Overview

Transform your personal life and catalyze lasting social change with the power of regenerative design Burnout, discouragement, and overwhelm are inevitable patterns for changemakers, until we remember that we are creative, powerful agents who can shape our personal circumstances and exert influence on wider social systems. With regenerative design tools, align with your highest potential and design profound change in your personal life, organizations, and in the world around you. Regenerative Design for Changemakers is a compelling and accessible guide plus curriculum that calls changemakers to action by applying ecosystem intelligence and justice practices to their social impact projects. Taking a fractal approach, readers learn scaleable principles and frameworks to redesign their inner lives, relationships with others, and wider communities in accordance with regenerative patterns from the natural world. This guide covers: 45 social permaculture exercises that champion changemakers in replacing degenerative patterns with regenerative, life-affirming practices Justice-based frameworks and ecological principles to heal from racism and other forms of oppression A Social Design Lab for analyzing and designing one's own changemaking projects Group resilience frameworks, including project accountability buddies, implementation teams, and coalition-building. Regenerative Design for Changemakers is an essential guide for educators and higher education students, organizational changemakers, and consultants pursuing a regenerative future for the 21st century.

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Author:   Abrah Dresdale
Publisher:   New Society Publishers
Imprint:   New Society Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780865719446

ISBN 10:   0865719446
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   14 January 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Introduction Section I: Personal Regeneration for Changemakers: The Self as a Blueprint for Systemic Change Overview Chapter 1: Roots of Our Visible Selves East: Roots/Formative Development Chapter 2: Peeling Back the Layers We've Been Enveloped In South: Shoots & Flowers/Adolescence Chapter 3: Choosing to Bear Fruit Rather Than Hiding in the Shade West: Fruit/Adulthood Chapter 4: Seeding a New Generation of Leaders North: Seed/Elder Chapter 5: Let the Healing Rains Wash Our Tears Away Skies Above: Rain & Lightning/Grief Removal Chapter 6: Building the Fertile Soil of Our Relationships Earth Below: Soil/Relationships Chapter 7: Silence at the Center Center: Peace/Reflection and Integration Section II: Designing for Organizations, Institutions, and Communities: A Recipe for Social Alchemy Overview Chapter 8: Context-Identifying the Problems & the Possibilities Chapter 9: Purpose & Goals-Working with Vision & Pragmatism Chapter 10: Analysis & Assessment-The Essential What? & So What? Chapter 11: Social Design-Thoughtful Integration of All That Came Before Chapter 12: Implementation-Rubber Meets the Road of Reality Chapter 13: Evaluation-Measuring Project Health & Wholeness Chapter 14: Reflection & Integration-Taking Stock Before Starting Anew Appendix A: Client Interview Questions

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Abrah Dresdale, MA, is a visionary and bold educator, curriculum developer, and culture-shift consultant. She guides changemakers in activating their potential and facilitates organizations and institutions to align their practices, programs, and cultures with the values and visions they promote. She has worked in the fields of local food systems, prison higher education, prison food justice, social permaculture, and Jewish earth-based traditions. Abrah serves as Permaculture Faculty at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and at Omega Institute for Holistic Studies. She is Founding Director of Regenerate Change, an organization that trains changemakers, organizations, and networks in social regeneration and justice. She holds a master's degree in Sustainable Landscape Design. As a spoken word artist and cultural worker, she believes in the power of imagination to shape our collective future and catalyze global healing. Abrah lives in Western Massachusetts, a crucible of social innovation, with her beloved husband.

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