By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 9 Jan 25
In February 2024, the Territorial Foundations movement of Colombia decided to design and implement a Territorial Regeneration Fund. This fund is part of a collective bet as a movement to generate new paradigms of transformation in the country.Our geography to organize is “North Andean” in size with a focus on watersheds and ecosystems that exist among the movements of water in holistic hydrological systems. Water connects all living beings, including humanity, in all our territories. All territories have shared issues such as the need to convert industrial agriculture to regenerative models and the same for tourism, food security, wellbeing, and so forth.Community
In February 2024, the Territorial Foundations movement of Colombia decided to design and implement a Territorial Regeneration Fund. This fund is part of a collective bet as a movement to generate new paradigms of transformation in the country.Our geography to organize is “North Andean” in size with a focus on watersheds and ecosystems that exist among the movements of water in
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 16 Jun 24
We have just received a generous grant from the NoVo Foundation to support our work at Regenerate Barichara — where we are prototyping the regeneration of an entire territory in the Northern Andes of Colombia.As we have outlined on our website, there is a weaving of regenerative processes at the territorial scale that has been underway for several years. now. This is depicted graphically below and explained in greater detail here.The important thing to have in mind is that we organize around the natural organizing patterns of landscapes with watersheds and ecological corridors. In this way, we have created portfolios of projects that
We have just received a generous grant from the NoVo Foundation to support our work at Regenerate Barichara — where we are prototyping the regeneration of an entire territory in the Northern Andes of Colombia.As we have outlined on our website, there is a weaving of regenerative processes at the territorial scale that has been underway for several years. now. This is
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 3 May 24
I want to share something special that is happening in Colombia right now. Penny Heiple and I have been in Cali this week to help cultivate deeper partnerships across the diverse territories of the Northern Andes.We came to meet with the director of TerritoriA (the support organization for territorial foundations in Colombia) and key leadership at the Charles Steward Mott Foundation (a Michigan-based private foundation that supports the movement of territorial foundations around the world). This is part of our work to establish a regeneration fund for the Northern Andes.The schedule for our visit was organized by TerritoriA to showcase several leading
I want to share something special that is happening in Colombia right now. Penny Heiple and I have been in Cali this week to help cultivate deeper partnerships across the diverse territories of the Northern Andes.We came to meet with the director of TerritoriA (the support organization for territorial foundations in Colombia) and key leadership at the Charles Steward Mott Foundation
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 21 Dec 23
image by Jayce LeeFaced with accelerating disruptions and social and environmental breakdowns, traditional forms of philanthropic giving may be less effective than they once were. Confronted with societal divisions, wars, and the climate crisis, core actors in philanthropy have begun to ask how philanthropy can respond more effectively in moments of a polycrisis. How can philanthropy deal with new forms of hypercomplexity? What is the role of philanthropy in responding to breakdown, and how can it promote regeneration and transformation?Numerous experiments and innovations in the philanthropic sector are responding in various ways to these disruptive challenges — from trust-based funding to participatory grant-making
image by Jayce LeeFaced with accelerating disruptions and social and environmental breakdowns, traditional forms of philanthropic giving may be less effective than they once were. Confronted with societal divisions, wars, and the climate crisis, core actors in philanthropy have begun to ask how philanthropy can respond more effectively in moments of a polycrisis. How can philanthropy deal with new forms of