Community Engagement

Overview

Community Engagement is a fundamental component of regenerative village development. This guide synthesizes knowledge from re:build gatherings to provide practical insights for implementing community engagement in community projects.

Methods and Approaches

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So, the way to create a culture that can have inclusive participation for everyone, that is an innovative design and there is a social-productive design for that

Key Insights

Questions and engagement: Engagement happens through questions and dialogue—creating space for active participation ensures relevance for those who are present.

Active participation process: The process focuses on active participation of everyone to ensure relevance for those who are present, creating inclusive engagement.

Multiple engagement options: You can start by offering different options—homes, participation opportunities, and various ways to engage, giving people choices in how they connect.

Commitment levels: Both models depend on the level of engagement and willingness to commit of potential community members who will be living there.

Community engagement experience: Some practitioners have been working in community engagement, creating initiatives to build connections, serve people, provide access to places, and create opportunities for relationship development and friendship.

Grant participation: Some projects have received significant grants (e.g., "giant grants") that support specific initiatives, such as helping mothers transition in their careers.

Non-monetary support: Some projects seek support in exchange for non-monetary contributions like participation, accommodation, and food, creating alternative exchange models.

Multi-stakeholder environments: In multi-stakeholder environments, you have people at different levels of engagement, and it's not necessarily one organization—there may be many organizations involved, requiring coordination and alignment.

Examples and Case Studies

Who would want to support our project in exchange of monetary and even more preferred nonmonitorial ways like participation on or even through accommodation and food and so on

Best Practices

• So, the way to create a culture that can have inclusive participation for everyone, that is an innovative design and there is a social-productive design for that
• So there is no close shop in the center of people running their show, but there's a group of individuals who have started saying, "I'm taking responsibility needing to take long term responsibility just to have access to transparency and participation
• So what are the levels of participation that you are inviting people to get is the first thing I think is the first thing I think I think I and build culture and build life there
• And then the, uh, we'll say a little less committed way of participation, we'll be volunteering and being a guest and just coming over and getting to know the land, getting to know us, working on the land with us

Implementation Guide

To implement community engagement in your regenerative village project, consider the following approach:

Implementation details to be added.

External Resources

For deeper exploration of this topic, see:

• Traditional Dream Factory Case Study - Real-world example of community engagement strategies