01 / CONCEPT
Shape the idea.
Clarify the purpose, listen to the people involved, and explore what is possible. Turn an initial vision into a focused program concept.
A clear concept, shared priorities, and a defined scope.
Program architecture & implementation
Helping organizations and philanthropists make grounded impactin the world.
You have a vision. I help you shape it into a program that changes lives.
Organizations I've designed programs with through the years...
Earth SchoolHawaiʻi
Creating your flagship impact program
You want to do
good things.
Let’s make them happen.
The resources you invest can create lasting change in the places and with the people who matter most to your mission. Thoughtful program design gives that commitment a practical expression, and your organization something to be proud of.
For a business, that might mean investing in the people and ecosystems within its supply chain. For a foundation, it could mean an elegant grantmaking process paired with capacity building that helps community leaders put their ideas into practice.
I work with you to give these ambitions shape, designing programs around the people they serve and the change you want to make possible. Together, we work through how the program will operate, what participants need to succeed, and how your investment can support their work over time.
Experience across borders
Grounded in place.
Connected across the world.
I’ve built programs with people and organizations across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Each place brings its own knowledge, relationships, and possibilities to the work.
United States · Mexico · Croatia · Hungary (Budapest) · Indonesia · India · Bangladesh · Kenya · Peru · Brazil · Canada · Argentina
Ways to work together
Build to scale
your impact.
Start where you are. We’ll shape an engagement around what your program needs next.
02 / DESIGN
Design the program.
Turn your purpose into a program people can put into practice. Shape the participant experience, define partnerships and delivery, and develop the resources and ways of working your team will need to bring it to life.
A program design and a practical implementation plan.
03 / IMPLEMENTATION
Bring it to life.
Work alongside your team through a defined launch phase. Test the design, learn from feedback, and prepare the people who will carry it forward.
A supported launch and a thoughtful handoff.
04 / STORYTELLING
Share the impact.
Partner with your communications and marketing teams to share the program’s impact with the world. Bring the design intent, participant perspectives, and what the program is learning into stories grounded in the work.
A storytelling partnership connecting program experience with communications.
School & learning design
What’s your
vision for
learning?
Your vision for a school begins with what you believe young people deserve: room to explore, a sense of belonging, meaningful challenges, and opportunities to contribute. The design work turns those beliefs into the daily experience of learning - from the questions students investigate to the relationships they build and the role they play in their communities.
I work with school founders and educators to design new schools and rethink existing learning programs. Together, we translate an educational philosophy into curriculum, learning experiences, and teaching practices that educators can put into use.
My approach connects learning to place, ecology, and the questions young people care about. Educator development is part of that design, giving teachers the preparation and confidence to bring the vision to life.
For school design, visit Earthbound.EducationSelected work & partnerships
Purpose into practice.
Global program architecture, school and learning design, and partnerships that put an organization’s purpose into practice.
Global program architecture
Women’s Earth Alliance
Architect of a global portfolio of programs supporting women environmental leaders. This work connects leadership development, capacity building, and networks that help women advance change in their communities.
Explore WEA’s programs
Preparing an educational model to grow
Green School for Educators
As Green School Bali prepared to expand to other regions, we captured the flagship school’s frameworks and curriculum and designed educator training and learning systems to support Green School-aligned pedagogy worldwide.
Explore Green School
Connecting brand purpose & education
Numi Tea
Designed a year-long K–8 garden curriculum for educators to implement in the Oakland School District, connecting a company’s investment in education with learning in school gardens.
Explore the Numi curriculum
Leadership fellowship design
National AIDS Memorial Foundation
As part of the Helping People Help team, supported the design of a flagship intersectional leadership fellowship drawing on the successes and methods of the AIDS movement. The first phase established the program concept to support fundraising for its development.
In collaboration with Helping People Help
Earthbound’s Founder and Program Architect
Sarita Pockell
For over 20 years, I’ve designed programs and learning experiences with mission-driven organizations. My work spans global leadership programs, partnerships with businesses, and community-based initiatives.
I work with businesses and foundations to turn their commitments into programs that create the change they want to see in the world. That means connecting an organization’s ambitions with the priorities of the people and places at the heart of its work. It often means designing with founders and teams one day and working on the ground in rural communities the next.
School design is also an important part of my work. I partner with founders and educators to translate their vision into a learning model, curriculum, and practices that teachers can bring to life.
I bring imagination, systems thinking, and practical experience building and leading international program teams. I enjoy working through the big questions and the details: what a program could make possible, how it will work, and who and what it needs to succeed. Together, we can build thoughtful ways to track progress, learn from the work, and share its impact with the world.
Let’s start a conversation
What are you
ready to build?
Tell me what you’re imagining, who it is for, and where you are in the process. We can explore what it would take to bring it to life.
Sarita@earthbound.education