ORIGOKA is a 12-day immersive retreat in Norway for impact leaders, researchers, activists, journalists, and social entrepreneurs ready to turn their work into public influence.
Through media production, systems thinking, somatic grounding, and collective strategy, participants leave with a sharper narrative, tangible communication assets, and a six-month fellowship to launch their campaign into the world.
Total isolation to architect the signal. Days are split between rigorous intellectual deep dives, original media creation, and holistic somatic recovery.
This is not a retreat you simply return from. It is a launchpad. You enter a rigorous ecosystem designed to monitor, refine, and amplify your newly built campaigns.
We are moving 12 changemakers from isolated silos into a synchronized, high-velocity network. While you will specialize in one of four tracks below, all tracks intersect to ensure the research fuels the campaign, which is amplified by the media, and scaled by the entrepreneur.
Every participant walks away with a curated portfolio of high-impact media and grounded print publications. The 12 days culminate in these tangible productions.
A highly-produced, cinematic exploration defining exactly what it means for you to be a human rights activist. Scripted, shot, and cut from A to Z.
We lock down your overarching concept, refine your hosting persona, and record your polished, ready-to-publish first episode.
A signature, filmed conference talk delivered to the cohort. A masterclass in public speaking, narrative pacing, and commanding a room.
Narrative is not just a reflection of reality : it is the tool that shapes it. In the face of climate collapse & loss of biodiversity, the destruction of the rule of law and the horrors of genocide, we are required to take bold, uncompromising steps to ensure we still have a tomorrow worth living, for everybody.
So many people, collectives, communities and initiatives are using their resources, time and skills to transform their environment, impact change through politics, culture, solidarity & education. They bring into existence micro-utopias. Today, they are a true testimonial to what creative human collaboration can achieve for our times.
At ORIGOKA, we believe in the power of stories. A personal truth, a community narrative, and the shared hope for a better society, with a solar punk vision.
During our retreats and beyond, we forge unbreakable connections between academics, entrepreneurs, activists, artists, politicians, artisans, and any active member of society willing to work together for the greater good and bring about systemic change.
At ORIGOKA, you can learn to take your time, be with yourself, the others and with Nature. You will also deep dive into your own story, to be able to construct a narrative and share your vision. Each retreat has three tables:
Filled with papers, glue, pencils, colors, scissors, note books and Japanese stationaries, it is there for your creative self, for the fanzines, the letters, the art you’ll create and share.
Learning to make pizza, croissants, bread, pasta or couscous from scratch, cooking for others, enjoying personal recipes from the other participants, this is the table that creates bonds, the informal story sharing circle, to learn how to also feed our communities with nutritious food and intentional gatherings.
With cameras, microphones, podcast sets and various tech, the place to learn how to capture, assemble and share the stories to a large audience online.
Strictly limited to 12 participants. We curate this room meticulously to ensure a balance of corporate strategists, grassroots activists, and NGO leaders.
Corporate & CSR
For builders of products, services, or business ideas generating impact across the SDGs. Change the world with financial leverage.
Established NGOs
For researchers, reporters, and non-profits breaking complex data out of silos and into public leverage.
Grassroots & Frontline
For independent organizers ensuring ground-truth reality and frontline representation inside the cohort.
1 seat strictly reserved for an unfunded systemic visionary.
* Flexible payment arrangements available. Financial support may be considered in specific situations.
Short form submitted online.
Eligible candidates receive the full application.
Shortlisted candidates are invited to a conversation.
The ORIGOKA team curates the final group of 12.
Selected candidates receive an invitation, payment information, preparation materials, and onboarding details.
Strong candidates who are not selected may be invited to a future cohort.
You are invited into a room because your work carries weight, your questions matter, and your presence can strengthen the collective. Our selection process looks for people who are already engaged in meaningful work and are ready to transform it into public narrative, media, strategy, and shared action. We select individuals, but we curate a cohort: twelve people whose differences can become a field of emergence.