Opt In To Nature To Opt Out Of The System(s) ~Epi-078
What do we mean when we say we want to “opt out” of the system? Firstly, it’s the system(s) – the means of production, transport, communication, value transmission etc that we have to interface with to acquire the things we need to live in the modern world. In general, the further the distance a product…
As Within So Without ~Epi-071
As within so without. If we want to see changes in our external world (i.e. regenerating landscapes and ecosystems), we have to first address our internal state. The older I get and the more I learn, the less I can say I know for sure. This, though, is one of those things that I’ve arrived…
Adaptive vs. Prescriptive Management For Homesteads And Lifestyle Design ~Epi-070
Adaptive Management: Observation-driven management for constantly increasing resilience and ecosystem function by employing planned, purposeful disruption. Prescriptive Management: Labeling your observations so that you can look up a prescription that fits that label. This is a much more myopic way of managing a landscape, as you’re automatically confining yourself to pre-existing solutions for truly unique problems…
The 4 R’s Of Regenerative Hydrology
Abundant water for ourselves and future generations is achievable. A change in mindset from the dominant water scarcity paradigm to a regenerative water abundance paradigm is required. Following this, we have merely but to apply appropriate techniques to completely and utterly transform our private and shared landscapes. We can do this by designing and implementing…
Type 1 Errors: How To Identify, Avoid And Fix Them
Type 1 Error: A error in design and/or implementation that costs you time, energy, money or emotional well-being as long as it remains present in the system. A fundamental thing done wrong that makes everything that comes after it impossible to get right. Committing a Type 1 Error is like building a bucket to carry…
A Strong WHY Can Bear Almost Any HOW ~ Epi-065
New Year’s Evolution. This show is about doing the most important work first – your own internal visioning – an rooting that vision in your heart to create a WHY strong enough to bear any HOW. If you haven’t done it yet, give yourself the gift of creating your Minimum Holistic Goal. It is the…
The Regenerative / Degenerative Continuum Of Resource Use
Can an eco-system make use of single-use, polluting resource and still be called an eco-system? This question drives right at the heart of what sustainable livelihood is and what it means to be regenerative and abundant. As is often the case, it depends. It also addresses a few of the difficulties with paying yourself to…
Borrowing Without Intent To Repay: How Modern Fiat Currency Systems Concentrate Wealth By Design
The monetary system which we are all subjected to this day in age is diametrically opposed to having a regenerative economy. Simply put, a regenerative economy cannot exist (or will fail) if the money used to transact within it violates the ethics of 1) Care For The Earth, 2) Care For The People, and 3)…
The Regenerative Agora – Counter-Economics For Stewards Of The Future
How can we go about creating the new systems, business models, value systems and infrastructure of a regenerative society when much of that work is arbitrarily outlawed or suppressed by the power systems that dominate our current culture? This post is for those of you interested in creating that world worth inheriting, whether or not…
The 4 Freedoms: Principles For Regenerative Lifestyle Design
The Four Freedoms The Four Freedoms is a framework composed of four mutually-supporting principles that act as the foundation for regenerative and sovereign lifestyle design. While not explicitly mentioned in my consultancy work, these principles do inform my own individual perspective, and inherently undergird the design work I do. I see the Four Freedoms as…
