Cultural Practices

Practical insights from 18 re:build sessions on implementing cultural practices in regenerative villages.

Overview

Cultural Practices is a fundamental component of regenerative village development. This guide synthesizes knowledge from re:build gatherings to provide practical insights for implementing cultural practices in community projects.

Key Principles

Resilience-focused culture: Culture should support projects that prepare for various scenarios, including economic challenges. Food security, water security, and other essential systems are core components of resilient regenerative villages.

Methods and Approaches

It's a process where when people's behaviors are out of alignment with the culture that we would be able to, then we want to have systems that help people improve their behavior

But in the essence of this transformational culture and regenerative cultural approach addressing the conflict, the resolution of a conflict is a return to community, basically, as someone is actually able to come back to the community to the whole, and then it conflict is resolved

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

The idea here is we plan for whole land use systems, it's a basic or a permanent culture inspired approach, We've found for the entire system which people are part and people need to do anything else

Architecture master planning, construction, and permaculture, everything that we had to do, I still had to go through that process

Benefits

I'm The spiritual dimension for regeneration, helping us go create a culture of healing consciousness happens when we act with the knowing that all places in action are interconnected, being very conscious of the positive impact in the now

So if we are wanting to help cause a culture shift, then we don't necessarily want to make a direct subtle way, which can actually, in some cases, what will cause more of a transition or a shift

Key Insights

Component-based funding: If your project has a major component (like permaculture or another significant element), you may be able to fund not just that component's development, but also primary culture project costs, with potential surplus for additional development.

Primary culture centers: Some projects create primary culture centers that serve as hubs for cultural practices and community connection.

Experience and culture design: Understanding what you're planning in terms of experience design and culture design is essential—knowing what you can and cannot do helps set realistic expectations.

Resilience-focused culture: Culture should support projects that prepare for various scenarios, including economic challenges. Food security, water security, and other essential systems are core components.

Higher yields possible: In some cases, regenerative approaches achieve even higher yields than conventional agriculture, demonstrating their effectiveness.

Cultural diversity: Every culture is different—every place is different, with different climates and different people. Understanding local context is essential.

Non-violent cultures: Some cultures have existed for 30,000 years without signs of violence, demonstrating that non-violent cultural practices are possible and sustainable.

Indigenous wisdom: There's much to learn from indigenous cultures and ethnic minorities worldwide, who often have deep knowledge of sustainable practices.

Examples and Case Studies

So perhaps for example, your project has a big, per-miculture component, or a big, let's say, another component that's a different option, that's a, you'll be able to, of course, pay for the development of those, but also for all of the primary culture project costs and perhaps you'll have some extra to also do something beyond that

In some cases we go even with higher yields than in a conventional agriculture

But also because they are the biggest potential and the biggest potential all of the other elements that you put on, you know, for example, on the sector map in the agriculture, about which most of you, I think, are a bit familiar with

So the protection is a new technology to raise innovative ideas, visionaries, sustainable projects, and also new traditions

Best Practices

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Implementation Guide

To implement cultural practices in your regenerative village project, consider the following approach:

Implementation details to be added.

Challenges and Considerations

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Real-World Examples

These partners are actively implementing cultural practices in their projects:

Rooral

Rooral partners with small Spanish villages to create remote working experiences that help participants ground themselves, immerse in nature and connect with local culture and t...

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Ecological Academy

The Ecology Academy is Sarah Wu's International School of Herbalism, Permaculture & Mycology, offering integrated education merging herbalism, permaculture design, and mycology ...

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Pure Project

Pure Project operates as 'An Economy of Connection,' uniting global thought-leaders, unicorn founders, and visionary investors to design culture-shaping systems rooted in connec...

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Oi Polloi

Oi Polloi is an arts and culture-led development agency named from the Greek 'οἱ πολλοί' ('the many' / 'the common people') that aimed to regenerate undermined areas using shari...

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Wild Community

Wild Community operates as a blockchain-powered Smart Enterprise Ecovillage (SEV) global investment fund and foundation focused on regenerating people, land, culture, and econom...

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