Skoll World Forum Ecosystem Event: Regenerosity 

Peer to Peer Learning as a Catalyst to Global Regenerative Transformation

April 8, 2022

8:00 - 9:30 am PDT / 4:00pm - 5:30pm UTC/BST

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Our vision of the world tends to be colored by our fragmentation and division. We even break down knowledge in specialized areas of competence. But when we look at humanity and the planet as an interconnected system, we recognize that we all hold answers and solutions.

Regenerosity believes in amplifying whole system solutions that already exist at the local level, where smallholder farmer communities have traditional ecological knowledge and are empowered to lead their eco-social development initiatives. 

Shifting from the old paradigm of transfer of knowledge (North to South, urban to rural, white to BIPOC), we have developed a participatory methodology for regenerative development. We practice it through peer to peer circles at every level - funding, co-designing, monitoring, storytelling, and learning.  This participatory model builds on the intelligence of the system and is critical to accelerating and achieving regenerative change. 

In the first part of this session, our panelists will share our peer to peer learning model that creates space for the bottom-up emergence of knowledge, trust, and commitment. 

In the second part, we will invite guests to participate in a peer learning circle of their choice so we experience and create value out of our time together. Topics for the peer-to-peer learning circles will include trust-based philanthropy, effective storytelling,  climate resilience, and inner work.

This session is for anyone interested in creating paradigm shifts, catalyzing change, or advancing social and climate justice. It is for philanthropists, social innovators, entrepreneurs, conveners, organizers, and doers.

Everyone that registers will receive a recording of the event.

Mar. 24th, 2021 | 9:30 - 11:00 am PST

4:30pm - 6:00pm UTC

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There is an East African, Luo proverb that says “if you want to go fast, go alone, but if you want to go far, go together”. As the multiple crises of the world converge, we need at the same time to go faster and further. As these crises unfold - pandemic, climate change, war, inequality -  effective collaboration becomes ever more important. 

Some of our guiding principles at Regenerosity to help us go further and faster include peer to peer learning, collective reflection, building trust and autonomy. These are key elements for accelerating transformation and making collaboration effective, whether it is for transforming our food systems towards regenerative agriculture or transforming philanthropy towards more trust-based approaches. 

In our third webinar edition devoted to the topic of trust-based philanthropy, we partner once again with Be the Earth Foundation as we share a journey of inquiry with Guerrilla Foundation and FundAction. We ask, what practices of alternative funding and decision making can accelerate our collective learning? Once again we convene other funders, peers, and grantees, sharing stories which help inform and inspire our collective practices. These spaces offer important reflections from our community - you. 

We also welcome to our webinar Dener and Taynara, as part of the current Be The Earth’s Blooming program with communities in Brazil. They have full autonomy on how they want to spend their budget for the first time, and will share about this experience.

This time around we want to explore not only the light of trust-based philanthropic practices but also the challenges, the blind spots, the risks. Granted, when it comes to trust-based philanthropy the benefits, the beauty, the inspiration far outweigh the risks, but as more and more funders adopt and explore these practices, it  shines a light into the spaces of shadow. What can go wrong? Where might challenges emerge? What are the hurdles we might face? 

Our core enquiries that will be shared through our stories:

• What can go wrong?

• Where might challenges emerge?

• What are the hurdles we might face?

• What are the different levels of trust that need to arise as we step into trust-based philanthropy?

• What are some of the benefits of trust and what are the blind spots?

• What are some of the common challenges, risks or issues funders and grantees encounter and how are they overcoming those? 

• When can it go wrong? How do we address it and avoid being turned off by potential issues? 

• What new capacities in both funders and grantees do we need to cultivate to keep evolving these practices?

Join us and our guests as we celebrate our tenth webinar, and continue to thread this path towards regenerative philanthropy together with transparency and openness. We will have a combination of panel discussion and then open up to a fishbowl exercise where anyone can join in the discussions.

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Meet the Host

Dec. 9th, 2021 | 9:00 - 10:30 am PDT

5pm - 6:30pm UTC

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A key principle of regeneration is the ever unfolding process of development towards ways of being and interacting that bring health, vitality and diversity to place and community. This is a process of listening, learning, unlearning, remembering and creating relationships. It is often based on things that can not be measured or weighed, but instead felt, lived or shared. 

How do we reconcile the need for measuring impact, monitoring and evaluating with such a regenerative paradigm? 

At Regenerosity, we have been experimenting with centering this process around peer-to-peer learning, more specifically PMERL - participatory monitoring, evaluation, research and learning. 

Approaching all five areas in one process means handing over some of the decisions to those working within a programme, having a role in deciding what success means and using collaborative periods of reflection and sharing to learn from failure as well as success. As part of this process we are bringing together groups working across a region on a monthly basis to support them in reflecting on and learning from their own work and providing a space for them to learn from each other. Monitoring is no longer something that is being done to them, but with them, as they take part in tracking and evaluating progress in a way that informs their work and supports them in improving their practices. 

Such a process is not without its problems. Funders invariably want hard measurements and common indicators, participants have been schooled in producing baseline studies and only reporting successes. But our overarching aim is to grow the regenerative movement together, and for our partners to build networks and connections at local, regional and global level. To help facilitate this we are asking them to substitute formal monitoring reports for video storytelling and blogs, that provide an update on progress and highlight challenges, but that can also be shared with other audiences to support them in communicating their work.

We are also learning from and with this process. Our programme is still in its first year and as we have done previously, we would like to share our practices and open ourselves to feedback and reflection from our partners on the ground, our funders and our community.

Our webinar on 9th December  will introduce and discuss: 

• some theory behind different paradigms - including the regenerative paradigm

• the work done so far by Regenerosity’s first  peer learning circles 

• stories from guests involved in this pilot 

• and ask you to join us in a process of inquiry

We invite you to join us and our guests, including circle facilitators and participating grassroots organisations, as we dive into an open reflection of our processes. We invite mirrors and contributions as we continue to build together the growing field of regenerative philanthropy.

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This is the second part in our webinar series where we share stories of such practices, by giving a platform to those who are already practicing, learning and helping to grow our capacity for sharing wealth while also sharing power. For this webinar, Regenerosity has teamed up with Be the Earth Foundation to host this collaboration, arising from our own conversations and shared enquiries such as: 

How can we extend this trust between funders and fundees and between funders themselves? How are we deliberately developing these networks of trust?
What needs to happen so we remove the bureaucracy of getting and giving funds while ensuring some amount of due diligence?
What are some social and technological tools that can support sharing power? 
What are helpful stories of funders that have created space for emergence & emergency? 
How can projects and initiatives also contribute to increasing the field of trust? 

Join us as we listen to the stories of emerging practices from different nodes of this ecosystem. Hilary Hart from Kalliopeia Foundation and Renata Rosenberg, from Flow Funding, join Anne Rammi and Renata Strengerowski from Be the Earth Foundation to go a little deeper into how relationships, reciprocity, trust and storytelling are a foundational force in the regeneration of philanthropy.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO "SCALE REGENERATION"?

Speakers

• Sheeba Sen, Founder and CEO of Alaap

• Joseph Lentunyoi, Trustee of Laikipia Permaculture Centre

• Boniface Gomes, Executive Director of Bangladesh Association for Sustainable Development (BASD)

• Ruth Andrade, Regenerative Impact and Giving Chair at Lush Cosmetics

Scale is a complex challenge for the regeneration movement.

Regenerative practices happen in place. They are rooted in context, in bioregions and in their socio-cultural ecosystems. Authentic regeneration takes time. It does not easily lend itself to simplification and replication.

And yet, in light of our collective challenges - ecological, social, economic - we can't ignore questions of scale. How can we accelerate the adoption of regenerative practices? What appropriate forms can such acceleration and scaling approaches take? 

If you grapple with questions of scale in your work, please consider joining Regenerosity’s Humans of Regeneration Webinar on July 15th, from 9:00-11:00 AM PST.

During this highly interactive session, you will:

• Discover exciting projects that are intentionally exploring scaling strategies,

• Connect with peer thinkers, doers, and funders,

• Share your experience, reflections, and know-how, and learn from others.

The session will be divided in three parts:

• Panel discussion: Panel discussion and Q&A with three amazing regenerative projects that are developing and executing scaling strategies,

• Breakout: Small group breakout session where you will connect with peers, share your projects and experiences, and discuss the various elements of scale that are relevant to regenerative projects and initiatives,

• Plenary debrief and feedback: Debrief session where you will be able to share what was discussed in your group and hear what others have to say. We will identify overarching themes from the discussion - themes that you will be able to reflect on and apply to your projects.

To find out more and to register, click the ‘register here’ button below.

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