climate change, human-Earth systems, deep ecology, purpose, and leadership, focusing on how these concepts inform long‑term thinking and leadership in your professional context. We will hike down back to camp for dinner.

Overnight at Qaleraliq camp.

Into the Living Ice

We will take a deep learning journey into climate change, glaciology, and geobiological cycles, learning how these are bidirectionally coupled with our individual and collective decisions. We will use our RIB boat to explore the massive
vertical walls of the glacier fronts, getting as close to the calving ice as safety will allow. Here, the abstract concept of climate change becomes stark reality: what was once a single, immense front has now retreated and fractured into three separate tongues.

We will disembark at the only spot in South Greenland where the colossal Inlandis (the Greenlandic ice cap) can be accessed on foot. Equipped with crampons and led by an expert mountain guide, we will go for an accessible yet profound trek across one of the planet’s oldest ice masses. We will navigate a labyrinth of deep crevasses and rivulets, witnessing the visceral transformation of the cryosphere beneath our feet.

Overnight at Qaleraliq camp.

Integration, Graduation, and Farewell

We leave camp in the morning and travel by RIB boat to Qaqortoq, often described as the most charming town in Greenland, for a final transition back to “civilization”. Here, we will have access to facilities to shower, refresh, and leave our luggage
before exploring this colorful Arctic hub on foot.

We will have plenty of time to discover the town’s unique open-air art gallery, cafés and visit the country’s only fountain. After a final debrief to integrate the week’s lessons, we will have our graduation ritual. If availability allows, we will share a farewell lunch in a peculiar Inuit-Thai restaurant where an expat Thai chef cooks with traditional Inuit ingredients (the cost of this meal is not included).

We will transfer to Qaqortoq airport and take our 8:00 PM flight back to Keflavík Airport, scheduled to land at around midnight, where the learning journey ends.