Mission
It may go unnoticed by many who walk by or glance in its direction, and understandably so. It has generic outward features, although some find the leaf shape and color as beautiful as any. What separates the Ginkgo Biloba is its heritage of resilience, standing as the sole survivor of a species of trees as old as the Dinosaurs, with a nickname as “living fossil.” Along with being a hibakujumoku, or “atomic-bomb survivor” in Hiroshima, the tree has held immense cultural significance in East Asia for its history, uniqueness, resilience, and resulting beauty with age.
The Ginkgo Biloba is as one-of-a-kind as it gets. It is continuously finding a way forward with what it has. For millions of years, it has stood through extraordinary changes without losing what makes it a ginkgo. Its strength lies not in becoming something different, but in being remarkably well-equipped and Prepared to endure.
Blue. Blue represents the freedom to think differently, ask unusual questions, create without predetermined answers, and follow curiosity wherever it leads. It is an invitation to see the world not simply as it is, but as it could be. Blue represents a belief in the goodness of what lies ahead. It communicates our trust in children, their abilities, their ideas, and their potential. We want children to grow up believing that their contributions matter. Just look up. Blue is Possibility.
Children don't need to be hurried into becoming something. They need the conditions, relationships, freedom, and encouragement to develop into something extraordinary in their own time.
We hope you can become part of our origin story and help pass on a lineage of humans’ best qualities. We are both the inheritors of servanthood and descendants of pioneers.