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What the ecosystem is seeing.A living map of what this ecosystem is seeing, gathered from the people actually doing the work.

What the field is seeing

Reach into the field.

Every problem someone here is naming, and the work already meeting it. Hover or tap a node to trace the tie. Pick a field of concern to narrow the view.

7 problems, 8 solutions and what is meeting each. Reach any node to see the tie.

Problems, sized by how many have echoed themSolutions already meeting them

The field in full

  • Problem, Finance, 14 echoes: Regenerative farmers can't access affordable capital without compromising their values.
    • Meeting it, Steward ownership models hold land and businesses in trust, removing them from speculative markets. (Common Equity, Sustainable Table)
    • Meeting it, Bioregional finance pools community capital locally, lending based on relationship not collateral. (Bioregional Finance)
  • Problem, Land · Sovereignty, 11 echoes: Indigenous land rights are excluded from mainstream conservation frameworks.
    • Meeting it, Free Prior and Informed Consent protocols being adopted by progressive land trusts. (AIATSIS, First Nations Development Institute)
  • Problem, Coordination, 18 echoes: The regenerative movement is fragmented, brilliant people working in isolation.
    • Meeting it, Open source ecosystem mapping tools like Murmurations making the landscape discoverable. (Open Co-op, Murmurations, SeedTree)
  • Problem, Accountability, 9 echoes: Measuring real regenerative impact is almost impossible with existing metrics.
    • Meeting it, Doughnut Economics action labs replacing GDP with metrics that reflect real flourishing. (DEAL, Kate Raworth)
  • Problem, Education, 12 echoes: Young people want to work in regeneration but there's no clear pathway in.
    • Meeting it, Permaculture design courses and regenerative apprenticeships creating pathways, but scattered. (Crystal Waters, Schumacher College)
  • Problem, Food · Systems, 8 echoes: Community food systems can't compete with industrial supply chains on price.
    • Meeting it, Community supported agriculture cuts out the supply chain, connecting growers directly to eaters. (Open Food Network)
  • Problem, Wellbeing, 10 echoes: Regenerative projects fail because the team burns out, no support infrastructure exists.
    • Meeting it, Peer support circles within the regenerative movement building relational resilience quietly. (The Men's Table)

Further in

  1. Vision

    The future we're building

    The shared picture of where this ecosystem wants to go. Read it, then add yours.

  2. Problems and solutions

    The whole map, and a way to add to it

    The same record plotted as a field of bubbles, with the form for putting your own on it.

Your presence is your seat at the table. Share your presence to add your voice.

Keep walking

You have seen what the field is up against. Bring what you can build.

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