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Field notes from the laboratory.
As part of our commitment to document learnings and create shareable blueprints for other community initiatives, we share essays, musings, field notes, and other artifacts produced in real time as the work unfolds — open for anyone tracing a similar path.
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May 11, 2026
Gaspar Polo Baader
Overlapping Maps
A note on this text This text began as personal preparation for a one-month stay here at Avalonhuset, where I (Gaspar) joined Phase I of Regenera in May 2026. The core group has a strong background in Possibility…
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May 8, 2026
Nina Chausow
What Holds Us
One of our community members came behind me while I was sitting, wrapped his arms around my chest, and stayed. No agenda, nothing needed from me. Just presence, weight, and breath. My whole body relaxed. The woman…
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April 13, 2026
Emma van den Boogert
What It Takes to Truly Decide Together
This is a continuation of my previous writing on ‘Collective decision-making from the “Awakened We.” That piece came out of a one-month community experiment — a recognition that decision-making can be sourced from…
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April 8, 2026
Nina Chausow
Research as Orientation
The snippets continue: Day III of unfiltered, unpolished, and unedited thoughts! Today, we held a group session focused on our collective decision-making process (for more of the technicalities on the process we use,…
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April 7, 2026
Nina Chausow
Containers of Healing
Creator’s Note: I immediately regretted making the commitment I declared yesterday as I navigated my way through an immensely full, Regenera-typical day: morning meditation and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, house cleaning, group…
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April 6, 2026
Emma van den Boogert
Connecting to Purpose Inside a Living Experiment
This is a living exploration — unfinished, shaped by what I’m discovering in real time. Regenera community members in the Stone Circle I’m currently part of Regenera. Regenera is a living laboratory for regenerative…
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April 6, 2026
Nina Chausow
The Map is not the Territory
I have committed this week to sharing something about Regenera every day. Throughout the last month, I have felt a near-daily panic about how I can possibly document and share the extraordinary (and ordinary) aspects of…
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March 23, 2026
Hannah Hirsh
We have arrived
Dear reader, It has been two weeks since we (the core team of eleven comprising Phase I of Regenera) landed in Åsum, Denmark. What started out as a dream of researching community in order to foster a more regenerative…
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March 20, 2026
Nina Chausow
Bridge Building Into the Unknown
Collaborator’s note: I started writing this piece in January, just following the first Regenera Villaging call to announce Phase I. Two months, three countries, and two weeks into the actual Phase I of Regenera later,…
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January 23, 2026
Hannah Hirsh
Regenera Codex 0.0
Subscribe now Introduction Current systems of capitalism and colonialism have brought humanity to a breaking point. Humans have created a web of interrelated crises by prioritizing extraction over reciprocity and…
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November 26, 2025
Hannah Hirsh
Radical Relating: Elephants in the Room
Introduction “The quality of our relating is the quality of our creating. “ To paraphrase Erotics of Liberation , communities and projects don’t fall apart because they lack drive, ambition, or innovative ideas. They…
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November 24, 2025
Hannah Hirsh
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