Regenerative Constellations

Regeneration is treated here as a collective metabolism. This thread links:

  • Commons governance: sociocratic circles, indigenous stewardship models, and watershed-based planning.
  • Cooperative finance: solidarity lending, mutual credit, breadchain experiments, and land-backed community portfolios.
  • Ritual calendars: Mondeszetteln, seasonal ceremonies, and agricultural observances that keep spiritual and material cycles synchronized.

References

Core texts and sources anchoring this thread:

ReferenceStatusDescription
Marjorie Kelly — Wealth SupremacyTo createDiagnostic lens for extraction in solidarity finance
John Fullerton — Regenerative CapitalismTo createInstitutional ReFi critique
Elinor Ostrom — Governing the CommonsTo createCommons governance foundation
Kate Raworth — Doughnut EconomicsTo createAlternative economic framework
BreadchainExistsCooperative crypto infrastructure

People

Practitioners and thinkers in this constellation:

PersonStatusRole
Elinor OstromTo createCommons governance theorist
Kate RaworthTo createDoughnut economics
Vandana ShivaTo createEcological feminism, seed sovereignty
Robin Wall KimmererTo createIndigenous reciprocity, braiding sweetgrass
Murray BookchinTo createSocial ecology, libertarian municipalism

Concepts

Theoretical apparatus:

ConceptStatusDescription
AutopoiesisExistsSelf-creating systems
Dual PowerExistsBuilding alternatives alongside critique
Cosmo-localismExistsGlobal knowledge, local production
RegenerationExistsBeyond sustainability to healing
Leverage PointsExistsSystems intervention framework
CommonsTo createShared resources, collective governance
BioregionalismTo createEcological boundary-based organization

Places

Where this thread touches ground:

PlaceStatusConnection
BarcelonaExistsReFi initiatives, cooperative movements
BerlinExistsRegenerative networks, historical redemption
São PauloExistsGlobal South context, cross-cultural synthesis

Notes & Research

Active research in this thread:

Praxis

Actions and infrastructure:

  • Document active cooperative structures being built
  • Map mutual credit experiments and local currencies
  • Record governance experiments (sociocracy, consent-based)
  • Chronicle land-based and bioregional projects

Immediate Direction

Next steps:

  1. Create people entries for Ostrom, Kimmerer, Shiva
  2. Develop “Commons” concept page linking governance models
  3. Expand Local Node Network documentation with case studies
  4. Connect regenerative practice to Palestinian solidarity (material infrastructure)

Most developed subtopic: Local Node Network research (see notes/regenerative-constellations/)


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