Case Studies & Articles

Community-led regeneration is a remedy for political inaction

A statement on this week's UN Environment Programmes Emissions Gap Report ahead of COP30. We are in a dire place, but that doesn’t mean we should sit back and let corporate greed in the minority world ruin us all. We can take action. Community-led regenerative movements offer us a clear pathway forward. We need Nature-based Solutions grounded in land-based wisdom.

Re-Alliance

The History of the Nakivale Regenerative Settlement Project

The Regenerative Refugee Settlement project in Nakivale is led by YICE, our partner in Uganda, under the guidance of their director Noah Ssempijja. The project is based on 3 acres of land within the Rubondo zone of Nakivale Refugee Settlement where 20 refugee households will take part in a participatory design for a regenerative settlement on the site together with YICE. After designing the site, householders will help to build their homes and gardens and live together in the

Juliet Millican

Biodiversity in a Permaculture garden. A ladybird is walking across herbs.

Nature-Inspired Principles for Regenerative Humanitarian Responses

Regenerative practice reminds us that even in the most urgent conditions, we can design interventions that nurture and collaborate with the living systems upon which all life depends. We need responses that build community autonomy, and relationship with land and other species.