3. We need regenerative cultures
Creating cultures which are healthy, resilient and adaptable
Regenerative culture means a process of continuous positive change at all levels, from the individual to the community to the environment. In doing so, we maintain the basis of our lives. Regenerative culture means patiently and resolutely moving in this direction, individually and together, to be the change we want to see in the world.
All these paths support the necessary, radically loving, profound inner and outer change. We want to rediscover our love for ourselves, our love for our shared world, for our fellow human beings both near and far, and for the nature we are a part of. Regenerative culture is the mycelium that permeates, nourishes and strengthens our rebellion.
In regenerative cultures, these areas support each other:
- Self-care - We take personal care of our survival, well-being and development. In doing so, we become aware of the parts of ourselves that instinctively react to stress with fight, flight or powerlessness and support them, e.g. by taking a moment, acting out of inner conviction.
- Action care - We pay attention to each other and our surroundings before, during and after actions.
- Interpersonal care - We nurture our existing relationships, become aware of our effect on each other and use our opportunities for cooperation to fulfil our needs.
- Community care - We develop our network and community based on the principles and values and by recognising the increasing complexity of large groups. By strengthening our relationships with each other, we make our communities more resilient.
- Caring for all life on this planet - We carefully and attentively ensure that all life can flourish. We establish systems that serve life.
We encounter traces of the toxic system in all areas. We treat these traces with care and replace them with regenerative elements. Relationships are at the heart of regenerative cultures: relationships with ourselves, with fellow rebels, with fellow human beings, relationships within our communities and with our planet - they are all strongly interwoven. By nurturing these relationships, we overcome toxic structures and thus the toxic system!