Our Vision and Approach

 

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Anchoring the global vision and purpose of SEEDS in local communities

Most of us were drawn to SEEDS because we care a lot about the future of life on planet Earth, and because we feel a calling towards regeneration. In and beyond SEEDS, this cultural movement that is inquiring how to build a regenerative and thriving civilisation is often called the Regenerative Renaissance.

SEEDS, at its core, is about exploring, co-creating and gifting humanity – as steward of this amazing Earth – a diversity of tools, systems, resources, and cultures designed to joyfully co-create thriving civilizations ^[1]. 

A core purpose of Samara is to support make these tools, systems, and resources for a Regenerative Renaissance accessible and useful to leaders of the regenerative movement. As a decentralized community we foster and support grassroots movements, local initiatives, indigenous communities and all people and groups on this shared path. Samara is here to support and empower change makers and regenerators by creating a supportive and nurturing 'home' for SEEDS Ambassadors and leaders of the 'Regenaissance' – not only in the form of a mutually supportive community and a focus on self-care, but also by providing an integrated set of tools, resources and trainings that empower change makers to build local regenerative ecosystems and establish their own (regional) DHOs. 

As Samara has taken root and began to grow, we have been very weary of saying 'we know the answer'.  We have cautioned ourselves and each other to be aware of the colonial mindset, and to be aware of our lenses, our assumptions about the way things 'should be', and our individual biases that we bring to our work within Samara.  

Rather than answers, we come with questions: How can we support existing, local solutions and regenerators?  How can we help more people adopt a regenerative and sustainable lifestyle? How can we support leaders of the movement, and help them prevent burnout. How can we help leaders adopt and adapt / customize the existing tools and technologies that are available?  How can we help bridge the Regenaissance - with the best tools available, including the blockchain and associated cryptocurrencies?  How can we help SEEDS Ambassadors become better collaborative leaders of the Regenaissance, locally and globally? 

And at the same time, we believe wonderful and inspiring solutions to many of the problems that we face do exist! There are clear and practical ways to reverse man-made climate change. There are fast and effective ways to restore the abundance and diversity of our most damaged ecosystems. There are tried and tested ways of healing our illnesses via natural methods.  Many ways to regenerate our planet and our way of life here exist. Our task in Samara is to identify those solutions and make them available to our local communities, wherever we may be. Our task is to invite the people that comprise these communities to begin using Seeds, blockchain, DHOs, and everything else that can empower their efforts. 

Hypha, via SEEDS, is offering humanity a new economic system and an invitation to adopt blockchain as a tool for governance.  Samara, loving Seeds and SEEDS as a living expression of Regenerative principles and a bold initiative to bring these important tools to the world, provides a welcoming, loving, and nurturing space where we support existing and future leaders of this Regenaissance with these tools.  And building a close relationship with these leaders, getting to know what additional tools and support is needed.  

Below is an approach that might work.  It is part of a hypothesis about how we can support the regenerative renaissance.  A large part of this solution is related to the marketplace.  

In some ways, our value proposition is emerging such that Samara sprouts many 'chapter' or 'child' DHOs at the local level who support the local Regenaissance via the Marketplace-in-a-box (link)  and Org-in-a-box concepts (link) which complement the SEEDS platform and are grounded in supporting regenerators in a decentralized, mutually supportive, global community.  

Preparation: Foundations for a Regional DHO (Orginabox) 

 

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(We've never actually talked about what our recommended approach is// what we've learned etc. THis is just one person's ideas. 

The vision is for SEEDS to sprout and grow in thousands of cities, towns, villages, and bioregions around the world towards supporting the Regenerative Renaissance. Getting a team together to collaborate with is an important first step.  

1. Align around identity, purpose, objectives, values 
2. Familiarize team with SEEDS and Seeds, and onboard team to the SEEDS passport
3. Familiarize team with Bioregional DHO Game Guide and start exploring roles / archetypes and getting clear on how to collaborate
4. Gain a clear understanding of compensation and rewards - one idea might be to get some initial sponsors from local regenerative organizations 
5. Study existing approaches and choose one that resonates and is appropriate for local culture and ecosystem

General Strategy & Approach for Activating a Regional Pilot (move to Current Pilot Support?) 

1. The objective in this approach is described most simply as creating a city guide and local platform for the regenerative renaissance. 
2. We can start by identifying several regenerative organizations we would want to buy goods and services from (social enterprises), as well as organizations focused directly on environmental and social impact (NGOs). 
3. It's very important to find highly attractive, highly regenerative products and services, and the most inspiring local organizations. Some examples: 
   1. Products like local organic fruits and vegetables, personal care products like biodegradable and ethically sourced soaps, sustainably crafted furniture, natural medicines, seeds, gardening tools, eco clothing, solar panels and associated clean energy home systems, composting tools, locally produced organic and biodynamic packaged foods and beverages 
   2. Services that help people adopt regenerative practices like solar energy, permaculture landscaping, human design readings, personal development coaches, detox retreats, natural health centers, ecological waste management, etc as well as services that help to incubate, grow, and scale regenerative organizations such as social enterprise incubators, marketing services, management consulting, finance services, etc
   3. Academies and educational offerings: both locally available in person classes as well as globally accessible online courses with a focus on permaculture, organic farming, waste management, conservation, climate change, carbon offsetting, clean energy and energy efficiency, water efficiency, and personal and professional development including finding your purpose, social entrepreneurship, natural healing and detox, leadership, mental wellbeing, conscious parenting, romantic relationships, etc
   4. City / Town Hubs: 'hubs' aligned with our values such as coworking spaces (like Impact Hub) vegan / vegetarian restaurants that like to host events, community centers, and other ‘hubs’ that demonstrate sustainability and regenerative practices
   5. Nearby ecovillages and eco resorts: Within 1-3 hours of your city / town, inspirational eco villages and eco resorts where comprehensive regenerative solutions are demonstrated where one can visit, take courses, meet like minded folks, and in some cases even choose to build a home
      
   6. Environmental & Social Regeneration - Carbon offsetting, planting trees, protecting natural reserves, tackling local poverty and homelessness, campaigning for human rights, and generally speaking teaming up with others to help heal & regenerate humanity and the environment. Every activated 'chapter' / bioregion should / could also help direct local residents towards amazing organizations doing inspiring and meaningful work. Ideally ones that will not only accept Seeds / BTC / ETH / Fiat, but also ones that will accept volunteers and visitors.
4. Engage 3-4 organizations to start with that are enthusiastic about the idea, and ideally at least 1 or 2 that are well known / recognized leaders in the community

Phase 1: Local ‘Regenaissance’ Alliance (move to Market platform in a box?) is "market space" > "Market platform"? 

1. Organizations get to know each other, trade with each other, give each other great deals, and help prepare each other to grow / scale 
2. Owners / managers / representatives of these organizations meet together periodically (2x per month) at City Hub(s) / online 
3. Apply for Alliance Share and Campaigns to kick things off → shared goal: help support local people and organizations to experience regenerative lifestyle
4. Buy Seeds & Hold Seeds for owners & team members as investment and way to build wealth 
5. Onboard all organizations on to a marketplace (LocalScale or other) that can accept Seeds

Phase 2: Soft Launch (move to Market platform in a box?) 

1. Ensure marketplace / platform has enough local organizations to make it attractive for visitors to come and wish to shop / learn / travel
2. Have campaigns in place to reward regenerative behaviors (clean up trash, plant food, transform home, plant trees) 
3. Identify, engage, and onboard local media organizations with good following, and talk to local magazines, radio show hosts, influencers.  Focus on the message of using blockchain and new financial and governance systems to support the regenerative renaissance
4. Each participating organization does a social media campaign to promote the alliance and the campaigns
5. Host monthly gatherings to introduce people to Seeds, to alliance members, and to brainstorm campaigns

 

[1] see SEEDS Constitution V 0.1.0