For over a decade, Nicole Kearney has been at the forefront of one of Australia’s most ambitious efforts to preserve and protect biodiversity – not in the field, but in the archives. As Manager of the Biodiversity Heritage Library Australia (BHL), Nicole works with...
Across the globe, seismic shifts in policy, funding and tone are having a very real impact on the leadership journeys of many people. They are being felt in workplaces: in access to funding, in representation in decision making and in our courage to speak up. They are...
#HB7 alumni Dr fLorence Cotel, a neuroscientist, endurance athlete, and entrepreneur, embodies the adaptable and collaborative mindset essential for effective leadership. For fLorence, leadership is never a solitary pursuit, but instead it’s collaborative, at its...
Homeward Bound, a global transformational leadership initiative, has announced an exciting partnership agreement with Intrepid Travel.
The new partnership sees Intrepid supporting its immersive experience to its new destination, Tanzania while sponsoring three scholarships for talented leaders on its tenth program (HB10).
It began, as many great collaborations do, in the most unassuming of places: a virtual breakout room. Mélisande and Anna, two women living at two opposite ends of the world, met during a Homeward Bound workshop, an encounter that would catapult them into an extraordinary adventure spanning continents, languages, and a shared mission for the future of the planet.
Linda Romanovska is not one to shy away from collaborative leadership. Recently appointed as Head of Sustainability Consulting at Materra, a leading sustainability consultancy, she’s also a proud HB6 alumni member, who sailed to Antarctica in 2022.
Reflecting on her Homeward Bound experience, Linda describes it as “life-changing” not just for career growth, but for something even more profound: to belong to an unshakable global network of extraordinary women with STEMM backgrounds.
As we gear up for our new immersive experience to Tanzania later this year, one HB9 participant is already on the fundraising trail and is looking forward to deeper connections and ‘shifting mindsets’ as she continues her Homeward Bound journey. Shannon Dee, a marine...
Humanity faces multiple complex and interconnected crises today – the emergence of a global pandemic, a rapidly changing climate, large-scale biodiversity loss, economic instability, and more. The interrelated and overlapping nature of these crises make them even more challenging to address, resulting in a phenomenon now known as a “polycrisis”. Solving them will require large-scale, transformational, and systemic change.
‘What do you need to be your best self?’ This was one of the first questions we were posed when HB program sessions started in Ushuaia. I raised my hand and said ‘inner peace’. I know how it feels and how crucial it is to making difficult decisions, but I had not experienced it in a while.
This year, Homeward Bound and the 124 women and non-binary participants of the Antarctic HB Transform Voyage are joining efforts to highlight the importance of glaciers as part of the International Year of Glacier Preservation 2025 (IYGP25) and the Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences.