I took the grief and sent back love.
My love grew roots.
ROOTED.villages were born.

“You know how catastrophes eventually lead to gentle slopes, lush landscapes, and flourishing communities?

I lived them all — earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, tornadoes.

Then came grief.

I took the grief and sent back love.

ROOTED is my way of painting that love onto the world.”

Lola Straton, founder

Why ROOTED exists?

We turn grief into growth, and forgotten places into thriving communities. Rooted is more than a project — it’s a movement of regeneration, culture, and belonging.

Dreamers & Doers

ROOTED needs doers and dreamers

let's do it

Bring your skills, creativity, or resources — every contribution plants seeds of renewal.
Together, we turn ruins into homes, silence into culture, and loss into thriving communities.

I took the grief and sent back love. My love grew roots. ROOTED.villages were born.

“You know how catastrophes eventually lead to gentle slopes, lush landscapes, and flourishing communities?

I lived them all — earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, tornadoes.Then came grief.

I took the grief and sent back love.ROOTED is my way of painting that love onto the world.”