What is Regeneration?

What is Regeneration?
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Regeneration - a process - as a state, aspirational in most cases

It has high levels of diversity - in a way that creates generative tension, rather than collapse.

This diversity creates pluralities that co-evolve rather than singular realities that encapsulate all.

Sourced in Earth Ethics, we all are from the Earth and to create life we must follow its patterns.

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In human language to be regenerative means to be explicitly

radical not uniform,
liberatory not oppressive,
feminist not domineering - and
critical not passive.

Regeneration thus requires questioning how we use privilege and power

But. Not. Just. Questioning.
You cannot just think or talk about this
You must act in this process, or you are acting in another - likely extraction.

You must act on the uncomfortable realisations that lie in the potential of our positioning and resources.

To be continued...To be refined...An evolving post with too many people to thank

Other Resources:

What is Regeneration?

The Seven First Principles of Regeneration with Carol Sanford (E55) - Making Permaculture Stronger
In this episode pioneering regenerative thinker Carol Sanford rejoins me to share a living systems framework she calls The Seven First Principles of Regeneration. Resources to Deepen Learning My first chat with Carol (also see these follow up words from Carol) My second chat with Carol where she shares her four levels of paradigm Carol’s…

Shifting from ‘sustainability’ to regeneration by Bill Reed

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