REGENERATION PATHWAYS
regenerative approaches to Caribbean issues in creative and visionary ways.
Regeneration Pathways is our framework for exploring how we can reimagine human societies over time to address the root causes of ecological challenges. Alongside a diverse network of partners, we co-create pathways to living regeneratively using creative, experiential, and fun initiatives.
THE REGENERATION PARADIGM
The ecological (and social, economic, and political) challenges that we face are the functions of our “ways of being” as people. Regenerative system thinking seeks to organize human societies in ways that demonstrates understanding of the interconnectedness of all life on Earth - in which harmony with nature is the basis of “development.”
It specifically seeks to interrupt degenerative ways of being and consciously transition towards systems that sustain life and promote wellbeing through learning from nature and leveraging technology for good. Regenerative approaches make humans a part of (and not separate from) nature and therefore envision ways of being (and building, fueling, farming, transporting etc.) that are in greater harmony with natural forces.
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Regeneration addresses individual and collective patterns that reflect disharmony on the planet and pioneers practical solutions that heal those patterns in paradigm-shifting ways. Its natural consequence is a world of greater justice (climate / environmental / social / economic).
“Having a regenerative mindset means seeing the world as a living system, built around reciprocal and co-evolutionary relationships and wholes, where humans, other living beings and ecosystems rely on one another for health. This way of seeing the world is not new.…It is also supported by a rich field of practice.”
Josie Warden, The RSA:
WHY
Deeper and wider perspectives that center regeneration in responding environmental challenges are needed. Caribbean societies can evolve more regeneratively by both learning from the past and integrating modern models that address the region's unique cultural and geographic realities.
PROMOTING SYSTEMS THINKING
Within global challenges, our vantage points are particular. Regenerative solutions that emerge from and are adapted to the Caribbean hold great potential for sustainable change
EVOLVING MODELS OF SOCIETY
Learning from bodies of work such as Ecological Design and Permaculture as well as the experiences of other cultures (especially Indigenous People) can transform how "development" in the Caribbean occurs.
ENLARGING TRANSDISCIPLINARY MOVEMENTS
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Environmental challenges are interconnected; our response should also be. Approaches that emerge from diverse (and previously unconnected) vantage points address greater and deeper drivers of the issues we face
HOW
Our Pathways are themes that allow for intresecting issues to be explored through specific areas of society (e.g. Food Systems and Agriculture, Energy, The Built Environment, “Waste” Management, etc.). Each Pathway invites transdisciplinary understanding of the situations we face along with grounded imagination of solutions.
In this process, Regeneration Pathways focuses on less-explored environmental connections between seemingly “separate” domains of society. It will leverage perspectives and actors that are often not dominant in climate justice discourse. Our strategy involves: