“When we launched the Be the Waves manifesto, we said something simple but important: we don’t need more leaders, we need stewards.

Alongside that, we asked a question: what does stewardship mean to you?

The replies were thoughtful, personal, and often moving. This blog gathers those voices - not as a survey or a theory, but as lived reflections. What emerged was striking: different words, different perspectives, but a strong shared current of care, responsibility, and conscience.”

“She once said:

“You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own, that they must protect them.”

From that first act grew the Green Belt Movement. By the time of her death, more than 50 million trees had been planted across Africa, livelihoods had been restored, and countless women empowered. Yet Maathai was clear: this was never her work alone. It was stewardship - collective care for what had been entrusted”

“Everywhere we look today, we are told to “lead.” We need strong leaders in business, in politics, in communities, in our own lives. And yet, for all this talk of leadership, the world still feels restless, fragile, and unfinished.

What we are missing is not leadership itself.
What we are missing is stewardship.

Stewardship is Different”