How to Start a Community | Regenerative Governance
How do we gather people, make decisions together and build a community that stays healthy as it grows?
This Thursday, join The Regen Circle LIVE as we explore the first steps of starting a community through the pillar of Regenerative Governance.
Every community begins as a seed: a shared longing, a few people around a fire, a question about how we might live and decide together.
Long before modern institutions, the peoples of Abya Yala governed through circles, councils and the minga, where each voice mattered and decisions were made with the next generations in mind. Today, ecovillages, cooperatives and living networks are rediscovering this wisdom through sociocracy, consent-based decision-making and Elinor Ostrom's principles for stewarding the commons. Nature offers the blueprint too: a forest thrives through distributed relationships, with mycelium carrying nourishment wherever it is needed.
🌱 Together we'll explore:
How to bring people together and find your people
Clarifying shared purpose, values and agreements from day one
Roles, circles and how power can flow in service of the whole
Simple decision-making practices that build trust and avoid burnout
Welcoming conflict as compost for deeper connection
Real lessons from ecovillages and regenerative communities, including our journey with RAiZ Ecovillage in Ecuador
Whether you're dreaming of an ecovillage, nurturing a family or neighborhood, leading a project team or building a business with soul, you'll leave with practical steps to plant the foundations of a community that regenerates the people within it.
📺 How to join
Register here and you'll have access to the YouTube LIVE link. Watch in real time and share your questions and experiences in the live chat. This circle is co-created by everyone who joins.
🔔 Want the replay?
This is a live-only gathering. Upgrade your ticket to receive the full recording and revisit the teachings whenever you need them. Upgrade options are listed in the event page.
🌀 Go deeper
The Regen Circle meets every Thursday inside The Regenerative Leadership Community, where members gather face to face, access every replay and explore all 8 pillars of Regenerative Culture together and build relationships with other regenerative leaders. Learn more: [RLC link]
📖 Read about the 8 Pillars of Regenerative Culture:
https://regenerativecultureworld.substack.com/p/8-pillars-of-regenerative-culture
🌎 www.regenerativeculture.life
Regenerating all life on Earth through culture...
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