REGENERATIVE DESIGN FOR CHANGEMAKERS

REGENERATIVE DESIGN FOR CHANGEMAKERS

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR REGENERATIVE DESIGN FOR CHANGEMAKERS

“Regeneration is not a set of practices or ways of ‘doing good’ vs bad. It is a paradigm that can be used to take a more profound look at everything. Dresdale has taken that to heart and is turning social constructs we hold upside down.” 

-Carol Sanford, CEO of The Regenerative Paradigm Institute and bestselling author of The Regenerative Life, The Regenerative Business, and more

“Personal burnout, organizational challenges, and oppression issues frequently derail project planning efforts. Regenerative Design for Changemakers provides a unique contribution to the field of social permaculture to help redesign our lives and projects for fertile success.” 

-Eric Toensmeier, author of The Carbon Farming Solution and co-author of Edible Forest Gardens, and former lecturer at Yale School of Forestry

“This guide combines hopeful inspiration, hands-on solutions, and user-friendly science that is accessible and relevant to everyday life. Thank goodness for changemakers like Abrah Dresdale who are charting a path toward a livable future.” 

-Elizabeth Lesser, Co-founder of Omega Institute, and author of the New York Times bestseller, Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow

“Regenerative Design for Changemakers and its companion course harnesses the social permaculture design process and creativity to support changemakers in designing holistic, firegenerative plans. Read Abrah’s book and find opportunities to train with her!” 

-Naima Penniman, Program Director of SoulFire Farm, Co-founder of WILDSEED & Climbing PoeTree

“You’ll want to dive right in and try out some of the many practical suggestions for making personal  and community level change.” 

– Paul Kivel, educator, activist and author of Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice 

Regenerative Design for Changemakers

$29.99

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 anti-oppression 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.

Pages: 282 / Publisher: Culture Shift Press / ISBN: 978-0-578-85745-9

$29.99