Camargo, L (2024). Communities of Wellbeing – Community Led Assessment and Activation of Regenerative Values and Mindsets
Executive Summary
“Communities of Wellbeing” presents a comprehensive framework for guiding the assessment and activation of communities of wellbeing and understanding and guiding the transition towards regenerative communities. It emphasizes the importance of adopting regenerative mindsets and values that align with the principles of living systems. Regeneration encompasses material and non-material dimensions crucial for human wellbeing and overall flourishing. The text explores the inner dimensions of regeneration, including regenerative mental models, mindsets, and cultures. It also presents a set of guiding principles for regeneration and communities of wellbeing, such as fostering deep connections between humans and nature, honoring the interconnectedness of all living systems, recognizing the importance of local bioregions, making holistic decisions, promoting holistic health and wellbeing, practicing compassionate relationships, celebrating diversity, engaging in participatory democracy, addressing social and environmental justice, promoting education and awareness about ecological processes, embracing lifelong learning and experimentation.
“Communities of Wellbeing” highlights the importance of upholding the principles of regeneration and focusing on the six relationships presented (the relationship to self, family & kinship, community, life & nature, the sacred and ancestry, and action) in guiding the assessment and activation of communities of wellbeing that support regenerative cultures. It identifies essential qualities in these relationships necessary to assess and activate regeneration and communities of wellbeing. The text provides community-led assessment tools for meaningful conversations and workshops to support the development of regenerative cultures. Overall, it emphasizes the interconnectedness of all aspects of wellbeing and the need for inner and outer changes to create regenerative communities.
