Regenerative Livelihoods
Visionary Worldview
A renewed vision of Buen Vivir (“Living Well”) has attained prominence in recent years due to the sustained efforts and leadership of Indigenous Peoples in the Andean states of Ecuador and Bolivia, where the principle was declared in both state legal systems just over a decade ago. This vision stems from the worldview of the Quechua People of the Andes, and denotes the fullness of life, rooted in community and symbiosis with other people and nature.[1][2]
Definition
Like Buen Vivir, the concept of a regenerative livelihood embraces the human being in their wholeness, as a person who is nested within an ecosystem, community, household, bioregion, and so on. A livelihood is more than a job or a career, yet it flexibly includes both of these elements as necessary to tackle head-on those aspects of business and finance which can facilitate or obstruct the regenerative work our planet and communities so urgently need.[3]
Just Transition
What climate science and ecology more broadly have undeniably shown us is that we are collectively, as a planet, undergoing a period of unprecedented change. As long as the dominant and environmentally destructive capitalist paradigm of work and relating to the Earth continues to hold sway, this process is becoming increasingly violent. Naturally, millions of people around the world have responded to these crises by seeking to carve out niches in our own lives and communities for regenerative work, striving as we can towards a just transition.[4]
- ↑ https://www.rapidtransition.org/stories/the-rights-of-nature-in-bolivia-and-ecuador/; Published by Rapid Transition Alliance
- ↑ https://gaiauniversity.org/creating-regenerative-livelihoods-a-gaiau-blueprint-for-buen-vivir/
- ↑ https://gaiauniversity.org/creating-regenerative-livelihoods-a-gaiau-blueprint-for-buen-vivir/
- ↑ https://gaiauniversity.org/creating-regenerative-livelihoods-a-gaiau-blueprint-for-buen-vivir/