This component of AYEN’s philosophy is symbolically the most important. It represents a desire to learn from our mistakes, to heal what we have harmed, and to give back to the land that has given so much to us. AYEN commits itself to restoring degraded landscapes across Africa and protecting vulnerable ecosystems from damage, both by conserving those spaces but also by reimagining how we interact with them.

Restoration is an all-encompassing ideal in Project: Rebirth and plays a part in all components. We want to inspire people to restore the spaces they live in, in ways both small and big. We want to educate them on the critical importance of restoration, and how to start wherever they are. Most of all, we want to create spaces that embody restoration both as an ideal and as a reality. Ecovillages, SMART communities, environmental restoration initiatives, urban guerilla gardening, training centers for youth environmentalists, and many many more are all examples that AYEN aims to implement to do that.