Relationship with Hypha Movement Building Circle (MBC)
Hypha,Bongi: 04/15/21 Edited for plain english, easier reading, max sentence length etc.
Hypha is the organization that created SEEDS and built the technology that supports it,it. hasThey have also worked to grow the community of humans coming into the SEEDSSEEDS. These Humans come into an ecosystem designed to encourage play, learn,learning, and collaboratecollaboration intowards building regenerative economies and organizations. This movement building effort has been led by the Movement Building Circle (MBC) within Hypha.
If it weren't for the efforts of the MBC, Samara may have never formed. Many SamariansSamarans met each other and began exploring collaborative potential by participating in calls, events, and activities hosted by MBC. The Ambassador Academy providedgave us an essential deep-dive into SEEDS while also buildingand a community of support amongfor those looking to become an Ambassador for SEEDS.
Furthermore, E-Town Halls hosted conversations on specific areas of the SEEDS movement,movement. andThey opened dialogue onabout areas for growth and improvement. Last but not least, Bioregional Cross Pollination calls also brought together active ambassadors from around the world to practice the artarts ofof:
- ecosystem
mapping,mapping - Exploring adoption
journeys,journeys - Asking tough questions about what it will take to create truly regenerative economies where Seeds can be circulated purposefully.
All of theseThese services and more fostered the connections ofbetween people, ideas, and initiativesinitiatives. thatThese connections produced the right relationships forthat led to Samara's birth. See Samara's Origin Story.
As Samara senses into itself, it has come to clearly understand that a key expression of its purpose is to support local adoption pilots. These pilots that are experimenting with how SEEDS (both Seeds, the currency, and all of the ecosystem services designed into the SEEDS economy and community) can deliver regenerative impact to local economies and organizations. As MBC has pioneered the creation of SEEDS pilotspilots. andThey continuescontinue to devote people and resources towardsto supportingsupport pilot growth,growth. thisThis presentsis a potential overlap in activities among two very closely related organizations.
Many SamariansSamarans involved in its birth struggled with the question, "Should we just work with MBC?" Yet ultimately,Ultimately, Samara clearly expressed a need to exist in a form beyond the container of Hypha's MBC. See Samara's Identity.
However, thisThis confident expression of transcendent purpose and form retainsdoes not exclude a deep humility and desire to work collaboratively with MBC. The circle and individuals withinin MBC hold deep wisdom around this work, andwork. Samara could not have matured without it. Some SamariansSamarans also currentlystill hold roles or contribute to quests within the MBC.
Now that we know we must exist, our challenge is to constantly examine how we can exist-with, with. Existing withthe is the only true form of existence in a interconnected and interdependent world. Our initial sense is that MBC is acting on a broader scale across regions (activating the Seeds movement), while Samara is going deeper into specific regenerative pilots (building organizations, marketplaces and villages). Of course, this sense will evolve as both Samara and MBC adapt to ever-changing context and membership.
As we explore what this coexistence looks like in our activities and offerings, we hold several key understandings and intentions:
1) Redundancy is seen throughout thriving ecosystems and is a core element of resilience in systems.
2) Redundancy and Efficiency are always in relationship. Redundancy pushed too far can create wasteful excess and inefficient use of resources. Efficiency pushed too far can create vulnerable failure points and structural rigidity that can collapse during unexpected changes in the system.
3) To best serve the Regenerative Renaissance, MBC and Samara must both strive for SymmathesySymmathesy., supportingThey must support mutual learning through full transparency and active communication. As Paulo from MBC said - "Our redundancy will be great, as long as we're sharing our learnings."
Both parties have acknowledged that consistent communication and shared knowledge gardens will be necessarynecessary. forThese maintainingwill maintain the right balance between redundancy and efficiency,efficiency. and weWe have committed to an intentional Samara-MBC call at least once a month,month. but alsoWe recognize that our shared membership and activities present opportunities for constant communication.communication outside these scheduled times.