This blog post is adapted from a Medium piece published on December 6, 2021. Read the full story here.
As we embark on the decade of action, we continue to witness the devastating effects of the pandemic and the climate crisis. How can communities develop caring systems and a renewed sense of belonging? And how can we design regenerative infrastructures that are adapted to the future?
Below are some reflections on social regeneration and its significance in enabling the transition toward more equitable, nature-centered and future-forward communities.
For centuries, we have developed systems of oppression that promote an extractive relationship with nature and with one another. Such practices have brought us apart and have contributed to widening social and economic inequalities, causing catastrophic effects on the environment.
As we stand at a change in our direction for the next 10 years, we are called to serve a mission to build an equitable and regenerative future for all living beings. To do so, we need to give ourselves permission to imagine the unimaginable as we build bold new ways of collaborating across disciplines and communities.
Climate change is undoubtedly the biggest threat to life as we know it. Addressing this challenge requires bold leadership to build a common vision toward an economy that celebrates planetary life.
Social regeneration contributes toward developing a vision of the future in which our systems and infrastructures are adaptive and designed to enable planetary wellbeing for current and future generations. It is an invitation to move beyond resilience by strengthening our collective capacity to recover from a disaster and assess what is needed to move from a state of destruction toward healing.
Below are five key mindsets to activate social regeneration:
In activating social regeneration at the community level, we also need to consider adopting essential principles to support transformative processes:
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