Wildya Ecopreneur Events: Your December just got festive

 

Ho-ho-ho! December’s here, and Wildya’s bringing more gifts than Santa Claus! 🎅

In December 2025, we hosted wild masterclasses and free events to help you grow your nature venture. Each week, an ecopreneur shared their journey, wins, lessons, and even the messy bits.

From monetising your mission without selling out, building a business that protects nature, improving your attention and conversion, using AI for wildlife monitoring, finding new ideas for nature business, understanding the benefits and dangers of AI for nature, all for the wild… here’s what we covered with our biodiversity heroes.

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December 2nd – Funding Nature Differently: How to Build Recurring Income from Your Land Without Selling Out with Tom Constable / Masterclass

📅 December 2
⏰ 7 – 8 pm CET

Let’s face it: traditional conservation funding is broken.

Grants take forever. One-time donations dry up. And restoration projects are left waiting, while nature can’t afford the delay.

But what if you could generate recurring revenue from your land, without hiring a dev team or running endless campaigns?

In this masterclass, Tom Constable, founder of Platform Nature, will show you how to turn your restoration site into a living, breathing source of funding. The tool he’s building helps landowners, NGOs, and rewilders let supporters sponsor specific plots of land. Automatically and transparently.

💡 Why it matters:

Nature ventures need flexible, scalable income to survive and thrive. Platform Nature unlocks a brand-new income stream—aligned with your values, powered by tech, and ready in 30 minutes.

💪 What you’ll walk away with:

✅ Why most nature fundraising models are outdated & what’s next
✅ How to set up a recurring income stream with no tech skills
✅ A real-world walkthrough of how the system works (step by step)
✅ How to let people sponsor exactly 1m² of land (or 1,000)
✅ Why this model boosts engagement, not just revenue
✅ Lessons from the Grange Project and other early adopters
✅ How this tool fits with your website, mission & supporters
✅ Time to ask Tom anything from tech to strategy

🙋 For you if you’re into:

→ Building resilient funding for your land-based project
→ Monetising your mission without selling out
→ Replacing painful grant cycles with flexible income
→ Turning “support us” into “own a piece of the story”
→ Scaling your impact with lean, simple tech
→ Learning from a founder building the tool he needed

🤩 Biodiversity Builder behind the session:

Tom Constable is a former soldier turned nature tech entrepreneur. He’s led startups, built growth strategies, and restored 80 acres of land in Wales now home to the Grange Project.

As the founder of Platform Nature, he’s helping landowners and ecopreneurs unlock recurring revenue streams by letting supporters directly fund biodiversity one map segment at a time. His mission: make nature restoration fundable, scalable, and visible to the people who care.

🔗 Connect with Tom on LinkedIn
🔗 Explore Platform Nature

Tom’s building one funding model. There are 5 others worth knowing about before you commit to one path.

December 3rd – Builder’s Circle / Circle Session

📅 December 3
⏰ 8 – 8:45 pm CET

Ever feel like you’re building your eco-project with 12 tabs open, 3 ideas half-written… and zero clue which one to tackle first?

That’s where the Builder’s Circle comes in.

A chill monthly meet-up where we show up, check in, and help each other get unstuck.
No pressure.
No big speeches.
Just real people building real things for nature.

🔎 Check in on your project

What are you working on right now?
What’s moving?
What’s stuck?

Say it out loud. It already feels lighter.

🤝 Build together

Everyone in the circle gets it.

We swap ideas, share what’s worked for us, talk through blockers, and remind each other we’re not building alone.

Real breakthroughs happen here.

🚀 Leave with your clear next action

Not a 12-point plan.
Not a “rebuild your whole strategy” moment.
Just one clear action you’ll take this week, with the group cheering you on.

🙋 For you if you’re into:

→ Building or growing a nature or impact venture
→ Moving from “I don’t know where to start” to “Okay, I can do this”
→ Getting support from people walking a similar path
→ Finding clarity without spending hours overthinking
→ Keeping momentum on your project, even when life gets loud
→ Being part of a community that actually cares about your progress

You bring your project. We’ll bring the support.

December 8th – New Nature Founders Pitching Event / Free Event

📅 December 8
⏰ 6 – 6:45 pm CET

You love to support nature?
You love to support people who give a damn & act?
You love to support innovation that is used for good?

Great news.

In this event, we showcase 5 people who decided to act and, in the past 6 weeks, created their own nature venture with the help of our Ecopreneur Beginner Bootcamp.

To give nature a helping hand.

From rewilding backyards with Ovi Hentea
to giving young people opportunities to work in the nature fields with Moreen Rach
to rewilding Catalunya with Nathalie Cruchet
to new nature experiences that could replace zoos with Dennis Büscher
to services that help nature venture to get more work done with Luisa Meneghetti

They committed their time, energy & sanity to build a wilder world.

Now they would like to pitch to you what they are building.

Each has 3 minutes to pitch & some minutes to answer your questions.

So you can see for yourself if there is a way how you can help each other.

P.S. You want to start your own nature venture & pitch next? Join us in the next cohort starting 1st June.

December 9th – A.I. Meets Wild: How Sentinel Is Revolutionising Wildlife Monitoring with Dante Wasmuht / Masterclass

📅 December 9
⏰ 7 – 8 pm CET

Wildlife monitoring is slow, expensive, and often outdated by the time it reaches decision-makers.

But what if you could detect species and threats in real-time, directly from the field?

That’s what Sentinel is doing.

Led by Dante Wasmuht, Sentinel is a plug-and-play AI device that turns trail cameras into smart, responsive tools for conservation. It’s already deployed in 8 countries and poised to protect 10% of invasive-threatened vertebrates globally.

In this masterclass, you’ll get an inside look at how AI is transforming biodiversity data collection. Cutting costs by up to 90% and accelerating action up to 1000x.

💡 Why it matters:

Conservation often relies on delayed or incomplete data. By the time you know what’s happening, it’s already too late.

Sentinel uses AI to process images directly in the field, sending alerts in real-time and enabling faster, more precise responses.

💪 What you’ll walk away with:

✅ What edge AI is and how it works in field-based monitoring
✅ How Sentinel identifies species & behaviour in real-time
✅ Where Sentinel is already being used (and what’s next)
✅ The most promising use cases: from invasive species to ranger training
✅ What it takes to build scalable, field-ready AI tools for conservation
✅ Lessons from launching SA-FARI with Meta: the world’s largest wildlife tracking dataset
✅ How your nature venture might benefit from tools like Sentinel

🙋 For you if you’re into:

→ Wildlife monitoring, restoration, and conservation
→ Building or deploying tech for nature impact
→ Using AI or edge computing in the field
→ Collecting better data with less manual effort
→ Staying ahead of biodiversity loss with smarter tools

🤩 Biodiversity Builder behind the session:

Dante Wasmuht is Head of AI and Director of the Sentinel Program at Conservation X Labs, where he’s pioneering real-time, AI-powered field monitoring for biodiversity.

His work spans machine learning, neuroscience, and environmental innovation. Dante led the release of SA-FARI, the world’s largest open-source wildlife tracking dataset, in collaboration with Meta. He’s now focused on deploying AI that works where conservation happens: on the ground, in the wild, and in real time.

🔗 Connect with Dante on LinkedIn
🔗 Learn more about Sentinel

Curious which AI tools are actually worth using to get more done quicker in your nature venture? Oliver broke down what he uses at Wildya.

December 10th – Attention/Conversion Coffee with Oliver / Session

📅 December 10
⏰ 8 – 8:30 pm CET

You want to grow your project but… don’t really know how to get people to care?

Got something in your attention or conversion that isn’t clicking?
A message that’s not landing?
An audience you’re struggling to reach?
A conversion step that feels confusing or flat?

That’s what Attention/Conversion Coffee with Oliver is for.

A chill 30-minute session with Oliver (co-founder of Wildya) where you can ask your questions, talk through your blockers, and walk away with clarity, fast.

🚨 Only 5 spots, so everyone gets real time and real support. Make sure to RSVP!

🙋 For you if you’re into:

→ Getting more eyes on your nature or impact venture
→ Understanding why your message isn’t converting
→ Improving your attention, storytelling, or clarity
→ Finding simple ways to make people care
→ Getting quick, honest feedback from someone who gets it

Bring your attention + conversion challenges.
Oliver will help you unblock them.

December 16th – AI for Nature: Superpower of Supervillain? With Dr. Frauke Fischer / Masterclass

📅 December 16
⏰ 7 – 8 pm CET

Can artificial intelligence save the planet or speed up its destruction?

In this masterclass, biodiversity expert Dr. Frauke Fischer explores how AI is already being used to monitor ecosystems, track poachers, protect endangered species and how it might also be harming nature more than helping.

Her new book unpacks both the promise and the peril of artificial intelligence for the natural world. From dolphin translators to rhino surveillance drones, this session will take you on a tour of real-world examples and future-facing ideas at the intersection of tech and biodiversity.

💡 Why it matters:

Nature ventures are starting to explore AI but few know the full picture.

Done right, AI can be a powerful force for conservation and restoration. Done wrong, it could deepen the extractive systems we’re trying to fix.

💪 What you’ll walk away with:

✅ Surprising examples of how AI is already helping (and hurting) nature
✅ What ecopreneurs should know before integrating AI
✅ Key risks of machine learning for conservation projects
✅ Why “AI for Good” needs more ecologists in the room
✅ Insights from Frauke’s new book (fresh off the press)
✅ Concrete tips for using AI tools responsibly in your own nature venture
✅ Time for open Q&A, bring your ideas and concerns

🙋 For you if you’re into:

→ Using tech to accelerate your nature impact
→ Understanding both sides of the AI hype
→ Building future-proof nature ventures
→ Staying ahead of ethical and operational risks
→ Exploring how science, storytelling, and systems thinking overlap

🤩 Biodiversity Builder behind the session:

Dr. Frauke Fischer is one of Germany’s leading biodiversity experts and a powerful voice in the AI x nature space. She heads Agentur auf!, Germany’s first biodiversity-focused consultancy, and co-founded PERÚ PURO, a regenerative cacao venture that protects 900 hectares of rainforest.

With over 80 peer-reviewed publications, three books, and decades of experience at the intersection of science, business, and conservation, Frauke brings a rare blend of clarity, depth, and humour to even the most complex topics.

🔗 Connect with Frauke on LinkedIn
🔗 Explore PERÚ PURO
🔗 Order the new book (in German)

December 17th – Community Gathering: Recap 2025 & Outlook 2026 / Free Event

📅 December 17
⏰ 7 – 8 pm CET

👈 Look back

2025 is almost over.

We are looking back on an eventful year with you.
Time for a recap of what happened, what didn’t work & what we learned.
And most importantly, hear your voices on what went well & where we can improve.

👉 Look ahead

2026 is around the corner, and with it, great plans.
We would like to share with you the main obstacles you shared with us & how we plan to tackle them next year.
Let’s Celebrate. Connect. Reflect.

Join us to give 2025 a wild closing & welcome 2026.

December 18th – Wild Idea into Action Gathering / Free Event

📅 December 18
⏰ 8 – 9 pm CET

Last month +200 ecopreneurs wanted our free Wild Idea Finder.

Let’s all meet in 17 days to talk about the next steps.

Last month was wild. When we launched the Free AI tool to help folks coming up with nature NGO/companies, we didn’t expect so many people to be interested.

Yet the idea is only the 1st step. Now let’s take the second.

We will host a free event to:

✅ Give you the opportunity to share the idea you came up with
✅ Find potential co-founders, collaborators or supporters
✅ Oliver (co-founder of Wildya) will share some useful actions you can take next
+ it holds us all accountable to pursue all these wild ideas & actually take action.

+200 people who want to get into action mode & build a wilder world.

Now that gives us hope!

You want to help nature, but you’re not sure how? The Wild Idea Finder gives you 33 personalised nature venture ideas in 15 minutes

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And if your nature venture is ready to scale and you want someone in your corner doing the work with you (strategy, growth, execution) that’s what our Fractional Executive Team is built for.